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Genre
hip hop
Parent Genre: hip hop

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.


Top artists of hip hop genre

Drake
Eminem
21 Savage
Kanye West
Travis Scott
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Tyler, The Creator
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hip hop music timeline

Explore hip hop history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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Similar Genres to hip hop

Discover more related genres to hip hop genre. This list is ordered by similarity from left to right.

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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.

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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.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Drake
96 1 66 55 25 39 117 75467555
2
Eminem
91 3 74 75 12 53 115 70867094
3
21 Savage
91 2 82 55 7 36 129 13550040
4
Kanye West
90 2 58 60 25 40 112 20063001
5
Travis Scott
90 0 67 60 15 31 127 22486571
6
Future
90 2 76 58 13 33 132 13920154
7
Kendrick Lamar
89 0 64 63 28 45 115 24021239
8
Tyler, The Creator
88 10 54 66 19 49 112 11519172
9
J. Cole
87 0 68 59 30 39 110 20184716
10
Lil Wayne
86 0 67 69 10 53 125 13562233
11
NF
84 0 65 70 31 32 120 8359694
12
JAY-Z
84 0 65 81 12 63 115 8378985
13
Lil Durk
84 0 70 61 10 36 134 5604648
14
Mac Miller
84 1 60 67 30 42 116 8991915
15
50 Cent
83 2 69 72 16 63 105 11234722
16
Snoop Dogg
83 2 71 72 13 56 107 9704655
17
A$AP Rocky
82 3 64 65 24 41 123 12273382
18
DaBaby
82 0 84 66 8 63 130 10828017
19
Wiz Khalifa
82 1 70 70 14 51 121 11050946
20
2Pac
81 1 78 73 13 64 106 15317128
21
Ty Dolla $ign
81 0 70 49 19 45 113 4624690
22
Dr. Dre
80 12 66 82 3 52 100 9696652
23
Kid Cudi
80 18 64 63 34 47 127 6477175
24
Tyga
80 0 79 62 15 45 112 6818955
25
Childish Gambino
79 7 61 57 20 43 120 10884992
26
Gucci Mane
78 1 78 55 14 40 130 4841004
27
Anderson .Paak
78 10 70 68 17 60 114 2349617
28
The Notorious B.I.G.
78 2 77 70 26 62 107 8892707
29
Rick Ross
77 0 58 71 10 45 118 6809640
30
Big Sean
77 0 67 63 19 37 114 10818217
31
Migos
77 0 84 65 13 44 135 13184018
32
DJ Khaled
77 0 62 82 9 45 120 9749953
33
JID
77 0 66 60 30 49 112 1216134
34
T-Pain
77 2 59 59 11 37 123 4344972
35
Logic
77 2 68 76 21 55 125 5901159
36
Nate Dogg
76 3 82 59 14 65 110 1433231
37
YG
76 0 81 50 12 38 117 3078132
38
Ludacris
76 0 69 79 11 65 128 2591342
39
MF DOOM
76 41 63 66 20 76 110 1980289
40
Ice Cube
76 2 76 75 9 61 109 6930305
41
Outkast
75 4 74 72 15 55 112 2246560
42
Ski Mask The Slump God
75 0 84 60 18 54 124 5413363
43
Meek Mill
75 0 62 69 11 40 119 7221310
44
Nelly
75 0 77 71 9 64 120 2417374
45
2 Chainz
75 0 79 66 19 46 130 7840125
46
Joey Bada$$
74 1 61 75 25 53 111 3032799
47
Chief Keef
74 0 65 64 14 40 132 3870674
48
Nas
74 0 66 78 12 58 102 3280738
49
Chance the Rapper
74 0 63 54 35 48 118 5884517
50
T.I.
74 0 63 77 9 49 121 4579238
51
French Montana
74 0 70 71 10 42 115 5027514
52
Diddy
73 1 75 65 10 67 111 1471984
53
The Alchemist
73 43 54 64 29 53 101 456430
54
Jay Rock
73 0 66 69 16 46 121 1404912
55
Method Man
72 8 75 66 11 53 112 1913893
56
The Game
72 0 67 68 15 50 108 4622568
57
Missy Elliott
72 4 82 66 21 61 115 2217276
58
ScHoolboy Q
72 0 70 71 19 45 121 4500417
59
Ms. Lauryn Hill
72 0 61 57 32 63 110 2461546
60
A$AP Ferg
72 4 74 76 16 48 126 3571361
61
Denzel Curry
72 0 68 69 19 46 120 2317901
62
Busta Rhymes
71 3 71 74 9 67 105 2417674
63
Pusha T
71 4 63 72 8 41 116 2767116
64
DMX
71 0 68 81 10 50 118 4311517
65
Beastie Boys
71 16 70 74 14 59 120 2513324
66
Joyner Lucas
71 1 71 70 23 48 115 2030589
67
Nipsey Hussle
70 0 62 75 8 46 116 3171816
68
Coolio
70 2 82 60 9 61 108 887409
69
Dreamville
70 0 0 0 0 0 0 529507
70
Ja Rule
69 0 69 68 4 53 106 1654322
71
Cordae
69 0 73 62 24 49 108 1922820
72
Madlib
69 39 60 61 20 57 105 414357
73
Earl Sweatshirt
69 2 53 70 25 48 108 2014889
74
Wu-Tang Clan
69 15 70 64 21 55 111 2736159
75
Cypress Hill
68 11 74 67 7 52 110 1813101
76
Vince Staples
68 5 73 61 28 47 121 1748432
77
Will Smith
67 0 77 72 12 65 108 880745
78
Fat Joe
67 1 64 80 6 57 113 1571065
79
Mobb Deep
67 6 73 72 12 53 103 1833968
80
Freddie Gibbs
67 0 68 71 22 54 120 1156656
81
A Tribe Called Quest
67 4 81 58 17 67 99 1897388
82
Isaiah Rashad
67 4 67 65 26 55 114 1281076
83
Danny Brown
67 1 60 79 14 51 121 775249
84
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
67 0 73 62 16 58 116 2678347
85
Madvillain
66 53 60 64 24 73 111 539736
86
Xzibit
66 5 73 74 10 65 107 1811669
87
Lupe Fiasco
66 0 60 77 19 47 116 1858844
88
N.W.A.
66 1 81 76 6 70 113 4982987
89
Fabolous
66 0 74 73 18 59 111 2574594
90
Fugees
66 0 71 55 12 55 106 1241298
91
Ol' Dirty Bastard
66 4 77 56 21 47 103 938339
92
EARTHGANG
65 0 70 67 24 53 122 772235
93
Eazy-E
65 0 75 75 2 58 115 4993388
94
Westside Gunn
65 0 46 69 32 59 111 370995
95
Mos Def
65 5 72 71 12 64 104 1361519
96
D12
65 0 75 77 16 59 113 2849387
97
Lil' Kim
65 0 75 69 11 63 96 1599064
98
Mase
65 6 79 68 13 65 110 736272
99
Lloyd Banks
64 0 60 73 13 53 117 1289383
100
Gang Starr
64 2 74 71 11 76 101 856091
101
Warren G
64 0 83 58 9 67 102 2210553
102
Benny The Butcher
64 0 59 74 25 55 106 322412
103
Action Bronson
63 0 53 72 33 55 113 764263
104
G-Unit
63 0 65 72 16 57 115 2227867
105
De La Soul
63 0 77 67 22 67 100 905285
106
Salaam Remi
62 23 74 86 4 65 118 27412
107
LL COOL J
62 12 77 61 9 61 120 1512791
108
Run The Jewels
61 0 60 66 5 37 128 1038649
109
Common
61 0 70 66 13 60 96 879878
110
Run–D.M.C.
61 1 84 83 3 67 115 1239737
111
Salt-N-Pepa
61 3 86 65 6 82 116 729470
112
U-God
60 0 77 68 5 55 109 119105
113
A$AP Mob
60 0 0 0 0 0 0 2048190
114
The Roots
60 0 75 63 11 61 106 1292026
115
House Of Pain
60 2 76 65 9 60 117 577229
116
Naughty By Nature
59 0 82 71 8 65 101 1038939
117
J Dilla
59 40 56 65 20 61 123 626277
118
Mick Jenkins
59 0 68 67 21 46 107 579921
119
The Pharcyde
59 4 77 70 16 70 104 656735
120
Royce Da 5'9"
59 0 67 76 11 61 100 758411
121
Big K.R.I.T.
58 0 72 70 14 48 128 930638
122
Ab-Soul
58 0 58 68 20 44 109 1030052
123
Makaveli
58 0 69 79 17 55 93 2535450
124
N.E.R.D
57 1 69 75 17 62 118 800745
125
Jay Electronica
57 0 42 66 30 38 93 305585
126
AZ
57 4 70 65 21 60 103 342886
127
MC Hammer
57 3 87 66 4 81 125 579973
128
Big Boi
56 0 80 81 11 51 117 422737
129
Digital Underground
56 0 77 67 9 68 112 496192
130
9th Wonder
56 45 65 60 15 63 112 193377
131
Public Enemy
56 2 71 81 8 64 110 994633
132
Slum Village
56 11 81 57 26 69 100 299006
133
Geto Boys
55 1 79 69 9 57 104 741530
134
Souls Of Mischief
55 10 73 66 9 62 106 275382
135
Del The Funky Homosapien
55 4 80 75 9 68 115 283400
136
N.O.R.E.
55 0 71 89 15 52 113 385102
137
Queen Latifah
54 1 70 60 17 59 116 182524
138
Talib Kweli
54 0 57 83 12 63 115 568661
139
Jurassic 5
54 8 84 77 18 79 101 421056
140
DANGERDOOM
53 0 43 52 14 58 172 223280
141
Digable Planets
53 19 78 47 23 63 117 378143
142
Tony Yayo
53 0 66 77 10 41 112 337142
143
Eric B. & Rakim
53 12 78 78 17 72 105 625229
144
KRS-One
53 1 79 77 4 65 114 593551
145
Clipse
52 1 67 77 17 68 113 371842
146
EPMD
52 4 74 70 13 65 113 374667
147
Arrested Development
52 0 84 59 8 74 106 260488
148
Kris Kross
51 2 78 63 8 64 101 434495
149
Black Star
51 0 66 74 21 68 116 393786
150
MOUNT WESTMORE
51 0 0 0 0 0 0 55522
151
Erick Sermon
50 0 80 81 3 72 98 211293
152
Dilated Peoples
49 0 67 81 12 64 101 201139
153
Craig Mack
48 1 71 71 16 64 109 227590
154
ICE-T
48 2 82 75 5 64 108 1235486
155
Tone-Loc
48 7 93 69 5 75 114 261530
156
J.PERIOD
47 0 0 0 0 0 0 16664
157
Blackalicious
47 1 76 71 10 66 108 182436
158
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
46 1 79 80 1 64 112 174145
159
Deltron 3030
44 0 60 78 3 50 94 219708
160
Keith Murray
44 0 77 61 16 69 103 201468
161
Grandmaster Flash
44 0 87 78 11 72 102 283557
162
Hieroglyphics
43 0 75 74 20 72 94 198576
163
Guru's Jazzmatazz
43 0 0 0 0 0 0 85573
164
Little Brother
42 0 61 71 30 69 103 129552
165
Nice & Smooth
41 6 83 65 13 65 121 130952
166
Lil Duval
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 60609
167
Boogie Down Productions
40 0 82 62 9 68 122 307415
168
Hi-Tek
39 7 74 65 26 68 102 78947
169
Main Source
38 0 76 73 5 69 99 70394
170
Fatlip
36 0 82 69 10 65 108 26852
171
Tha Alkaholiks
34 0 72 75 10 62 95 124336
172
Def Squad
31 0 65 63 15 90 132 108446