Fall Out Boy bassist thinks the verses on ‘Run This Town’ should clinch Hov the title.
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by James Montgomery

Pete Wentz

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Who is the Hottest MC in the Game? The MTV News Brain Trust will declare their verdict in October, but in the meantime, the hip-hop community has been in full-on debate mode on the Internet. We’re not sure if Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz has cast his vote in our online poll, but during a recent interview, Pete did have some strong opinions about who should make the list.

The first person he talked about was a young man for Toronto with whom everyone has become enamored lately.

“I like Drake because he came outta nowhere,” Wentz said. “This guy went from one minute on ‘Degrassi’ and hanging with Travis McCoy [who said], ‘This Drake dude is gonna be huge,’ to … I don’t know, he’s huge. And not on a record label, and labels have to pay him billion to sign him because he has, like, a #1 hit.

“I like Kanye because he’s always changing it up,” Wentz added of his other faves. “And Wayne for that as well.”

While he thinks all of those guys are worthy contenders in his book, Wentz said one guy is his clear front-runner for the top of the 2009 list.

“I would say that the title [of 'Hottest MC'] goes to Jay for ‘Run This Town.’ His verses on that are worth it alone. It’s insane,” he said. “It pretty much explains how everything went down. Best rapper alive to ‘rewrite history without a pen.’ I would give it Jay.”

Wentz, without a shadow of doubt, is highly anticipating Jay’s next, already-assumed-classic album, The Blueprint 3, which comes out on September 11.

“That cover is gnarly, dude,” Wentz described excitedly. “It’s like the U2 of hip-hop, dude.

“I’m gonna put myself way out on a limb,” he joked, “but I think it’s gonna be awesome.”

Who do you think is the Hottest MC in the Game? Don’t forget to vote from now through September 21 to have your voice heard.

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