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Hip Hop Recording Artists
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Albums: Stankonia, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Aquemini
OutKast is an American hip-hop duo from Georgia. The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of Outkast's eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a...
- Run DMC
Albums: Greatest Hits, Crown Royal, Down With the King
Run-D.M.C. was an influential hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is arguably the most important and influential act in the history of hip hop. Also, they are...
- Ice Cube
Albums: The Predator, Greatest Hits, Laugh Now Cry Later
Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson on June 15, 1969) is an American actor and rapper, originally a member of the controversial group N.W.A (Niggaz With Attitude) until launching a successful solo career in music and cinema. In recent years, Ice Cube's acting career has overshadowed his career in music.
- Common
Albums: Be, Universal Mind Control, Like Water For Chocolate
Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense), is an American hip hop artist and actor. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 90s...
- Public Enemy
Albums: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet, He Got Game
Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and his S1W group, and DJ Lord, who replaced Terminator X in 1999. Formed on Long Island, New York in 1982, they are known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism on the...
- N.W.A
Albums: N.W.A. and the Posse | Straight Outta Compton | 100 Miles and Runnin' | Niggaz4life
N.W.A (Niggaz Wit Attitudes, AKA "Niggaz With Attitude") was a Compton, California-based hip hop group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre. Active from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit nature of their lyrics.
- A Tribe Called Quest
Albums: Midnight Marauders, The Low End Theory, The Anthology
A Tribe Called Quest was an influential hip-hop group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. The group is comprised of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator, appearing in videos from the first...
- Slick Rick
Albums: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, The Art of Storytelling, Behind Bars
Slick Rick (born Richard Walters on January 14, 1965 in South Wimbledon, London, England) is an East Coast rapper, known for a series of hip hop recordings during the 1980s. He was blinded by broken glass as an infant and took to wearing an eyepatch from an early age.
- Ghostface Killah
Albums: An album
- Rakim
Albums: The 18th Letter, The Master, When I Be On The Mic
Rakim (full name Rakim Allah), born on Long Island, New York is an American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers (and top amongst the most influential rappers) in hip-hop history, having revolutionized hip-hop lyricism with his complex flow, elaborate metaphors and rapid...
- Too Short
Albums: Married to the Game, Get in Where You Fit In, Shorty the Pimp
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by his stage name Too $hort, is an American rapper who started his career at the age of fourteen in Oakland, California. Too Short has sold about 11 million albums in the US alone with 17 albums released and an average of 600,000 copies per...
- Jurassic 5
Albums: Power in Numbers, Quality Control, Feedback
Jurassic 5 was originally a six-piece hip-hop crew that was formed in 1993 at the Los Angeles, California venue Good Life. Rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, Mark 7even, and turntable maestros DJ Nu-Mark and DJ Cut Chemist came together from two separate crews, the Rebels of Rhythm and Unity...
- Big Daddy Kane
Albums: Long Live the Kane, The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane, Eastern Conference All Stars II
Big Daddy Kane (born Antonio Hardy, September 10, 1968) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the notorious Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. During his career, he has worked with artists including Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Teddy Riley, Rudy Ray Moore and Barry White. Kane is widely...
- Master P
Albums: Kenny's Dead, The Best of Master P, Good Side Bad Side
Master P lived in New Orleans' infamous Calliope Projects as a child. He has two brothers, Vyshonn (rapper Silkk the Shocker) and Corey (rapper C Murder). His parents divorced, and he split his time between his father's family in New Orleans, and his mother in Richmond, California.
- Kool G Rap
Albums: Live And Let Die, Wanted: Dead or Alive, 4, 5, 6
Kool G Rap (born Nathaniel Wilson July 20, 1968) is an American hardcore rapper from Queens, New York. He began his career with the Juice Crew in the 1980s but achieved little commercial success. G Rap began working with DJ Polo in 1986, releasing several underground hit singles including "It's...
- Canibus
Albums: MiClub - The Curriculum, 2000 B.C., Mic Club The Curriculum
Born Germaine Williams in 1974 in Jamaica, Canibus moved to the United States with his mother at a young age. Because his mother's career required constant relocation, the family moved frequently and the soon-to-be rapper found solace within himself. His rhetorical abilities blossomed later, once...
