As Justin Biebers latest album Justice is poised to take the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, the Peaches singer joined DJ Khaled for his podcast The First One on Amazon Music.
The pair discussed how rap has influenced Biebers music, with the pop star revealing his top five emcees around the 20:35 mark in the longer clip below. Lil Wayne, the Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Kanye West, and Drake made the cut. Bieber also said that his fellow Canadian Drizzy is constantly pushing culture and the needle forward.

ieber has answered this question before, usually offering up a different mix of the same heavyweights each time. Back in 2012, he told Complex his top five rappers were 2Pac, André 3000, Eminem, Nas, and Lil Wayne. Then, in 2015, he told French outlet Clique TV his favorites were Eminem, Mase, Nas, Biggie, and 2Pac.

Bieber also touched on his first hit song Baby with Ludacris, and the fact that he wasnt in love with it even though it was written and produced by The-Dream. I remember hearing the song at first and notI dont know if Im supposed to say this but Ill just say itand not being super in love with the song, he said around the 10:15 mark:

It was just a reference and I remember Scooter [Braun] saying to me, Just, you gotta get over the reference. Its written by The-Dream, shoutout to The-Dream. But he moves so quickly and so hes not stopping to get the lines perfect and so its just the scratch vocal. But for me, thats all I could reference it off of, so Im like, Ah, Im not sure about it. But when I got my voice on it, I immediately was just like, This is such a special record.

Elsewhere, Bieber touched on his legendary run over the last 10 years, being discovered on YouTube, and growing up as an artist in the public eye. You can watch the rest of the episode here on Amazon Music.



Source: Complex.com