List of rappers

Rapping is one part of hip hop music, which also includes DJing. Frequently, performing and recording groups are composed of both rappers and DJs. In the list below, all members of groups are given for the sake of completion, even though some are not rappers or rap only rarely.

• 2 Live Crew
  • Fresh Kid Ice[?]
  • Luke Skyywalker
  • Mr. Mixx[?]
• 3rd Bass
  • MC Serch[?]
  • Pete Nice[?]
  • Richie Rich[?]
• 50 Cent
• 7 Notas 7 Colores[?]
• 69 Boys[?]
• 99 Posse[?]
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Afu-Raju[?]
• Amil-lion[?]
• Angie Martinez[?]
• Arrested Development
  • DJ Headliner[?]
  • Speech[?]
  • Dione Farris[?]
• Articolo 31
• Beastie Boys
  • King Ad-Rock[?]
  • MCA[?]
  • Mike D.[?]
• Big Pun
• Biz Markie
• Black Tiger[?]
• Blackalicious
  • Chief Xcel[?]
  • Gift of Gab[?]
• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony[?]
  • Bizzy Bone
  • Flesh-N-Bone
  • Krayzie Bone[?]
  • Layzie Bone
  • Wish Bone[?]
• Boulevard Vou[?]
• Busta Rhymes
• Cam'ron
• Canibus
• Cappadonna
• Cartel[?]
• Clay D[?]
• The Cold Crush Brothers[?]
• Common
• Control Machete[?]
• Coolio
• The Coup
• Cypress Hill
  • B Dog[?]
  • Muggs[?]
  • Sen Dog[?]
• Da Brat
• Das Efx[?]
• De La Soul
  • Pasemaster Mase[?]
  • Posdnuos[?]
  • Trugoy the Dove[?]
• Dead Prez
  • Sticman[?]
  • M-1[?]
• Delinquent Habits[?]
• Digital Underground
• Dilated Peoples
• DJ Kool Herc
• DJ Kun[?]
• DJ Mahmut and Murat G
• DJ Muggs[?]
• DMX
• Double Pact[?]
• Downtown Science[?]
• Dr. Dre
• Dynamike[?]
• Eminem
• Eric B.[?]
• Eve
• Fabolous[?]
• Fat Joe
• Foxy Brown[?]
• Freestyle Fellowship[?]
• The Fugees
  • Lauryn Hill
  • Pras[?]
  • Wyclef Jean[?]
• Gang Starr
  • DJ Premier[?]
  • Guru
• The Geto Boys
  • Bushwick Bill[?]
  • Scarface
  • Willie D.[?]
• Gigolo Tony[?]
• Grandmaster Flash
• Guru
• Heavy Les Wanted[?]
• Hi Tek
• House of Pain
  • Everlast
• Hurricane G[?]
• IAM
• Ice Cube
• Ice T
• Il Clan[?]
• Islamic Force
• Ja Rule
• Jay Z
• Jermaine Dupri[?]
• Linton Kwesi Johnson[?]
• Jovanotti[?]
• Juelz Santana
• Jungle Brothers
• Jurassic 5
• Juvenile
• KDD[?]
• Kid Frost
• Kilo Ali
• Knock-turn'al[?]
• KRS One
• Kurtis Blow
• Kurupt[?]
• Kwanza Unit[?]
• La Famiglia[?]
• La Fossa[?]
• La Cliqua
• Lil Bow Wow
• Lil Kim
• Lil Romeo[?]
• Lil Wayne
• Lil Zane[?]
• Lil Troy[?]
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez[?] (deceased)
• LL Cool J
• The Lox[?]
  • Jadakiss[?]
  • Styles P[?]
• Ludacris
• Manau[?]
• Marley Marl
• Mase
• Master P
• MC Ade[?]
• MC Claver[?]
• MC Hammer
• MC Lyte
• MC Ren
• MC Solaar
• Mellow Man Ace[?]
• Method Man
• Tha Mexakinz[?]
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
• Mobb Deep[?]
• Molotov
• Momo Posse[?]
• Mos Def
• Ms. Dynamite[?]
• Ms. Jade[?]
• Murat & Jose
• Mystikal
• NAP[?]
• The Nappy Roots[?]
• Nas
• Natina Reed[?]
• Nelly
• Notorious B.I.G. (deceased)
• NWA
  • Dr. Dre
  • Eazy-E
  • Ice Cube
• Olivia[?]
• OutKast
  • Andre Benjamin[?] (aka Andre 3000)
  • Big Boi[?]
• P. Diddy
• P27
• Parental Advisory[?]
• Plantashun Boys[?]
• Primitive Lyrics
• Public Enemy
  • Chuck D
  • Flava Flav[?]
  • Terminator X
• Queen Latifah
• Rakim[?]
• The Roots
• Roxanne Shante
• Run-D.M.C.
  • Reverend Run[?]
  • DMC[?]
  • Jam Master Jay (deceased)
• Sa Razza[?]
• Schoolly D
• Sen Dog[?]
• Sens Unik
• Shawna[?]
• Silent Majority
• Silkk The Shocker[?]
• Sir Mix-A-Lot[?]
• Snoop Dogg
• Sottotono[?]
• South Park Mexican
• Special Ed[?]
• Sugarhill Gang
• Suprême NTM
• Talib Kweli
• Timbaland & Magoo[?]
• A Tribe Called Quest
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammed[?]
  • Phife Dawg[?]
  • Q-Tip[?]
• Trick Daddy[?]
• Triple 6 Mafia
• Trina[?]
• Tupac Shakur (deceased)
• Uncle Luke[?]
• U.T.F.O.[?]
• Vanilla Ice
• Warren G
• Westside Connection[?]
  • Ice Cube
  • Mack 10[?]
  • W.C[?]
• Will Smith
• Witchdoctor[?]
• Wrecked Mob
• Wu-Tang Clan
  • Cappadonna
  • Ghostface Killah
  • GZA
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Masta Killa[?]
  • Method Man
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • U-God
• Xzibit[?]