Lil Wayne reveals his eight favourite rappers of all time
Lil Wayne has revealed his eight favourite rappers of all time in the form of a fantasy football team. The New Orleans rapper recently appeared on a podcast, where he went into detail about his picks.
First and foremost, Weezy picked Jay-Z as either a seasoned player or coach, saying, “I don’t know if he’s the coach or something, but he a veteran. Then we need a proven superstar, and that would be my man [Drake]. He could play both sides of the ball, he could sing and rap.”
Continuing to tell The Travis Hunter Show, “Now we need somebody that could move so we going with…they gotta rap right? This ain’t the mover, but I’m going with [Jadakiss]. I think you see Kiss in that backfield and get scared. Found the mover, you probably thought I meant [a dancer] but I’ma fuck you up. Turn around and shake that ass for ’em – Nicki!”
Wayne went on to salute Biggie Smalls before pairing him up with one of the biggest rappers of another generation.
“Now we need some toughness. Do they have to be alive? I’m going with Biggie,” he said. “Then this that wild card. I’m going with J Cole. He gon’ keep the ship steady when we got the hot heads tripping.” Then, he went for Eminem. “No race shit, but you gotta have a nice white boy as quarterback. I’m sorry,” he said. “He could also be the kicker, you never know!”
As a backup player, he said, “It was hard to leave Missy [Elliott] off my list. It was very hard so if I got a bench, then Missy on the bench. Missy coming in as my emergency player because she can do everything. She can sing dance and rap. And produce.”
This isn’t the first time Lil Wayne has listed his all-time rappers. Last year, he told Not Just Football that his top five were Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Eminem, Biggie Smalls and Drake.