today proved ak number 1

Shout out big ak, he really made it

Dj vlad being on this list is very very sad

W Gina

Ak been streaming to over 40 k live for 6 hours now peaking at 47k he's top 5 streamer in the world rn in terms of views.

Akademiks is a loser

culture spoken tbh

hilarious that he was barely pulling in 1k when he was going through Lil Boom being a pedo, his homies raping a woman at his house, and him grooming a 15 year old all in the last 2 years. Time and the Internet are a circle

if your entertaining thats all that matters

N.O.R.E. At 25. Holy moley guacamole

akademiks copied my whole flow man

rightfully so

vlad bigger than joe budden btw

insane consistency for a decade

Smartest kid in special ed 👍🏼

▫️ #12: Kai Cenat

This dude hasn't even heard of Illmatic, Ready to Die or All Eyez on Me... Dire state in hip hop

I am being deadass this guy probably hasn't even heard MMLP and probably hasn't heard TCD or LR lmao man jfc

The kids think of him as a god so the rappers still will try to work with him to win over the youth

Complex is also just stupid. I doubt he would even describe himself as a hip hop media person

he's live rn

Blame the 90’s babies just above him who made it en vogue to pretend not to care about what came before you in rap. Uzi Carti Yachty etc

Meanwhile Ye and Wayne were all about giving props to the generation of rap that raised them. I saw a video of Wayne freestyling a Bone Thugs verse from his childhood effortlessly at his peak hype

“"I respect the old heads a lot," Carti says at one point. "My dad was a big Tupac fan. My mom's from Brooklyn. She likes Jay-Z, Nas. It's like a slap to the face if I say I don't know those people."

Hip hop media is absolute garbage for the most part

Maybe I’m grouping Carti into specific comments I’m remembering from Uzi and Yachty but in general his approach still kinda is in stark enough contrast to the fundamentals of the genre but whatever we’re 10 years past this convo lol, the after effect still is people like Kai lol. But being fair Wayne and Kanye’s music approaches after 2007-2009 did the same s*** to our generation

Yeah Uzi and Yachty you’re def right on but Carti always been respectful and at least paid a lil homage to older artists.