There are no Gen Z rap super stars

[Ɀoᥱɣ]

This is referring to Xxx? You sounding weird bro.

Minimizing that wave X was on to some TikTok sized snippets is disingenuous at best, corny as fukk at worst.

Do better

Flabby oldheads always expose themselves Saying XXX wouldn't have been a major star in 2025 is a insane take, his fanbase would've been as rabid as atleast Playboi carti's

 

[The God Poster]

The women are doing much better in terms of name and production. I tend to listen to more female rap than male when it comes to the new gen

Breh who are you listening to lol

 

[RammerJammer]

The ones that aren't dead or in jail are strictly products of the streaming era, just the nature of the game where they just shyt another rapper out.

I mean if you asked at this time 5 years ago who would be superstars by now, a lot of people would've said Lil Baby, Da Baby, Roddy Ricch, Kodak, Uzi, Megan, etc, fast forward to now, ehh...

I doubt we ever see a hip hop superstar again after the late 30s/early 40s crew call it a career

 

[ALonelyDad]

Breh who are you listening to lol

Bia Bia, Lattoo, Tia Corrine, Doja (more pop than rap)..etc. They are not superstars but I enjoy their music more. Lil Tecca might be the only new school guy I enjoy. Carti and YoungBoyNBA might be considered superstars cause they have great bases but I can't get into their music.

 

[cartierhoe]

The Coli thinks every Gen Z person is 12 or some shyt

Reality is most of Gen Z grew up with the "Big 3" running rap anyway, also the ones our age or younger mainly got locked up or killed at the height of their popularity so shyt stalled out, and it's likely never gonna be the same. The game is niche heavy now so whatever subgenre you like in hip hop is right there at the click of a button on your phone. There's no traditional "stars" because there's something for everybody and everything is so algorithm heavy. Radio doesn't dictate shyt anymore.

 

[boogers]

Who tf is morgan wallet

hes the cac who dropped the n-word and had his popularity explode. hes bigger than ever

i hate this fukkin country man

 

[Styles]

Music is just different now. Most people don’t listen to specific artists in the streaming era. A lot of discover playlists and pandora type consumers now. Outside of pop no genre has a superstar really in Gen Z. Even in Pop i don’t think there’s anyone like TSwift or Beyoncé on the come up. Gen Alpha will feel this way more.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Music is just different now. Most people don’t listen to specific artists in the streaming era. A lot of discover playlists and pandora type consumers now. Outside of pop no genre has a superstar really in Gen Z. Even in Pop i don’t think there’s anyone like TSwift or Beyoncé on the come up. Gen Alpha will feel this way more.

They’re superstars but it looks and feels different because of how music is consumed.


YB, Rod Wave, Carti are absolutely superstars

 

[Child_Of_God]

X and JuiceWorld were gonna be the guys and they got killed. Imagine how different shyt would look if two of Cole/Kendrick/Drake got killed in 2013 or something. Pop Smoke too.

Pop Smoke in particular would of been the Gen Z version of 50.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Male Gen Z rappers currently charting:

Lil Tecca
Key Glock
DDG
BigXThaPlug
Real Boston Richey
Bossman Dlow
Chuckyy

I’m sure there’s more but it’s not like they don’t exist - it’s just a matter of time until one of them blows up.

Crazy this DDG nikka is Gen Z but been on Youtube for over a decade


BigX is cool to me, but these are not Superstars.


The last ELITE superstars in rap (that damn near everyone and their momma know who these guys are now) were millennials… these nikkas are a couple years from 40 at least.


I really can’t think of a Gen Z cat that catches everyone’s attention. Young/old, men and women.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Crazy this DDG nikka is Gen Z but been on Youtube for over a decade


BigX is cool to me, but these are not Superstars.


The last ELITE superstars in rap (that damn near everyone and their momma know who these guys are now) were millennials… these nikkas are a couple years from 40 at least.


I really can’t think of a Gen Z cat that catches everyone’s attention. Young/old, men and women.

They are superstars in an era where everyone is curating what they listen too

 

[O.T.I.S.]

They are superstars in an era where everyone is curating what they listen too

So in their opinion


Ok then.. they are superstars to somebody, they just not superstars by the numbers and music quality then.

But, these dudes always got time to shock people and maybe become one somehow.


I don’t think they got the talent because I don’t think they got the love of the art or the love of music in general. They just want fast money and “hits”.

Which is fine, its just gonna be mid shyt. BigX’s album was actually solid af to me though.

 

[Collateral]

None of them are superstars. Pitbull is bigger than all of them if we're being honest. Sone stripper that was a 5 told me about Key Glock once, still.havent heard his sh1t

Glock is Young Dolph’s protégé, you can call it. He go hard you should tap in

 

[CrimsonTider]

So in their opinion


Ok then.. they are superstars to somebody, they just not superstars by the numbers and music quality then.

But, these dudes always got time to shock people and maybe become one somehow.


I don’t think they got the talent because I don’t think they got the love of the art or the love of music in general. They just want fast money and “hits”.

Which is fine, its just gonna be mid shyt. BigX’s album was actually solid af to me though.

Everyone I named does big numbers.

I’m not trying to convince you of anything btw. I don’t care what you think

 

[Styles]

They’re superstars but it looks and feels different because of how music is consumed.


YB, Rod Wave, Carti are absolutely superstars

I‘ll have to disagree with you here. There are two superstars in rap and that’s Drake and Kendrick. Before them it was Wayne and Kanye. 50 and Jay-z. OutKast and Tupac. Not to say they won’t get to that level for sure, i personally don’t think they will, but they for sure aren’t there right now. 50-100m views on YT isn’t really superstar numbers when the guys above were doing like 1billi.

Anyway IDC that much, just my 2 cents.