Lil' Wayne claimed it while Jay-Z was crowned by the streets. Well the E-streets have spoken and they have voted in Slim Shady as the best rapper alive. Vibe Magazine hosted an interactive NCAA-esque tournament that even came with its own bracket that you could mail in. The first round started in July and ended in August. So in the November issue (which hit newsstands last night), Vibe featured this as a main article. Weezy F. actually lost to Ludacis in the #3 seed while the Game beat out Andre 3000 on the other side. Hova and Em easily beat out Ludacris and Game respectively, setting up a titanic final matchup. In the end, Eminem prevailed in a landslide. After 920K+ votes and having NO album releases since 2004, he caught a big 69 percent of the votes easily moving past Jay-Z’s 31 percent.

Check out what Em had to say about the honor:
"It’s obviously an honor to have won the fans' support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive,” says Eminem in response to his victory. “I don't think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe's offering the distinction, hell yeah I'll accept!"

Damn, almost a million people voted in this. They should do something like this more often. I'm happy with the win. I'm so tired of people siding with either Lil' Wayne or Jay-Z as if they were the only contenders for the crown. Personally I would voted in this order: #1. Eminem, #2. 3 Stacks, #3. Kanye West, #4. Lupe Fiasco, #5. Common.