Ice Cube names his favorite rapper of all time

Former N.W.A. rapper and South Central Los Angeles native Ice Cube is a legendary rapper and is broadly thought-about one of many forefathers of gangsta rap. Alongside Dr Dre, MC Ren and Eazy-E, he made historical past as a member of the long-lasting Nineteen Eighties Compton hip-hop collective.

The N.W.A. icon is considered one of hip-hop’s most revered figures and is appeared as much as by many, and a number of other artists have cited him as their favorite MCs. As such, Brooklyn lyricist Talib Kweli invited Ice Cube (actual identify O’Shea Jackson) to talk about his influences on his podcast Peoples’ Celebration.

Throughout his dialog with Kweli, Jackson was requested who his favorite rapper was, to which he responded, “Chuck D is my favourite emcee of all time! But my top five…Melle Mel [is] in there, Ice-T is in there, Chuck D, KRS-One and Rakim. These are the ones that impacted me, not just as a person who loves hip-hop but as a black dude trying to navigate what the hell is going on out here.”

He continued, “And so I wanted to be in that class and that category. I didn’t wanna just be rhyming for the sake of riddling. I wanted to have things to say, make an impact and move people the way Chuck moved me.”

Ice Cube is constant in his high 5 artists as on The Artwork Of Dialogue podcast, he named the identical listing, stating, “A great MC, I believe who taught everybody that they needed to bring more style to they rhymes is KRS-One.”

He continued, “Another guy that is my favourite of all time who introduced consciousness on another level into rap and never waivered, and I give that to Chuck D. Another one is another trendsetter who is one of my OG’s, who helped the West Coast get on the map is Ice-T.”

Ice Cube has beforehand revealed his high ten and has admitted that Eminem is in there. Jackson additionally has an affinity for the often-overlooked and unappreciated West Coast lyricist Rass Kass. You’ll be able to take heed to Ice Cube and Talib Kweli communicate within the video under.