Nick Cannon Reveals His Top Five Rappers, Includes Eminem

Nick Cannon is including Eminem in his list of top five favorite rappers despite their infamous beef.

“I know the one that always shocks everybody, No. 5, Marshall Mathers, Eminem,” Nick confessed. “I gotta give props and respect and credit. The man is a beast. Because the criteria of top five for me is obviously numbers, obviously skill, flow, storytelling ability or message. And I’d even have to say lyricism based off of bars, how you put it all together. And that dude checks all those boxes. So, I definitely give him No. 5.”

Nick including Eminem on his list may seem surprising to some people, considering the two were engaged in a lengthy beef at one point. Their issues date back to 2009, when Nick was still married to singer Mariah Carey. Shady dissed the couple on his song “Bagpipes From Bagdad.” This resulted in Em and Nick sending shots back and forth and even included a proposed boxing match.