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Genre
hyphy
Parent Genre: hip hop

Hyphy is a subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 2000s. It is characterized by its upbeat and energetic sound, often featuring fast-paced beats and catchy hooks. Hyphy music is known for its party-oriented lyrics and danceable rhythms, and is often associated with the Bay Area's car culture and street scene. The genre has been popularized by a number of influential artists, who have helped to shape its unique sound and style.


Top artists of hyphy genre

E-40
Sage The Gemini
Too $hort
Problem
B-Legit
Mac Dre
Philthy Rich
The Click
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hyphy music timeline

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hyphy playlist created by Chosic

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

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List of hyphy artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
E-40
68 0 80 65 7 51 106 833403
2
Sage The Gemini
64 0 80 59 16 61 113 848003
3
Too $hort
64 0 87 53 6 53 108 1424777
4
Problem
54 0 74 59 15 49 103 266035
5
B-Legit
53 0 82 65 11 61 91 191696
6
Mac Dre
51 0 78 68 9 63 99 383008
7
Philthy Rich
51 0 72 64 6 50 106 229875
8
The Click
50 0 76 64 7 67 148 108784
9
Andre Nickatina
50 3 77 69 13 42 117 205840
10
The Jacka
45 0 66 68 5 60 99 156340
11
Keak Da Sneak
45 0 87 68 0 64 102 134404
12
J. Stalin
44 0 78 70 10 61 93 160361
13
Mistah F.A.B.
43 0 78 68 2 41 106 102313
14
A-Wax
43 0 73 55 21 43 108 28638
15
X-Raided
41 0 74 74 7 59 94 114922
16
Clyde Carson
40 1 76 53 10 48 96 70949
17
Woodie
40 0 67 79 21 60 132 60288
18
San Quinn
39 0 75 77 5 58 110 85639
19
Big Tone
39 0 71 73 10 45 139 33693
20
Messy Marv
39 1 67 72 6 47 101 129240
21
Guce
39 0 75 55 6 73 91 33967
22
J-Diggs
39 0 75 66 5 61 110 87067
23
Mac Mall
39 0 68 72 2 63 125 122182
24
Equipto
38 0 0 0 0 0 0 22257
25
The Mekanix
36 0 75 70 1 51 88 23387
26
Yukmouth
36 0 68 78 4 60 108 55420
27
Husalah
34 0 68 67 4 39 98 67159
28
The Team
34 0 60 64 3 37 130 24253
29
Kafani
34 0 72 69 1 41 131 3983
30
D-Lo
33 0 76 64 4 46 104 50353
31
Dubee
33 0 80 63 11 58 114 53212
32
Droop-E
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 3784
33
Bavgate
33 0 73 74 2 47 88 7304
34
Ampichino
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 31986
35
The Pack
32 0 84 67 3 53 117 29409
36
Mr. Doctor
32 0 76 59 0 67 110 39059
37
Shady Nate
32 0 67 61 8 56 119 41663
38
Smoov-E
31 0 82 74 4 49 114 34623
39
4rAx
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3040
40
DB Tha General
30 0 73 74 7 52 142 19383
41
HD
30 0 73 63 9 61 106 26281
42
Turf Talk
30 0 74 74 0 61 104 34730
43
Ezale
30 1 87 68 1 44 112 14152
44
Beeda Weeda
30 0 73 58 17 65 91 40187
45
3X Krazy
29 0 77 71 6 60 90 57509
46
Stevie Joe
29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28087
47
T-Nutty
28 0 66 79 5 40 113 52307
48
Young Curt
28 0 79 63 1 51 101 16566
49
11/5
28 0 80 68 6 68 101 36677
50
Rydah J. Klyde
28 0 47 76 11 33 80 27333
51
Cousin Fik
28 0 94 66 2 57 98 13549
52
Traxamillion
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 37124
53
Totally Insane
27 0 87 65 4 62 113 16144
54
E-A-SKI
27 0 96 72 13 81 103 4097
55
Lil Rue
27 0 46 79 10 28 172 38021
56
Cellski
27 0 71 59 2 58 112 27767
57
Roach Gigz
27 0 64 69 8 42 106 33265
58
Luni Coleone
27 0 63 54 15 46 84 57585
59
Bullys Wit Fullys
27 0 76 62 16 67 110 30436
60
JT The Bigga Figga
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 41691
61
Matt Blaque
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2143
62
Hollow Tip
26 0 62 55 1 63 86 35755
63
G-Stack
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 3316
64
Sleepy D
26 0 76 63 13 49 121 36949
65
Laroo T.H.H.
26 0 61 78 3 44 125 14634
66
Cougnut
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 15306
67
Federation
24 0 77 75 3 62 114 14229
68
Young Bossi
24 0 59 68 9 33 88 15478
69
Laroo
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 15029
70
Cold World Hustlers
23 0 90 69 7 71 116 18284
71
Erk Tha Jerk
23 0 62 63 23 47 101 9714
72
Killa Tay
23 0 70 64 1 43 81 25742
73
Joe Blow
22 0 67 69 9 49 84 5099
74
Taj-He-Spitz
22 0 80 59 8 24 99 19806
75
Young Gully
22 0 49 77 4 47 83 11349
76
I.M.P
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 25740
77
Young Dru
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1459
78
Trunk Boiz
21 0 90 69 12 66 98 3676
79
Little Bruce
21 0 80 56 6 70 143 9701
80
Cutthoat Committee
21 0 68 65 23 71 96 11748
81
P.S.D.
21 0 70 65 0 45 172 9673
82
Young Cellski
20 0 79 62 1 54 116 8231
83
Johnny Ca$h
20 0 70 73 4 79 172 10424
84
Big Rich
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 6168
85
Lee Majors
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 12670
86
Fed-X
19 0 41 86 3 60 84 12342
87
Dem Hoodstarz
19 0 86 71 8 76 103 18580
88
Dubb 20
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7051
89
The HoodStarz
18 0 85 59 3 38 112 5232
90
Sky Balla
17 0 61 60 9 47 85 5035
91
Marvaless
17 0 76 54 3 60 85 13773
92
Reek Daddy
16 0 64 69 10 34 157 6646
93
Nump
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4678
94
U.D.I.
15 0 83 65 8 40 91 10324
95
The Mossie
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1274
96
Killa Keise
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 5400
97
Bruce Banna
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4790
98
Berner & Ampichino
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 23358
99
The Jacka & Ampichino
14 0 53 86 14 61 110 9932
100
Nina Cash
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
101
Young Droop
14 0 71 64 10 62 84 10731
102
Dope Game
14 0 83 71 0 60 104 169
103
The Frontline
14 0 96 60 0 46 104 5806
104
Get Low Playaz
13 0 80 53 11 78 91 8876
105
Young Lay
13 0 78 56 15 80 81 1832
106
Young Bari
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5721
107
Nht Boyz
11 0 76 51 2 45 180 7906
108
RobLo
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6822
109
Mac Shawn
9 0 63 56 0 63 81 5672
110
Thug Lordz
9 0 49 62 11 65 84 6834
111
Pizzo
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5562
112
Dubee A.K.A. Sugawolf
9 0 83 71 6 73 135 8918
113
Gorilla Pits
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2969
114
Pretty Black
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6132
115
RBL's Hitman
8 0 56 75 2 92 76 2446
116
Team Knoc
7 0 80 66 8 78 107 7412
117
The Cutthoat Committe
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4511
118
Sumthin Terrible
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1830
119
N.O.H. Mafia
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6387
120
Jacka of the Mob Figaz
7 0 68 44 10 24 84 4991
121
Dosia
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7058
122
The A'z
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 459
123
Demolition Men
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1652
124
Blapstar
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3762
125
2 Short
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4137
126
Tony Tag
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
127
The Jacka & Berner
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10555
128
Shake Da Mayor
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 931
129
Hoodstarz
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8955
130
Messy Marv & Berner
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14669
131
Beama
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
132
The Mob Figaz Meet Marvaless
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5637
133
Keak Da Sneek
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2951
134
The Bayliens
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
135
Diligentz
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1391
136
Keek Da Sneak
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 787
137
Star Studded
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 128
138
Mac Dre & PSD
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5925
139
Mac Mal
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 687
140
3XCrazy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 442
141
AP-9
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
142
Hustlah
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 414
143
Lil Rue and J Folks
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 605
144
Husalah & B-Luv
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4852
145
Keyon Cash
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 313
146
Lil' Rue, Hd & the Pack
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3069
147
Kead Da Sneak
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 434
148
Kiwi Da Beast
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 394
149
YoungCurt
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1056