October 7th, 2008

Stop The Madness: Eminem Voted As The Best Rapper Alive Over Jay-Z

VIBE has today announced Eminem as the winner of the Best Rapper Alive competition. The Detroit native beat out New York’s rap king Jay-Z in the Final Round with 69 percent of the votes, crowning him as the people’s choice for the true king of hip hop. The results of the contest are detailed in VIBE’s November 2008 issue hitting newsstands October 21st.

“It’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive,” says Eminem in response to his victory. “I don’t think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah I’ll accept!”

More than 920,000 votes were cast since the contest began on July 21, 2008.

Em hasn’t even dropped an album since 2004 and he is put over Jay-Z?

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232 Responses to “Stop The Madness: Eminem Voted As The Best Rapper Alive Over Jay-Z”

  1. D boy Says:

    This isn’t madness. But I agree with you RTNY.

  2. Rome Says:

    Let the racial comments begin ….

  3. J.P. Says:

    JAY-Z > EMINEM
    I WANT TO SEE LUPE FIASCO BATTLE EMINEM
    LUPE WOULD SLAUGHTERED HIM

  4. LiL WAYNE HATER Says:

    Aww no lil wayne? lmao. I agree eminem is a BEAST with the lyrics.

    TOP 10 MC’s in HIPHOP
    1.Jay-Z
    2.Eminem
    3.Kanye
    4.Common
    5.Mos Def
    6.Luda
    7.Nas
    8.Talib Kweli
    9.Ice Cube
    10.Bun B

    Sorry wayne you WACK !

  5. LiL WAYNE HATER Says:

    honorable mentions: Beanie sigel, freeway, lloyd banks

    LIL WAYNE IS WACK PEOPLE yall supporting a openly gay rapper.

  6. Moreno Says:

    Vibe mag is right…i mean just listen to “Renegade” of Blueprint album, Em murked Jigga

  7. yo Says:

    This wasnt for “Best Rapper Right Now” it was for BEST RAPPER ALIVE! Im glad Eminem won. Jay-z bites too much

  8. veraci0us Says:

    gtfoh @2

    If u think the reason y people disagree with the vibe vote is coz emimem is white..

    This is a SIGN of what will happen in the election if black people get complacent and just think that obama is on for the white house… Thats how i see the vibe vote.. Tru hiphop people where complacent that jayz would win so never botherd lol

    THIS IS THE WAKE UP CALL lol

  9. class A Says:

    Eminem is by far the best rapper of all time…people say Jay Z is the best of all time and all i have to say is Eminem killed Jay Z on his own track “Renegade” J would agree that eminem is better no one wants to go after EM…that would be career ending to any rapper…Jay Z loves to jack other peoples lines anyways

  10. IGNORANT Says:

    HAHAH A WHITE MAN IS THE FACE OF HIP HOP LOL ELVISSSSSS

  11. YuP Says:

    well has jay dropped a good album since the black album? american gangster was good but c’mon that’s different from a studio album. plus head to head, have you guys forgot about renegade? does it even matter what vibe’s best rapper alive is anyways? nobody can agree on one, it just depends on your opinion. not a magazines.

    my top 5>>>>your top 5

  12. Whooa Says:

    He beat Jay-Z in the Final Round with 69 percent. Just gotta to show you VIBE has a lot of white readers who are bias towards the Elvis of hiphop.