American rapper Dwayne Michael Carter Junior but known in the entertainment industry as Lil Wayne has given a list of his personal favorite rappers.
Lil Wayne , is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. He has contributed greatly to the history of rap music. He has also named a few rappers he also thinks are also as great as he is.
In a podcast interview he had on Friday , he gave out a list of his best five American rappers . In the list he revealed during the podcast , the name of the legendary 2Pac was missing from that list.
Lil Wayne , also known as Young Money in his list named Eminem , Missy Elliott, Jay-Z , Notorious B.I.G and Drake as his all time favorite rappers. He however said , he did this in no particular order
When asked about his decision on the rappers , he made it known that he literally grew up looking up to them and was normal and organic on his part to pick those legends.
He said ,”It’s because I organically grew up on them. You know , when you’re asked , ‘How’d you start listening?’. There’s a story for everybody….like , someone I know told me to start listening or whatever. But like I said , everything I make is organic “.
Missy Elliott , also took the privilege to show appreciation to Lil Wayne for always naming her as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
She wrote on X ,”He’s a legend himself , such a man to acknowledge me as a big influence 4 him , I send you love WAYNE”.