Hip-Hop
21 artists
Kanye West
Over 160 million records. 24 Grammy Awards. The College Dropout changed hip-hop away from gangster r...
Jay-Z
Over 140 million records. 24 Grammy Awards. First hip-hop billionaire according to Forbes. Reasonabl...
Eminem
Over 220 million records. The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.76 million copies in its first week. Won an...
Tupac Shakur
Over 75 million records. All Eyez on Me was the first double hip-hop album. Died at 25 in a still-un...
The Notorious B.I.G.
Over 30 million records. Ready to Die is considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums. Killed at 24...
Dr Dre
Founded NWA, then Aftermath Entertainment. Discovered Eminem and 50 Cent. The Chronic defined G-funk...
Kendrick Lamar
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018, the first non-classical or jazz artist. Over 70 million re...
Snoop Dogg
Discovered by Dr Dre. Doggystyle debuted at number one. Over 35 million records. Gin and Juice defin...
OutKast
Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Hey Ya was inescapable in 2003. Over 25 million records. Speakerboxxx/The Lo...
Run DMC
Rev Run, DMC, Jam Master Jay.. Walk This Way with Aerosmith created rap rock. The first rap artists ...
LL Cool J
Mama Said Knock You Out was a comeback at age 22.. I Need Love was the first hip-hop ballad. Went on...
Public Enemy
Chuck D and Flavor Flav.. Fight the Power was the Do the Right Thing anthem. The S1W security team a...
Wu-Tang Clan
Nine members from Staten Island.. Enter the Wu-Tang is a hip-hop masterpiece. RZA production defined...
NWA
Straight Outta Compton defined gangsta rap. Over 10 million records. Dr Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Re...
A Tribe Called Quest
Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Over 10 million records. The Low End Theory is a hip-hop ma...
De La Soul
The Daisy Age of hip-hop. 3 Feet High and Rising was produced by Prince Paul. Over 10 million record...
Snoop Dogg detail
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Lil Wayne
Signed to Cash Money at age 12. Over 120 million records. Tha Carter III sold 1 million in its first...
Kanye West detail
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J Cole
The first artist signed to Roc Nation. Over 30 million records. 2014 Forest Hills Drive went platinu...
Travis Scott
Astroworld was named after the defunct Houston theme park. Over 40 million records. Sicko Mode is hi...