This is about music fukkboi, if your criteria for what makes a great rapper in NY is muscle and beef skills then you have no business in hip hop and are the reason the music has gone to shyt and become a parody of itself. then nominate Maino Tru Life and the other lowlifes as King then.
Nas, Jay, and Big are revered and highly respected in NY because they had superior technical skills that made people take notice when they spat. 50 is garbage, weak singy drawl type flow that he stole from Ja Rule and hes just an offensive presence..
Nas and Jay can easily go gold tomorrow, they are legends. 50 is a C level rapper that caught a lucky break with a Dre beat and Eminem connections but even that has been unable to sustain him. He was a flash in the pan, and it shows today. Nas and Jay can always rely on their God given rhyming abilities, 50 cannot! he needs a gimmick, he cant make it on raw skill alone because his skills are weak to begin with.