The other day we informed you that Khaligraph Jones was going to name his top 8 Kenyan rappers and emcees, and no, he was not kidding about it.

The 'Yego' hit-maker kept his promise of revealing his favorite rappers in the country who he feels have real talent and are on top of their game.

Khaligraph is known for his much-publicised beef with his fellow rappers, Octopizzo and King Kaka, better known as Rabbit, to the extent that he once did a diss tracks dubbed 'I Run 254' and 'I Am King'.

Away from that, I was very curious to find out who would end up on this list and when Khaligraph revealed the names, I was actually impressed.

Without much talk, I present to you Khaligraph's top 5 Kenyan rappers and emcees as we wait for the top 3 rappers. Check them out below, courtesy of Blue Ink Entertainment.

8. LON JON

Simply put, Khaligraph sees Lon Jon as one of the most underrated rappers in Kenya, with the type of skill and talent that he has Khaligraph says Lon Jon Deserves more shine than what he is Getting.

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7. JOHNY VIGETI

In the Kenyan hip hop world, this guy always comes first in almost everyone’s list and according to Khaligraph, its because he was always ahead of everyone. He mastered the art of multi-syllable rhyming long ago while guys were still learning how to put nursery rhymes together.“Johnny dissed me but it’s all good. I still respect him for what he is. Even when you listen to his recent album, he still the guy we knew years ago. Nothing has changed.” khali adds.

6. BAMBOO

Despite the Controversy filled Career, , there was a time Bamboo was actually the man, one of the few Mcs who could diss you on a song but at the same time make a hit when he wanted to, it was crazy how he used to Pull that indian Accent, and still manage to change flows. He could also get lyrical and at the same time funny, and that’s why he ended up in this list. Khaligraph wanted to be like him when coming up –. But by then Bamboo had already cemented his position in the Kenyan hip hop space as one of the best.

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5. XTATIC

When it comes to female MCs, Khaligraph believes X is one of the greatest Kenya will ever see.“She understands music.” he says “We started at around the same time at The Channel O Emcee Africa Battles in 2009 I got to see how good she is.she’s among the few rappers I that make me Get nervous if am supposed To Hit The Booth and she is Around. I think she Kills like 90% of these Male Rappers Out here anyway. XTATIC IS THE TRUTH"

4. E-SIR

Khaligraph says he first recognized Esir as a Real Mc after listening to lyrical tongue twister."its Very unfortunate that He had depart from us too soon (R.I.P) but all in All Forever we Celebrate him, personally cause of what he did For the Rap Industry in General. Bless up".

Let us know what you think about that list as we patiently wait for the top three....