Unlike many of the 1980s legends, the greatest rappers of the ’90s — from Jay Z to Andre 3000 — maintained relevance into the next decade and the one after. One reason why is that despite the genre’s ever-shifting sounds, rapping didn’t change much as a craft since the end of the golden era; the techniques were largely the same, just over different beats. Until Kendrick Lamar came along. From triple and quadruple-time rhythms, his layered adlibs, and his multiple-personality voices, the Compton rapper is arguably the greatest rap craftsman to emerge this millennium, but his lyrical content never suffered. Section.80, Good Kid Madd City, To Pimp a Butterfly and DAMN are four of rap’s most vivid and topical albums, with the last one earning him the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.
Lil Wayne’s commercial success speaks for itself — just ask Elvis, whom Weezy surpassed as the artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 hits of all time in 2012. Leaving that aside, his dizzying run of mixtapes, albums and guest spots from around 2004 to 2009 is arguably the most prolific example of quality meets quantity hip-hop has ever seen. No MC has ever rapped that well, on that many songs, for that long of a time period.
When we are talking about the top female rappers, there's no chance we can miss Nicki Minaj. She is one of the richest rappers in the world and is often cited as the "Queen of Hip Hop".
She was first noticed by the audience after releasing mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Nicki rose to fame with her debut album, Pink Friday in 2010 which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
Lauryn Noelle Hill is a famous songwriter, rapper, singer, and actress.
She was born on May 26, 1975, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
She is one of the most influential rappers and is known as one of the best female rappers of all time. She is best known for her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and for being a member of Fugees. She is highly respected for making melodic rapping and for bringing hip hop to popular music.
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, known by her stage name Megan Thee Stallion, was born on February 15, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
She first got attention when her videos of her freestyling started getting popular on Instagram, a famous social media platform.
Dana Elaine Owens, known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is one of the best female rappers. She was born on March 18, 1970, in Newark, New Jersey, and is a popular American actress, rapper, and singer.
In 1989, Queen Latifah signed with Tommy Boy Records, and the same year, she released her debut album All Hail the Queen. The album featured a classic song "Ladies First" that became a major hit. Two years later, Queen Latifah released her second and last album with Tommy Boy Records entitled "Nature of a Sista."
Band members
Ershad Zaman, Lead guitar and vocals (1999–present)
Ershad Zaman, Lead guitar and vocals (1999–present)
George Lincoln D’Costa, Vocal and guitar (1999–present)
Saef Al Nazi Cézanne – Bass, backup vocals (1999–present)
Kazi Sajjadul Asheqeen Shaju – Drums (1999–present)
Warfaze is the 2nd position in the heavy metal band of Bangladesh. They started their journey in 1984. In 1991 they started to cover Bangla song. Before that, they generated an English song. Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal is the founder of Warfaze and Sheikh Monirul Alom Tipu is the leader. Kamal is number 1 guitarist of BD. Their 1st album is Warfaze. They have released 8 album already. Boshy achi eka, Oshamajik, Jotodurey, Purnota, etc. are the most Favourite songs by Warfaze.
Aurthohin is in the 3rd position of Bangladeshi Band. In 1997 they started their journey. There are 3 members in Aurthohin. Bass-Baba is the number 1 bassist in Bangladesh and number 5 bassist in the world. Raef Al Hasan Rafa was the member of this band. After playing 12 years he left Aurtohin in 2016. Aurthohin released 9 albums. Chaite Paro (1-2-3) Nikrishto(1-2-3) etc. are the famous songs of Aurthohin.
LRB (Love Runs Blind); LRB is in the 4th position in BD. Ayub Bacchu is the founder of the band and leader too. He is the number 3 guitarist of BD. The band performs Hard rock, Alternative Rock, Soft rock, etc. It started the journey on 05 April 1991. LRB released their first double album in 1992. There are 11 albums of LRB.
Shironamhin: Shironamhin started their journey in 1996. There are five albums of Shironamhin.In their songs, a wide variety of influences, including classical and folk traditions of Bengali music and rock music can be found. Ziaur Rahman Zia is the leader of this band. Hashimukh, Abar Hashimukh, Bangladesh are the most popular songs of the band.
Popularly known for mixing pop music with Hip Hop, Yo Yo Honey Singh is a rapper the whole world knows about. Born in Hoshiarpur (Punjab) on 15 March 1983 into a Punjabi family, Yo Yo Honey Singh has earned a huge name and fame in the music industry.
He is typically referred to as a revolutionary music changer of India. His popular hits like Brown Rang, Breakup Party, and This Party Gettin Hot are heard all over India.
Yo-Yo Honey Singh is among the highest-paid rappers in India. He reportedly charged Rs. 7 million for a Bollywood song of the movies, Cocktail and Mastan.
Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia aka Badshah is a famous Indian rapper, film producer, singer, and businessman. He sang his first Bollywood song “Saturday Saturday” in 2014 with Indeep Bakshi and Akriti Kakkar.
Some of the songs that have recorded millions of views are Proper Patola, Wakhra Swag, Bandook, Saturday Saturday, RayZR Mera Swag, Pop the Bottle, and Heartless.
This top Indian rapper has received many awards like the GIMA Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2016 and Best Punjabi Music Director.
Bilal Shaikh aka Emiway Bantai is one of the greatest names in the underground Hip Hop rap scenes. Emiway is an amalgamation of two words “Eminem” and “Lil Wayne”.
Emiway, after completing his 12th, left his studies and struggled a lot to survive. In 2013, he debuted with the track ‘Glint Lock’ and got huge fame with ‘Aur Bantai’ in 2014. With a whopping 17.8 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, he has become a viral sensation among today’s youth.
Born on 2nd October 1990, Vivian Fernandes, popularly known as Divine is an Indian professional Desi Hip Hop Rapper from Andheri, Mumbai, India.
He began his career as an underground rapper in 2011. He was a part of a Hip Hop crew ‘Mumbai’s Finest’. In 2014, he was felicitated by Rolling Stone India with the Best Music Video of The Year Award.
The famous ‘Mere Gully Mein’ song that we hear on a daily basis features him and his fellow Mumbai rapper Naezy. The film Gully Boy is based on Divine and his friend Naved Shaikh aka Naezy’s life.
Ankit Singh Patyal, popularly known as Ikka is a renowned singer, music composer and above all, a brilliant rapper. He is a very known personality in the music industry of Punjab.
Ikka belongs to Himachal Pradesh and began his professional career with his debut music ‘Gadbad Gadbad’ in 2014. He entered the Bollywood industry with his song ‘In Da Club’, which was for the movie Tamanchey.
He was also a part of a well-known hip-hop band ‘Mafia Mundeer’, where he worked with renowned rappers Honey Singh, Raftaar, Lil Golu, and Badshah.
The famous movie ‘Gully Boy’ starring Ranveer Singh emerging from the slum of Dharavi in Mumbai is a movie inspired by the struggling story of none other than today’s famous Indian rapper Naved Shaikh, known popularly as Naezy The Baa.
He raps in two languages– Hindi and Marathi. In 2014, he launched his debut single ‘Aafat’ which explains what comprises Mumbai, the city of dreams. He is known for using Mumbai slang in his raps.
In the initial days, Naezy also replicated the rapping style of famous rappers like Lil Wayne and Sean Paul.
The only rapper in India who sings in English, Vighnesh Shivanand aka Brodha V is a well-known rapper and music producer. As he raps in English, he has struggled a lot because of the language barrier.
He has an excellent command of the English language and is quite brilliant in English rap flow and vocabulary. A few of his popular songs are “Aigiri Nandini”, “Aathma Raama”, “After Party” and, “Vainko”. Brodha V is trying to rap in the local regional languages of India to target bigger audiences.
Krsna is a Kashmiri Pandit who entered the world of rap at the age of 14. He was among the first rapper to gain popularity through YouTube when his song ‘Kaisa Mera Desh’ which he uploaded on YouTube became viral in just one night. That’s the power of Krsna’s rap.
He got signed in 2013 with Universal Studios at a time when rapping was not popular in India. The next year, in 2014 he released his debut album, ‘Sellout’ on Universal Music.