Who Is the King or Queen of New York Hip-Hop? Cash Cobain & Zeddy Will Debate | Billboard Unfiltered

Cash Cobain & Zeddy Will join Billboard Unfiltered to debate and share their hot takes as to who the king or queen of New York rap is. From artists like Joey Bada$$ to Nicki Minaj to Jay-Z, who will be crowned? Keep watching to find out!

Carl Lamarre:

Yo, what it do, what it do, what it do? What is going on, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to our first ever live edition of Billboard Unfiltered. It’s gonna be a fire, fire episode. Oh yeah. It is gonna be really, really good. Before we get started, I’m gonna announce our panelists one by one, so let’s start with Billboard’s very own staff writer, Kyle Denis.

Kyle Denis:

Yo, yo, yo. 

Carl Lamarre:

Black man, what it do? 

Kyle Denis:

How y’all doing today? Yes, sir.

Carl Lamarre:

Yes, yes. Next up coming to the stage. He was named one of Billboard‘s Artists to Watch for R&B, Hip-Hop 2025, “Queens Get the Money,” my brother Zeddy Will.

Zeddy Will:

How y’all doing? What’s up?

Carl Lamarre:

Big Zedd, what’s good my brother? 

Zeddy Will:

Feeling good. 

Carl Lamarre:

Let’s get it. Let’s get it. Next up, coming to the stage multiplatinum artist/producer, the good brother Cash Cobain! 

Cash Cobain:

What’s good, y’all?

Carl Lamarre:

What’s good, Cash? And then lastly, of course, Billboard’s very own host, superstar, Miss Delisa Shannon.

Delisa Shannon:

What’s up, y’all? Carl, I need you to introduce me into every room that I walk into because that was nice. 

Carl Lamarre:

Oh listen, say less, I got you.

Delisa Shannon:

I like that.

Carl Lamarre:

I got it, y’all have a good show. 

Delisa Shannn:

First of all, thank you all for coming and being a part of our first Billboard live studio audience. Shout-outs to y’all for making it here today. It’s a beautiful day, so we appreciate y’all spending it with us. And everybody at home, thank you for tuning in. All right, so this is Billboard Unfiltered, where we discuss hot-button topics. Now let me let y’all know how today’s gonna go. All right, so each one of our panelists is going to get 90 seconds to give their opening statements. We’re gonna go back and forth, a little healthy debate. Very healthy here. No toxicity allowed. And then I, along with y’all, so I’m gonna be calling on y’all a little bit later, so make sure y’all are taking all those notes, seeing whose points you agree with, and we will crown who is the king of this debate today, and then that person will be able to give their Unfiltered take and talk their sh**. All right, everybody got it? 

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