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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1. Rakim
2. Big Daddy Kane
3. KRS-One
4. Chuck D
5. Ice Cube
6. Jaz-O
7. Eminem
8. Andre 3k
9. Nas
10. Notorious B.I.G
11. 2Pac
12. J. Cole
13. Kendrick Lamar
14. Chance The Rapper
15. Jay Electronica
16. Lauryn Hill
17. Nicki Minaj
18. MC Lyte
19. Queen Latifah
20. Common
21. Kanye
22. Drake
23. Meek Mill
24. Run-DMC
25. Grandmaster Caz 
26. LL Cool J
27. 2 Chainz
28. Cam'ron
29. T.I.
30. Q-Tip
31. Black Thought
32. Pharoahe Monch
33. Scarface
34. De La Soul
35. Ice-T
36. Kool G Rap
37. Melle Mel
38. Kurupt
39. The Lox
40. DMX
41. ScHoolboy Q
42. Ab-Soul
43. Lupe Fiasco
44. Mos Def
45. Foxy Brown
46. Rick Ross
47. Quavo
48. Future
49. Travis Scott
50. Tee Grizzley (who Jay says has the BEST song out right now)
51. Redman
52. Ghostface Killah
53. Raekwon
54. Busta Rhymes
55. Treach (of Naughty By Nature)
56. Young Thug (or Slim, maybe, probably not)
57. Beyonce ("B a rapper too!")
58. Lil Wayne
59. Juvenile
60. B.G.
61. Nipsey Hussle
62. Lil Kim
63. Slaughterhouse (Yes, Joe Budden included.)
64. Wale
65. MC Eiht
66. Too Short
67. E-40
68. Mac Dre
69. 50 Cent
70. Big L
71. Showbiz & A.G.
72. Nice & Smooth
73. Fat Joe
74. Big Punisher
75. Digable Planets (especially Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler)
76. Beanie Sigel
77. Young Chris
78. Freeway
79. Styles P State Property
80. Jeezy
81. Pusha T
82. Playboi Carti ("Magnolia" is incredible)
83. ASAP Rocky
84. Sean Price
85. Mobb Deep
86. Kid Cudi
87. Tyler, The Creator
88. Earl Sweatshirt
89. Snoop Dogg
90. Slick (Fuckin) Rick
91. Pimp C
92. Bun B
93. Big Sean
94. Sauce Money
95. Fabolous
96. Mac Miller (he's "nice too")

Jay joking around about not knowing how to use technology is the perfect ending to this piece.