Jack Harlow has a rather unconventional choice for favorite rap group, and it’s definitely representative of his Gen Z status.
Talking to fans on Instagram on Thursday (November 14), the 26-year-old rapper was asked to choose the “most legendary rap group” between Wu-Tang Clan, Dipset and A$AP Mob. However, he had a very different nomination.
“Try again,” Harlow responded with a photo of the now-defunct YBN collective, which at one time consisted of YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay and the group’s breakout star, Cordae.
The YBN collective started off with just Nahmir and Jay while playing XBOX Live back in 2014. Cordae then joined in 2018. After dropping their gold-selling – and only – project YBN: The Mixtape that same year, the group would disband permanently just a few years later.
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Jack Harlow’s post elicited some strong responses on social media when Akademiks shared it on his page.
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“Harlow had his G-Easy/Macklemore run. Haven’t heard his name since 2021. Hope he’s well,” one person wrote.
Someone else was more upset about A$AP Mob being in the conversation, writing: “N-ggas put asap mob in the same sentence as wu-tang and the diplomats.”
Others agreed with his choice, with someone commenting: “YBN Was Actually Ahead of their time [fire emoji] . They Can Easily Go Head to Head w Wutang ANYDAY.”
In other news, Jack recently starred alongside Matt Damon in the Apple TV+ series The Instigators. The show centers around an ex-Marine named Rory (Damon) who wants to pull off a heist with Harlow, Casey Affleck and more – for a price.
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In addition to the aforementioned names, Alfred Molina, Paul Walter Hauser, Ron Perlman and more also appear.
The series followed Harlow’s 2023 acting debut in a reboot of White Men Can’t Jumpalongside the late Lance Reddick, Teyana Taylor, Laura Harrier and Vince Staples.
Talking to Zane Lowe about acting in 2022, Harlow said, “It’s either just going to be there was an announcement you were in a movie and nothing else, or you get that, and it’s like, ‘Wow, and you brought it. You brought it. So, I’m starting to look at it how I look at the music, and it’s my first one, so I care a lot about it.”
The Louisville rapper has been on go mode since last year. In addition to the film, he also released his third album Jackman in April of last year. He followed it up with a collab with K-Pop star Jung Kook, an arena tour in his home state of Kentucky, and a chart-topping single with “Lovin On Me.”
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The track spent weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and even prevented both Beyoncé and Kanye West from debuting at No. 1 with their respective singles earlier this year. Harlow narrowly beat out Bey’s surprise country single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” while Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign‘s “Carnival” debuted at No. 3 in late February.
