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1. This artist was the first rapper to headline the Super Bowl solo.
  1. Kendrick Lamar
  2. Kanye West
  3. Eminem
  4. A$AP Rocky
2. This artist raps the lyric: “I get those goosebumps every time, yeah, you come around, yeah / you ease my mind, you make everything feel fine.”
  1. Travis Scott
  2. XXXTentacion
  3. 21 Savage
  4. Lil Uzi Vert
3. This rapper’s real name is Marshall Mathers.
  1. Eminem
  2. Mac Miller
  3. Post Malone
  4. Wiz Khalifa
4. This artist raps the lyric: “There’s a thousand yous, there’s only one of me.”
  1. Kanye West
  2. 2 Chainz
  3. 21 Savage
  4. Dr. Dre
5. This rapper came up with her stage name/alter ego after being bullied in the sixth grade.
  1. Doechii
  2. Nicki Minaj
  3. Doja Cat
  4. Lil Kim
6. This rapper’s real name is Rakim Mayers.
  1. A$AP Rocky
  2. Lil Uzi Vert
  3. Young Thug
  4. DaBaby
7. This artist raps the lyric: “I’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here / I can make it anywhere.”
  1. Jay-Z
  2. Kanye West
  3. Lil Wayne
  4. Nas
8. This rapper released the song “Sunflower” with fellow rapper Swae Lee for the movie Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.
  1. Post Malone
  2. Kendrick Lamar
  3. Jay-Z
  4. Megan Thee Stallion
9. This artist raps the lyric: “20-20, 20-20 vision / Cupid hit me, Cupid hit me with precision.”
  1. Tyler the Creator
  2. Future
  3. 21 Savage
  4. Gucci Mane
10. This rapper’s real name is Nayvadius DeMun Cash.
  1. Future
  2. LL Cool J
  3. Quavo
  4. Baby Keem
11. This artist raps the lyric: “It’s to the point that I love and I hate you / and I cannot change you, so I must replace you.”
  1. Juice WRLD
  2. J. Cole
  3. Playboi Carti
  4. Lil Baby
12. This rapper was the second woman ever to win the Best Rap Album award at the Grammys.
  1. Cardi B
  2. Nicki Minaj
  3. Queen Latifa
  4. Missy Elliott
13. This rapper was one half of the iconic rap duo Outkast.
  1. Andre 3000
  2. Offset
  3. Ice Cube
  4. Ludacris
14. This rapper’s verse on “Monster” was so good that Kanye West almost didn’t release the song because he thought it would overpower the rest of the album.
  1. Nicki Minaj
  2. Chance the Rapper
  3. Pusha T
  4. Kid Cudi
15. This artist raps the lyric “My mama told me boy make a decision / right now I gotta keep a tunnel vision."
  1. Kodak Black
  2. Childish Gambino
  3. Common
  4. T.I.
16. This rapper played “Jimmy” on the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation before starting his music career.
  1. Drake
  2. Chance the Rapper
  3. Travis Scott
  4. Tyler the Creator

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Fun Facts About Rap Music & Rappers

  • Rap music originated in African American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s.
  • The genre gained national prominence with the release of “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugar Hill Gang in 1979.[1]
  • In the 1980s a new wave of rappers started to shape the genre. These “new school” rappers included Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, Queen Latifa, the Beastie Boys, and N.W.A.[2]
  • By the 21st century, rap and hip hop had incredible mainstream success, with majorly popular artists like Jay Z, Kanye West, Timabland, Outkast, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and more.[3]
  • Eminem is currently the highest selling rapper of all time based on album sales (over 61 million albums and 166 million singles sold).[4]
  • The rapper who has won the most Grammy awards is Jay Z, with 25 wins.[5]
  • Since the introduction of the Best Rap Album category at the Grammys in 1996, the award has gone to a woman 3 times (Lauryn Hill in 1997, Cardi B in 2019, and Doechii in 2025).
  • In 2017, Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize in Music, making him the first rapper to be awarded this honor.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/genres/rap-hip-hop
  2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/art/hip-hop/The-new-school
  3. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/art/hip-hop/American-hip-hop-in-the-21st-century
  4. ↑ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/709252-biggest-selling-rap-artist-from-albums-usa
  5. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/artists/jay-z/9815
  6. ↑ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kendrick-lamar-wins-the-pulitzer-prize

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