The statement “Eminem is your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper” is now scientifically proven.
Designer and analyst Svilen Kostadinov complied ever so popular lists of Top 5 rappers from rappers to discover who are GOATs who made to the most of these lists.
The results are unsurprising but the way they are presented is elegant and convincing.
Yes, that’s right, Eminem is the one who is mentioned by other rappers constantly, the one who resides in their Top 5.
The researcher limited his sample to professional rappers only but excluded all self-inserts, mentions count only when done by others. Overall, the analysis draws upon 53 lists from rappers of all generations who released at least one album.
The cumulative top 5 includes five undisputed GOATs of the genre: Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Jay-Z and Nas. The number of mentions at the first is almost twice as big as at the fifth.
Here is the lost of top 10 rappers with the biggest numbers of mentions.
The ranking not only shows the relative number of mentions but also links different MCs in one network. The data mapping reveals the web of connections that holds hip hop together:
