WWE legend Randy Orton is quite the fan of Hip Hop – particularly of the women in the game.
In a recent interview with Billboard, Orton shared a long list of female rappers he listens to these days, then narrowed it down to his Mount Rushmore.
“These women can fucking rap. It’s a little risqué, and I’m bumping it loud,” he said. “I have a nice system in my home gym and when I’m working out, I’m playing Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, GloRilla, KenTheMan, every one I name [from the Sheamus workout video], Baby Tate, Nicki Minaj, BIA.
He continued: “There’s a rapper from Italy and she was at the show. I didn’t meet her or anything. They just went to her and did a live shot. I forget where we were in Italy, but her name was Anna Pepe. I looked her up and she’s great. I put her on the playlist. There’s a Spanish girl. Snow Tha Product. There’s always a bad-ass bassline in the back. It’s just fun to workout to, but I like a little bit of everything, too.
As for his Mount Rushmore, Orton says: “I think Cardi and Nicki have to be up there. Fuck. Megan and GloRilla.”‘
When the writer joked not to let Sexyy Red hear that, he added: “Ah, man. You know what? I get in trouble with my wife if I play her songs in the gym. [Laughs.] I got to meet Sexyy at an NXT show in October and my wife and kids were there. She was great, and of course she’s from St. Louis. I don’t know who I’d take off, but maybe we’ll do a top five an throw Sexyy in there, too.”
Elsewhere in the interview, he also spoke about getting frequent mentions on Hip Hop songs over the years.
“It’s wild — and I felt the love more, and more, and more the longer that I’ve done it,” he said. “Polo G mentions hearing voices in his head like Randy Orton. My son told me about that one a couple of years ago. I think it’s ‘Caroline.’ But Key Glock, I was introduced to who he was because he came out with the song. I think I reached out and I got a reply and that was it. Because he’s aware of who Randy Orton the wrestler is, that influenced him in some way to make a song and name it Randy Orton.’ To me, it doesn’t get much cooler than that.”
