Jay Z was named #1. The greatest New York MC of All Time. You may or may not agree but you have to admit the list is quite impressive. Check out the entire list below.
Time Out New York has named Jay-Z the greatest NYC hip hop artist.
The publication named the 50 greatest NYC hip hop artists and Jay won the honor
thanks to his "genre-bending collaboration" and for being the best at enduring
"the day-in, day-out shift of the modern rap era."
The site said that Jay filled the void left by The Notorious B.I.G.'s
death with albums like 1998 Vol 2. Hard Knock Life, 1999's Vol. 3 Life
And Times of S.Carter and 2001's The Blueprint.
- The Notorious B.I.G. himself came in at no.2. Other's who are on the list
include, Kool Herc (No. 47), Digable Planets (No. 36), and Big Daddy
Kane (No. 11), plus the new artists like Nicki Minaj (No. 35) and
A$AP Rocky (No. 39). Rakim landed in the top 15., and Sean
"Diddy" Combslanded at No. 7. - They said about Diddy, "Combs made his greatest impact on hip-hop with his
entrepreneurial skill as the magnate behind Bad Boy. The template for every
would-be empire builder who followed in his wake (not to mention the master of
the original Harlem Shake)."
Check out the top 10:
10. Run DMC
9. Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel
8. A Tribe Called Quest
7. Sean Diddy Combs
6. Nas
5. Beastie Boys
4. Wu Tang Clan
3. Public Enemy
2. The Notorious B.I.G.
1. Jay-Z
