Big Daddy Kane praises Jay-Z: The 10 greatest rappers from Brooklyn

Big Daddy Kane praises Jay-Z: The 10 greatest rappers from Brooklyn

Jay-Z owes a lot to Big Daddy Kane. Not only the cooler-than-thou persona and gift for witty wordplay, but Jay was briefly Kane’s hypeman in the early 1990s. In a recent interview with Complex, the King Asiatic Nobody’s Equal shared his enthusiasm for Jay’s wildly successful career as an artist and as a businessman.

“I’m happy for him,” Kane told Complex. “I’ve always thought that dude was a good rapper and always wanted to see him achieve the best and he has.”


Jay tapped Kane to open the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center last fall, in a nod to both his own roots and as a special moment for the borough that birthed both legendary rappers. Brooklyn’s hip-hop history is undeniable.

Here are the 10 greatest rappers to ever come from BK 


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Todd "Stereo" Williams, entertainment writer based in New York City. He co-founded Thirty 2 Oh 1 Productions, an indie film company.
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