Phat Kat's Top 5 Detroit Emcees of All Time!

Phat Kat aka Ronnie Cash has been putting in work in the Detroit hip-hop scene for years and is definitely one of the nicest emcees to come out the area. We first heard Kat when he emerged riding beats produced by J Dilla (then known as Jay Dee) including the hot to death “Featuring Phat Kat” on the Welcome 2 Detroit album. Now Kat is dropping his new album, Carte Blanche, on May 8 (don’t sleep, check out his MySpace), so we decided to hit him up for his Top 5 Detroit Emcees.

“I will put my top 5 Detroit emcees up against whoever and I promise you that my picks will come out on top,” he told us. What do you think?

5. Loe Louis – “This dude will make the crowd turn against you in a battle in your own home town” (And yes, he’s the one that ripped John Brown on VH1's The White Rapper Show)

4. Guilty Simpson – “He has one of the most illest voices in the game and you believe everything he says.”

3. Eminem – “When I first heard him spittin’ at the Hip Hop Shop I knew he would be a superstar if the right people heard him.”

2. Royce Da 5’9” – “My #2 pick hands down!”

1. Elzhi (of Slum Village) – “Need I say more?”