Factoring in worldwide recognition?

I personally think it's:

1. Eminem
2. Tupac
3. Drake
4. Snoop Dogg
5. Kanye/50 Cent tied

Eminem at #1?

the definition of tasteless

Edit: I thought it said best

Dude was literally one of the biggest rappers OAT and I don't even fw Em

Op said "Biggest", it's literally in the title.

I thought it said "best"

then yeah Em is def #1 lmao

is drake a rapper

Chief Keef is top 10 off the strength of drill music worldwide

1. Eminem/Drake
2. Eminem/Drake
3. Kanye/Jay-Z
4. Kanye/Jay-Z
5. 2Pac/Biggie

Are we talking highest peak? Cuz if so, Nelly should be in the top top 5 somewhere right?

Sad boys and Drain gang are
Scandinavians that attribute all their influence on him

Jay Z is no where as big as Tupac

Commercially? Jay-Z's success is more impressive imo

Jay-Z managed to be relevant from the 1990s to 2010s WITHOUT dying and getting a stimulus from that. He never had a peak as big because he didn't die, but he was still selling 500k first week in his late 40s.

If Jay-Z were to die he'd easily be as big as 2Pac legacy wise. It's just hard/unfair to compare people who died early to those who lived.

Eminem
Slim Shady
The white guy from D12
B-Rabbit
Marshall Mathers

Think it might go like this:

1.Eminem/Snoop Dogg
2.Pac
3.Notorious BIG
4.Jay-Z
5.MC Hammer(Let’s be honest)

Edit:this is actually a hard thing to list tbh. I easily forgot about Wayne,50 and Diddy(even though he’s barely a rapper).

Jay ain't that big though. Do people in Latin America and Asia even know Hov like that?

50 cent
Eminem
2pac
Weezy
Drake

I can tell for SA yes

In terms of popularity, impact, and legacy mostly.

He is known everywhere, he is married to Beyonce. He is one of the most known people in pop culture this century just off of that.

Also, again y'all are acting like people everywhere in random small countries knew 2Pac BEFORE he died which isn't true.

If Jay-Z were to die today it'd be a HUGE news event on par with MJ/Prince/etc's deaths, and he'd become well known everywhere with his legacy too. It's not fair to compare people who already died with those who are still alive and managed to last decades.

This is it.

"If Jay-Z were to die today it'd be a HUGE news event on par with MJ/Prince/etc's deaths"