Jay Z Randomly Pops Up on Twitter, Gives Props to 96 Rappers Who "Inspire" Him
Jay Z tweets as often as Jay Electronica releases new music, which is basically never. But on Thursday evening (June 15), after being the first rapper to ever be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Hov randomly popped up on Twitter and over the course of nine tweets, shouted out 96 different rappers or rap acts who, he says, have inspired him. (Oh, and President Obama, the "greatest rapper of all-time.")
While we still don't know if there's a new album coming— yes, we do, there totally is—what we do know is that Memphis Bleek is nowhere to be found (as of press time) and Kanye didn't receive his mention until 19 other rappers filled up his character count. Oh, and Jay is deleting Twitter in the morning, so take screen shots!
The full list:
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- Rakim
- Big Daddy Kane
- KRS-One
- Chuck D
- Ice Cube
- Jaz-O
- Eminem
- Andre 3k
- Nas
- Notorious B.I.G
- 2Pac
- J. Cole
- Kendrick Lamar
- Chance The Rapper
- Jay Electronica
- Lauryn Hill
- Nicki Minaj
- MC Lyte
- Queen Latifah
- Common
- Kanye
- Drake
- Meek Mill
- Run-DMC
- Grandmaster Caz
- LL Cool J
- 2 Chainz
- Cam'ron
- T.I.
- Q-Tip
- Black Thought
- Pharoahe Monch
- Scarface
- De La Soul
- Ice-T
- Kool G Rap
- Melle Mel
- Kurupt
- The Lox
- DMX
- ScHoolboy Q
- Ab-Soul
- Lupe Fiasco
- Mos Def
- Foxy Brown
- Rick Ross
- Quavo
- Future
- Travis Scott
- Tee Grizzley (who Jay says has the BEST song out right now)
- Redman
- Ghostface Killah
- Raekwon
- Busta Rhymes
- Treach (of Naughty By Nature)
- Young Thug (or Slim, maybe, probably not)
- Beyonce ("B a rapper too!")
- Lil Wayne
- Juvenile
- B.G.
- Nipsey Hussle
- Lil Kim
- Slaughterhouse (Yes, Joe Budden included.)
- Wale
- MC Eiht
- Too Short
- E-40
- Mac Dre
- 50 Cent
- Big L
- Showbiz & A.G.
- Nice & Smooth
- Fat Joe
- Big Punisher
- Digable Planets (especially Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler)
- Beanie Sigel
- Young Chris
- Freeway
- Styles P State Property
- Jeezy
- Pusha T
- Playboi Carti ("Magnolia" is incredible)
- ASAP Rocky
- Sean Price
- Mobb Deep
- Kid Cudi
- Tyler, The Creator
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Snoop Dogg
- Slick (Fuckin) Rick
- Pimp C
- Bun B
- Big Sean
- Sauce Money
- Fabolous
- Mac Miller (he's "nice too")
Jay joking around about not knowing how to use technology is the perfect ending to this piece.