American Celebrity, Kanye West names his top 5 rap kings amongst 12
American hip-hop legend, Kanye West has released a controversial list of his 12 most iconic rappers in history out of which 5 are hit hops.
In 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
![You’ll not go and marry’ — Jarvis blasts X user, Ruth over alleged body-shaming [VIDEO]](https://naijamixed.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Jarvis-1024x1024-1-120x86.jpg "You’ll not go and marry’ — Jarvis blasts X user, Ruth over alleged body-shaming [VIDEO] 3")
![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 sparked controversy, with many challenging Kanye West for excluding Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole and other hip-hop royalties from the list.
Kanye West recently revealed that he doesn’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music despite admitting that he 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.](https://naijamixed.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kanye-West-f5fe5a02dcb146b08fb9e36cabc99bdc.jpg "Kanye West names his top 5 rap kings amongst 12 1")
“[Lil] Wayne
Me
Jay [Jay-Z]
Drake
Biggie [Smalls]
[2] PAC
50 [Cent]
EM [Eminem]
LL [Cool J]
Run DMC
Nas
Rakim.”
The list sparked controversy, with many challenging Kanye West for excluding Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole and other hip-hop royalties from the list.
Kanye West recently revealed that he doesn’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music despite admitting that he 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.
![You’ll not go and marry’ — Jarvis blasts X user, Ruth over alleged body-shaming [VIDEO]](https://naijamixed.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Jarvis-1024x1024-1-360x180.jpg "You’ll not go and marry’ — Jarvis blasts X user, Ruth over alleged body-shaming [VIDEO] 5")
