Jay Z Randomly Pops Up on Twitter, Gives Props to 96 Rappers Who "Inspire" Him

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    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:

    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. 

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