No one doubted that Drake would be making this controversial list but we weren’t sure of the spot. The kid from Toronto comes in on the MTV Hottest MCs In The Game list at #5, thanks to his standout guest features in 2012 and the hot new single ‘Started From The Bottom’.
Apart from impacting with songs like “HYFR,” Drake’s hooks and verses for other artists, including the #1 rap singles “No Lie,” reverberated during a year when Y.O.L.O. was still running its course. “Drake’s at the point where his lyrics become people’s mantras,” said Renaud Jean-Baptiste, story producer for MTV2’s “The Week in Jams.” “He just steers the direction of the culture — lyrically and style-wise.”
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