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No Kings in Houston? Rolling Stone disses the city's hip-hop scene
Despite Houston's rep as a hip-hop hotbed, the city's rappers failed to rank in Rolling Stone’s new Kings of Hip-Hop poll.
The magazine crowned Eminem king after compiling statistics such as album sales, industry awards and social media popularity. The magazine gathered statistics from 2009 to present day and during that time, Eminem sold a record-breaking 7,516,000 albums.
"Thanks to his two latest chart-topping albums, 2009's Relapse and 2010's Recovery, the man otherwise known as Slim Shady sold more than two-and-a-half times the number of albums as the second-ranked Lil Wayne during our survey period," Rolling Stone wrote.
Houston rappers such as Chamillionaire, Mike Jones and Slim Thug failed to make the Rolling Stone cut, and despite Kanye West and Jay-Z’s latest critically acclaimed album Watch The Throne, they could only take the fourth and fifth positions respectively.
Nicki Minaj, who ranked sixth on the King's list, also ranked on the Queen of Pop poll the Rolling Stone released late last month, essentially making her the Queen of Kings.
The master ranking of the top 20 Kings of Hip-Hop by the Rolling Stones is below, and with only one female rapper on the list and Eminem crowned King, we’re not quite sure what to make of it.
1. Eminem
2. Lil Wayne
3. Drake
4. Kanye West
5. Jay-Z
6. Nicki Minaj
7. Rick Ross
8. Ludacris
9. Gucci Mane
10. T.I.
11. Snoop Dogg
12. Diddy
13. Pitbull
14. Fabolous
15. Wiz Khalifa
16. B.O.B.
17. Waka Flocka Flame
18. Lupe Fiasco
19. Kid Cudi
20. Big Boi