- There was a time when PHONTE was considerably a TOP 10 or 20 MC ..and I think that Drake somehow pilfered the stylings of Tigga-Lo and capitalized off of it .....easier for the audience to buy into based on image... and there was that severe shift in what was actually appreciated in what rappers/MC's spoke into a microphone....blessed to have witnessed the rise of Little Brother and 9th Wonder nonetheless..