Wiz Khalifa is MTV's "Hottest Breakthrough MCs Of 2010"

[LilWayne4Life]

Wiz Khalifa is the first to tell you that his base of supporters, the Taylor Gang, is one of the most powerful entities in hip-hop. And over the past month, they showed out in force for him in the voting for MTV News' "Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010." Wiz was crowned the winner in the poll-based contest on Sunday.

Nearly 70,000 votes were cast for the Pittsburgh MC, giving him a tally that was almost twice that of runner-up Nicki Minaj, who clocked a little less than 40,000 votes. Nicki's Team Minaj always makes an impact when it comes to the Queen Barbie and it was no different for this event. Meanwhile, Travis Porter, Diggy Simmons and J. Cole rounded out the top-five finalists. Each collected more than 30,000 votes, running neck and neck with one another.

Travis Porter have their own major following, the Differenter Gang, and those fans helped the Porter trio go from #5 to #3 within the last two weeks. Simmons, the son of Run-DMC's Reverend Run, made the most dramatic leap of any of the nominees in the initial lineup of 20 contenders. The 15 year-old held steady in the middle of the pack throughout most of the voting, but jumped into the top five in the last week of voting, knocking the talented Detroit swag savant Big Sean; Sean finished in the sixth slot. In the last two days of voting, the Simmons' tireless fans boosted him and bumped J. Cole down one spot from four to five.

"Hottest Breakthrough MCs of 2010" was a project started in late June, when members of the MTV News brain trust came up with 20 names. These MCs represented artists who we felt were not just on the rise, but had the potential to make a major impact as superstars in the industry. Once the original list was compiled, the 20 contenders were announced to the public and presented for voting.

Beginning last Monday, on July 19, the top-five "Hottest Breakthrough" finalists were rolled out (in no particular order — we didn't want to risk ruining the surprise). And on Sunday, during the "Sucker Free Summit," Wiz took a victory lap as the Breakthrough champ.

"Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010" Poll Results:
1. Wiz Khalifa: 66,054 votes
2. Nicki Minaj: 37,519 votes
3. Travis Porter: 35,950 votes
4. Diggy Simmons: 34,218 votes
5. J. Cole: 32,759 votes
6. Big Sean: 27,193 votes
7. Curren$y: 21,657 votes
8. Tyga: 15,359 votes
9. Roscoe Dash: 11,517 votes
10. Donnis: 9,914 votes
11. Nipsey Hussle: 8,292 votes
12. Freddie Gibbs: 8,236 votes
13. Waka Flocka Flame: 5,034 votes
14. Trae Tha Truth: 4,441 votes
15. Jay Electronica: 4,256 votes
16. Yelawolf: 3,938 votes
17. Pac Div: 3,206 votes
18. Vado: 2,831 votes
19. Jay Rock: 1,311 votes
20. Pill: 865 votes

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/164444 ... lifa.jhtml

He deserves it, Wiz is in my top 5 right now

[ThomasJ]

Wiz Khalifa is the first to tell you that his base of supporters, the Taylor Gang, is one of the most powerful entities in hip-hop. And over the past month, they showed out in force for him in the voting for MTV News' "Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010." Wiz was crowned the winner in the poll-based contest on Sunday.

Nearly 70,000 votes were cast for the Pittsburgh MC, giving him a tally that was almost twice that of runner-up Nicki Minaj, who clocked a little less than 40,000 votes. Nicki's Team Minaj always makes an impact when it comes to the Queen Barbie and it was no different for this event. Meanwhile, Travis Porter, Diggy Simmons and J. Cole rounded out the top-five finalists. Each collected more than 30,000 votes, running neck and neck with one another.

Travis Porter have their own major following, the Differenter Gang, and those fans helped the Porter trio go from #5 to #3 within the last two weeks. Simmons, the son of Run-DMC's Reverend Run, made the most dramatic leap of any of the nominees in the initial lineup of 20 contenders. The 15 year-old held steady in the middle of the pack throughout most of the voting, but jumped into the top five in the last week of voting, knocking the talented Detroit swag savant Big Sean; Sean finished in the sixth slot. In the last two days of voting, the Simmons' tireless fans boosted him and bumped J. Cole down one spot from four to five.

"Hottest Breakthrough MCs of 2010" was a project started in late June, when members of the MTV News brain trust came up with 20 names. These MCs represented artists who we felt were not just on the rise, but had the potential to make a major impact as superstars in the industry. Once the original list was compiled, the 20 contenders were announced to the public and presented for voting.

Beginning last Monday, on July 19, the top-five "Hottest Breakthrough" finalists were rolled out (in no particular order — we didn't want to risk ruining the surprise). And on Sunday, during the "Sucker Free Summit," Wiz took a victory lap as the Breakthrough champ.

"Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010" Poll Results:
1. Wiz Khalifa: 66,054 votes
2. Nicki Minaj: 37,519 votes
3. Travis Porter: 35,950 votes
4. Diggy Simmons: 34,218 votes
5. J. Cole: 32,759 votes
6. Big Sean: 27,193 votes
7. Curren$y: 21,657 votes
8. Tyga: 15,359 votes
9. Roscoe Dash: 11,517 votes
10. Donnis: 9,914 votes
11. Nipsey Hussle: 8,292 votes
12. Freddie Gibbs: 8,236 votes
13. Waka Flocka Flame: 5,034 votes
14. Trae Tha Truth: 4,441 votes
15. Jay Electronica: 4,256 votes
16. Yelawolf: 3,938 votes
17. Pac Div: 3,206 votes
18. Vado: 2,831 votes
19. Jay Rock: 1,311 votes
20. Pill: 865 votes

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/164444 ... lifa.jhtml

He deserves it, Wiz is in my top 5 right now

Ok,first of all,J. Cole should've been the winner.
Second of all,Jay Electronica,Yelawolf & Jay Rock aren't in the top 10?

[Robbie G]

Congrats to wiz even though Im not a fan because I don't smoke.

lol @ Nikki Manaj and who the fuck is Doggy Simmons?

[ThomasJ]

Congrats to wiz even though Im not a fan because I don't smoke.

lol @ Nikki Manaj and who the fuck is Doggy Simmons?

That's Diggy,Rev Run's son.

[Robbie G]

Congrats to wiz even though Im not a fan because I don't smoke.

lol @ Nikki Manaj and who the fuck is Doggy Simmons?

That's Diggy,Rev Run's son.

He's not bad. His voice is terrible though and I feel like he uses that same fast flow on every song.

[BILI]

Bad,bad list,Hip-Hop is changing,really changing.

*Goes back to underground shit

[LilWayne4Life]

Bad,bad list,Hip-Hop is changing,really changing.

*Goes back to underground shit

Bad list? besides waka flocka & Roscoe Dash that list is dope. top 18 of the best rookies in the world

[brenn]

I thought J Cole deserved it to be honest as his mixtapes were so good. But Wiz Khalifa is dope and can see why he won it. But Nicki Minaj second dont agree with that. Diggy Simmons is talented I know his father is Rev Run but he has not used the father or uncle to get him signed to a label. He actually got a new mix-tape coming on Thursday. Jay Electronica should been higher and Freddie Gibbs should been in top 10 at least.

[Jaz]

Meh.. a weak list in general. Of course a Young Money style skinny jean lame would win.

[classthe_king]

Soon that list is going to read
1. Sentus
2. PK
3. Mc Anonymous

[DƎRDYPK]

Soon that list is going to read
1. Sentus
2. PK
3. Mc Anonymous

& anyone who ain't down with that can suck my booty juice

[BILI]

Bad,bad list,Hip-Hop is changing,really changing.

*Goes back to underground shit

Bad list? besides waka flocka & Roscoe Dash that list is dope. top 18 of the best rookies in the world

If you say so...

[Hiphopdane]

Decent rapper, just boring lyrically. He should know better than rapping about money, bitches and haters - leave that to Soulja boy.

[BILI]

Decent rapper, just boring lyrically. He should know better than rapping about money, bitches and haters - leave that to Soulja boy.

Hiphopdane tell`em

[TheHundred$]

I like Wiz

But I think number 1 should have definitely gone to J. Cole.