American hip-hop legend, Kanye West has roll out a controversial list of his personal 12 most iconic rappers in history. According to him, the list which he tagged as 12 rap kings, West mentioned himself, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, 2PAC, 50 Cent, Eminem, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Nas and Rakim as the greatest rappers of all time.
Sharing the list via his X handle, he wrote, “There are 12 rap kings
“[Lil] Wayne
Me
Jay [Jay-Z]
Drake
Biggie [Smalls]
[2] PAC
50 [Cent]EM [Eminem]
LL [Cool J]
Run DMC
Nas
Rakim.”
The list has sparked controversy across social media, with many challenging Kanye West for excluding personalities like Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole and other hip-hop royalties from the list.
Recall, Kanye West had recently revealed that he doesn’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music despite admitting that the rapper is “very good.”
Last year, he slammed J.Cole for apologising to Kendrick Lamar over a diss track he made in response to Lamar dissing him and Drake on a song.
West insisted that J.Cole goofed by apologising to Kendrick Lamar.