My Favorite Rap & Hip Hop Singers
by brooklynthug14 | created - 15 Nov 2021 | updated - 2 months ago | Public
1. Beastie Boys
Soundtrack | Real Steel
Beastie Boys is known for Real Steel (2011), Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
2. Cypress Hill
Soundtrack | Guns Akimbo
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. They are a hip-hop group that has sold multi-platinum and platinum albums, having sold over 20 million albums worldwide. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast and 1990s hip hop. The group has been ...
3. The Lox
Soundtrack | Training Day
The Lox is known for Training Day (2001), Exit Wounds (2001) and All About the Benjamins (2002).
4. The Diplomats
Soundtrack | Uncle Drew
The Diplomats is known for Uncle Drew (2018), The Wire (2002) and The 2003 BET Source Hip Hop Music Awards (2003).
5. Action Bronson
Actor | The King of Staten Island
Action Bronson is known for The King of Staten Island (2020), Suicide Squad (2016) and Game Over, Man! (2018).
6. Game
Actor | Street Kings
Jayceon Taylor was born on November 29, 1979 in Compton, California. He was born into a life of gang-banging and hustling. When later interviewed, Taylor, aka The Game says at a young age, he recalls seeing both of his parents preparing to do drive-bys. His father was a Nutty Block Crip and his ...
7. 50 Cent
Soundtrack | Get Rich or Die Tryin'
50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson) is an American rapper, actor, producer, and entrepreneur.
He began a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the ...
8. Ice Cube
Soundtrack | Friday
Ice Cube was born in South Central Los Angeles, to Doris (Benjamin), a custodian and hospital clerk, and Hosea Jackson, a UCLA groundskeeper. He first came to public notice as a singer and songwriter with the controversial and influential band N.W.A. His compositions with that group included many ...
9. Wu-Tang Clan
Soundtrack | Nerve
Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close affiliate Cappadonna later became an official member. Wu-Tang ...
10. Tupac Shakur
Actor | Juice
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital ...
11. The Notorious B.I.G.
Soundtrack | Fast X
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and small-time politician. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. ...
12. Lamont Coleman
Soundtrack | Transporter 3
Lamont Coleman was born on May 30, 1974 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and executive, known for Transporter 3 (2008), Mid90s (2018) and Black Mask (1996). He died on February 15, 1999 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
13. Nas
Soundtrack | Belly
Nas, born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones on September 14, 1973, is the son of Olu Dara, an unconventional jazz musician. At age nine he was a member of the Devastatin' Seven in the mid-1980s, the fruits of which can be heard on his 1994 debut, "Illmatic," which was released on Columbia/SME later that ...
14. Cormega
Actor | Crime Partners
Cormega is known for Crime Partners (2003), II D. Extreme feat. Cormega R.Jerkins G.Thomas: Going Crazy (1996) and Murda Muzik (2004).
15. Erik Schrody
Soundtrack | Den of Thieves
Erik Schrody was born on August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Den of Thieves (2018), End of Days (1999) and Heat (1995). He has been married to Lisa Schrody since May 2009. They have one child.
16. Salt-N-Pepa
Soundtrack | Deadpool
Salt-N-Pepa is known for Deadpool (2016), End of Watch (2012) and Captain Marvel (2019).
17. Tom MacDonald
Director | Nova Rockafeller: Lost Girls
Tom MacDonald was born on September 21, 1988. He is a music artist and actor, known for Nova Rockafeller: Lost Girls (2023), Tom MacDonald - Snowflakes (2021) and Tom MacDonald Feat. Ben Shapiro: Facts (2024).
18. Outkast
Soundtrack | Flight of the Phoenix
Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) was an American hip hop duo formed in 1992 in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta-based rappers André "3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. Outkast is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop acts...
19. Insane Clown Posse
Soundtrack | Solaris
Insane Clown Posse is known for Solaris (2002), Death Racers (2008) and I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007).
20. Mobb Deep
Soundtrack | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Prodigy (b. Albert Johnson) and Havoc (b. Kejuan Muchita) began making music together, after meeting as teenagers, while attending the Graphic Arts High School in Manhattan. In the early 1990s, they adopted the stage name Mobb Deep and released their debut album, "Juvenile Hell". The 1995 follow-up...
21. DMX
Soundtrack | Exit Wounds
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), known by his stage name DMX ("Dark Man X"), was an American rapper and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 251,000 copies...
22. TLC
Soundtrack | TLC: Waterfalls
TLC is an American girl group formed in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia. The group's best-known line-up was composed of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. The group enjoyed success during the 1990s, with nine top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four ...
23. Beastie Boys
Soundtrack | Real Steel
Beastie Boys is known for Real Steel (2011), Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
24. Nova Rockafeller
Soundtrack | The Duff
Nova Rockafeller is known for The DUFF (2015), Tom MacDonald: Church (2021) and Tom MacDonald: No Good Bastards (2021).
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