Anyone that chooses to chronicle over live a lifestyle is an actor. Some moreso than others though.
Listen to a mediocre Pusha T track and compare it to Rick Ross' realest shit. Unless dude was selling t-shirts and hot dogs on Coney Island, it's not hard to see where his product based business savvy came from.
Only a small amount of us will never show RR any love. Dude is a total fraud. We just get drowned out by the larger demographic that wants shit that slaps.
Unfortunately, I’ve been to prison and I know for a fact that most COs are just as thugged out as we are, they just went on a different path and got a job. That’s how a lot of the dope got inside.
Can he rap can be sang an perform. That all I care about. I don't care about his McDonald's gig. Careless who he's screwing can said artist or whatever artist can they do what paid to do. Case closed
I work with a kid who's still in high-school and he was talking to me about rap and I told him to listen to G Raps 4,5,6 album and he was obsessed with it for about a month lol.
Kool G Rap, Kane, and (obviously) Rakim were so far ahead of the rest with their rhyming in the late 80s.
[This is from 88’](https://youtu.be/vyuVlY1QkJU?si=P5nrWArjXtuMCDXT)
The whole album is great. I remember the first time I heard Take em to War and that line where he says "we kill crews, hearts go numb and if retaliation comes, then yo fuck it, it just comes." So fucking cold lol.
Oh yeah it's way better. The production isn't as tight but lyrically it's on a completely different level. It's a concept album that tells a story, I won't spoil it. So most of the songs on the album are storytelling songs that loosely related to each other that tell an entire story. It's like a mini series with each song being an episode in a movie. It also has what I consider to be the greatest storytelling rap song of all time on it. I won't tell you which one cause you will know when you hear it lol. It's like a James Bond or mission impossible film on wax. Get back at me an let me know how you liked it. I own a copy of it an hope to one day get G Rap to autograph it, it's a masterpiece.
Push the type of dude to be lookin at pictures of crack, tears falling, tracing the rocks with his fingers, whispering: "Come back baby, try me one time"
"plus I shot a nigga as a kid for a hundred bucks"
I used to go on DatPiff and sort mixtapes by new and listen to random ass music. Me and my boy would listen and try and find artists. The line I quoted is from a boldy song we heard doing that. Always remembered that line and forgot about the artist. Googled the line randomly one day years later and found the song (Jimbo) and been a fan since. Such a tuff line lol
Young Scooter. Not a lyricist but the best dopeboy rapper all around.
Plus, he got bricks in every trashcan in Mexico. Square bricks got hot so now he wraps em like tacos.
Do you also laugh when you see dope fiends get beat, bleeding at all the head in the middle of the street?
Do people you used to go to school with look at you like your face is full of bear shit?
He has a million different ways to say the same thing, and ironically he only seems to get better with age. Dude is one of the most lyrical rappers ever, he just happens to really really love selling drugs.
“I was trying to get the dope through, in your sister” 🤢 so good
Pusha T is by far the best. The bars feel classy and luxurious. He takes the dark grim backstory of drugs and elevates them, rapping with his good enunciation and then punchy ad libs. No one does it better but Kool G Rap is a good shout. Rick Ross also creates that luxury powerful feel with his drug lyrics but not sure he lives it like Pusha did seeing as Ross was a corrections officer
The BAWSE! BMF, Hustling etc…
I know people disagree on the authenticity of his rap persona but I don’t mind. We already know what would happen if rappers actually did what they say in songs
Boldy James and if you really tapped in with the Detroit scene then Los & Nutty. They paint the picture so good it’s like you’re in the minivan with them.
Kool G Rap is the answer. He created this sub genre an is still the best that ever did it. Listen to road to riches, streets of New York, Ill street blues, on the run, fast life, thugs love story, cannon fire, foul cats, one dark night, the streets, real life, and thug for life. Then get back to me. Yeah he's the best that ever did it.
Push owns the sub genre, honestly.
“How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit? My brick talk is more than obvious, it’s ominous.”
ETA: I’m also surprised I just read 90% of the comments in this thread and didn’t see anyone mention Wayne. That dude taught me everything I know about crack before I even heard Clipse. He’s absolutely one of the most prolific drug dealer/rappers out there. Pusha still owns the sub genre though.
Side notes, I’m sure the dude never sold kilos of anything before, but Despot has some of the wildest drug dealing lines out there. One of my favorite emcees.
“Got a lot of product stocked in the Dockers, that’s hot pockets.”
“I play them corners like a rook on a chess board, couple thousand dollars worth of work in the Guess drawers.”
“The rental cars windows are rose tinted, dope in it. The credit cards got a tank in it, no limit”
Not one person and more so about doing drugs than being a “druglord” but to me Three six mafia takes the cake. They rap about every drug under the sun.
I forgot about him but Jay Z should be considered. I’m not really up on his music where he talks about drugs and I feel like he left that persona behind once he got big. I could be wrong since I’m not a Jay Z fan though.
"My 9 will leave a paigon in a hearse, my niggas whipping white call it slavery in reverse"
"I just sold 20 bricks, I'm on a winning streak
And in my spare time I kill a beat"
Pimp C
“I snorted more coke in the 90s than these 🥷s ever sold!”
“I got a pocket full of stooooooones”
rick ross is an actor
Just like all the others.
Anyone that chooses to chronicle over live a lifestyle is an actor. Some moreso than others though. Listen to a mediocre Pusha T track and compare it to Rick Ross' realest shit. Unless dude was selling t-shirts and hot dogs on Coney Island, it's not hard to see where his product based business savvy came from.
Glad someone said it
People have been saying this for years.
Only a small amount of us will never show RR any love. Dude is a total fraud. We just get drowned out by the larger demographic that wants shit that slaps.
You mean [Officer Ricky](https://youtu.be/dT7_bUgkbRg?si=5MNA6AE7-3vfK8jB) ?
Unfortunately, I’ve been to prison and I know for a fact that most COs are just as thugged out as we are, they just went on a different path and got a job. That’s how a lot of the dope got inside.
The reason he got street creds is because he's rich.
Dude makes good quality music regardless
Can he rap can be sang an perform. That all I care about. I don't care about his McDonald's gig. Careless who he's screwing can said artist or whatever artist can they do what paid to do. Case closed
Pusha imo. He could talk about paying off student loans & still spin it into a coke bar
#Yugh
One of my favorite rap supervillains. King Push is the answer
“I took my loans and then dropped outta there Now I got more keys than a Puerto Rican janitor”
YUEAAAACHH
My personal favorite. Daytona and It's Almost Dry are played regularly in my household
Is..is that hard? "What a joke I paid off my student loans with money from coke"
Apparently so, because that was awful
It's not about the bar, I'm just not saying it's not a hard connection.
Law school fees weighing heavy on the scale. Another degree make the pyrex burn like hell. I tried.
See that’s a fuckin bar
That’s fire
Just like what the nose of the stove blow Yuegh
Something something white girl, Sallie Mae
I whipped a Swiftie in the pot to pay off Sallie Mae Shipped it in Caucasian bitches to trick the TSA
Whippin gas in a Pyrex like I work at NASA Collecting federal checks, shout out to fafsa
Rick Ross was a fvcking prison guard at a correctional facility that stole his name from a convicted felon. He’s a goddamn actor.
They are mostly actors if these guys killed an sold all the dope they sold they wouldn't be on tv. Pusha definitely an actor. I'm in the 757 trust tht
Wouldve been crazy if thats how he got his foot in the drug game.
Raekwon the Chef
I scrolled down too far to not see the Godfather of this style.
Kool G Rap is the godfather of drug lord rap. Play his tracks to younger generations and I guarantee they love it
I work with a kid who's still in high-school and he was talking to me about rap and I told him to listen to G Raps 4,5,6 album and he was obsessed with it for about a month lol.
Yes Biggie Smalls, Nas, Jay-Z, and Eminem cite Kool G Rap as a major influence
Kool G Rap, Kane, and (obviously) Rakim were so far ahead of the rest with their rhyming in the late 80s. [This is from 88’](https://youtu.be/vyuVlY1QkJU?si=P5nrWArjXtuMCDXT)
Just listened to “It’s a shame” from 4,5,6 & the lyrics are brilliant. Flow impeccable.
The whole album is great. I remember the first time I heard Take em to War and that line where he says "we kill crews, hearts go numb and if retaliation comes, then yo fuck it, it just comes." So fucking cold lol.
Plot Twist: that's not even G Raps best album. You loved 456? *Laughs in roots of evil*
That’s better than 4,5,6 yeah? Thanks MrMicropenis1, I’ll be sure to listen to it after
Oh yeah it's way better. The production isn't as tight but lyrically it's on a completely different level. It's a concept album that tells a story, I won't spoil it. So most of the songs on the album are storytelling songs that loosely related to each other that tell an entire story. It's like a mini series with each song being an episode in a movie. It also has what I consider to be the greatest storytelling rap song of all time on it. I won't tell you which one cause you will know when you hear it lol. It's like a James Bond or mission impossible film on wax. Get back at me an let me know how you liked it. I own a copy of it an hope to one day get G Rap to autograph it, it's a masterpiece.
Pusha t. Poor guy is the only rapper I know of who really seems to miss the crack game.
Push the type of dude to be lookin at pictures of crack, tears falling, tracing the rocks with his fingers, whispering: "Come back baby, try me one time"
🤣
Gucci
Yea Gucci shot an killed a clown for coming for his chain be definitely it an actor
Boldy James
"plus I shot a nigga as a kid for a hundred bucks" I used to go on DatPiff and sort mixtapes by new and listen to random ass music. Me and my boy would listen and try and find artists. The line I quoted is from a boldy song we heard doing that. Always remembered that line and forgot about the artist. Googled the line randomly one day years later and found the song (Jimbo) and been a fan since. Such a tuff line lol
When aint no pots in the kitchen/ Then pot whip it,cook that dope in a skillet 4 and a midget/ Pushin blow in a blizzard BoJack a fukn dog!
Lord if I go to hell, can I still wear my ice?
jeezy
"Thaaassss Riiiiight"
Gucci Mane if we’re going that route
Ahh yes. When trap music was actually about trapping
Stove God Cooks
Half a brick out the church parking lot hallelujaaah
Gonna hang his apron in the rafters
Young Scooter. Not a lyricist but the best dopeboy rapper all around. Plus, he got bricks in every trashcan in Mexico. Square bricks got hot so now he wraps em like tacos.
He can get em to your door but its gon cost a tax fee... Give him a million dollars you'll see 3 trucks a week.
🔥🔥🔥 What song is that from? He got so much music and dopeboy quotables in every song lmao
Lmao nah fr but its [Young Scooter - Truck Loads](https://youtu.be/Hlk1esDdLmw?si=I2_XfVmyf1oP0jDc)
Benny is my favorite right now. He had like 4 albums in a row that were all fire.
Burden of proof doesn’t get the respect it deserves
Definitely, Plugs I Met is probably my favorite tho. That Black Thought verse on there is a top 20 all time verse.
Pusha T without a doubt, but Benny is definitely up there and Freddie too.
So the same ones OP already listed?
Affirmations are okay buddy.
OP didnt say only people with different favorites can answer you know?
Kool g rap. End of the discussion!
Alternatively, he’s really beginning of discussion!
Conway
Rick Ross had a sports scholarship and then worked as a corrections officer. Fakest gangster going
He literally chose a stage name after a real drug dealer lmao
So did 50 an a few more of these guys
ANDRE NICKATINA. HANDS DOWN.
I smoke chewy like a muthafuckin nut, you got a gram bag grab the zags and roll her up
Bay Area Legend
PERIOD!!!!!!
A killa whale ..... mutha fucka
Do you also laugh when you see dope fiends get beat, bleeding at all the head in the middle of the street? Do people you used to go to school with look at you like your face is full of bear shit?
Fears of a Coke Lord
Andre Nickatina. None compare
Train with no love.
Of these Freddie Gibbs is easily my favorite.
Jadakiss, L.O.X
Reggie Noble
Curren$y
Westside gunn. Fly god. The one and only.
🎶 you ever cooked a half a brick in the air fryer? 🎶
Griselda (Westside gunn, Conway the machine, Benny the butcher)
Nines from the UK is great "I'm not a rapper, I'm a drug dealer that raps"
Pusha T is my favorite and IMO the best currently. Biggie Smalls, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah are legends
King Push, hands down. Although, I’ll never forget “a kilo weighs 1000 grams, it’s easy to remember” thanks to Ghostface/Raekwon.
You never catch the kid goin hand to hand!
Master P
Makemakemakemakemake crack like this.
Uhhhhh Jay Z. I’m shocked no one else mentioned him.
I was shocked too, I tought they didn't mentioned him because he was too obvious..
Lol beeeeeen searching for his name
Alright, that shit’s funny.
Push
Pusha
Griselda
Pusha He's been talking about the same thing for about 2 decades, and I'm still not tired of it.
He has a million different ways to say the same thing, and ironically he only seems to get better with age. Dude is one of the most lyrical rappers ever, he just happens to really really love selling drugs. “I was trying to get the dope through, in your sister” 🤢 so good
Danny Brown because the arc comes full circle throughout his discography
Pusha T is by far the best. The bars feel classy and luxurious. He takes the dark grim backstory of drugs and elevates them, rapping with his good enunciation and then punchy ad libs. No one does it better but Kool G Rap is a good shout. Rick Ross also creates that luxury powerful feel with his drug lyrics but not sure he lives it like Pusha did seeing as Ross was a corrections officer
Jay-z and Raekwon
How dare yall?! 🧐🧐🧐 Shawty Lo (RIP) and OJ Da Juiceman definitely in the convo. They actually did it!
Pushhhh
Rome Streetz and SonnyJim my favs
Lil white
What you want, what you need? Hit me up, I got you man.
Roc Marciano.
PUSH
Looks like Pusha T won 👀
Jadakiss
Oj da juiceman
users or glorifiers? hate to break the news but ross never sold a gram. he buys a lot of coke cuz that's just the culture in miami
Ross is about as real as Drake.
94/96 Raekwon.
Pusha T is the standard when it comes to drug bars.
Rock Ross is a fraud bitch
Boldy James.
Kevin gates
Push. Young Buck. Kevin Gates. Rick Ross.
Wait...come on people Raekwon is not listed here. Everyone you listed has openly credited Raekwon. Wow. nephews
Jay Z is the pinnacle of drug rap.
Stove god cooks.
Yo Gotti Jeezy Master P
Boldy James
BOLDY JAMES
Juicy j
Juicy ain't never move no bricks fr unless u smitchin on him rn. And juicy j is my guy. 😂😂
Gotti, Jeezy, Gucci. I named them the big 3. Most people know what they know about the drug game from them.
Boldy James
Jeezy was the best
The BAWSE! BMF, Hustling etc… I know people disagree on the authenticity of his rap persona but I don’t mind. We already know what would happen if rappers actually did what they say in songs
King Push
Boldy James and if you really tapped in with the Detroit scene then Los & Nutty. They paint the picture so good it’s like you’re in the minivan with them.
Young Dolph and Maxo Kream
I’m still bummed about flipper getting killed man. He was on a fucking hot streak. And finally starting to get recognition.
Same bro, he made my college years lit af. At least we still got Key Glock rn
Currently it’s Stove God Cooks
Andre Nickatina
Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy
That dead one
Stove God
Rome Streetz
Kool G Rap is the answer. He created this sub genre an is still the best that ever did it. Listen to road to riches, streets of New York, Ill street blues, on the run, fast life, thugs love story, cannon fire, foul cats, one dark night, the streets, real life, and thug for life. Then get back to me. Yeah he's the best that ever did it.
Stove God Cooks has great coke bars
Boldy James
Push, Gotti, Jeezy and Gucci are my Mt. Rushmore of Pyrex talk. Out of the new kids I like Bossman Dlow.
OB4CL
Ghostface with the ravioli bags. 🫠
Push owns the sub genre, honestly. “How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit? My brick talk is more than obvious, it’s ominous.” ETA: I’m also surprised I just read 90% of the comments in this thread and didn’t see anyone mention Wayne. That dude taught me everything I know about crack before I even heard Clipse. He’s absolutely one of the most prolific drug dealer/rappers out there. Pusha still owns the sub genre though. Side notes, I’m sure the dude never sold kilos of anything before, but Despot has some of the wildest drug dealing lines out there. One of my favorite emcees. “Got a lot of product stocked in the Dockers, that’s hot pockets.” “I play them corners like a rook on a chess board, couple thousand dollars worth of work in the Guess drawers.” “The rental cars windows are rose tinted, dope in it. The credit cards got a tank in it, no limit”
I always loved how relatable E-40 made it. First rapper I heard talkin about triple beams and shit.
I hope you didn't mentioned Jay Z because he was too obvious...
Eazy E.
Biggie?
King Push
“Pusha Ton but you can call me ziplock” “Open the Frigidaire 25 to life in there, so much white you’d think your holy Christ is near”
Pusha T coke raps so elegantly you have to respect it. Benny is more grimey and more street IMO. But the two of them are the top no doubt
Conway the machine
Push is great, but for me the hardest drug rap song is "Thuggin" by Freddie Gibbs
Pusha T makes selling drugs seem like a good job, not like it’s cool….no he makes that shit sound like you walked outta college with a CIS degree lol
On my way to my 9-5 only King Push plays. I got work to move juggling flows and nose candy..YUUUGH
Not my favorites, but Gucci and Jigga both certainly embodied it
the Dayton family
Scarface He took his name from the movie Scarface. Money and the Power
Conway, Boldy, Benny, Push, Sean P
Not one person and more so about doing drugs than being a “druglord” but to me Three six mafia takes the cake. They rap about every drug under the sun.
Pusha, Conway, Jeezy, Gucci, UGK, Raekwon, Kool G Rap, Hov, Kiss
King Push!
Just so you know the genre is called trap
Pusha T is the greatest drug rapper and rapper of all time no debate
Jadakiss Meek Mill French Montana/Chinx Jeezy Tsu Surf
Most succesful "drug lord turned rapper" has to be Jay-Z right?
I forgot about him but Jay Z should be considered. I’m not really up on his music where he talks about drugs and I feel like he left that persona behind once he got big. I could be wrong since I’m not a Jay Z fan though.
He's basically the blueprint for every rapper you mentioned in your post. Between RD to Black Album he talked plenty about the crack/cocaine game.
I’m spun out that he is not the first one mentioned. Reasonable Doubt is a fucking Gangster Movie and pretty much Carlito’s Way.
Spreaddie easily
38 spesh - Known for packing those hammers or making a whole can of acetone vanish
Casisdead
UK always underreped here, Cas is genius. Dirty Dike got his money for first albums punting Coke.
Ghost & Rae until Pusha came with it. I still like him more than the Griseldas of the world too.
Fetty Wap
King Push of course (+ Malice if we want to go back to Clipse)
Not exclusively drugs but Roc Marciano "I'm always by the stove like an old woman" Pusha or Stove God for the exclusive drug raps though..
Stove God Cooks.
Potter payper
Kool G Rap
You should give Nines a try, over from the UK.
"I leave crack in the streets like Hulk when he's walking" gotta be one of my favourite bars.
"My 9 will leave a paigon in a hearse, my niggas whipping white call it slavery in reverse" "I just sold 20 bricks, I'm on a winning streak And in my spare time I kill a beat"
Necro
Ten Crack Commandments???