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Do You Think Ja Rule Should Have Made Billboard’s Top 50 Hip Hop MC’s List?

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  Most recently Billboard Magazine released their top 50 MCs of all time list and it has a few people scratching their heads, including me!   One MC I thought should have definitely made the list was Ja Rule.   He even made it known on Twitter:  

    In my opinion, Ja Rule had a string of hits for 4-5 years in the late 90s and early 2000s that should have made him at least in the top 50, right?   Here’s the list:   IMG_1223   Personally, I’m taking at least 8 of these MCs off the list such as E-40, Mos Def, Big Pun, Rick Ross, and Bun B, and that’s where I would insert Ja Rule.   I would take those artists off my top 50 list, but insert them right back into a top 100 list.   I even went to Facebook to talk about this list and check out the comments:   By the way, Billboard ranked the number one artist Jay-Z  

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    What do you think??