ten months pass...
VIBE MAGAZINE'S 2009 BEST RAPPER EVER COMPETITION
ANNOUNCES RAPPERS ADVANCING TO SWEET 16 IN BID FOR COVETED TITLE
June 10, 2009, New York City -- Who will hold the illustrious title of being
The Best Rapper Ever? VIBE magazine and VIBE.com are one step closer to announcing the winner of their 2009 The Best Rapper Ever competition with the revelation of the Sweet 16. More than 600,000 votes have been cast and the VIBE mail bins are overflowing with responses, setting the record straight on old rivalries and creating new ones.
All of the No.1 seeds continue to hold their own, with Eminem, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., and Rakim all advancing to the next round. Three No. 2 seeds, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube, and Jay-Z, have advanced, while LL Cool J was taken down by DMX with a 12 percent margin. Nas's 89 percent took down Q-Tip's 11 percent with a strong swipe.
To vote on the current round of the competition, visit http://www.vibe.com/bestrapperever/
VIBE'S BEST RAPPER EVER SWEET 16:
2Pac
Andre 3000
Big Daddy Kane
Big Punisher
DMX
Eminem
Ghostface Killah
Ice Cube
Jay-Z
KRS-One
Lil Wayne
Nas
Rakim
Scarface
Snoop Dogg
The Notorious B.I.G.
― I used to like dem burgers boy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 18:15 (sixteen years ago)
smart money's on pac; i'd likely go with scarface to be contrary
― I used to like dem burgers boy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 18:15 (sixteen years ago)
dmx? really? y'all gon' make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here.
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 18:17 (sixteen years ago)