Rule #7 of the Hip Hop barbershop talk handbook states that any discussion sufficiently long will inevitably lead to the the infamous “Top 5 rappers, dead or alive” debate. If you’ve followed my work over the years, you know visualizing hip-hop intangibles is kind of my forte. From quantifying literary devices in rap lyrics with my Rap Genius 2.0 Concept…
…to comparing the highest selling hip-hop artists of all time:
So it shouldn’t be surprising I wanted to get to the objective bottom of the Top 5 Dead or Alive argument.
