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Hip hop is a music genre that originated in African American and Latino communities in the 1970s. It is characterized by its rhythmic and rhyming lyrics, often accompanied by electronic beats or samples. Hip hop has evolved over the years and has become a mainstream genre with a global audience. It often addresses social and political issues and can be both uplifting and confrontational. Some of its sub-genres include trap, gangsta rap, and conscious rap.


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hip hop music by decade

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List of hip hop artists

Here is a list of hip hop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the hip hop genre. You can find out what hip hop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 75 4615038
2 72 4737996
3 64 3357493
4 70 4849449
5 65 1726008
6 71 2894053
7 74 2752893
8 69 4641747
9 75 5190663
10 75 8101323
11 79 11249691
12 81 13120523
13 67 1774946
14 64 2679677
15 73 7723850
16 81 8820955
17 80 10741478
18 71 3215655
19 72 5278009
20 79 3360023
21 68 3719944
22 75 7157276
23 75 13691696
24 84 14323833
25 74 11218396
26 68 2440192
27 72 2609065
28 77 11456640
29 77 6952899
30 64 1895234
31 71 5621787
32 66 1998978
33 87 15483738
34 71 3533305
35 71 2616539
36 71 1612438
37 95 82894848
38 69 2358884
39 74 4316106
40 70 1462459
41 71 5967875
42 71 7763364
43 75 9607918
44 72 5990697
45 80 13186436
46 76 1450299
47 80 9825141
48 68 4788413
49 77 10906460
50 77 16852143
51 78 6799088
52 65 2944667
53 63 5394450
54 74 10782129
55 80 6658421
56 68 2125213
57 72 2444496
58 86 26238559
59 66 593869
60 62 5516321
61 78 4854640
62 85 22132275
63 88 15802315
64 63 2897873
65 89 22415317
66 88 78947758
67 66 2681522
68 90 25604915
69 65 1817999
70 77 11860827
71 67 2149037
72 83 16329729
73 71 3278280
74 82 13345265
75 63 1222919
76 76 1902047
77 66 1364098
78 73 1546355
79 63 1961892
80 78 9289421
81 66 1038459
82 64 912876
83 65 1938226
84 65 2015473
85 66 463538
86 73 2469755
87 65 1987503
88 70 2659161
89 68 2051971
90 62 3058067
91 62 1429961
92 69 569998
93 63 1008110
94 63 823661
95 63 1328638
96 66 495602
97 65 448331
98 74 2431915
99 62 368687
100 63 601413

hip hop playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular hip hop music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.