Drake is No. 1 on Complex’s “100 Hottest Rappers Right Now [November 2026]” list, updated on November 4. The ranking is based on the last 30 days of music and culture, which means it is a snapshot of who is actually hot right now \u2014 not a career achievement award, and not a prediction about next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top 10 reads like a roll call of the moment: 1. Drake, 2. Jay-Z, 3. Don Toliver, 4. Ye, 5. Playboi Carti, 6. Rod Wave, 7. Travis Scott, 8. BigXthaPlug, 9. Yeat and 10. Lil Baby. It is a mix of streaming-era giants, veteran legends and newer names who have kept their foot on the gas through the autumn, and every one of those ten has a case for being exactly where they are \u2014 or for being higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What jumps out first is the top end. Jay-Z at No. 2, ahead of a whole field of artists half his age in rap years, is a reminder that presence and influence still count for a lot in a 30-day window. Don Toliver at No. 3 and Ye at No. 4 keep the upper half crowded, while Playboi Carti at No. 5 and Rod Wave at No. 6 show how different kinds of heat \u2014 cult devotion on one side, streaming consistency on the other \u2014 can land in the same neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The back half of the ten is just as interesting. Travis Scott at No. 7, BigXthaPlug at No. 8, Yeat at No. 9 and Lil Baby at No. 10 are all artists with a real claim to be further up the list on a different week \u2014 Lil Baby, for one, is in the middle of a major album moment of his own, with his new album Fresh tracking toward a strong first week. That is the nature of a monthly list: the margins are thin, the timing is everything, and a single release can move the whole picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, cop or drop? Is Drake the right No. 1 for November, does Jay-Z belong that high, and who in the top 10 is the most underrated name on the list? That is the argument Complex is inviting, and it is a good one \u2014 a list like this is only worth reading if you are ready to disagree with it. Have your say: who would you move up, who would you move down, and who is missing the heat they deserve?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Drake is No. 1 on Complex’s ‘100 Hottest Rappers Alive’ list for November, ahead of Jay-Z, Don Toliver, Ye and Playboi Carti. Here is the full top 10 \u2014 and the case for arguing about every single spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","video_url":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/drake-stage.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}