The 5 BEST & WORST Rappers In Hip Hop Right Now

After a polarizing year in hip hop, it's time to see who are the best and worst rappers of 2023. From superstars like Travis Scott, J. Cole, and Drake, legends like Nas, and newcomers like Ice Spice, there has never been more competition trying to be the best rapper in hip hop right now...

[@rethabilemoloi3490]

Tom Macdonald is number one let's bet 😂 😂

[@NelsonRX]

Or Sexyy Red

[@Mak0154]

Nah, i'm giving it to Sexy Redd.

[@User-hn7fk]

Yeah, you were right

[@MarkHallOfFame]

He be on Tom ahh!!!🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@frankeeramirez5241]

reading this while hes on trippie lets see lol bruh i kinda figured but dam this makes it even funnier

[@ahedgehog1879]

Almost perfect list. Weird year for rap. This year was like the feeling of tuesday.

[@Jonnaass1]

FRRR

[@yungmayhew]

Dababy’s fall off will be studied

[@alvin7508]

its a must

[@luisconde6201]

Homophobic comments + repetitiveness = downfall

[@---Nexus---]

Nice pfp

[@ClickBate69]

@@luisconde6201 I would say just repetitiveness most people sadly dgaf about homophobia

[@strangelyerect3047]

Shits mid

[@Andy-td8eo]

Not putting Sexyy Red in the worst category is outrageous

[@SkullfaceTyler]

It should be illegal that she ain't

[@FlacoNVO]

Honourable mention

[@maxserafini8127]

she’s not bad

[@SkullfaceTyler]

@@maxserafini8127 yea she is

[@Chitown18]

She’s catchy as fuck 😆 how can you hate her she’s the most authentic of these ratchet hoe rappers

[@Historicutuber]

J Cole definitely one of the best

[@DIOOO-kd6ri]

Definitely

[@sandiletwala3001]

No debate

[@reksio2214]

@theduelist91 J Cole is Trash

[@dahmienbell8292]

Cardi B IS, Garbage IN 2024.

[@understanding77]

I’m in the process of becoming a bloomer, got sober, started working out/jogging, reading books. You’d be surprised at how much it can change you. And that’s the just the beginning

[@thatguymatt5816]

What?

[@melmcallister6293]

I honestly didn’t know Macklemore still made music 😅

[@reginaldgalloway]

Love your channel and how you contextualize your choices.

[@remiis8728]

Putting Drake on your thumbnail for clicks only to not even have him on the list is crazy business..

[@brots3]

⁠@basketballboygeniusbro you can’t compare drake to ice spice and jack harlow

[@brots3]

@basketballboygenius bro did you not hear that song with j cole, or daylight

[@arseeoliveira6934]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brots3]

@basketballboygenius I though daylight had a nice flow also drake did just as good as cole on that song just a different style

[@jadenzee9838]

@@brots3hell naw

[@schwulersack8507]

Travis scott really bombed this year i really like the experience and high quality that he gives with his albums

[@808sirenz9]

The beats on St. Michael were fire

[@angelesvillodres5198]

Fr, popular is a banger

[@thebananachannel3546]

Travis better get that Grammy

[@45TROVFX]

On god!

[@coxx2807]

Doesn't deserve it

[@Historicutuber]

I hope not lol

[@shinyjay.]

@@coxx2807who does then

[@coxx2807]

@@shinyjay. Nas or mike

[@jusrandal3390]

Don't have JPEGMAFIA??? It's ridiculous that even after everything he's done, Peggy continues to be underestimated.

[@itzdavid7714]

No commercial success

[@kvnprime]

Who?

[@pranawdhital]

A bit too expiramental

[@kvnprime]

I've done some research the last 6 hours..found out why he's not on this list..he's trash ..there, now you can quit asking about him and accept that noone else is looking for him

[@Waluigi-mm8hk]

@@kvnprimeDo you usually like experimental rap?

[@n3wt]

really good narration and edit

[@NamelessBeats.]

Peggy not being in top 3 is criminal he littelary dropped the album of the year

[@justagge2272]

hes better as a prod

[@ShoujoSnail]

J.I.D should be in here as well. The Forever Story was one of the best rap albums I've heard in the last 8 years

[@NamelessBeats.]

@@justagge2272 yeah but even only for his unique and fire production he should crack the top 5 plus his rap skils make him in the top 3

[@NamelessBeats.]

@@ShoujoSnail fax

[@BX-eo1zk]

Isn’t he openly racist

[@GerriDobbsOfficial]

Cole at 5... 🤦🏽‍♂️ he should be #1

[@opium_baby]

no he souldnt hop off his meat he put out no new music this year except for features

[@prod.byMali]

surprised sexy redd or ice spice didn’t make the worst list for having a bad influence on the whole genre

[@NoSk_]

Ice Spice is not that bad, she has some good songs

[@prod.byMali]

@@NoSk_ she has 0 good songs 😭 they’re just popular tiktok songs. even if she has some good songs, she’s had a negative impact on rap inspiring more self sexualising women to hop on the rap scene

[@reksio2214]

both better than Lauryn hill and Rapsody and that hot garbage juice named Remy Ma

[@1107z-jd7mg]

Man Trippie Redd is getting Overrated

[@SkullfaceTyler]

1400 ain't really deserve it

[@exducks2324]

no one rates him rn, what are you on

[@mysteries_117]

People hate him what you on about

[@BeenBenji]

Huh everybody hates him what you talking bout I think he’s over hated if anything

[@Barcelona-ln8dy]

out of all top 5 trippie is the only one who gave us a lot of solid songs like the on with Wayne, psychotic lunatic, skeletons, take me away etc so i don't agree with him being top 5 worst

[@heyyvalee]

Exactly bro he literally created a super popular genre too

[@terrelmoss1444]

Lil Yachty did not go bar for bar with Cole on Secret Recipe, don’t disrespect Cole like that 😅 We wouldn’t even know that song if Cole wasn’t on it

[@kaiju9807]

pretty sure we still would know it because its yachty rapping in a different beat

[@exducks2324]

yachty so overrated

[@turtle1154]

This page rides yachthy something silly 😂

[@philander1975]

I thought I was tripping bar for bar with cole nah

[@opium_baby]

yachty is top 5 wdym@@exducks2324

[@kararalhilaly5415]

i can't tell if this is serious or tolling. if serious then it's just the worst list of every list that had ever been listed

[@KO-eu6jv]

Haven’t watched the video yet and I know #1 is Tom McDonald. Yeah, the dude is awful and unoriginal, but I thought we stopped caring because it’s so obvious that not even he believes he’s a genuinely good artist?

[@juanyapias9333]

Why is Sexyy Red not on the worst rapper list

[@lllemonade33]

yes i wonder

[@PPT_dae]

@@lllemonade33I didnt finish dis vid is destroy lonely, yeat, carson, carti or yeat on here?

[@nonemu5216]

@@PPT_daenope

[@reksio2214]

@@PPT_dae Sexxy Red, Yeat ,Carti, Destroy Lonely , Carson will forever be legends not that Nas, trashpac , Mf doom garbage

[@sandiletwala3001]

Who 😂

[@chanksyagami9231]

trippie's a letter to you 4 was not a failure gang, i mean numbers do speak for themselves and i like a bunch of tracks off dat album, jus my opinion doe

[@lowkeedee]

Bruh, did this dude just put lil yachty over cole? Gtfoh. He said he went bar for bar wit Cole 😂😂😂

[@jovanreid6782]

He lost me with that one. I thought he has to be trolling.

[@eliasl872]

Damn... This list is straight ass 🔥🔥

[@opium_baby]

ong

[@dustin_dlex]

Saint mechael v2 was pretty good i think he was personally too high on the worst list. He still had a couple good tracks on mansion music. And if what he said in that in interview was true he had to drop it early before it was finished is not really his fault. I think giving him 5 is fair but 3 is just too high for someone who did end up putting a good album out this year even if people did go and listen to it

[@darrylpage3404]

When he said Cole was no.5, I cut the video off.😂😂 Cole no. 1.

[@opium_baby]

he put out no new music this year except some mid features stop dickriding

[@zada2041]

meat riding hard

[@nickhim4]

Cole is overrated asf

[@BashayG7175]

​@nickhim4 your comment is overrated af

[@nateooo101]

Nas goat 🐐🐐

[@opium_baby]

no

[@nateooo101]

@@opium_baby then who is it (please don't say Carti) 😂

[@opium_baby]

@@nateooo101 carti clears nas easily

[@nateooo101]

@@opium_baby an average Carti fan opinion I won't take it seriously

[@opium_baby]

@@nateooo101 not taking a nas fan srsly either

[@cn2646]

Imo if the artist doesn’t write their own raps or freestyle they can’t be considered

[@Waluigi-mm8hk]

At the end of the day its about the Music though. If nas wasent able to freestyle it wouldent matter cause he still made illmatic. Dr dre and Kanye have help writing lyrics, but the Music and choruses makes it not matter as much

[@travyy2savyy]

My man being on no. 1 is so real🤭

[@oscarspringford-miller3570]

honestly, jpegmafias and danny browns SCARING THE HOES is mad underrated

[@CoolChain404_]

I legit forgot about BEN by Macklemore

[@johnnybriggs024]

Broooo make a list of the top best rappers of all time. I have to know 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@theskunky]

YOUR TAKES ARE OUTRAGOUSLY BAD!

[@sandiletwala3001]

Travis Scott is indeed the MVP of 2023 cuz you cannot compete with Utopia

[@jchris333]

Damn, this actually might be one of the worst lists I’ve seen. Bravo 👏🏿

[@lowkeedee]

Nah, it actually is the worst, not one of.

[@massivepoohead]

What was the top 5 best? I haven't watched the vid yet

[@Zenith3264]

What do you think the top 5 best rappers r rn? I’m genuinely curious not tryna be rude

[@Superdeeeee]

ong

[@breckin1]

@@Zenith3264 Probably 1 travis, 2 kanye, 3 drake, 4 might be carti or gunna. i have no clue who #5 would be but offset has been consistent this year and roddy ricch is dropping an album this janurary so who knows

[@AtroxSM]

Danny's verse on God Loves You off of scaring the hoes will always go down as one of the wildest verses ive ever heard

[@bombonsalmon]

Most underrated channel🙏🙏

[@wjerhajrwh5119]

hes a d1 glazer that yaps too much

[@vertclub8790]

I would like to see Lil Tecca on this list, his album TEC 2023 was underrated.

[@yousefridwan2476]

Drake in the thumbnail 💀💀

[@sicksadworld765]

15:43 he actually seems like really chill guy and stopped taking drugs

[@understanding77]

Trippie redd didn’t fall off, he’s just putting out too much music so it doesn’t feel as impactful. I started feeling the same way as you after he dropped ALLTY 2. He needs to just take a break and hit the drawing board again. He has yet to drop his “magnum opus” so to speak, and I think once he stops trying to follow trends and be more original he will. Even when he was coming up people gave him shit for sounding like uzi, and I think he still rides waves but has the potential to create his own, he’s still pretty unique regardless and I rather listen to him than someone like youngboy or dababy

[@Barcelona-ln8dy]

This is all true

[@MUSICBOMB08]

just because "he has the potential" to drop better music doesn't mean he hasn't fallen off 😂 sounds like you're just defending his bad business decisions.

[@hoppy23]

His last good album was in 2021 with trip at knight

[@JoexLegacy]

Trippie redd exists still? He releases music? Weird

[@Barcelona-ln8dy]

@@MUSICBOMB08 It's not only about potential, but he has actually made some of the best songs this year like the one ft lil Wayne, psychotic lunatic etc.. he has fallen off numbers wise but he's nowhere near "worst rapper" category lmao

[@xbhbthegoat]

trippie redd fall off pissed me off. dark night dummo is in my top 3 most streamed spotify songs of all time

[@prince-reacts]

18:35 that might be the worse comparison i have ever seen😖😭😂

[@iKooy17]

Listen to FACTS with Ben Shapiro and you’ll change your mind. 😂😂

[@Just__Vibe]

Don Toliver needed to be on here

[@itzazzy9794]

facts

[@lipeking4714]

i was tripping out when u repeated urself during lil pump lmao

[@sbodahandsum8055]

Drake saved this year hip hop wise withiut him we'd be waiting for kendrik for another decade

[@Zoomydoomy]

Drake had to release an EP because he was butthurt about his mid ass album he aint save shit 😂😂

[@pinthecool1]

Best rapper currently is Billy Woods, and it's not close. The man releases twice a year, and every time at least one of his albums is top 10 rap of the year. Tyler or Denzel or even Danny might have the best album a single year, but they don't drop nearly as often

[@szlpharmacology1330]

Who are these people 😂

[@rethabilemoloi3490]

Who 💀

[@Mak0154]

How do you guys not know Billy Woods, Denzel Curry, and Danny Brown? All 3 are some of the most well known respected underground rappers these days and I know good and well ya'll know who Tyler The Creator is. Better recognize!

[@juliankenney7509]

Mf’s tryna act clueless like they don’t know who tyler is 😭

[@pinthecool1]

@@Mak0154 I wouldn't call Denzel underground, and Danny is no underground anymore, unlike Billy; that being said, you can't call yourself a modern rap fan and not knowing who they are

[@jero2927]

when I hear american flags it feels like a youtube parody

[@hooman_Zoh]

I knew the #1 worst before I clicked the video LMAO

[@christinamason7894]

IMO promoting a Travis Scott concert after Astroworld and not even mentioning it is wild AF.😳 Give him his props as an artist but I definitely wouldn’t promote his shows.

[@matthewchidiac5948]

Yeah but Travis Scott is also a performer so you kinda have to talk about his shows especially since he’s been on tour this year

[@krishanpatel3360]

Bro how u out Travis ahead of Nas. What are we doing here 😂😂😂. Besides that fire vid.

[@krishanpatel3360]

Yea Travis over Weezy is fuckin ridiculous. Idc that he dont care that he didn’t drop carter VI. Actually pissing me off

[@HaydenHobkirk-tm1kh]

Bro replied to themselves and still didn't read it properly

[@kaiju9807]

tell nas to stop dropping the same album he has been dropping since kings disease

[@krishanpatel3360]

@@kaiju9807 u a fool go listen to the two albums. Magic 2 dropped and I remember the drive to my summer job that morning at 5 am listening to that album it was incredible hip hop wise. Had it on repeat all summer then he dropped magic 3 completely diff vibes still incredible hip hop. If ur missing out it’s on you 🤫

[@krishanpatel3360]

@@HaydenHobkirk-tm1kh put=out fuckin grammar police

[@LeonardoVila-zo6vs]

The list was good except for trippie (in my oppinion)

[@noonespecial8831]

Except Cole the list is fuckedup.

[@emilio.0.8]

Yuno Miles #1 🔥🔥

[@FrootLupe]

I‘m not here to defend Macklemore, I‘m just curious what he could have done so you would like it

[@brianlarkins4250]

Nas has been the best rapper since 2020 and it ain’t close. Nas has solidified his Goat spot as the greatest he been out rapping all these young niggas 6 albums in 3 years what we even talking about. Nas 50 on hip hop 50 he is the choosen one he better win Hip hop Grammy. Period

[@opium_baby]

cap

[@butcheredalive]

Danny Brown is the only rapper in the game rn who’s wearing a black metal shirt and is probably an actual fan

[@conke7765]

Respectfully, you can make all of the arguments you made for Travis, for Drake too.

[@Herbat69]

drakes performing is terrible, please watch travis and drake perform, you can see the difference and his album is boring. S makes me fall asleep every time.

[@fortunesscott279]

Cap

[@warwillkill]

Nah

[@matthewchidiac5948]

How? FATD is not close to Utopia levels and Travis did feature on a ton of songs too

[@vegsbeats]

These are your Top 5?😂😂

[@Real2kblaze]

Its funny how killer mike didnt make it on the list but still got a grammy

[@TraKata-]

Top 5 best this year was carti, lone, Ken carson, yhapojj and Sosa and the top 5 worst were Tom McDonald, trippie redd, NF, coi Leray and NF easy list

[@TraKata-]

I’m joking btw

[@opium_baby]

@@TraKata- nah u right on carti ken and lone tho

[@BeenBenji]

I don’t know cuz I’ve been hearing Trippie leaks they were fire especially I can’t talk beat was beautiful he needs to do more Regalia

[@tommyhousworth6687]

Kendrick just stepped back into the ring.

[@owl-iv3yd]

Thanks for making Travis at his rightfully place

[@emer-why]

Saint Micheal V1 was good, but V2 wasnt good, but it wasn't bad, and it wasn't ruined by him, it was ruined by his fans.

[@BeenBenji]

Idk V2 had better beats to me and is kinda growing on me each time I listen

[@emer-why]

@@BeenBenji Im gonna sound like a nerd for saying this, but I definitely agree, but, there was so much good beats that could have been on the album like I love It or SIN. But his fans wanted other songs and those one got replaced. Thats why I think it got hated on so much.

[@BeenBenji]

@@emer-whyyea I’m listening to some of the leaks haven’t found a bad one fr they should’ve definitely been on the album

[@thatguythatsaidyeet1911]

lil yacht also has had an impact on the fashion industry (in my opinion)

[@SweaterSwagg]

How is this an opinion? It's either a fact that he has or hasn't lol

[@abdoalsokkary6051]

J cole being Eminem 2.0 with these features

[@Isaac_Arango]

Never put J Colem Travis Scott and Drake on the same photo as Ice Spice. It's disrespectful for these 3 rap legends

[@x_man_X134]

where Ken carson

[@Zenith3264]

Ken Carson’s album wasn’t mind blowing imo. Only a few good songs on the album

[@opium_baby]

@@Zenith3264 he went 18/18 no misses

[@Zenith3264]

@@opium_baby the meat riding is crazy 😭🙏

[@timmy5876]

travis’ versatility makes it obvious why he’s the biggest rapper on the planet, obviously drake has better numbers but that’s cus he appeals to a pop and r&b audience aswell, talking strictly rap travis is the best. The way i see modern rap is there’s a divide from fans of nas, j cole and jid then carti, uzi, future etc. Then there’s trav who has a good mix of both. He had the fein song with carti which was the biggest song in that sub genre last year then he had lyrical songs like my eyes and skitzo which were some of the biggest lyrical songs of last year or atleast mainstream they were. Most artists fit into one of the 2 groups now obviously there’s others in both like drake and yachty dabbling in both but travis doesn’t have many filler songs, if he puts out a song it’s complete

[@Bendig123]

yachty 3 is wild, coming from a yachty fan

[@opium_baby]

no it is not if we talkin 2023 that is justified

[@jovanreid6782]

​@@opium_baby No. His first album was garbage, and Let's Start Here is more notable for the genre it broaches than it is for anything Yatchy himself contributed. On top of all this, he's an unremarkable rapper.

[@opium_baby]

@@jovanreid6782 Yachty went crazy this year u just an old head 😭

[@jovanreid6782]

@@opium_baby I listen to a lot of new rappers. You might want to consider growing a brain and gaining the ability to form ideas in which ageism isn't your only recourse.

[@opium_baby]

@@jovanreid6782 alr unc 😭

[@GreatLodini]

I better see Jid and Denzel or this list wrong

[@Mak0154]

They barely dropped anything this year...

[@GreatLodini]

@@Mak0154yeah i just read the description thought it was just best right now in general then saw its just for 2023 so makes sense

[@Zenith3264]

JID didn’t even drop anything fam 😭

[@javidfarr556]

bro used young boy for any bad example 😭

[@FergieFerg622]

Drake is the MVP, Travis no where close to his level.

[@user-rg4tp3qz2d]

These critics of whatever they call themselves keep dissing him, but when Drake retire, the whole genre is going to be sorely lacking and may even disappear all together as a regular on the charts.

[@DON_XAVEY]

​@@user-rg4tp3qz2dwhat the fuck are u on about??

[@jaycecook405]

Tom McDonald's the most streamed rapper from my city. 💀

[@jovanreid6782]

Tell me what city that is so I know never to catch my Black ass dead there.

[@kaielkins6375]

i didn't expect a DANNY BROWN mention

[@opium_baby]

hes mid af

[@vampcarti7909]

Ken Carson had a good year too

[@opium_baby]

ong

[@alepouts]

last time i saw an artist have a year like yatchys was 2017 with xxxtentacion

[@danielstyke]

Your hatred for Tom Macdonald's music will never not be funny 😂😭

[@Thecardoctor365]

Im so glad Yachty got a place on this list. He had a great run.

[@nsgcharlie3370]

Am I the only one that liked Trippie’s albums or sum

[@flawless2457]

Trippie is no where near top fi worst u buggin bro

[@hoppy23]

Not having jid is a travesty

[@Kennyy999]

Trippie redd is over hated

[@rollingwithchuckg]

Yachty didn’t go bat for bar with J.Cole

[@opium_baby]

yes he did hop off cole's meat

[@monkeyman914]

ken carson?!?!

[@opium_baby]

he should be number 2 right behind carti

[@Vforvendetta1684]

They slept on him 10 times fr😢

[@chriswithrizz07]

This list is ridiculously terrible

[@Zenith3264]

How ☠️

[@sodaskyymusic]

Trippie redd doesn't deserve to be in the same list as tom mcdonald & lil pump imo

[@shinnamgungofficial]

Nah he put pump on 2nd worst💀 wtf

[@semekaL.Kalulu-id6zu]

Why do Americans always ignore central cee

[@damellman]

We done wit the 90s unk.... theyl couldn't hold a candle to rappers like RÈ and Sexy Red... shout out to Lil nas X.

[@cn2646]

I better not see Drake at the top five.

[@opium_baby]

stop the hate

[@stephanielamb2042]

Travis is my second favorite rapper and I m from Houston as well

[@Doro_ish]

The list was aight But Where is wayne?😂

[@emmanueltraapcage3667]

Trippie redd being in top 3 worst rappers of 2023 made this list so invalid

[@IDontLikePplPlayinOnMyPhone]

Tbh lil boat just doesn’t know what he’s doin but ppl clapped so he ran rhgmmm. I guess that’s experimenting but he I feel like if I sent lil Jon in the studio and told Him to make a random, art rock album with guitars, he would do a better job than Yachty.