History Main / HipHopRap

''Individuals or bands performing hip-hop or rap music.''

----
[[index]]
* [[Music/TwentyOneSavage 21 Savage]]
* [[Music/TwoChainz 2 Chainz]]
* Music/TwoLiveCrew - {{Trope Codifier}}s for DirtyRap.
* [[Music/{{Threepac}} 3PAC]] - Satirical rapper.
* [[Music/ThirdBass 3rd Bass]]
* Music/FiftyCent[[note]]Also see Music/{{Eminem}}[[/note]]
* Music/AboveTheLaw [[note]]Also see Music/{{Cold 187um}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Akon}}
* Music/AndrewE – a Filipino version. Known for comedic {{Bawdy Song}}s.
* Music/{{Antoinette}}
* Music/AesopRock - Hip hop artist known for his highly elaborate lyrics.
* Music/AnybodyKilla
* [[Music/AsapRocky A$AP Rocky]] - The most famous member of the A$AP Mob, albeit not the founder.
* Music/ATribeCalledQuest
** ''Music/TheLowEndTheory'' (1991)
* Creator/{{Awkwafina}}
* Music/AxeMurderBoyz
* Music/CardiB - The first female rapper to top the Hot 100 by herself in almost 20 years.
* Music/AzealiaBanks
* Music/BeastieBoys - One of the first TokenWhite groups in hip-hop, best known for their GenreBusting[=/=]GenreRoulette material and very good {{Sampling}}.
** ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986)
** ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' (1989)
* Creator/LamontBentley
* Music/BigDaddyKane
* Music/BigHoodoo
* Music/BigKRIT
* Music/BigL
* Music/BigPun
* Music/BigSean
* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas
** Music/{{Fergie}}
** Music/WillIAm
* Music/BlazeYaDeadHomie
* Music/BlissNEso
* [[Music/BoB B.o.B.]]
* Music/BoneThugsNHarmony
* Music/BoogieDownProductions
* Music/{{Boondox}}
* Creator/BreZ
* Music/{{BROCKHAMPTON}} - A collective - nay, [[InsistentTerminology boy band]] - of recent formation that massively upsurged in popularity thanks to the extremely positive reception of their breakthrough album ''SATURATION''.
* Music/BrothaLynchHung
* Music/DannyBrown - Highly versatile rapper known for his incredible vocal range.
* Music/{{BTS}} - 7-member Korean group of which 3 members are rappers (RM, Suga and J-Hope), all three of which have also released solo mixtapes and side-projects of their own.
* Music/BustaRhymes - [[MotorMouth Incredibly fast]], {{Large Ham}}my rapper.
* Music/AaronCarter
* Music/ChiefKeef
* [[Creator/DonaldGlover Childish Gambino]]
* Music/ChrisWebby
* Music/CityGirls
* [[{{Music/Clipping}} clipping.]]
* Music/{{Cold 187um}}
* Music/SeanCombs
* Music/{{Common}}
* Music/{{Coolio}}
* Music/CupcakKe - Female rapper known for her highly coarse, sexually-driven lyrics.
* Music/CypressHill - Black and Hispanic rap gang with lyrics about [[TheStoner marijuana]], [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster cartoonishly over-the-top depictions of urban deprivation and violence]] and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs cartoonishly over-the-top depictions of urban deprivation and violence while on marijuana]].
** ''Music/{{Black Sunday|Album}}'' (1993)
* Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince - The duo of Jeff Townes and Creator/WillSmith before the latter broke out into the movie industry.
** Creator/WillSmith
* Music/DasRacist
* Music/MilesDavis - No, seriously, he actually recorded a rap[=/=]jazz fusion album produced by The Notorious B.I.G.'s producer, Easy Mo Bee.
** ''Music/Doo-Bop'' (1992)
* Music/DaytonFamily
* Music/DeathGrips - {{Industrial}} hip hop trio from Sacramento that has a massive cult following. They're well known for MC Ride's larger-than-life presence, abrasive production and convoluted, almost nightmarish lyrics.
* Music/{{Del Tha Funkee Homosapien}}
* Music/{{Diafrix}}
* Music/{{Dice}}
* Music/DieAntwoord - The face of true-bred African rap.
* Music/DigitalUnderground
* Music/{{DMX}}
* Music/DojaCat
* Music/{{Drake}} - The most famous rapper to come from Canada, bar none.
* Music/{{EdOGandTheBulldogs}}
* Music/ElP - New York white rapper and producer, and founder of one of the most important labels in underground hip hop - Definitive Jux.
* Music/{{Eminem}} - TokenWhite rapper
** ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' (1999)
** ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'' (2000)
** ''Music/TheEminemShow'' (2002)
* Music/EpikHigh - Three-member Korean hip hop group that became one of the most influential acts in the Korean hip hop scene.
* Music/{{EPMD}}
* Music/EricBAndRakim
** ''Music/PaidInFull'' (1987)
* Music/{{Esham}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Natas}}[[/note]]
* Music/EsterDean
* [[Music/FakeType FAKE TYPE.]] - A Japanese duo, consisting of [TOPHAMHAT-KYO] and DYES IWASAKI.
* Music/FloRida
* Music/FlyingLotus - and by extension his AlterEgoActing, Captain Murphy
* Music/FortMinor - Best known as [[Music/LinkinPark Mike Shinoda]]'s hip-hop side project. Released one album in 2005, and almost nothing since.
** ''Music/TheRisingTied'' (2005)
* Creator/JamieFoxx
* Music/TheFugees
** ''Music/TheScore (1996)''
** Music/LaurynHill
*** ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' (1998)
* Music/NellyFurtado
* Music/TheGame
* Music/GangStarr
* Music/{{GEazy}} - White Bay Area rapper who has a female fanbase that likes him for [[MrFanservice reasons]] [[TallDarkAndHandsome other]] [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys his]] music.
* Music/GetoBoys
** Music/{{Scarface}}
* [[Music/{{Gmcfosho}} gmcfosho]] parodies this.
* Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive
** '' Music/TheMessage'' (1982)
* Music/{{Gravediggaz}}
* Music/GucciMane - Also the TropeCodifier for TrapMusic
* Music/HeavyD - One of the few New Jack Swing artists who could fully cross over between the R&B and hardcore hip hop crowds at will.
* Music/TheHistorianHimself
* Music/HouseOfKrazees[[note]]Also see Music/{{ROC}}, Music/{{Twiztid}}[[/note]]
* Music/HouseOfPain
* Music/{{Hopsin}} - Underground rapper with some of the most aggressive, {{anvilicious}} sets of lyrics in rap history. You either love him or hate him for that.
* Music/IceT[[note]]Also see Music/BodyCount[[/note]]
* Music/IggyAzalea - TokenWhite ''[[TheSmurfettePrinciple female]]'' rapper from Australia.
* Music/ImmortalTechnique
* Music/InsaneClownPosse
** ''Music/CarnivalOfCarnage'' (1992)
** ''Music/TheGreatMilenko'' (1997)
* Music/JDilla - Mostly a producer, but also recorded several vocal albums.
** ''Music/Welcome2Detroit'' (2001)
** ''Music/{{Donuts}}'' (2006)
* Music/JakProgresso (aka Jak Tripper)
* Music/JCole - Another critical and commercial darling of modern hip hop, famous for [[MemeticMutation going double platinum with no features.]]
* Music/JayRock
* Music/JayZ[[note]]Also see Music/LinkinPark, Music/KanyeWest[[/note]] - Known in the '90s as a rising force of hip hop, is now one of the genre's frontrunners.
* Creator/JoshMartin
* Music/{{Jumpsteady}}[[note]]Also see Music/InsaneClownPosse, Music/{{Myzery}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Karmin}}
* Music/KendrickLamar - The most critically adored rapper of recent years, bar none.
** ''Music/GoodKidMAADCity'' (2012)
* Music/DJKhaled
* Music/KidCudi
* Music/KidNPlay: Best known for the ''Film/HouseParty'' films these days, but they were rappers first and foremost.
* Music/KidRock (as part of a GenreRoulette with rock, country, blues, soul and funk, to name a few, but was originally known primarily as a hip-hop artist)
** ''Music/ThePolyfuzeMethod'' (1993)
** ''Music/EarlyMorninStonedPimp'' (1996)
** ''Music/DevilWithoutACause'' (1998)
** ''Music/{{Cocky}}'' (2001)
* [[{{Music/KittyPryde}} Kitty]]
* Music/KingGordy
* Music/KoolKeith
* Music/KoolMoeDee, one of the founding hip hop pioneers, and a early member of the New Jack Swing era in 1986.
* Music/KottonmouthKings - known for mixing G-funk with PsychedelicRock and PunkRock and [[TheStoner Stoner Lyrics]]
* [[Music/KRSOne KRS-One]]
** ''Music/CriminalMinded'' (1987)
* Music/KrissKross
* Creator/{{KSI}} - Known for his [=YouTube=] gaming commentary, he has been coming up in the British hip hop scene.
* Music/LilB
* Music/LilDicky - TokenWhite rapper that combines technical delivery with humorous, often self-deprecating lyrics.
* Music/LilJon - '''THE''' LargeHam of hip hop.
* Music/LilKim
* Music/LilPump
* Music/LilUglyMane
* Music/LilWayne
* Music/LittleShannonDudley
* Music/{{Lizzo}} - began as AlternativeHipHop and now blends her sound with {{Pop}}, R&B and {{Soul}}.
* Music/LLCoolJ
* Music/{{Logic}}
* Music/{{Ludacris}}
* Music/LupeFiasco - Called "a "breath of fresh air in modern hip hop" by Jay-Z.
* Music/MachineGunKelly
* Music/CraigMack - Bad Boy Records' first successful artist before the debut of Music/TheNotoriousBIG.
* Music/{{Macklemore}} - Acclaimed comedy/conscious rap artist who skyrocketed to fame with his song "Thrift Shop".
* Music/MacMiller
* Music/MasterP
* Music/MCFrontalot - one of the TropeMakers of Nerdcore
* Music/MCHammer
* Music/MeekMill
* Music/MeganTheeStallion
* Music/{{MFDOOM}}
** ''Music/{{Madvillainy}}'' (2004) [As Madvillain, with Madlib]
* Music/{{MIA}}
** ''Music/{{Arular}}'' (2005)
** ''Music/{{Kala}}'' (2007)
* Music/MissyElliott
* Music/MrBTheGentlemanRhymer
* Music/MrMuthafuckinExquire
* Music/{{Myzery}}
* Music/{{Nas}} - One of the faces of East Coast hip hop.
* Music/{{Natas}}
* Music/{{Natasja}}
* Music/NaughtyByNature
* Music/{{Necro}}
* Music/{{Nelly}}
* Music/{{NF}}
* Music/NLEChoppa
* Music/NickiMinaj - The most commercially successful female rapper since Missy Elliott.
* Music/TheNotoriousBIG - The face of East Coast hip hop. Now dead, unfortunately.
** ''Music/ReadyToDie'' (1994)
** ''Music/LifeAfterDeath'' (1997)
* Music/{{Nujabes}}
* Music/{{NWA}} - {{Trope Codifier}}s of GangstaRap.
** ''Music/StraightOuttaCompton'' (1988)
** Music/DrDre
** Music/EazyE
** Music/IceCube
* Music/{{OFWGKTA}} - The quintessential modern hip hop crew. Three of its members - [[TheLeader Tyler, The Creator]], [[TheLancer Earl Sweatshirt]], and [[MrFanservice Frank Ocean]] - have also gained considerable solo success.
* Music/{{Pitbull}}
* Music/PlayboiCarti
* Music/{{Poetess}}
* Music/PositiveK
* Music/PostMalone
* Music/{{Prof}}
* Music/ProfessorElemental
* Music/ProfessorGreen
* Music/PsychopathicRydas
* Music/PublicEnemy
** '' Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack (1988)''
** ''Music/FearOfABlackPlanet'' (1990)
* Music/QueenLatifah
* Music/RKelly
* Creator/RavenSymone
* Music/RickRoss - Gangsta rapper known for his cold delivery and his love for luxury cars - after all, when you call your label Maybach Music Group…
* Music/{{ROC}}[[note]]Also see Music/HouseOfKrazees[[/note]]
* Music/RunDMC - in TheEighties, they were the first rap group to become superstars, and go platinum (then ''multi-''platinum), ''and'' cross over to rock audiences.
** ''[[Music/RunDMCAlbum Run-D.M.C.]]'' (1984)
** ''Music/KingOfRock'' (1985)
** ''Music/RaisingHell'' (1986).
* Music/RunTheJewels - A duo consisting of El-P (listed above) and Killer Mike.
* Music/SaltNPepa
* Music/SanE
* [[Music/SchoolboyQ [=ScHoolboy=] Q]]
* Music/SchoollyD
** ''Music/SchoollyDAlbum'' (1985)
** ''Music/SaturdayNightTheAlbum'' (1986)
* Music/TravisScott - Brought AutoTune distortion back to rap in a big way in 2016.
* Creator/ShaquilleONeal - [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] legend who also released several successful albums and singles throughout the 90s. Quietly retired from rap professionally in 2001, but still drops loosies and freestyles once in a while.
* Music/DiggySimmons - the son of Rev. Run of Run DMC.
* Music/SirMixALot - the one who did [[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks that song about big butts]].
* Music/SlickRick - The TropeCodifier for narrative storytelling in hip hop, as well as the UrExample of the DirtyRap style [[note]]He debuted a few years before 2 Live Crew did[[/note]]
** 1988: Music/TheGreatAdventuresOfSlickRick
* Creator/JadenSmith
* Music/SnoopDogg
* Music/SouljaBoy
* Music/SpecialEd
* Music/{{Spose}}
* Music/StarBomb
* Music/{{Stormzy}}
* Music/TheStreets
* Music/TheSugarhillGang
* Music/SweetCookie
* Music/SweetTee
* Music/TupacShakur - Highly heralded West Coast hip hop artist. Now dead, but still living in the hearts of many a rap fan.
** ''Music/TupacalypseNow'' (1991)
** ''Music/Strictly4MyNiggaz'' (1993)
** ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld'' (1995)
** ''Music/AllEyezOnMe'' (1996)
* Music/TDCruze
* Music/{{Tech N9ne}} - The face of horrorcore and underground hip hop in the public eye.
* Music/{{TI}} - Called "the Jay-Z of the South" by renowned producer Pharrell Williams.
* Music/{{Timbaland}}
* Music/TPain
* Music/ThreeSixMafia
* Music/TinieTempah
* Music/{{Tonedeff}}
* [[Music/TooShort Too $hort]]
* Music/{{Torae}}
* Music/{{Twiztid}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{ROC}}, Music/HouseOfKrazees[[/note]]
* Music/{{UGK}}
* Music/UrbanDanceSquad
* Music/VanillaIce
* Creator/MarkWahlberg
* Music/WakaFlockaFlame - Possibly the only one to one-up Lil' Jon as the definitive LargeHam of hip hop. TropeCodifier for TrapMusic.
* Music/{{Watsky}}
* Music/KanyeWest - Commercially and critically loved producer and rapper, who's definitely no stranger to controversy.
** ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' (2010)
** ''Music/{{Yeezus}}'' (2013)
** ''Music/TheLifeOfPablo'' (2016)
* Music/PharrellWilliams - By far one of the biggest names in hip hop production, he's well-known for his genre-bending work with The Neptunes and N.E.R.D, but he also has a successful career as a solo musician.
* Music/WizKhalifa
* Music/WuTangClan - Considered to this day as one of, if not the greatest collective in rap history.
* Music/{{X-Clan}}
* Music/{{XXXTentacion}} - By far the biggest name in [=SoundCloud=] rap even after his death.
* Creator/{{Xzibit}}
* Music/YoYo
[[/index]]

----

* Music/NLEChoppa

** Music/DiggySimmons