Top 25 Rap ArtistsOf All Time

By Zack Samberg and Charlie Nagle

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Number 2550 Cent

Real Name:Curtis James Jackson lll

Top Songs•Wanksta•Ayo Technology•Window Sopper•How 2 Rob

Number 24Common

Real Name:Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr.

Top Songs• The Light• The Dreamer• Retrospect for Life

Number 23

Real Name:Clifford Joseph Harris Jr

Top Songs•Live Your Life•Rubber Band Man•Big Things Poppin•Whats Up What Happenen

Number 22Busta Rhymes

Real Name:Trevor Smith Jr.

Top Songs•One•In The Ghetto•Whats It Gonna Be

Number 21Ice T

Real Name:Tracy Marrow

Top Songs• Colors • 99 problems• New jack Hustler

Number 20BIG SEAN

Real Name:Sean Michael Anderson

Top Songs•Dance•I Do It•Marvin & Chardonnay•My Last

Number 19Meek Mill

Real Name:Robert Williams

Top Songs•Amen•Burn•House Party

Number 18 R.Kelly

Real Name:Robert Sylvester Kelly

Top Songs•I Believe I Can Fly•Ignition•Worlds Greatest

Number 17Lil Wayne

Real Name:Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.

Top Songs•No Worries•Drop The World•How To Love

LL Cool JNumber 16

Real Name:James Todd Smith

Top Songs•James Todd Smith•Doin It•I Need Love•Going Back To Cali

Number 15

Real Name:Earl Simmons

Top Songs

•Party Up•Get It On The Floor•Where The Hood At

Number 14

Real Name:Jayceon Terrell Taylor

Top Songs•On•The Future•Higher •Reverse

Number 13

Real Names:André Benjamin and Antwan Patton

Top Songs•Hey Yal•The Way You Move•Ms. Jackson•B.O.B

Number 12 Eazy-E

Real Name:Eric Lynn Wright

Top Songs•It’s On•Boyz-n-the Hood•Real Mutha F****n G’s•Eazy-Duz-It

Number 11Fat Joe

Real Name:Joseph Antonio Cartagena

Top Songs•Aloha•Make It Rain•Pride N Joy•What’s Love?

Number 10

Real Name:Kanye Omari West

Top Songs•Stronger•Mercy•Heartless•All of the Lights•Clique

Number 9KRS-One

Real Name:Lawrence Krisna Parker

Top Songs•Step Into a World•Classic•Love’s Gonna Get’cha•Outta Here

Number 8Ice Cube

Real Name:O'Shea Jackson

Top Songs•Check Yo Self•Friday•Go to Church•You Can Do It•Why We Thugs

Number 7Snoop Dogg

Real Name:Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.

Top Songs•Drop It Like It’s Hot•Sweat on the Walls•Sensual Seduction•Young, Wild & Free

Number 6Rakim

Real Name:William Michael Griffin Jr.

Top Songs•When I B on Tha Mic•Holy Are You•It’s Been a Long Time•New York (Ya Out There)

Number 5

Real Name:Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Top Songs•Lose Yourself•Love the Way You Lie•‘Till I Collapse•Not Afraid

Number 4Jay-Z

Real Name:Shawn Corey Carter

Top Songs•Run This Town•Big Pimpin•99 Problems•Empire State of Mind

Number 3 Nas

Real Name:Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones

Top Songs•Nas Is Like•I Can•Hate Me Now•Hero

Number 2Notorious B.I.G

Real Name:Christopher George Latore Wallace

Top Songs•Big Poppa•Juicy•Hypnotize•Suicidal Thoughts

Number 1

Real Name:Tupac Amaru Shakur

Top Songs•California Love•Hit ‘Em Up•Hail Mary•Dear Mamma

And That’s the Top 25

These rappers are all featured on this list because of the influence they have left on the rap industry, and the world itself. Each one of them has at least one song that cracked

the Billboards Top 100, and most of the artists have a song that reached the Top 40

at one point. Our list was based on our opinion as well as other people’s charts. We put the two together and came up with this

list.