It really doesn't matter how many of these silly lists place Nicki Minaj at #1. The fans who haven't surrendered their brains to these publications will always know the truth: Nicki Minaj is not even close to being the best female rapper of all time. She doesn't have a musical catalog that compares with the greats of female rap. She has no classic hip hop songs and definitely has no classic albums. Nicki Minaj may be the most commercially successful female rapper of all time (with the help of a streaming era that her predecessors never had the benefit of), but that doesn't mean she is the best. Flo Rida has sold more singles than many legendary rappers put together, but calling him the best male rapper of all time makes no sense.

By the time Cardi B is done with her career, she will eclipse Nicki Minaj's career and cultural relevance. Nicki Minaj doesn't even have anything close to a Bodak Yellow in her discography, and she has never made an album better than Invasion of Privacy. Nicki Minaj is not even better than many of the women out today, much less the legendary women whose swag she jacked to make it in the music industry.