This is blatant trolling at this point.
Cash Money and No Limit were HUGE late 90's. Nobody in NY could touch them.
The West is emerging? They got Kendrick, Macklemore, and YG/DJ Mustard. Once everyone gets sick of Mustard's sound by next year, YG will vanish. Macklemore will never be respected in Hip Hop. You got Kendrick, that's it. West Coast has had NWA, Snoop, 2Pac, and Game that get recognized outside of the west. Worst coast by far. Even the mid-west has Eminem, Kanye, Bone Thugs, and Nelly.
Gucci Mane is probably the most influential rapper for Chicago kids the last ten years. Before Chief Keef, everybody wanna be Gucci Mane. Three Six is huge here. Lil Wayne is widely considered the best rapper alive across the planet. T.I. and Luda aren't legends? You have no idea what your talking about.
Nobody fukks with Nore and Raekwon. TRAP? fukk outta here.
Lil Wayne, biggest rap superstar ever somehow isn't from the south.