I respect your list and there’s some great artist in there (haven’t listened to a lot of lorde) but that list could easily be the list of a Katy Hughes from a high school in Minnesota

Kanye
Kendrick
Slowthai
Danny Brown
A$AP Rocky

2pac would be there easily if counting dead rappers

x, tyler, zel, carti, and joey badass

Drake
Wayne
Baby
Herb
YB

you put lorde like shes a rapper

Ye
Hov
Kendrick
Andre 3K
Tyler, The Creator ( not yet at the level of the rest but I listen to his music a whole lot more than other top rappers and think it's more creative too)

Durk
Carti
Baby
Noodah05
FN DaDealer

Basically this for me except replace Fivi with EST Gee. We’ll see what Fivi does next project tho

mr sme girl since high school aka to him a benz is just a car.

Everyone knows that you're too good for me, don't they?
I'm a cheater, I lie, and I'm shy
But you like to say hello to total strangers
Shivering pines and walls of colour
I can't believe I used to stay inside

Mach-Hommy
Ka
Spook
Moor Mother
billy woods

Hov
Kendrick
Kanye
Andre 3000
Blu

token
Mac lethal
token
Mac lethal
and for real hip hop I like immortal technique

Rx papi

Favs?

S*** idk. Kanye

Currently
Navy
Mike
Isaiah
Earl
Mach

OAT
Hov
Pac
Nas
Drake
Kendrick

Wayne
Uzi
Thug
Kanye
Push

Wayne
Jayz
Drake
Biggie
Eminem

Drake
Wayne
Hov
Kenny
3 stacks

Michael Jackson

No order:

Nas
Biggie
Lil Wayne
Nipsey Hussle
Lloyd Banks

1. Jay-Z
2. Kanye West
3. Pusha T
4. Ice Cube
5. Biggie

Kendrick
Navy blue
MIKE
Westside Gunn
Tyler

Just realized I don't have favorite rappers anymore
But if I had to go off influence:

Mos Def
Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces
Kanye West
Nas
Lupe Fiasco