Stanisland Magazine

Who’s the best-selling? Rapper’s album sales cross-checked by hip-hop enthusiast.

There’s no denying Jay-Z’s pivotal role in pioneering the rap game thanks to releases like Reasonable Doubt, Vol 2…Hard Knock Life and The Blueprint. The legend often cites himself as the hottest rapper to touch the mic, but what if I told you he wasn’t?

Popular YouTuber Stevie Knight highlights the findings of a TikTok user who, using sales figures, indicates which rapper sold the most albums each year.

From 2Pac to Biggie and Ludacris, the brainiac rolls off every album the Brooklyn native dropped each year and who claimed the top spot for the most sales.

Is Jay-Z the best rapper ever?

However you perceive the argument, sales never equate to skill, so take a moment to think of some rappers whose names are rarely mentioned among the GOATs.

From Black Thought, Redman, Rass Kass, Ghostface Killah, and many more, there are plenty of mic slayers out there. They may not have generated huge sales, but their wordplay is intimidating enough to frighten more rappers than we can count.

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