Top 10 Best Rappers of the 2000s

The Top Ten
1 Eminem Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, actor and music producer born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Eminem has sold over 300 million records making him the bestselling hip-hop artist of all time. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12 and (with Royce da 5'9") half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil. Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and 5 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and 13 worldwide.

Eminem's first couple albums of the decade already made him the #1 rapper. Relapse was meh but I think Recovery was really good as well. Hell: The Sequel with Royce the 5'9 showed that he still has lyrical mastery. Eminem is easily the best rapper of the 2000s and whether you want to admit it or not, one of the top 5 of all time (at the least top 10). He IS up there with Nas, Rakim, Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie, Andre 3000, KRS-One and whatever other legends you can think of.

No contest, Em was the absolute best last decade. Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, and Eminem Show alone earn him that number one spot. One of the greatest of all time.

Slim shady is #1 with lose yourself, real slim shady, without me, criminal, my name is and his newer songs like beautiful, not afraid, no love, space bound and many more. He's by far the best rapper

He has always been a skilled rapper. His natural talent, detroit accent, upbringing, and ability to express all of this in any of his songs makes him, to me, the greatest rapper of all time.

2 Lil' Wayne

Active gang member, like I said on another "Top Ten" about him, I can not get enough of this guy. He never gets boring! Whenever you think his songs start to get old, boom, he releases another three number ones accompanied by five other hits. He is, in my opinion, the best rapper ever and the fourth best artist ever including all genres and all artist ever! You can say that he is not the best based on the songs on his albums (I still think he is the best ever) but when you start including all the songs he has been featured in! He is just amazing, that is one man you can say has "swag out the shower. "(Birdman said this is one of the songs Wayne featured in by Birdman)

Sorry but Lil Wayne deserves to defeat Eminem. More billboard entries than any rapper to ever live (second of any human ever because drake is a singer)

Are you kidding me, This guy can't hardly speak English right This guy should be kick out of the list. He just makes Hip-Hop/Rap look terrible

He was okay back when he first started but COME ON, THIS GUY IS NOT ONE OF THE BEST. You can argue all you want who is but it's certainly not Lil Wayne.

3 Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter, known by his stage name JAY-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and investor born on December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his albums Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album. He is considered to be one of the best rappers of all time.

Come On Jay-Z Is Better Than Wayne. I Heard Wayne Until He Was In 2008. He and Drake Raps Bitin Off Of Big Sean. Jay-Z Made Songs With Legendary. Should Be #1

This guy released his first album the same year as Eminem in 1996 but who been hot the whole 15 going on to 16 years. Lil Wayne don't got nothing on Jay-Z

Jay Z is top 3 of all time, only behind 2 rappers whom passed before 2000. Em is top 5 but not #1.

How is jay not #1 in the 2000s he had three all time classics. I think jay and kanye should be 1 and 2

4 Kanye West Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and fashion designer. He is regarded as one of the most influential, as well as controversial, artists of the 21st century. ...read more.

Gold digger, stronger, Jesus walks, Love lockdown, Can't tell me nothing, homecoming, heartless, All falls down, Through the wire, Flashing lights, all are great. In my opinion he's VERY slightly better than Eminem in 2000's, but in 2010's Eminem is much better.

IT's so simple to put Kanye in front of everyone but Eminem, Em, in my humble opinion has fell off, but that's my feeling. In my eyes Kanye is #1, Em is 2, Fif is 3, Z is 4

best ever... RESPECT
stronger, love lockdown, good life, heartless, homecoming, gold digger, diamonds
how he isn't no 1

Kanye west is the best! Yeah he did do some stupid controversial things, but I look past that. His songs are all classic masterpieces! YEEZUS ALL THE WAY!

5 Snoop Dogg Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., (born October 20, 1971) known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and television personality from Long Beach, California.

He's been rapping the longest to me and he's my favourite rapper of all time

He is the best rapper ever

6 50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, record, film, and television producer.

He is the sole person on this list except maybe lil wayne that I can say is a gangster! This is the only rapper I can say has his own game. He is a scary guy. His voice is deep and original sound. He has many hits so I am just going to name a few. His most famous are "Candy Shop" and "In the Club. "

He should be higher in the list honestly 50 cent is a great artist who can do any type of rap with his nice slow flow and he had get rich or die trying and he's still puttn out great music like my life, major distribution, and new day just too name a few.

How can lil Wayne be better than 50? Get rich or die tryin and the massacre is classic lil Wayne's only good song is drop the world

Dre brought him up, now he's doing great by himself

7 Lupe Fiasco Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. He also performs as the frontman of rock band Japanese Cartoon ...read more.

A true artist who can be both mainstream and underground, easily the best of the new century with two quality albums and even lasers being his worst was a dope album along with cole world

He never made a song without a positive message. Case closed

lupe is a beast! Im a big fan of hip-hop and this guy is what is all about. He has killer metaphores and one of the sickest flows EVER!

His words are powerful

8 Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and was the president of Death Row Records. Dr. Dre ...read more.
9 Nas Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper and entrepreneur born on September 14, 1973 in New York City. His album, Illmatic, is considered to be one of the best rap albums of all time. He is also considered to be one of the best rappers of all time.

NaS needs to be in front of everyone. He is the best lyricist ever. It's obvious. How can people such as 50cent or The game Kanye West or Lil Wayne even be Considered to be in front of him. Blasphemy.

Wow, this site is full of teenyboppers and Eminem fan boys, huh. Nas is the illest and took a poop on Jay Z. Eminem would look at this list and puke. So would 2Pac.

Just watch Illmatic and you will have so much respect for him, he's a great rapper who speaks the language of the struggles in Ny, and street life, and his own mother and father he is amazing.No dispute.

Nas should be in the top 10 he's the only rapper on here that has stayed true to the game and himself, besides for Lupe Outkast and Cudi.

10 T.I. Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., better known by his stage names T.I. and Tip, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor born on September 25, 1980 in Atlanta, GA.

The greatest rapper alive, T.I. he has developed through out time. The way that he doesn't join anyone ands stands for himself makes him one of the greatest ever in hip-hop. Lots of rappers these days are trying to copy T.I. 's swag and style, but just can't because there is only one true King in the game, T.I. king of the South!

T.I. is the greatest rapper ever! He spits sick lyrics and can murder anyone in a rap battle. King of the South forever!

T.I. is probably one of the only rappers that are the truth and you don't get tired of listening to his music.

T.I. is the best rapper of decade best albums and songs

The Contenders
11 Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg ...read more.

Should be way higher. Hands down has the best flows, lyrics, wordplay, and production of this generation.

His music actually serves a purpose, and edifies those who he intends on reaching. The dude is inspiring...

Kendrick Lamar is the new frontman of hip hop, next to J cole

Thanks to Kendrick lyricists are back!

12 The Game Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper and actor. He was born on November 29, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. Game spent most of his childhood in foster care (up until high school) even though he knew all of his brothers and sisters. Since 2002, Game ...read more.

He has proved he can do gangster rap, hip hop and everything between em. He is original and not afraid to say what he wants. So many thought he was done after he left Aftermath then, BOOM Doctor's Advocate. CLASSIC

The Game respects the roots of hip hop more than every rapper today

Anyway, most of decent rap roots before the 2000's, but game is for sure one the last real one on the scene

The Game and Nas are the best rappers as well as papoose.

13 Young Jeezy Young Jeezy is a hip hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is most known for his album "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101", his loud, distinctive rap voice, his song "Put On", his longtime beef with rapper Gucci Mane, and for his tough talk and street lyrics.
14 Lil Wyte Patrick Lanshaw, better known by his stage name Lil Wyte, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.

Should be higher, I mean Doubt Me Now was one of the best southern rap albums of this decade.

15 Immortal Technique Felipe Andres Coronel, better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and urban activist from Lima, Peru. He was born on February 19, 1978
16 Proof DeShaun Dupree Holton better known by his stage name Proof, was an American rapper and actor from Detroit, Michigan. During his career, he was a member of the groups 5 Elementz, Funky Cowboys, Promatic and most notably, D12. He was a close childhood friend of rapper Eminem, who lived on the same block, ...read more.
17 K-Rino Eric Kaiser (born 9 September 1970), better known by his stage name K-Rino, is an American rapper and record producer from Houston, Texas. He is a pioneer of the Southern hip hop scene, and has been rapping since 1983. K-Rino's first release was the single "rocking It" with his group Real Chill in 1986, ...read more.
18 Royce da 5'9 Ryan Daniel Montgomery, better known by his stage name Royce da 5'9", is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan.

Should be in the top 10 he raps with eminem and they formed Bad meets Evil. He has great lyrics as well and has a good flow.

The only person besides eye-kyu who could out rap Eminem in the same track

19 Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji "Mike" Shinoda (born 11 February 1977) is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, graphic designer, manager and film composer. He co-founded Linkin Park in 1996 and is the band's rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, producer, and co-lead vocalist.

best rapper wether be in the linkin park songs or his fort minor ones, his songs has brought an attitude era. he is the best.....

The only rapper who does not sing for money and sex

Living legend as good as any rapper can be

Best rapper ever along with Eminem...

20 Hopsin Marcus Jamal Hopson, better known by his stage name Hopsin, is an American rapper, record producer, director and actor from Los Angeles, California. Hopsin was born on July 18, 1985. His first album was called Emurge but he's best known for his album titled Raw.

2nd best rapper alive

21 Juicy J Jordan Houston, known by his stage name Juicy J, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He was originally part of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia (originally called Triple 6 Mafia), however he would leave the group and sign to Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang in exchange for more money and solo ...read more.
22 Drake Aubrey Drake Graham, known professionally as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Canada. He started his career on Canadian reality show "Degrassi: The Next Generation".

Should be way higher than 12th. Much better than The Game.
The Way I see it:
1. Rick Ross
2. Eminem
3. Drake
4. Kanye West
5. Lil Wayne
6. Jay Z'
7. Big Sean
8. Wale
9. Nelly
10. T-Pain.

A failure at all rap, he's a pop singer and he's a white jewish boy no gangster

Drake the ugly best rapper of our generation

Destroyer of hip hop

23 Andre 3000/Big Boi André Lauren Benjamin, known by his stage name André 3000 is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, and is most known as one half of the hip-hop duo OutKast. Despite never actually releasing an official solo studio album, 3000 has built up a strong following online among hip hop listeners and often ...read more.

Andre 3000 is 1 of the top 5 rappers of all time.... not top 5 in how many album sales a person has or how hot a rapper is but top 5 best lyricists and rhymes

Their songs are catchy, have great flow, and the lyrics are actually meaningful. I enjoy the different qualities of sound their songs have, so they all differ from one another.

During 2004-06, they were one of if not THE best of that time, and still have it in them

Best of the 2000's no doubt

24 Ace Hood Antoine McColister, better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. He was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
25 Akon Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon, is an American-Senegalese singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor.

Nah, I respect opinions but I've seen better.

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