Fat Joe recently sat down with Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97 for an interview were he spoke about some of his all-time favorite rappers.

While naming JAY Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Eminem, and Big Pun in his top 5 G.O.A.T. list, Joey Crack then remembered Lil Wayne and had the following to say about him:

“Lil Wayne is in that. Lil Wayne would be the king of that era. I’ll just say it early, Lil Wayne would be the king. His pen was phenomenal. He was running circles on niggas. Remember when he did that JAY Z shit over? We couldn’t even believe a nigga could rap like that.”

You can watch a clip of Joe discussing the best MCs after the jump below! Do you agree with his top 5 list?

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Actors O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Pablo Schreiber recently sat down with J Cruz on Power 106’s The Cruz Show in Los Angeles to promote their new movie, “Den Of Thieves”.

Around the 17:25 mark of the interview, Ice Cube‘s son revealed who his top 5 dead or alive MCs are, which included Lil Wayne in his list along with his father, Eminem, Andre 3000, and JAY Z.

You can watch O’Shea explain why Tunechi was his favorite rapper and why he was so impressed at Tune‘s songwriting below. I have also included a bonus clip of him jamming out to Weezy‘s “M’$” verse!

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Professional basketball player Damian Lillard (who goes by the stage name of Dame D.O.L.L.A. in music) was recently asked on Twitter who his top five favorite rappers of all time are.

Even though he couldn’t list just five MCs and instead named seven, Lil Wayne was in his list along with Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Andre 3000, Jay Z, and Eminem.

You can check out Lillard‘s tweet after the jump below! Is there anyone else like myself who still bumps Dame and Wayne‘s “Loyal To The Soil” collaboration daily?

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Ace Hood recently visited The Combat Jack Show to chat about his relationship with DJ Khaled, leaving We The Best Music, Lil Wayne, his watch breaking at an awards show, and plenty more.

At the 49:25 mark of their interview, Hood revealed Tunechi is one his favorite music artists, he loves and misses Tune (he did say pause after this), and hopes he is in a good place because he can imagine how tough his current situation with Cash Money Records is.

Before the conversation wrapped up, Ace also mentioned Weezy is in his top 5 list of MCs along with Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Eminem. You can check out their full interview after the jump below!

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Nas recently sat down with REVOLT‘s vice chairman Andre Harrell for an interview about hip-hop, politics, racism, and more.

During their conversation, Nas was asked who are his favorite MCs of the “new generation” to which he replied: “J. Cole, Kendrick, Drake, Wayne, Rick Ross”.

You can watch Nas name his top 5 favorite rappers after the jump below. I’m happy he named Lil Wayne in his top 5 list, but I wouldn’t classify him as a “new generation” rapper, would you?

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