The rapper Pusha T known as a “master painter”

Pusha T is a legend in hip-hop and has labored with the perfect of the perfect. As one-half of the well-known rap duo Clipse, the lyricist (actual title Terrence Thornton) rose out of Virginia Seashore within the late within the early 2000s.

Since his rise within the 2000s, Thornton has labored with Jay-Z, Rick Ross and even signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music in 2004. His 2022 challenge, It’s Nearly Dry, obtained essential acclaim and his 2018 physique of labor, Daytona, is considered a traditional.

Nevertheless, previous to fame, Pusha (actual title Terrence Thornton) regarded as much as numerous artists from the East and West Coast. A number of the artists he regarded as much as embody two Brooklyn legends, Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls.

Following the discharge of his observe, ‘Diet Coke’ in 2022, Pusha was requested in an interview who he believes the perfect “coke” rapper is, to which he responded, “Hov is first because he made Reasonable Doubt and that is the grail of all drug levels, without being all about drugs. It spoke more to the lifestyle,” 

He continued to hail Atlanta emcee Yeezy, stating, “Lyrically, I’m going to say that I’m next. And I’ll say Jeezy is third, because I don’t believe there was a stronger moment in time than Trap or Die.”

Over time, Thornton has additionally expressed that, in his opinion, Biggie Smalls is the best rapper of all time. He spoke to Rolling Stone in 2015 about why Huge was the perfect and broke down his favorite Biggie verse from ‘Young G’s’ for Pitchfork in 2018.

Throughout his dialog with Rollingstone, the ‘Grindin’ emcee defined, “I believe the Notorious B.I.G. was the greatest rapper who’s ever lived. I remember in ’94, when Ready to Die came out, I was in 11th grade, living in my mother’s house in Virginia. There was a frenzy at my high school, arguing and talking about that album.”

He continued, “We used to spend hours in the car, reciting his raps, trying to figure out what in the hell made him veer off in this way or that way. Some rappers just say a punchline, and it’s like, ‘OK, we get it.’ But Big delved deep. He was a master painter with words. And his flow was just so effortless.”

Thornton concluded, “I mean, I think I’m an awesome writer, but my bars still sound like bars. Big had all these intricacies, all these colours, all these witty things – and it didn’t sound like a rap. It was a conversation.”

You may hear Pusha T talking about Biggie within the video beneath.