Top American rappers of all time

Mar 31, 2023, 12:55 IST

Wion Web Desk

Jay Z

Z through his legendary career has proven that history is also on his side, with 14 Billboard 200 No.1 albums, and over 140 million records sold. He believes everyone has genius-level talent. 

Eminem 

We all know Eminem, after coming from freestyle rap battles, he continued to wield the mic as a weapon of his choice. He broke several records, including Guinness World Record for fastest rap in a hit single with Godzilla, where he rapped 225 words in 30 seconds. 

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion is one of the founding fathers of West Coast and gangsta rap.  As he once said, "Last but not least, I wanna thank me. I wanna thank me for believing in me. I wanna thank me for doing all this hard work."

Drake 

Drizzy Drake Rogers is one of the most renowned rappers of all time. He's currently the Hot 100's all-time hits leader, with almost 300 entries to his credit, and refuses to give his opposition a breather, by consistently releasing projects every calendar year. 

Lil Wayne 

Wayne opened his 2005 deep cut as, "Best Rapper Alive," and is one of the most masterful lyricists of all time. 

Tupac

Tupac Amaru Shakur was a poet, actor, activist and rapper who was the ultimate polymath in the 1990s. He gave several classics like: "Dear Mama" and "Keep Your Head Up."

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, born in 1973 is regarded as the best rapper of all time.  Nas's second album "It was Written" (1996) debuted the top of the billboard 200 and charted for four consecutive weeks. 

Kendrick Lamar

Being one of the most influential artists, Lamar gained popularity as a teen rapper, thanks to his lyrics, and fearless genre experimentation.

Starting in the early 2000s, Ye gave his first solo in 2003, "Through the Wire," and then scored his first Hot No. 1 alongside Twista and Jamie Foxx on "Slow Jamz."

Kanye West (Ye)

Nicki Minaj

Rap of Queen with her fierce and fearless spirit, Nicki established her little lighthouse after the 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty. She emerged as the First Lady of Young Money solidifying the label's ineffable trinity chart-conquering some rap beats with Lil Wayne and Drake. 

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