Michael B. Jordan thinks Drake, not Jay-Z, is greatest rapper of all time
- Michael B. Jordan thinks Drake is greatest rapper of all time.
- "Fight me," he told Complex.
Michael B. Jordan has shared his take on who he thinks is the greatest rapper of all time.
"Drake, fight me," Jordan told Complex during an episode of "GOAT Talk" on Tuesday.
Jordan was being interviewed alongside his "Creed III" costar Jonathan Majors, who was less than impressed with his answer.
"You said Drake?" Majors, who named Jay-Z as his rap GOAT, replied while laughing.
"Jay-Z, Drake, it's hard. Consistently for how long, across genres," added Jordan. "To have a rapper rap about things that I've been through, situations that I can relate to, the most, literally like, 'Oh I've thought that, I've been through that.'
"How it relates consistently, I gotta go there."
Jay-Z was recently named No. 1 on Billboard's 50 greatest rappers of all time list. Drake was ranked No. 8, just behind Lil Wayne and The Notorious B.I.G.
Wayne was one of a number of rappers who weren't happy with their placement on Billboard's list.
"Man, who the hell is before me? Was the list including all hip-hop, like before and after as well?" the "A Milli" rapper asked Zane Lowe during an interview on Lowe's Apple Music radio show last week.
Lowe explained to Wayne that Jay, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, 2Pac, Eminem, and Biggie had all been ranked ahead of him.
"I will tell you that I am a motherfucking one," replied the 40-year-old star. "Everybody whose names you named, they also know I'm number one. Go ask 'em. They know what it is."
Ice Cube, who was ranked 18th, also wasn't a fan of Billboard's list.
"I don't fuck with Billboard or the editor," the former N.W.A rapper told TMZ. "Billboard ain't hip-hop so their opinion don't matter. So who gives a fuck?"
"It's an irrelevant list," he added. "It's like assholes: everybody got one and they all stink."