The 10 MCs Who Will Take Over Hip-Hop In The 2020s

A new crop of MCs is emerging to take the throne from Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Drake. We name the 10 best rappers of the Now School. On episode #73 of the What's The Headline podcast, we also discuss Pete Rock not being paid for his work on Illmatic, Kool Moe Dee's resurfaced report card grading MCs from the 80s and 90s and more. 0:00 Intro 5:02 There is a new generation of MCs emerging to take over the 2020s 9:20 The top MCs of the 2010s 12:43 The differences between traditional Rap and melodic Rap 17:30 The criteria for choosing the top MCs of the 2020s 18:10 The best rappers of the 2020s 18:14 J.I.D. 23:46 Jack Harlow 27:32 Lute 31:57 Mach-Hommy 36:10 Russ 42:37 Your Old Droog 45:01 Nick Grant 46:20 Boldy James 48:49 Cordae 51:53: Megan Thee Stallion 54:49 Cardi B 58:02 Reason 1:00:18 Isaiah Rashad 1:04:05 Why Da Baby and Lil Baby aren’t being considered 1:06:48 Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher (Griselda) 1:10:35 Westside Boogie 1:11:40 Buddy 1:13:23 Saba 1:14:36 The Top 10 MCs of the Now School 1:18:18 Kool Moe Dee graded the top MCs of the 80s and 90s 1:26:49 Pete Rock says he has not been paid for his work on Illmatic; who’s to blame? 1:32:25 Kanye West spills the details about his divorce on a new song with The Game 1:34:50 Tupac affiliate CPO Boss Hogg has passed away 1:36:40 New music of the week from Nicholas Craven and Evidence, Camp Lo, Cainaan and Masta Ace, and more.