The 11 Hip Hop albums to go diamond (9 artists)

Rapper Tony Yayo an host of Vlad TV, Vlad, outline the 11 Hip Hop albums to go diamond.
#tonyyayo #hiphop #eminem #2pac #tupac #biggie #biggiesmalls #outkast #laurynhill #mchammer #alleyezonme #curtaincall #rap #rappers #rapmusic

[@jamesclemons7166]

It's crazy because 50 cent's get rich or die trying went diamond and he ain't even mention it

[@Randomuser512]

It’s 9 times platinum. Won’t be long

[@loitersquadX]

What about cater 3? 15 million sold

[@Nextbesthing81]

Exactly

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

cause it didn't go diamond. It has to sell 10 mil in the US alone.

[@darkskinwhite]

he didnt have to

[@deenell9039]

You gotta give it to Lauren Hill. She's the only woman that did it off her debut album and ain't dropped nothing else.

[@AlmightyEvil1]

She ain’t write that shit

[@deenell9039]

@@AlmightyEvil1 She sung it tho. Nobody else could have sang them songs. Stop being a hater. Singers ain't gotta write and produce.

[@himawariuzumaki3011]

Nelly yo I think

[@Nasir-gq1tg]

It was the label she was on. It's been talked about on Nas new song with Lauryn Hill. It's called Nobody.

[@questionyourself718]

​@@AlmightyEvil1what? She wrote the whole album. One of the reasons why she has so much respect in the hip hop scene is because she is known for writing her own songs.

[@lproof8472]

Shout out to Lauryn Hill for making an undeniable classic on her first and only attempt.

[@blinddig7525]

i swear there are no bad moments on that album so fucking amazing

[@tonyamati96]

The fact that a collection of 2Pac's greatest hits smashed the sales records for 90% of every rapper that came after him is truly a testament to the fact that 2Pac is rap's greatest artist.

[@plank9456]

Biggie better

[@tonyamati96]

@@plank9456 😅 Put the dust blunt down.

[@foofkemusic2291]

Curtain call is just an eminem greatest hits album

[@Theoklasking]

Bruh Eminem is good we all get that but y’all don’t think the boi gets extra inflation in the numbers becuz he’s you know….. wite

[@Theoklasking]

@@plank9456 RIP BIG

[@daishaunholmes2298]

Em and Tupac something else they in there own league fr

[@kanyegang2810]

Just think if Pac was still alive Wm could never

[@johndeere593]

​@@kanyegang2810 Well he's not so move on

[@Python-xs2iv]

​@@johndeere593 cool

[@blueking7415]

​@@johndeere593 Tupac music is alive you dummy so you get over it

[@blueking7415]

That white boy ain't nowhere near Tupac level.. Tupac was dead at 25,, so we talking about a 25 year old Tupac compared to a 50 year old Eminem. Eminem has made music for the last 25 years and he still can't see Tupac.

[@Laced_out]

I’m 40 and I can say I lived through all the albums

[@floggyWM1]

me too, what i dont understand is how Lauren Hyll went diamond. I dont remember any promo nor anyone talking about that album.

[@stephendasher8991]

​@@floggyWM1 those numbers included global sales ....Lauren Hill is HUGE both here during the 90s and also in Africa and Europe. You can still find her music on bill board spots over seas

[@floggyWM1]

@@stephendasher8991 Im pretty sure those numbers were US only, cuz internationally 50 been diamond, but not in US only

[@boodle4960]

That’s what I was thinking. My high school and college days were all during the greatest years of hip hop. This lost proves it. And i LOVED it

[@Laced_out]

@@floggyWM1 I’m from Elizabeth nj and it got plenty play probability are it was pushed more towards the tri state being shes from New Jersey

[@Undecided0]

No matter what people think of Hammer. He was the 1st rapper to sell 10 million. That was before they even started awarding diamond plaques.

[@Nick_Naim]

Beastie Boys in 1986 and 1987. Hammer's album was 1990.

[@Undecided0]

@@Nick_Naim License To Ill sold 10 million over time, but Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em got to 10 million 1st.

[@tjordan2757]

That speakerboxx/love below was special

[@youryeuh]

very

[@ArmaniValentino]

VERY SPECIAL

[@intihumala9087]

It was the worst outkast album ever made.

[@xtbwxghost9128]

@@intihumala9087 you tweakin shorty

[@intihumala9087]

@@xtbwxghost9128 Speakerbox will never compare to the Aquemini and Atliens albums. Speakbox was basically Andre and Big Boi money grab.. they made millions off that album and went their own ways.

[@jaybeam1466]

The fact that Pac and Em both have TWO of the top 5 rap albums of all time speaks volumes.

[@tylerfengler1890]

The fact that em has THREE of the top 10 rap albums speaks even more. Shady is the goat

[@jaybeam1466]

@@tylerfengler1890 No, he doesn’t. You should probably watch that again.

[@goodrabbi7176]

@@tylerfengler1890 no, it doesn’t. Em has a 25 year career. PAC released like 7 albums from 91-96, five years. Em is one of the best, but pac did it when it was much harder.

[@jaybeam1466]

​@@goodrabbi7176 Agreed. I'm white and I love Em, but 2pac will always be my rap GOAT. There isn't a single Pac rhyme that I don't know by heart. Dude kind of raised me in a weird way.

[@crystalball9084]

​@@jaybeam1466 yeah he does look again 1,5,11 watch it😅

[@mrbrianandrewsmith]

Whenever I hear "Can't Touch This," my body immediately moves on its own.

[@Chocobobob]

Ditto

[@blackbuddha7731]

😂😂😂😂 fr tho

[@tanyanoble1553]

Lol I know right

[@Will4Real]

Naw real shit 😂😂

[@2nvsolo451]

On gawd

[@lavoidgaskins5967]

The fact that Em has THREE of the all time albums is wild

[@greenboi5951]

Really

[@greenboi5951]

Gate keepers there's no way he out sale Pac

[@Alexandria.Washington]

That’s because they did top 11, which is obviously for Eminem. Why not top 10????

[@mulajones5907]

And this is when u had to go out and buy the CD!! Man this list is nuts

[@BruceKendallMartinJr]

Not all of these went platinum right away...like the beasties, biggie, couple of pacs and a couple of ems

[@HoweyJR_]

All these albums are weak except 2😂

[@mulajones5907]

@@HoweyJR_ TF that gotta do with going out and buying a CD?

[@HoweyJR_]

@@mulajones5907 How they cd get bought if it’s weak?

[@mulajones5907]

@Hero how are you giving an opinion nobody asked for goofy? Idc if the music was weak or not it still don't change the fact that they sold millions in the Era where u literally had to go out and buy the CD. Tf does it being weak have to do with anything I said

[@hmonsta1189]

That "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" was one of most amazing albums to come out. When she was with the Fugees she stood out, and when she did that solo I listened to on repeat for the next year.

[@westoakland5617]

MC Hammer was the first rapper to ever go diamond

[@Spikeleenephew]

Useless info

[@kanodunk1719]

also the worst rapper on the list, but go off

[@xierraleone1905]

@@Spikeleenephew how tf is that useless info you incel?

[@kanodunk1719]

the beastie boys sold more than him

[@jackieschuler]

Beastie Boys was out before hammer was.

[@lorduvals]

Nelly Country Grammar is uniquely GOATED.

[@jenkinsmanly-spain1252]

When that Lauryn hit, its hard to pretend you don't feel it

[@floggyWM1]

Good album, but i dont remember anybody talking about it tho.

[@BeastinlosersHD]

Went Diamond in 2021

[@dilwitchspahlin4761]

@@floggyWM1 ??????

[@THE.PAN.AFRICAN.PARTY.]

she was the biggest female artist on the planet at one time!

[@cleonRIP]

Outkast legit took over the radios in 2003-04.

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Yup the TV stations

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

You casuals are dummer and dummer. They've been dominated the airwaves since '95.

[@shimmergangfitness5880]

This list brought back amazing memories ❤

[@Mmalcolmhoward]

I promise you I remember where I was for all of them except the beastie boys, I had that CD

[@kevinfields7500]

It most definitely brought back memories.

[@Premovato]

All eyez on me the greatest rap album of all time

[@Breakbeats92.5]

It is worth mentioning that double albums count both discs as a single entity, despite the fact that you have no choice but to buy them as a pair.

[@madizm05]

M got 3 albums in there that s sick !!!!!

[@changethegame_tv]

Facts! Amazing accomplishment!

[@turtleanton6539]

Ofc he does

[@clarkkent52]

because hes white..dont act like we dont know that affects purchase power ads and commercial push by the machine driving sales

[@trentejames9773]

I mean... he got more white fans than any niggas got total fans soo that's helps ALOT lol

[@tiopira5]

I wonder why? Rich white boys get a eminen album every birthday from their parents along with a box of codeine and meth pills.

[@abdinaserabdilahi9588]

2Pac the greatest. He was force of nature.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

2pac was fake asf

[@hahaharvey3068]

OutKast*

[@AlmightyEvil1]

*Makaveli The Don

[@kaylumboi]

Kendrick mf doom>>>>>>

[@kaylumboi]

@C. D. so💀💀💀💀 ain't my fault yall just into mainstream shit

[@theallaroundnerd9889]

What's crazy is Em has other albums that meet diamond requirements, but they haven't been recertified yet. Like I think Slim Shady LP hit 10 mil not to long ago

[@oscarr2480]

It hasn't, it's almost at 7 mil

[@tiopira5]

Because most em fans are drunk off their face high on meth and pills then every birthday their rich parents buy them a new eminem album with their family business money.

[@calvinsledge3060]

@@oscarr2480 also recovery is 8 times platinum almost diamond

[@k-rams]

​@@calvinsledge3060 not very "almost" the album is 13 years old and still need 2 millions to go diamond...

[@calvinsledge3060]

@@k-rams That is almost, border hopper bum

[@cliftonskinner3581]

Pac, didn't have to put out gimmicks to go Diamond...real music with meaning

[@deezerbee81]

No he just have to die..unfortunately.... He didnt go diamond while he was alive

[@Football101s]

Neither did Biggie, Beastie Boys, Lauryn Hill or Outkast

[@Francis_Higgins]

​@@Football101s same with eminem, have u heard his albums that went diamond

[@Francis_Higgins]

A hits album is technically a gimmick Not pacs fault obviously it was the studio that dropped it Same with em, I wouldn't really count curtain call since its just a compilation with 3 new songs

[@TMKing_MS]

Every rapper had gimmicks. His gimmick was "Thug Life" and the gangsta aesthetic. This was in the same vein or blaxploitation where the often most degrading parts of the culture would otherwise be seen as less than. Don't O' Holier than Thou when it comes to your favorite artist.

[@chillwill2817]

50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent The Massacre

[@delanoblanco2248]

two of the best in hip hop but they bootlegs them real bad

[@turtleanton6539]

Us numbers

[@el84oro]

They're not at diamond. Get rich still at 9 million. Diamond counts if u have sold ten mill IN THE US alone. Any sales in Canada Europe Africa Asia Middle East etc don't count towards RIAA calculations

[@davidsuttles3737]

The massacre garbage

[@iseerashonal821]

​@@davidsuttles3737 gtfoh Bosd is his best album tho

[@ecko3003]

I’m a soldier is one of his SICKEST songs just wanted to add that lol

[@changethegame_tv]

Lol

[@Phillygoat1983]

My favorite song of that Hall of Fame Album

[@hoondaily270]

On god bro

[@jetlife77]

One of the sickest intros to a rap song.

[@hoondaily270]

@@jetlife77 when Nate Diaz walked out to it in the ufc I was so hype

[@dorseyvital1215]

This is why I feel a certain way when I hear Eminem slander. I'm like every artist you mentioned on your list before him hasn't done this.

[@dylanwatt7461]

it's cause anything released post 2005 is largely forgettable or not great - sobering up changed his delivery quite a bit for some reason. but 1999-2002 eminem is easily the greatest rapper ever. so for me I always thought of the OG em and the relapse-now eminem as two different rappers. there's something also fundamentally less cool about em now. i'm sure he could care less and is glad he sobered up.

[@jaycyclondo]

@@dylanwatt7461 its just his passion for rap i like to think, he isnt too bothered about how well a record does or the criticism it gets, only when people disregard his preior legacy, that leads to kamikaze type shit. He came into the game with that burning strive to make it and escape his hardships, he got what he wanted, and now continues for his own enjoyment. Thats how i see it at least

[@smile4cs]

i personally just don’t like him that much, his delivery comes off really corny, all of his old songs are overplayed, which is obviously a show that it’s good, but still overplayed, and he continues to get worse with every passing year. oh and the only reason he has managed to accomplish such heights has a lot to do with skin color more than anything.

[@jaycyclondo]

@@smile4cs if hes big bcos hes white, tell me why theres no other white rappers with a name even close to his.

[@dorseyvital1215]

@@smile4cs he only really had one bad album which he even admitted was bad the last thing he dropped killed most of today's rap. Don't hate on Eminem hate the direction rap hasn't went anywhere.

[@Seymorebutts909]

Em my favorite or most impressed rapper nobody can mess with slim shady persona

[@kingnaldo4058]

The Score by Fugees is the biggest hip-hop album ever. With an estimated 22 million copies sold worldwide, the album has become one of the best-selling albums of all time, at the time of its release it briefly became the best-selling hip-hop album of all time, and remains the best-selling album by a hip-hop group...🤔

[@Jayfly30]

Damn didn't know this. That means Ms Hill sold 30 mil like EM off 2 albums

[@cd_collector_luk]

Eminem Show worldwive more 30 millions...

[@kenrickeason]

Talking U.S. numbers only.. Nelly can say the same if we can compare world numbers too.. Just saying..

[@kingnaldo4058]

@@kenrickeason The score sold 15 million copies in the USA alone...

[@kingnaldo4058]

@@cd_collector_luk negative

[@alvinyork3748]

Yo all of these hit like crazy.

[@Blackgeezus773]

By numbers alone u gotta consider Em a 🐐 3 diamond albums and still alive and rapping is crazy

[@mittenmizzi]

Em on there 3rice that's crazy!!😮

[@Mothman308]

"Amd if you go platinum it's got nothing to do with luck / it just means a million people are stupid as fuck" - Immortal Technique

[@tonyspainting7722]

Em got 3 diamond records... damn!

[@ravishoul1432]

Eminem and Pac are my two favorites

[@jar6357]

Nelly representing the 314 STL baby we the forgotten gem

[@rayhall6060]

618 right cross da river

[@Sorcererofdeathsconstruction]

314!

[@lamarjones8890]

That was a great list

[@changethegame_tv]

Agreed 💯

[@yunggrinda12]

*”I GET MO ASS THEN A TOILET SEAT!”* REST IN PARADISE NATE DOGG!

[@JKONGnDNME]

That's crazy, both Get Rich and The Massacre were certified diamond before streaming was even a thing.

[@JohnnyBlaze_616]

Yup. Vlad ain’t do enough research. I’m surprised Yayo didn’t check Vlad on that.

[@Francis_Higgins]

No they weren't 😂😂 They still aren't diamond Diamond is 10 million in the US Get rich is currently 9million sales in the US

[@JKONGnDNME]

@@Francis_Higgins he never sold a single album outside of the US?? Expand your Google search goofy 🤣

[@trocustar3450]

​@@JKONGnDNMEWorld wide Get rich total sale is 15 million. 9 mil in USA. 6 mil outside USA.

[@leopoldbuttersstotch73]

Cmon now, I know The Chronic has to be diamond

[@changethegame_tv]

It's not RIAA Diamond, which is based solely on US sales.

[@foreverman1966]

You would never really know how many they really sold, I know in Australia they sold close to a million copies or units of 2Pacs “All eyes on me” album by 2010, and I’m thinking the word would have bought a lot more than 10,000,000 copies & we’re did that money go..Need more transparency… Peace out .. much love to everyone ❤❤

[@mumblezz__5890]

The money goes to the companies that own the label

[@demetrrius3000]

Those certifications are for sales in the US anyway so it wouldn’t matter what they sold elsewhere..these are ppl that had 10M+ albums shipped in the United states

[@jaycyclondo]

the money would be with death row my guy, its not that deep. Label the artist is signed to takes the profits and gives back to the artist who made them, since 2pac unfortunately passed his sum of the profit stays with the label

[@RSHjr]

That’s crazy some artists put out 4 or 5 albums maybe more and can barely go gold once or twice let alone platinum or 💎 and Em out here w/ his greatest hits 💿 going 💎‼️. 😮🤯🤩

[@fotpjusto457]

Man that Nelly Album was crrrraaaaazzzzy!! Out of nowhere too!!

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

It's Krazy the label didn't even want to drop it

[@martianmusicllc]

Classics

[@changethegame_tv]

Fact 💯

[@ravenboone723]

Lauren..

[@zjohnson318]

Greatest female hip hop artist all time frfr

[@goodrabbi7176]

She was trash, and a racist. “I’d rather see my children starve to death before I see a white person buy my album.” That Miseducation album wasn’t even close to a rap album. It was a pop album, and two of three of the songs in there were in movies, or promoted like crack in the streets. The genius behind the fingers was Wyclef.

[@logi-a]

2pac is such a legend but Lauren Hill getting diamond on her debut album is amazing

[@ande6372]

Please this is making miss my favorite era of life 😢

[@godlymadebullyzkennel6634]

Pac is the GOAT

[@tnt2032]

Not even close😂

[@tupimpacaterpillar3516]

Damn right 👑

[@kimonaveez]

my childhood in a playlist tho..

[@icekingjn8195]

Great list

[@TonaGalaxy89]

I'm glad to say I been AFTERMATH since forever...we won 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@QueenNala487]

Tf

[@TonaGalaxy89]

@New Dynasty I know: Too Fire I know (tf) 😂🆕🔥🚒

[@gillyleopardi]

Em is on here 3 times yet ppl still wanna say it don't count cuz he is white!!! Yup!! As the driven snow...and he is STILL lyrically better than 90% of rappers past present and future!!!

[@tiopira5]

No. It don't count because its talking about sales. Not good music.

[@gillyleopardi]

@@tiopira5 if that's how you feel then that's your opinion bro!! To me it does...just like in my own opinion Melle Mel has never in his life been a better rapper than the white boy!!

[@whysoserious652]

@@tiopira5 da fuck yo talking about? em both has sales and great music.

[@reeseromeo6]

@@tiopira5acts, people link sales too best rapper alive. If Em dropped now with all that music, the sales wouldn't be know where near what they use to be. Nobody plays those Eminem songs in rotation at all today. Yes he has a few songs you can say "I know that song" but throw that shit on at a party, or in the car with ya niggas or while you cleaning the house. Everybody is going to look at you like "turn that shit off." People want Em to be the greatest rapper so bad but don't want to play his music today

[@Shades45]

@@reeseromeo6 I bump all of his music. It’s better than every other rapper out today. MTBMB is lyrically insane.

[@tristanbrooks6778]

That fact that em up there 3 times..! That's crazy!!!

[@lamarcraven2314]

I respect all those artists and the ones that did not go diamond but they were still played in every damn car in the street to me that street diamond so y’all keep Bless in your boots and y’all keep dropping hits like that like much respect to all the underground cats especially my boys the relatives Love y’all keep doing your thing man.

[@streetcamguy]

All that means nothing because true hip hop isn't determined by sales 💯

[@deucemacsw]

Mainstream/crossover Classic albums list😂(outside of the controversial Pac and Big albums)nobody was playing Beastie Boys(and I like em)over Run-DMC,LL..nobody was playing Hammer over BDK,Rakim,PE,BDP EPMD..nobody was playin Outkast over the Wu,Ruff Ryders..I like Eminem but I didn't hear him or Nelly like I heard Nas,Jay and DMX!!! What does this list actually mean like u said

[@mrchaotiq]

"If you go platinum it's nothing to do with luck/it just means a million people are stupid as fuck" - Immortal technique -

[@rastaoiiii]

Purple tape = 1.1m Illmatic = 1m I Got Next = 550k

[@nabi4241]

Relax they where jus having a conversation about numbers

[@kingrob5879]

All eyes on me was a double CD @ $25 a pop..... where did all Tupac money go

[@blueking7415]

Cost the most money and sold the most copies.. Tupac the only one to do that..

[@tupimpacaterpillar3516]

Went to his mother via Amaru

[@tupimpacaterpillar3516]

So was life after death

[@tripptrump4399]

No question, at some point I had to do that

[@toreworld5820]

The songs that play literally make me wanna go listen to the album

[@MrLakers2010champs]

Where’s 50 cent . Get rich and the massacre went diamond

[@robX931]

I thought it did as well.

[@BryanKalloo]

No he sold more than 10mil worldwide but in the US it's around 9Mill he's almost there

[@robX931]

@@BryanKalloo Thanks. That makes sense.

[@changethegame_tv]

@@BryanKalloo Exactly. This list is based only on RIAA sales.

[@wu-tangslang8567]

Think about the money the labels made off these legends...

[@johneefizterbottom]

Loved Outkast growing up!!

[@DrugzMunny]

Some of these albums only crossed the diamond threshold because they were double albums and their sales counted twice. Without that, Eminem has 3 of the 8 single disc albums that have gone diamond.

[@NoMercyRecords1]

To go diamond with a album today you would be considered a GOD in music.

[@queenofnyc5584]

I can do that easy

[@NoMercyRecords1]

@@queenofnyc5584 sure

[@Freetown2006]

50 diamond twice

[@changethegame_tv]

Yes. On worldwide sales. This list is based on RIAA certification only.

[@chicolo2631]

​@@changethegame_tv Get Rich or Die trying is RIAA Certified Diamond... What are u even talking bout?? 😂😂

[@el84oro]

@@chicolo2631 no it hasn't. It's at 9 million copies

[@chicolo2631]

@@el84oro Smh!!! U wanna argue....I cant argue witchuuuu....🤣🤣🤣🤡

[@h.m.5724]

No he didn't. Diamond means over 10mil copies sold in the US

[@salami.gotcha]

Eminem’s old music really hits in a different way. Amazing.

[@chaseteter]

I got half of these as Christmas gifts in the 90s/00s. Music as a gift. How crazy does that sound now? Algorithms just blast us with it gratis for engagement.

[@3dwezzy740]

em made it 3 times

[@deucemacsw]

First they wouldn't except Hip Hop as music they literally hated it NOW they're gonna tell me who the best rapper is miss me with this whole list🫡✌🏾

[@irap365]

They know 10 rappers and trying to tell you who top 10

[@queenofnyc5584]

Who’s they? Cause a lot of folks didn’t like hip hop back then black and white

[@queenofnyc5584]

And it accept not except.

[@deucemacsw]

@Brooklyn Fly Canarsie "And it accept" thanks for the lesson TEACH!!!🫡

[@blknarutoblkluffy3385]

Can you imagine if pac and big was still here. They would run this rap game

[@Solo-cg9kq]

You can’t deny Eminem. He’s a monster.

[@davidsuttles3737]

3 albums by the 🐐 EM. Sick

[@m.perial_feeze]

The 🐐 is hilarious.. he ain't even top 10.. he is only heralded by one demographic

[@microitos9754]

@@m.perial_feeze”he aint even top 10” then who is it, lil yachty? 💀💀😂🤦‍♂️

[@td3521]

Eminem is a great artist but we all know why his sales are so high

[@askellpositive]

How did a guy making weird music about horrible stuff sell that much

[@8Kwings22]

why are his sales so high?

[@QueenNala487]

@@askellpositive lol because white peoples are weird. Secondly white people like to do horrible shit first and keep it going it’s in their nature. So doing music the way he did it , he had to feel like a god to wild out on tracks like that. But then again em understand what makes hip hop what it is.

[@QueenNala487]

@@8Kwings22 lmao the answer is in other comments who have common sense and awareness of their environment unlike you.

[@changethegame_tv]

Please share your insight with us.

[@colinharris615]

But “no one listens to em” 🤣🤣 Literally still the highest streamed rapper on KZbin. 🐐

[@colinharris615]

thabalancedone that’ll be why he sells more in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Cool logic 👍🏻 Also - more white people buy ALL hip hop artists music. Been about 70% since NWA.

[@writerzblock00]

That miseducation has 0 skips and still gets play in 2023

[@dwightbrown7435]

A Don't never put an artist before Tupac in history again respect the legend &yo elders.

[@ladybug4910]

Exactly!!!!

[@phuktrap9849]

Eminem is the goat ahead of everybody. And I'm a pac fan since the 90s

[@michaeldowning7094]

I'd put Bone Thugs before 2pac

[@OsasFix]

​@@michaeldowning7094yeah add lil xan and Lil pump

[@biggalaxy9102]

​@@michaeldowning7094 I'd put so many before Pac. I love Pac's music but I believe his death made him more iconic than anything. I remember when so many people in LA hated him. It wasn't until after he passed that people started to appreciate him & I believe it was bc they felt bad for him.

[@anthonyserr-will]

Em came in to the game perfect timing… a lot of white people were really getting into hip hop and rap around the time and they had the money to go and purchase the albums

[@kazamaclan447]

He kinda didn't, it was hard being a white rapper but his skill made black people accept him as he was lyrically light years ahead.if anything the right time for white people to come in is right now tbh

[@cherylcollette6736]

​@@kazamaclan447 wrong....but I'm sure you know more about hip hop than the 5%ers

[@QueenNala487]

@@kazamaclan447 lyrically light years ahead 😭😭😭 yea okay

[@QueenNala487]

@@cherylcollette6736 mf dont know shit , “lyrically light years ahead” foh 😂

[@AmericanBantu]

​@@kazamaclan447 bro black people do not listen to Em and if they do its only on the radio. Crazy how white people from the Suburbs become experts on hip hop. Your forefathers used to hate this shit they wanted to band it😂

[@joshuajames5267]

OutKast album is number one now

[@tytylerty8264]

#12 Tony Yayo - Thoughts of a Predicate Felon.......in another universe

[@alavro15]

Of course Pac and Big are on that list. They’re the godamn goats, no question.

[@RealJoelBanx]

Nelly went Diamond twice country grammar and nellyville. Back to back 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@changethegame_tv]

It went diamond worldwide. This is the RIAA certification. Basically that means only US sales.

[@mitchm3818]

Bone thugs E99 eternal sold over 10 Milly worldwide so there's more than 11 albums buddy.

[@changethegame_tv]

Thanks for your comment. These are RIAA certifications, not worldwide. All of the above artists have sold way more than 10 million records worldwide. Again, thank you.

[@antonperson8963]

I say the same thing 50. Cents lil Wayne it lots more

[@Mechromey]

Country grammar was my first hip hop album. My pops bought it for me for Christmas when I was 8 lol. He had no idea what he bought me but I fucking bump that album for years to come.

[@timberger212]

I had 7 of those cd albums back in the dsy

[@brianwoodward8492]

Only rapper to hit it 3 times js

[@QueenNala487]

Classic hits albums twice but ig way better rappers . Make another one😂. Oh damn yall cant because it was right person right timing right calculations. Hes yall one trick pony.😂

[@darkseidone]

@@QueenNala487 hi hater

[@QueenNala487]

@@darkseidone hey denial 😇

[@darkseidone]

@@QueenNala487 and technically our 3 time trick pony over several years and still continues to put out bangers better than most and destroy others careers with just his word play lmao

[@AmericanBantu]

Only Europeans listen to that crap

[@jrjr6558]

50 went diamond

[@changethegame_tv]

Based on worldwide sales, yes he did. But by RIAA certification he is at 9 million. This list is based on RIAA certification only.

[@sgtsayz8636]

EM, PAC and Fif are just DIFFERENT

[@KINGFLEX305]

EM is the G.O.A.T

[@AlmightyEvil1]

He look like a damn goat

[@xrendezv0usx]

Damn. Eminem really is in a class of his own. Respect to the GOAT

[@marquispaul9483]

😂😂😂😂😂 You mean 2pac the GOAT *

[@gudeboindy6674]

🤣😂😁😄😆

[@inyamers8532]

Em flexin. Bet seeing this makes him just smile to himself.

[@jameslewis6102]

Bone thugs. Eternal. But of course. It's Bone. So we can't acknowledge them. Damn!

[@joebrown2898]

Let’s be clear we all know them white suburban kids w good credit and good jobs is buying most of Eminem’s shit. That’s why his fan base actually has money to support him lol. And btw I’m a HUGE em fan. I just gotta be real.

[@QueenNala487]

Thank you 😂

[@BixbyLBC]

It is what it is 💯💯💯

[@changethegame_tv]

Thanks for your input 💯

[@td3521]

That's 💯 percent true but when you say that people act like you hating because he white

[@rorisang8602]

Most rappers are support by white fans though. Just look at the crowds they fill up.

[@anthonycelestin3559]

50 ain’t on the list

[@changethegame_tv]

Worldwide he did go diamond and beyond. However, this is the RIAA certification list.

[@anthonycelestin3559]

@@changethegame_tv What you mean? GRODT or The Massacre didn’t qualify for the RIAA certification list and if they didn’t get qualified why did they not get qualified?

[@changethegame_tv]

RIAA counts only US sales. GRODT is at about 9 million US sales.

[@anthonycelestin3559]

@@changethegame_tv How many sells count as diamond?

[@changethegame_tv]

@@anthonycelestin3559 10 million. However, for RIAA diamond it’s 10 million domestic, not worldwide.

[@et9151]

Shoutout to Lauren being the only women on there

[@OfficialDemego]

Notice how it’s mainly people who were basically Pop music too…. Eminem songs got spins on every single Non-Rap radio station cus of his skin color

[@fknsick888]

yeah 3 diamond albums all because he's white that's why no other white rapper is on the list 😂 just say you mad

[@OfficialDemego]

@@fknsick888 no other rapper has touched that either because those are pop record numbers

[@ramessu7976]

I love em but honestly I’m more impressed what the black artist did not to take away from em but having white money behind u go along way

[@jaimedelgado2411]

don't lie!!! I'm more impressed with a a white boy breaking records in rap..u just don't want to admit it or give him credit.even Curtis said it..numbers don't lie pimp..

[@OGmindreset]

white people also buy the majority of black albums. you act like all black people are poor ass niggas with not even 15$ in their bank account

[@grognok]

You do realize that "white money" was also buying black artists albums as well right?

[@johnparham6796]

Eminem and the Beaslie Boys have a broader market than Africans within America. And they don’t have to cross-over to reach that market. So their record sales relative to the African rappers within hip hop should not be assessed under the same criteria!

[@QueenNala487]

Exactly mfs love skipping over that fact

[@deucemacsw]

Agreed and I like MCA,Mike D and Ad-roc but over RunDmc nah I can't cosign tht

[@shamellwaters3551]

50 - get rich or die trying 13 million sold. The massacre- 11 million sold. 👋

[@l.e.c9620]

Warren G first album regulator went diamond 💎

[@dj1835]

We all know why em sold so much😂😂😂 but congrats

[@drizzle452]

That’s kinda lazy…like no other white person has ever picked up the microphone? That’s like saying Tupac sold so much because he was a marketable pretty boy actor. He made it into white America a lot easier than Biggie for example. But two things can be true at the same time when it comes to legendary fame-when image and talent tend to cross paths.

[@GOhimself]

Tupacs greatest hits went diamond 😳😳

[@billdelfera8580]

I never realized Eminem's Kamikaze album cover was basically the exact same as the Beastie Boys