MTV Issues Argument For Wiz Khalifa On Hottest MC’s List [Video]

“Wiz clearly has a huge Twitter game, when he dropped [the mixtape] Kush & Orange Juice he was a google trend for about three days and no one really knew who the dude was,” said MTV News’ Steven Roberts. “Once he dropped it, people got to see what Wiz was about. He had these sold out shows and if you look at his peers, the J.Cole’s and the other freshmen, he’s selling out tours and these guys can probably barely sell out tours by themselves.”

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“With Wiz, I agree about him building up his movement, it’s really like six years in the making,” said Rodriguez. “He’s really been doing it step-by-step and he’s not missing any marks. But I think for him, he should’ve won Hottest Breakthrough because it’s really there for what he’s about to do but I think he’s still missing that record. And although Kush & Orange Juice is a solid mixtape, it wasn’t a game changer like [Drake's] So Far Gone, it wasn’t a No Ceilings by Lil Wayne. And I think with him, ultimately, he’s just lacking that record where people can point at him like ‘I like Wiz Khalifa and this is that record.’ That’s the one thing missing from his arsenal that he’s missing to catapult from Hottest Breakthroughs to contending for a real Hottest MCs position.