And they said Hip-Hop was dead, this list begs to differ.
Billboard’s biggest honor, the Artists of the Decade list, has been revealed and Eminem, Nelly, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Ludacris are listed as the Hip-Hop artists that are considered Artists of the Decade.
There are many questions that arise from this list but before we get into that, here are the chart positions.
Eminem of course tops the list at number 1 as he has been one of the listed artists to dominate the charts (whenever he releases albums) dating back to 1999. But here is where it gets interesting; coming in at number 3 is Nelly.
The list credits Nelly’s 2002 sophomore effort Nellyville that spawned the hits “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma” which features Kelly Rowland as the reason why he was selected. Though this may be great news for Nelly, it is a little bit of a head scratcher as to why he would even come in at number 3 when he hasn’t had a worthy hit single since “Hot in Herre.”
50 Cent comes in at number 6 while Jay-Z is listed as number 10. To make the list even more confusing, Kanye West comes in at number 15. The word play connoisseur himself, Ludacris, comes in at number 16.
Nelly at number 3 and Kanye West at number 15, yeah ok.
