I thought everybody on this list besides Tip would be one hit wonders.
Rappers whose run lasted longer than you thought
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I thought everybody on this list besides Tip would be one hit wonders.
DaRealness
I think very deeply
Believe it or not, Mobb Deep. I'm old enough to remember Peer Pressure and all their other tracks way before Infamous. I was living in NYC at the time and thought they were just another hardcore local group since there were so many at the time. I didn't think they would outlast some of those other groups, but Infamous came out and we know the rest...
BK The Great
Veteran
Rick Ross
Game
Fat Joe
Luda
Game
Fat Joe
Luda
malbaker86
Gators
I get what you mean. When all of them emerged between 03 (TI) to 2006, i didn't believe 10 plus years later thry would be as relevant as they are and have as much staying power.
Definitely French Montana. I thought he'd be a local New York rapper like Maino or Uncle Murder, even after the Bad Boy signing I didn't think he'd last long because if you're name isn't Big, you're not gonna last long. But he's still around to this day.
It's only been two years.
Gotta throw Ross there once that info bout him being a C.O. Came out I thought it was Over for that man !!!
Not a popular one but I'm surprised Cash Out is still around somehow 
I was SURE he was going to be a one hit wonder but he keeps coming back with something that gets play in clubs
I also didn't think T Pain would fall off so hard
Dude had the hook game on lock and auto tune is as big as ever and you barely hear about him anymore
I was SURE he was going to be a one hit wonder but he keeps coming back with something that gets play in clubs
I also didn't think T Pain would fall off so hard
Dude had the hook game on lock and auto tune is as big as ever and you barely hear about him anymore
Raw sremmurd
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
If Rae Sremmurd came out in 2005 or 2006, they'd be New Boyz status
They don't get enough credit for their writing skills. Granted, it's basic but it's catchy af. They're cute.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
When did you first hear her?
If anything early nicki was much easier to take seriously
Either bed rock or one of waynes mixtapes where there was some chick on one of his joints that was rapping in a sexy baby voice (might not have been nicki, it's been a while)
Professor Mac
Im African not black
Big Sean
Couldn't stand him then, and I can't stand him now
Couldn't stand him then, and I can't stand him now
Drake, especially when I heard Comeback Season the type of shyt was spitting wasn't something I thought would catch on especially with the singing shyt...dude ended re-inventing himself and started to churn out hits like 
. Especially since he was Canadian and on Degrassi,plus with the singing I figured dude would be a mixtape,underground...next thing you know brehs like Gucci on tracks with him and then the Wayne co-sign .
Big Sean- I figured he was done after HOF and would have a few radio hits here and there then slowly fade away but breh came back with Dark Sky Paradise and seems to just fukk around with flows with ease.
DSP was my fav rap album of 2015. Breh here to stay 
. Especially since he was Canadian and on Degrassi,plus with the singing I figured dude would be a mixtape,underground...next thing you know brehs like Gucci on tracks with him and then the Wayne co-sign .Big Sean- I figured he was done after HOF and would have a few radio hits here and there then slowly fade away but breh came back with Dark Sky Paradise and seems to just fukk around with flows with ease.
DSP was my fav rap album of 2015. Breh here to stay He here to stay too