Your Rap Madness Round 1 Results
Juice WRLD eliminates Young Thug by this many votes...
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Round 1 Right Side
The closest matchup from this round was between Young Thug and Juice WRLD, but Juice WRLD ultimately took the win by 12.5K votes. Although not often compared, they’re both GOATs in their respective rap subgenres. Thug’s been credited for pioneering the melodic trap sound that Atlanta is well known for now, and Juice WRLD played a significant role in popularizing the emo rap that started as a subculture on SoundCloud.
Take a look at the matchups for the right side of Round 2, it might be a bloodbath so be sure to vote for your favorites on RapTV’s IG stories next Thursday.
Round 2 (right side) match-ups
Drake vs J. Cole
Travis Scott vs. Lil Wayne
Kanye vs Kendrick Lamar
Juice WRLD vs. Future
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I know that about Juice WRLD his music is pretty good but one thing the first part was J Cole is best music after Drake was the was same time I listen to the music video and that so awesome.