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Famous Canadian hip-hop star, Drake, has been named the “biggest rapper of the 21st century” by Billboard.
The ‘Hotline Bling’ crooner topped the list of the top 10 biggest rappers of the 21st century recently released by the American magazine.
Nick Minaj was the only female rapper on the list.
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Drake’s rival, Kendrick Lamar was ranked eight.
Eminem ranked second, Kanye West claimed third, Nelly was fourth, and Jay-Z rounded out the top five.
Full List:
1 Drake
2 Eminem
3 Ye (Kanye West)
4 Nelly
5 Jay-Z
6 Lil Wayne
7 50 Cent
8 Kendrick Lamar
9 Nicki Minaj
10 Ludacris
In other news, Asake has been ranked the most streamed Nigerian singer on Spotify for 2024.
Spotify made this known on Wednesday during the 2024 edition of its annual recap of listeners’ musical choices, ‘Wrapped’.
Also, his albums ‘Work of Art’, ‘Lungu Boy’ and ‘Mr. Money With The Vibe’ dominates the list of most-streamed Nigerian albums of the year 2024.
While Young Jonn’s ‘Jiggy Forever’ ranked most-streamed album of the year, Burna Boy emerged Nigeria’s most-exported artiste and the only Nigerian in the UK’s top 100.
In other news, top RNB artiste Drake has initiated legal proceedings against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging that they collaborated to artificially inflate the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s popular diss track against him, “Not Like Us.”
In a petition submitted to the New York Supreme Court on Monday, attorneys representing Frozen Moments LLC, Drake’s company, accused UMG and Spotify of participating in an illegal scheme involving bots, payola, and other tactics to promote Lamar’s song while hindering Drake’s music.
