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Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Nas’s debut album, Illmatic (1994), received universal acclaim upon release, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time;[4][5] in 2020, the album was inducted into the Library of Congress‘s National Recording Registry.[6] His second album It Was Written (1996) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and charted for four consecutive weeks; the album, along with its single “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” (featuring Lauryn Hill), catapulted Nas into international success.
Nas was ranked 4th on MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game” list. About.com ranked him first on their list of the “50 Greatest MCs of All Time” in 2014, and a year later, Nas was featured on the “10 Best Rappers of All Time” list by Billboard.
MARSHALL MATHERS [EMINEM]
Eminem is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is frequently mentioned among the greatest rappers of all time.
, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002), were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year
minem’s well-known hits include “My Name Is“, “The Real Slim Shady“, “The Way I Am“, “Stan“, “Without Me“, “Mockingbird“, “Not Afraid“, “Love the Way You Lie“, “The Monster“, “River” and “Rap God“, which broke the Guinness World Record for the most words in a hit single, with 1,560 words
Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million records. He was the best-selling music artist in the United States of the 2000s and the bestselling male music artist in the United States of the 2010s, third overall. Billboard named him the “Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)“
TUPAC SHAKUR
2pac is widely considered one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time.[1][2] Shakur is among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
His Diamond certified album All Eyez on Me (1996), the first double-length album in hip-hop history, abandoned his introspective lyrics for volatile gangsta rap.[6] In addition to his music career, Shakur also found considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles in Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), Gridlock’d (1997), and Gang Related (1997).
During the later part of his career, Shakur was shot five times in the lobby of a New York recording studio and experienced legal troubles, including incarceration.
Following his release, he signed to Marion “Suge” Knight‘s label Death Row Records and became heavily involved in the growing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry.[7] On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times by an unidentified assailant in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas; he died six days later. Following his murder, Shakur’s friend-turned-rival, the Notorious B.I.G., was at first considered a suspect due to their public feud; he was also murdered in another drive-by shooting six months later in March 1997, while visiting Los Angeles
MOBB DEEP
Mobb Deep was an American hip hop duo from New York City,[1][3] formed in 1991. Consisting of rappers Prodigy and Havoc, they are considered to be among the principal progenitors of hardcore East Coast hip hop.[4] Mobb Deep became one of the most successful rap duos of all time, having sold over three million records.[4] Their best-known albums are The Infamous (1995), Hell on Earth (1996) and Murda Muzik (1999),[5][6] and their most successful singles were “Shook Ones (Part II)” and “Survival of the Fittest.”[7] They were known for their dark and hardcore delivery.[8]
Mobb Deep was part of the infamous East Coast vs West Coast hip hop rivalry, that was fueled and increasingly promoted by the private media. The beef started when Snoop Dogg and the West Coast group,
Following the release of The Infamous, Mobb Deep became some of the most prolific artists of the East Coast. The album title was inspired by a friend Yamit, a Golden Gloves boxer, who resided on Havoc’s block in Queensbridge.[20] Prodigy noted “[Yamit] had ‘The Most Infamous’ tattooed on his biceps in black ink. We were already Mobb Deep, but he dubbed us the Infamous Mobb Deep.”
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