Lil Wayne Says He’s Better Than Jay-Z On All-Time Rapper List, The Debate Continues

Hip-hop heads have been debating for weeks about a new greatest rappers list of all time jay zee at #1 — but now Lil Wayne entered the chat … and he says that he is a goat

Weezy said as much during an appearance last week zen lowe‘S apple music podcast show, where the subject of BoardThe 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time — which they published on February 8th — came out … and to LW’s surprise, he only landed at #7, below many others.

have outlet Big, eminem, Tupac, Nas, Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z ahead of him, respectively — but Wayne begs to differ on all of them, especially among those who are still alive. He says straight out, he’s #1… and even the pollsters have the guts to ask those ranked higher than him how they feel about it. In his view, he seems to agree… Wayne is older than them.

As always, this is all subjective… and it’s really unclear what kind of criteria Billboard is following to consider one as better than the other. From the looks of it, it sounds like they’re pricing Jay as top dog because of his overall success — which he certainly has achieved.

But, if you check Twitter… it seems that many people agree with the notion that Wayne is, in fact, better than Jay-Z – both in terms of rap prowess and cultural influence, which he really should be. How are these things measured? The fact that VG is still spewing fire in 2023 (see new dmx support) … while one could argue that Jay isn’t really rapping like he used to at his peak.

Also, their numbers are comparable… Wayne has 3 #1 hits (Billboard Hot 100) and Jay has 4 #1 hits. However, Wayne has 25 songs historically in the top 10, while Jay only has 22 in the same category. So, on a song-by-song basis… they’re close.

Even counting albums, Jay’s 14 #1s are nearly tied to Wayne’s 9 (Billboard 200).

We guess this question really is in the eye of the beholder, but can probably be answered honestly with one simple question – in your heart of hearts, whose music are you really bumping into at the ceremony? And who really has the more memorable repertoire overall???