So Jay Z is the GOAT you tell me? let's take a look

[Sir Petey]

enyce how old are you?

[Sofa_King_Awesome]

mecca why you be actin so damn phony over here ? they made you a mod and now your on some hip hop historian shit? stick to what you know famo....and i told you bishop wasnt commin out sucka!
COD OR NUTHIN!!!  DRETOX IS COMIN!!! haha damn!!

LMAO. Was he mecca before he was enyce?

[Nega-Sikotic 3.5.]

Ill shit all over gay z and 2fag. homos

[westsiderider323]

dj premier said so himself nas is a complete MC while jay-z is just a rapper

[BOX5 the best poster on this site yell]

you go by dominating they era's lyrically and hip hop influence "not that white man shit either haha" the bridge is over is a better song then take over, plus it ended a battle while the takeover was bested by ether yell

okay.........but Jay-Z has arguably dominated the hip hop industry more than anyone. That's the main reason a lot of people don't like him. I think ancient was talking on a purely lyrical level.

Jay-Z lost a battle against Nas. NAS. Is that something to be ashamed of? Krs-One lost to Nelly for crying out loud. Even the fact he started a beef with Nelly in the first place is an automatic L.

again jay dominated the "white side" fucc those white guys and jews in suits they don't rep the culture they rape it, you think muthafuccas who live the punk culture think green day is the best ever in punk cause they sold the most and got the most tv time,fucc no, again in the white world who ain't true to the culture jayz is they god but for the networth shit he's just one of the great mc's but not the goat, and i can't front with you about the nelly thing, you are right, he lost by the way he went about that bullshit,but don't act like others ain't got into jigga's ass in verses, but bacc on subject hip hop is more then just rap'n and being a "business man", now if you wanna say who is the rapper who's had the most success in business and with branding himself that's jayz yell

[Action!]

Jay's a transformer because he can hop on a diversity of track and sound right.  Not many emcees are capable of that.

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

you go by dominating they era's lyrically and hip hop influence "not that white man shit either haha" the bridge is over is a better song then take over, plus it ended a battle while the takeover was bested by ether yell

okay.........but Jay-Z has arguably dominated the hip hop industry more than anyone. That's the main reason a lot of people don't like him. I think ancient was talking on a purely lyrical level.

Jay-Z lost a battle against Nas. NAS. Is that something to be ashamed of? Krs-One lost to Nelly for crying out loud. Even the fact he started a beef with Nelly in the first place is an automatic L.

again jay dominated the "white side" fucc those white guys and jews in suits they don't rep the culture they rape it, you think muthafuccas who live the punk culture think green day is the best ever in punk cause they sold the most and got the most tv time,fucc no, again in the white world who ain't true to the culture jayz is they god but for the networth shit he's just one of the great mc's but not the goat, and i can't front with you about the nelly thing, you are right, he lost by the way he went about that bullshit,but don't act like others ain't got into jigga's ass in verses, but bacc on subject hip hop is more then just rap'n and being a "business man", now if you wanna say who is the rapper who's had the most success in business and with branding himself that's jayz yell

"white side"? Now that's just stupid. For one, I'd be willing to bet that Jay-Z has a bigger black fanbase than Nas. You know its all those white hip hop elitists who don't want to give Jay his props cause he's too "mainstream"

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

Jays a pop artist or like 50 said..pop tart sweet n the middle haha

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Jays a pop artist or like 50 said..pop tart sweet n the middle haha

All those rappers you mentioned are pop artists. Jay-Z, 2Pac, Nas, etc. The reason they are so well-known is because they make music to appeal to the mainstream.