I just saw on Jhene Aiko's Spotify she's had music under Sony from almost 20 years ago She just had her biggest album this past year.

2002:

Yeah she use to be with b2k and imx shes in one of b2k early videos

lmao she was 14 for this

Crazy to be releasing music since early teens and you don't reach your real heights til your 30s

Run The Jewels is a good example

El P was known in the underground for some time and Killer Mike was OutKast affiliated, but their popularity peak was in their late 30s with Run The Jewels

Lil Wayne is the only right answer

2Chainz

Westside Gunn and Benny

I mean...think about it. There was a time where Juvenile was a bigger star than Wayne. Nigga even got a number 1 song before Wayne did.

Wayne has the GOAT rise to stardom of any rapper imho.

Chimp1

Yeezus is Kanye's Peak so 2013

Lil Durk

Accurate

Not commercially so idk if that fits

I think Wayne was considered worst of the Hot Boys, he came far

Fun Fact: It took Jay Z 25 years to drop a commercially successful album, MagnanCarta HolyGrail. Keep grinding yall this could be you someday.

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Young Thug, is that you?

Now hes married to beyonce. Just goes to show that things take time 😌

Not really

Bruh...Back That Ass Up is practically the national anthem of the South and that's Juvie's song.

And "Slow Motion" went number 1 in 04 while Go DJ didn't.

Juvie was definitely bigger than Wayne at one point but Wayne wounded up surpassing him and leaving him in the dust.

Always fascinates me an artist like Green Day had two separate stints as the biggest band in the world.

Rina sawayama

Fewtch took awhile

Big KRIT
Danny Brown too