Many people who grew up in the 1990s consider the top three most popular rappers of that time to be Biggie, Tupac and Snoop Dogg. 

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to grow up during one of the best decades of music, but I live in one just as close to that time.

Today’s top rappers since the early 2010s have been Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Drake. I believe that these three rappers are the only ones who can be compared with Biggie, Tupac and Snoop Dogg.

Since the 2010s, the three most dominant rappers have been Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. You can put them in any order you want, but this is my ranking.

Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge Drake fan. Not to mention that it is October, which goes with the theme of his lifestyle brand “October’s Very Own.”

Drake has 15 studio albums, including his most recent album, “For All The Dogs,” which was released Oct. 6. On each album, you can look at how his style changes with how he raps, sings, and even dresses.

A huge argument can be made for Drake that suggests that he has been one of the most prolific artists of the past decade. He has also just received his twelfth and thirteenth number-one hits, “Slime You Out” featuring SZA and “First Person Shooter” featuring J. Cole. Drake has now tied with Michael Jackson on the Billboard Hot 100, who has 13 number ones.

Drake’s new Album “For All The Dogs”, also had all twenty-three songs make it to the Billboard Hot 100 since the Oct. 6 release date.

On the “Take Care” album, Kendrick Lamar is featured in the song “Buried Alive Interlude,” which came out right before Kendrick’s third album, “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” in 2012. This album made Kendrick Lamar more nationally known and popular.

My favorite album by Kendrick Lamar is the “Damn” album, released in 2017. This album and Drake’s album “More Life” are literally all that I used to listen to when I sat in class during my freshman year of high school.

Let me not forget to mention another great artist, J. Cole. His first album, “Cole World,” came out in 2011. I never really was a J. Cole fan until 2014 when his album “Forest Hills Drive” came out, and I became another one of his biggest fans. 

Well, not as big of a fan as Drake, of course. 

All three artists are now at the point in their careers where they don’t have to drop any more music if they decide not to.

They each have such a large body of work that can last and be passed on to the next generation — just like Biggie, Tupac and Snoop did during their incredible runs.

All the albums that I named came out between 2011 and 2014, which was when each of these artists was just hitting their stride.

In time, these three artists will be looked back on as the top three rappers of this generation.