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List of rap artists

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

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Drake	96	1	66	55	25	39	117	75467555
2	SZA	92	4	61	53	38	40	113	12264179
3	Eminem	91	3	74	75	12	53	115	70867094
4	21 Savage	91	2	82	55	7	36	129	13550040
5	Travis Scott	90	0	67	60	15	31	127	22486571
6	Kanye West	90	2	58	60	25	40	112	20063001
7	Future	90	2	76	58	13	33	132	13920154
8	Metro Boomin	89	38	72	49	10	26	125	4340772
9	Lil Baby	89	0	73	58	4	30	120	14154233
10	Kendrick Lamar	89	0	64	63	28	45	115	24021239
11	Post Malone	89	6	62	59	28	34	125	40746775
12	Chris Brown	88	0	61	63	11	46	116	19329979
13	Tyler, The Creator	88	10	54	66	19	49	112	11519172
14	Juice WRLD	88	0	65	63	18	35	130	29203200
15	J. Cole	87	0	68	59	30	39	110	20184716
16	Nicki Minaj	87	1	75	73	13	58	128	28221921
17	Lil Uzi Vert	86	0	66	60	12	27	138	15105758
18	Lil Wayne	86	0	67	69	10	53	125	13562233
19	Gunna	84	0	83	52	22	45	127	5259015
20	JAY-Z	84	0	65	81	12	63	115	8386986
21	Young Thug	84	0	79	55	11	42	125	8357479
22	Lil Durk	84	0	70	61	10	36	133	5604648
23	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	84	0	71	67	18	52	134	11077918
24	Mac Miller	84	1	60	67	30	42	116	8991915
25	Polo G	83	0	70	58	18	41	129	9473305
26	Playboi Carti	83	0	77	63	6	39	139	8130231
27	50 Cent	83	2	69	72	16	63	105	11234722
28	Don Toliver	83	3	70	58	26	39	127	2902997
29	Snoop Dogg	83	2	71	72	13	56	107	9704655
30	Wiz Khalifa	82	1	70	70	14	51	121	11050946
31	Kodak Black	82	0	75	60	18	41	127	9309323
32	Jack Harlow	82	0	79	62	14	51	116	2909499
33	A Boogie Wit da Hoodie	82	0	70	61	28	44	119	7412812
34	Pop Smoke	82	0	68	66	27	48	121	12484858
35	DaBaby	82	0	84	66	8	62	131	10828017
36	A$AP Rocky	82	3	64	65	24	41	123	12273382
37	Brent Faiyaz	82	1	55	39	54	35	112	3770683
38	2Pac	81	1	78	73	13	64	106	15317128
39	NLE Choppa	81	3	75	68	16	56	129	6161658
40	Trippie Redd	81	0	67	57	28	39	122	8701723
41	Kid Cudi	80	18	64	63	34	47	127	6477175
42	Quavo	80	0	80	66	15	49	137	6616584
43	Tory Lanez	80	0	62	59	17	39	120	5518770
44	Cardi B	80	1	84	63	10	46	131	21557440
45	Dr. Dre	80	12	66	82	3	52	100	9696652
46	Roddy Ricch	80	0	73	55	14	34	125	9351978
47	Tyga	80	0	79	62	15	45	112	6818955
48	Lil Tjay	80	0	69	56	29	40	118	6567442
49	Usher	79	1	68	60	17	55	114	10508757
50	Bryson Tiller	79	0	62	53	26	42	122	6964686
51	Baby Keem	79	1	80	53	17	38	123	1448562
52	Childish Gambino	79	7	61	57	20	43	120	10884992
53	Offset	78	0	91	57	37	44	118	2766877
54	Swae Lee	78	7	72	46	19	37	144	1680379
55	PARTYNEXTDOOR	78	1	58	51	22	30	114	5180010
56	The Notorious B.I.G.	78	2	77	70	26	62	107	8892707
57	Megan Thee Stallion	78	0	84	70	6	58	139	7705560
58	Lil Yachty	78	14	62	62	25	40	128	9018404
59	Lil Tecca	78	0	70	56	16	42	123	5929739
60	T-Pain	77	2	60	59	11	37	122	4351715
61	DJ Khaled	77	0	62	82	9	45	120	9749953
62	Gucci Mane	77	1	78	55	14	40	130	4843850
63	Big Sean	77	0	67	63	19	37	114	10818217
64	Migos	77	0	84	65	13	44	135	13184018
65	Logic	77	2	68	76	21	56	124	5901159
66	Rick Ross	77	0	58	72	9	43	118	6809640
67	Ludacris	76	0	69	79	11	65	128	2591342
68	Moneybagg Yo	76	0	80	64	10	45	125	3693342
69	YG	76	0	81	50	12	38	117	3078132
70	Ice Cube	76	2	76	75	9	61	109	6930305
71	JID	76	0	66	60	30	49	112	1225758
72	6LACK	76	3	61	54	34	31	111	4216830
73	Nate Dogg	76	3	83	58	14	65	109	1433231
74	Ski Mask The Slump God	75	0	84	60	18	54	124	5413363
75	2 Chainz	75	0	79	66	19	46	130	7840125
76	G-Eazy	75	1	65	64	12	34	115	5169706
77	Meek Mill	75	0	62	69	11	39	118	7221310
78	Nelly	75	0	77	71	9	64	120	2417374
79	H.E.R.	75	0	52	46	44	28	110	6372698
80	Juicy J	74	0	83	72	7	54	142	3066236
81	Kevin Gates	74	0	71	69	15	52	131	5832322
82	Chance the Rapper	74	0	63	54	35	48	118	5884494
83	T.I.	74	0	63	77	9	49	121	4579238
84	Rae Sremmurd	74	0	78	56	13	35	137	7183242
85	Outkast	74	4	74	72	15	55	112	2248481
86	Chief Keef	74	0	65	64	14	40	132	3870674
87	French Montana	74	0	70	71	10	42	115	5027514
88	Nas	74	0	66	78	12	58	102	3280738
89	NAV	74	0	80	59	18	40	136	3298506
90	Joey Bada$$	73	1	61	75	25	53	111	3037207
91	Mustard	73	0	77	67	5	67	97	1066147
92	Diddy	73	1	75	65	10	67	111	1471984
93	Jay Rock	73	0	66	69	16	46	121	1405330
94	Rich The Kid	73	0	82	56	10	36	109	3060051
95	B.o.B	73	0	69	65	20	47	121	2099538
96	ScHoolboy Q	72	0	70	71	19	45	121	4500417
97	The Game	72	0	67	68	15	50	108	4622568
98	Missy Elliott	72	5	82	66	21	62	115	2217276
99	Denzel Curry	72	0	68	69	19	46	120	2322239
100	Young Dolph	72	0	82	62	10	41	138	2510306
101	Aminé	72	0	74	55	23	60	116	1861094
102	Young Nudy	72	0	77	57	16	41	131	1159979
103	A$AP Ferg	72	4	74	76	16	48	126	3574596
104	YNW Melly	72	0	73	56	20	46	132	8819265
105	Takeoff	72	0	79	62	20	38	131	1411271
106	Joyner Lucas	71	1	71	70	23	48	115	2030589
107	DMX	71	0	68	81	10	51	118	4330955
108	Beastie Boys	71	15	70	74	13	59	119	2513324
109	Ella Mai	71	0	58	55	28	36	113	4991398
110	Pusha T	71	4	63	72	8	41	116	2770684
111	G Herbo	71	0	64	72	14	39	127	1810946
112	Busta Rhymes	71	3	72	73	9	67	105	2420404
113	Nipsey Hussle	70	0	62	75	8	46	116	3171816
114	Dreamville	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	530378
115	Jeezy	70	0	62	65	7	34	123	2333295
116	Fetty Wap	70	0	76	66	16	55	140	4496457
117	Wale	70	0	68	72	29	55	115	4088112
118	Ja Rule	69	0	69	68	4	53	106	1654322
119	Cordae	69	0	73	62	24	49	108	1922820
120	Earl Sweatshirt	69	2	53	70	25	48	108	2014889
121	PnB Rock	69	0	68	62	19	42	133	3844218
122	Wu-Tang Clan	69	15	70	64	21	55	111	2739145
123	Blueface	68	0	85	50	24	50	111	6069199
124	Kid Ink	68	0	72	63	12	45	129	2992969
125	Jaden	68	3	60	59	36	39	114	1864203
126	Tay-K	68	0	76	56	11	33	144	3186001
127	BROCKHAMPTON	68	2	64	60	31	48	112	2107513
128	Tee Grizzley	68	0	79	69	16	46	117	3357082
129	Vince Staples	68	5	73	61	28	47	121	1748432
130	Soulja Boy	68	0	80	61	20	54	127	1794454
131	Fat Joe	67	1	64	80	6	57	113	1571065
132	Freddie Gibbs	67	0	68	71	22	54	121	1156656
133	Isaiah Rashad	67	4	67	65	26	55	114	1281076
134	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	67	0	73	62	15	58	116	2678347
135	Jacquees	67	0	62	51	23	44	109	2457469
136	Yo Gotti	66	0	73	67	7	49	125	4255248
137	N.W.A.	66	1	81	76	6	70	113	4982987
138	Lil Pump	66	0	88	54	9	49	133	7984944
139	Waka Flocka Flame	66	0	74	67	10	48	131	2645804
140	GloRilla	66	0	78	69	9	47	131	270392
141	Fabolous	66	0	74	73	18	59	111	2577127
142	Lupe Fiasco	66	0	60	77	19	47	116	1859400
143	Bas	66	1	71	60	29	30	97	503130
144	Lil' Kim	65	0	75	69	11	64	96	1599064
145	Sheck Wes	65	12	76	56	17	32	144	1445233
146	Omarion	65	0	69	65	10	59	116	2777516
147	Mike WiLL Made-It	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	1504091
148	EARTHGANG	65	0	70	67	24	53	122	772235
149	Eazy-E	65	0	75	75	2	58	115	4993388
150	Rich Homie Quan	64	0	68	58	12	50	123	2764130
151	Lloyd Banks	64	0	60	73	13	52	119	1289383
152	YBN Nahmir	64	0	78	59	6	43	114	2977457
153	Chlöe	64	1	59	52	36	48	118	295571
154	Curren$y	63	0	61	68	19	50	120	1025431
155	G-Unit	63	0	65	72	16	57	115	2227867
156	DeJ Loaf	63	0	63	58	23	34	127	1567102
157	Young Money	63	0	64	69	6	50	128	2879039
158	Desiigner	63	1	73	63	8	38	132	3486762
159	LL COOL J	62	12	77	62	8	61	119	1512791
160	Mike Dimes	61	0	80	58	15	54	126	174377
161	Young M.A	61	0	71	71	19	44	133	1375907
162	Run–D.M.C.	61	1	83	82	4	67	116	1239737
163	A$AP Mob	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	2048190
164	Ace Hood	60	1	79	59	18	31	120	1817263
165	VIC MENSA	60	0	62	65	19	41	111	608233
166	BlocBoy JB	60	0	86	59	8	59	139	1383030
167	Bow Wow	60	4	78	69	11	68	108	1325106
168	KIDS SEE GHOSTS	60	25	70	51	50	36	109	914289
169	Famous Dex	59	0	72	59	21	46	126	2462575
170	Ab-Soul	58	0	58	68	20	44	109	1030555
171	Bobby Shmurda	58	0	79	60	3	34	144	1434445
172	Sik World	56	0	77	57	31	34	117	458825
173	Flatbush Zombies	56	1	65	60	21	45	112	1185922
174	Lakeyah	53	0	90	56	24	56	116	141934
175	Foogiano	53	0	79	62	9	33	127	272136
176	Ugly God	51	0	82	43	29	38	122	2081823
177	Grandmaster Flash	44	0	87	78	11	72	102	284631
178	Gudda Gudda	43	0	69	56	0	38	125	50995
179	Kia Shine	23	0	68	77	3	53	119	19018

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