If a rapper is to be deemed worthy of “the crown”, they must possess all of the following nine traits at high levels for at least three consecutive years:

• Represents an ideal and lifestyle that a certain huge group identifies with, both accurately and accessibly through their image, voice and subject matter
• Has a notable personality
• Has a striking and impressive voice and flow that compliments any style (especially the biggest current sounds of their era)
• Is known for hard hitting and memorable/quotable lyrics
• Makes great hooks
• Excels at crossover hits, hard anthemic bangers and introspective songs
• Is known for a specific sound that is mainly associated with their brand
• Proven ability to make an iconic project with at least a handful of songs that captures the heart of the culture
• Propped up by a territory as a hometown hero

And which current rappers check off these boxes in your opinion?

- BRAVE

Durk

olivia rodrigo

Kendrick

Nerd

Lowkey Tyler hate thread

can there be multiple people with "the crown" at once?

You could just type drake fr. He checks on what a flawless rapper is. Wayne coulda had it but he doesn’t have as much versatility as drake

Wait in rap no

Wayne definitely had it during his era

Absolutely but it isn’t common

how many

none of the current gen (2018+) check all those boxes

His era yea but I’m saying his package isn’t as perfect as drakes imo. Obviously Wayne run is more influential and impactful still of course

I had to edit that. In rap I think not. There’s always that one rapper with the crown each era. But then again we did have Kanye and Wayne in the same era

Agreed. Drake is the more encompassing rapper even with Wayne being a better rapper

In my opinion the only new rapper I saw with all those traits or potential to have it easily was xxxtenaction

But Drake quickly became the face of Toronto on every level and remained as such ever since

Brought back the og avi?

Yessir

fr he fits into all those traits plus he had the sales to back it up

only others I could think that even come close are YB and carti but they lack 1-2 traits that OP mentioned

I mean you said it not us lol

Yeat

I’ll give you guys a list of names, you determine who checks off what boxes:

Travis Scott
Tyler the Creator
Playboi Carti
Lil Baby
Cardi B
NBA Youngboy
Lil Nas X
Doja Cat
Megan Thee Stallion
Jack Harlow
DaBaby

Alternate title “Here are 9 traits that Drake displays”