Kendrick Lamar has weighed in on the controversial MTV's Hottest MCs in The Game list. He told Rap-Up TV, "It's very important for hip-hop. I love that they have debates like that. We need that. It's competitive. Even though we doing these collaborations and stuff like that and we cool, at the same time, this is still rap. It's still competitive and I'm trying to compete with everybody to be the best."

He continued, "When people feel like they need to make their comments, I feel that's needed. You're supposed to feel like you're the best 'cause if you don't, you gon' get stepped on 'cause it's a jungle out there."

On Kanye -- who was upset about being ranked at no.7, he said, "It's Kanye. He's been putting in work for years."

Late last night (March 7th), Kendrick was named the hottest MC in the Game. 2 Chainz came in at no. 2.