Just as the best jazz is no longer made in New Orleans, hip-hop became Uhmerica's dominant form of pop music by quickly outgrowing the bounds of its birthplace. But that hasn't stopped the East Coast Bias machine from cramming mediocre New York rap music into our ears at the first sign of competency. Case in point is the proclamation of Jay-Z as the "
greatest rapper alive". Jay-Z is really the most agreeable rapper alive, elevating the innovations of others to mainstream status and reaching the widest audience possible.
