Are teenagers passing on Jay Z for a new breed of rappers a little closer to their age? And is Kobe Bryant not the best NBA player?:
By the hip-hop industry's standards, 42-year-old rapper Jay-Z (or Sean Carter) would be considered ancient when compared to the young stars who currently dominate the art form's landscape. Rappers like Lil' Wayne, Drake, Wiz Khalifa and Carter's own protege J. Cole have taken over the same limelight that Jay was accustomed to regularly basking in. Most young people today cannot appreciate the influence that Carter has had on hip-hop culture, and to illustrate my point, I recently asked my 16-year-old son to name who he thought were the best rappers in the game today.[BleacherReport]
