The Game’s five favourite rappers from Compton
The Game thinks a lot of his own rapping abilities, having once declared himself to be the best ever rapper to emerge from Compton.
That is a big claim. Compton, lest we forget, has given us outright legends like Kendrick Lamar and NWA’s Dr Dre, Eazy-E and MC Ren. The Game is undoubtedly among the top MCs that Compton has produced, but calling him the absolute best is certainly debatable.
Game has, to be fair, been a little less gung-ho on this particular subject on other occasions. In 2025, for instance, after Complex published a list of the 50 best rappers from Los Angeles more broadly, Game was so incensed by the picks that he decided to write up his own picks on his Instagram.
Among the 50 rappers that The Game highlighted, several were from Compton specifically. Of those, he actually did rank one artist higher than him.
Game’s top three consisted of LA rappers that weren’t from Compton. 2pac, who was actually born in New York before he relocated westward and became a legend of that coast, was at number one, followed by Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube. Contrary to NWA’s strong ties to Compton, Cube himself was from South Central Los Angeles.
But at number four we have a true Compton native, and it wasn’t The Game himself. Contrary to his claim in late 2025 that he was the best, he actually listed Kendrick Lamar ahead of him this time. According to this list, Kendrick was Compton’s top dog.
Game did list himself next, at number five on the overall LA list and at number two when we consider only Compton rappers. He may have conceded that Kendrick’s skills pipped his abilities, but that didn’t mean he’d suddenly stopped holding himself in high regard.
DJ Quik, Dr Dre and Eazy-E completed Game’s top-five Compton rappers, coming in respectively at numbers 7, 8 and 9 on the overall LA list. He evidently was an NWA fan, and he, of course, was once one of Dr Dre’s protégés.
Game is especially fond of Dre’s Chronic album, once declaring it to be his favourite of all time. Asked in 2011 to list his top albums, he replied, “The Chronic got to be by itself with no number, and then the list starts.” He loved it.