Fats Joe has weighed in on certainly one of hip-hop’s most debated questions, revealing his private Mount Rushmore of rappers whereas additionally displaying deep respect for the tradition’s pioneers.

When requested to call the 4 biggest rappers of all time, the Bronx veteran didn’t hesitate.

“It’s Biggie, Tupac, Jay Z and Nas. That will be my Mount Rushmore and if I may add a fifth, it could be Snoop Dogg. That’s every part lined,” Joe mentioned talking with Exhausting Rock.

Whereas his record displays icons from the Nineties period, Fats Joe was fast to emphasise that the inspiration of hip-hop was constructed lengthy earlier than his personal rise. Recalling a latest dialog, he defined how he pushed again on reward for his technology.

“On the aircraft coming down [to Miami], the flight attendant was telling me she likes our period, [like] me and Biggie and I used to be attempting to clarify to her that the period earlier than me [were] higher than our period, the [likes of] LL Cool J, Heavy D, Salt n Peppa as a result of they began it,” he mentioned.

Joe credited these early trailblazers for making fashionable rap careers attainable.

“We might by no means have had a profession if it wasn’t for them that’s why I say they’re those and the actual golden age [for rappers].”