MTV's Hottest MCs in the Game

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Every year since 2007 MTV has compiled a list of ten Hip-Hop stars deemed to be the "hottest" of that year known as the Hottest MCs in the Game. Although MTV has stressed that the list is not meant to represent the greatest rappers of all time but the most interesting and culturaly relevant artists of the current year the list is met with controversy each year.

Background

The Hottest MC in the Game List was formed in 2007 and every year a group of Hip-Hop journalists known as "The Brain Trust" debate on who is the hottest rapper of that year. The Brain Trust has been composed of:

Sway Calloway (on-air correspondent, MTV News)
Tuma Basa (manager, MTV Music Programming)
Bridget Bland (producer/writer, MTV Radio Network)
Buttahman (director, music and talent, "MTV Jams")
Rahman Dukes (senior producer, MTVNews.com)
Andrea Duncan-Mao (senior music editor, MTV.com Editorial)
Sean Lee (supervising producer, MTV News)
Joseph Patel (producer, MTV News)
Shaheem Reid (hip-hop editor, MTV News)
Jayson Rodriguez (hip-hop writer, MTV News)
Hillary Crosley (RapFix)
Steven Roberts (MTV News)
Sheila Grullon (MTV Jams)
Yomi Desalu (mtvU)

The Brain Trust judges rappers on the grounds of their artistic execution (lyrical ability, flow), commercial success (charting hits, radio spins, album sales), cultural impact (business acumen, ushering in other big artists), digital metrics (Myspace friends, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, new songs on mixtapes), buzz and other intangibles. In order to be eligable to be included in on the list an artist must have actively released music that year .

Notable Recipients

Lil Wayne, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, T.I., and Young Jeezy were included on the list for three consecutive years since it's inception. Kanye West stayed among the top five and Lil Wayne remained within the top three during those years. In 2010 Nicki Minaj became the first female rapper to be included on the list.

Hottest MC in the Game Recipients

2008

2009

2010

Overall

Rapper	Year Inducted	Appearances	Peak Ranking
Lil Wayne	2007	4	1
T.I.	2007	3	2
Game	2007	1	3
Andre 3000	2007	2	4
Kanye West	2007	4	1
Young Jeezy	2007	3	6
Jay-Z	2007	4	1
50 Cent	2007	3	6
Common	2007	1	9
Jim Jones	2007	1	10
Snoop Dogg	2008	1	5
Rick Ross	2008	3	4
Lupe Fiasco	2008	1	7
Drake	2009	2	3
Gucci Mane	2009	1	6
Fabolous	2009	1	8
Raekwon	2009	1	10
Eminem	2010	1	1
Nicki Minaj	2010	1	6
Waka Flocka Flame	2010	1	8
B.o.B	2010	1	9
Ludacris	2010	1	10

References

Category:

MTV Networks