Who is the best rapper of 2021?

BEST RAPPER OF 2021 NOMINATIONS
  • Isaiah Rashad.
  • Lil Baby.
  • Moneybagg Yo.
  • Polo G.
  • Tyler, the Creator.
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Who is the #1 rapper 2021?

At the top of the list is Drake with 3,642,943,000 streams this year. While the site doesn't specify the particular tracks or albums that attributed to these numbers, earlier this year, Drizzy dropped a three-song pack called Scary Hours 2.
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Who is the #1 rapper right now?

1. Drake. Following the release of his much anticipated Certified Lover Boy album, Drake has verified yet again that he unarguably belongs to the league of the best of all-time rappers. In only one week of its arrival, the music industry felt the weight of the loaded album.
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Who is the best rap artist 2021?

The Top Hip-Hop Artists of 2021
  1. Drake. Unsurprisingly, the Canadian great tops Billboard's Top Hip-Hop Artists of 2021.
  2. Pop Smoke. After Pop Smoke's death in 2020, fans were left reeling. ...
  3. Lil Baby. ...
  4. Doja Cat. ...
  5. The Weeknd. ...
  6. Lil Durk. ...
  7. Juice WRLD. ...
  8. Polo G. ...
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Who is the top 5 rappers?

Lil Wayne, Drake, Big Sean and Master P all have Biggie in their top five. Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, 50 Cent and Fabolous included both 'Pac and Big in theirs.
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Top 10 Rappers 2021



Who started rap?

DJ Kool Herc is widely credited with kicking off the genre. His back-to-school parties in the 1970s were the incubator of his burgeoning idea, where he used his two record turntables to create loops, playing the same beat over again, and extending the instrumental portion of a song.
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Who are the big 3 rappers?

Ranking the 'Big 3' Every Year Since 2010. A decade ago, three rappers emerged at the top of their class: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. Each of them have approached their careers in very different ways in the years since then, but all three have made lasting contributions to rap.
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Who is the top 10 rapper?

The Game names the 10 best living rappers:
  • Jay-Z.
  • NAS.
  • Lil Wayne.
  • Eminem.
  • Kendrick.
  • Snoop Dogg.
  • Drake.
  • Andre 3000.
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Who has the most #1 hits in rap?

Here are the rappers with the most no. 1 songs
  • Nelly – 6 number-one singles. ...
  • Ice Cube – 6 number-one singles. ...
  • T.I. – 7 number-one singles. ...
  • Bow Wow – 7 number-one singles. ...
  • 50 Cent – 7 number-one singles. ...
  • Kanye West – 9 number-one singles. ...
  • Lil' Wayne – 11 number-one singles. ...
  • Drake – 21 number-one singles.
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Who is the next best rapper?

BEST NEW RAPPERS OF 2021 NOMINATIONS
  • 42 Dugg.
  • Baby Keem.
  • Bleu.
  • Blxst.
  • Morray.
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Who is best rapper 2022?

Rappers have always been at the forefront of pop culture since the '90s, but 2022 marks the biggest shift with dynamic female superstars Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Saweetie, and Coi Leray.
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Who is the rap goat?

Several very credible and top-selling artists have called Wayne the greatest, including Drake, Lil Baby and Kendrick Lamar, who said, “Lil Wayne is the greatest.
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Who is best rapper of all time?

The Greatest Rappers of All Time
  • #1 Jay-Z. Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, hails from NYC, a fact he raps about consistently over the course of his nearly three-decade career. ...
  • #2 Lil Wayne. ...
  • #3 Kanye West. ...
  • #4 Kendrick Lamar. ...
  • #5 Notorious B.I.G. ...
  • #6 Tupac Shakur. ...
  • #7 Dr. ...
  • #8 Snoop Dogg.
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Who is the goat of rap 2022?

It is unclear if this is in any particular order, but this is how Miller shared his list:
  • Kendrick Lamar.
  • Pusha T.
  • J. Cole.
  • Kodak Black.
  • Boldy James.
  • Vince Staples.
  • Lil Durk.
  • Lil Baby.
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Who is the king of rap of all time?

Eminem has been crowned the King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. The magazine took a look at solo rappers who released albums from 2009 to the present, taking into account album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube video views, social media, concerts grosses, awards and critics' opinions.
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Who is the hottest rapper?

When Hip Hop Grows Up: 20 Of The Sexiest Rappers Over 40
  1. Xzibit. Source:Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for 2019 Mammoth Film Festiva.
  2. Dr. Dre. ...
  3. RZA. Source:Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images.
  4. Ice Cube. Source:Roy Rochlin/Getty Images 4 of 20.
  5. Jeezy. Source:Rich Polk/Getty Images for Def Jam Recordings 5 of 20.
  6. Ludacris. ...
  7. Diddy. ...
  8. Nas.
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What rapper has the most kids?

Claiming the number one spot for “rappers with the most kids” is DMX with a whopping 15 children. The late rapper passed away in 2021 but was married to Tashera Simmons from 1999 to 2014. During that time, they welcomed four kids together and he fathered a son with Desiree Lindstrom.
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Who has the most #1 albums?

  • As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most number-one albums, with 27. This includes 19 albums from his work with The Beatles, 3 solo albums, and 5 albums as a part of his 1970s group Wings. ...
  • Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have number 1 albums in six different decades.
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Who is the number 1 rapper on Spotify?

Drake was the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2015, 2016 and 2018—the most years of any artist.
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Which rapper has the most power?

Jay-Z, Birdman, Kanye West Top Complex's 25 Most Powerful People in Rap List. Also claiming spots on the power ladder are moguls Dr. Dre and Sean "Diddy" Combs, drummer and Twitter celebrity Questlove and influential editors Ryan Schrieber and Elliott Wilson.
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Which city has the best rappers?

New York City is the clear number one choice on this list, as it is home to some of the greatest rappers of all-time, many of which made the greatest albums of all-time. The beats and rhymes created and exhibited on those albums are a soundtrack to the gritty beauty of New York City.
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Why is it called rap?

As early as 1956, deejays were toasting (an African tradition of "rapped out" tales of heroism) over dubbed Jamaican beats. It was called "rap", expanding the word's earlier meaning in the African-American community—"to discuss or debate informally."
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Why is rap so popular?

The popularity of rap in the early 2000s

Musicians like Kanye West, Eminem, Jay-Z, and many more opened up the world of rap to all who were willing to listen. Their songs have become the frequent leaders in music charts across the US. More people were learning to appreciate rap music.
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Who is the father of hip-hop?

DJ Kool Herc is the father of the breakbeat, the deejay practice of isolating and repeating "breaks," the most danceable portions of songs; breakbeats make up the foundation of modern hip-hop.
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