100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Artists

Criteria: - These 100 Rap/Hip-Hop artists where chosen and ranked based on influence, impact, originality, talent, and lasting popularity.
All realms of Rap/Hip-Hop are included.

Newly added names are in Red

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  1. Run-D.M.C.
  2. Public Enemy
  3. 2 Pac
  4. Eric B. & Rakim
  5. Jay Z
  6. N.W.A
  7. The Notorious B.I.G.
  8. LL Cool J
  9. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
10. Outkast
11. Nas
12. A Tribe Called Quest
13. Boogie Down Productions
14. The Beastie Boys
15. Big Daddy Kane
16. Wu Tang Clan
17. Ice Cube
18. Afrika Bambaataa
19. Slick Rick
20. De La Soul
21. MC Lyte
22. Scarface
23. Snoop Dogg
24. Salt-N-Pepa
25. Ice-T
26. EPMD
27. Kool G Rap
28. GangStarr
29. Lauryn Hill
30. The Roots
31. Kanye West
32. Kurtis Blow
33. Dr. Dre
34. Common
35. Too $hort
36. Eminem
37. Queen Latifah
38. Whodini
39. Eightball and MJG
40. The Funky Four + 1
41. The Fugees
42. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
43. Naughty By Nature
44. The Sugarhill Gang
45. Brand Nubian
46. Missy Elliott
47. Mos Def
48. Digital Underground
49. Cypress Hill
50. Goodie MOB

51. The Cold Crush Brothers
52. Heavy D. & The Boyz
53. DMX
54. Busta Rhymes
55. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
56. DJ Qwik
57. Ultramagnetic MCs
58. Ghostface Killah
59. The Treacherous Three
60. UGK
61. Redman
62. T.I.
63. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
64. Lil Kim
65. Doug E. Fresh
66. Big L
67. Three 6 Mafia
68. The Jungle Brothers
69. Talib Kweli
70. Ludacris
71. Stetsasonic
72. 50 Cent
73. KRS-One
74. Biz Markie
75. Lil Wayne
76. Eve
77. Big Punisher
78. X-Clan
79. Mobb Deep
80. The Pharcyde
81. Geto Boys
82. E-40
83. Da Brat
84. Digable Planets
85. Method Man
86. Little Brother
87. Eazy E
88. MC Hammer
89. 3rd Bass
90. Puff Daddy/P. Diddy
91. Foxy Brown
92. Twista
93. Ol' Dirty Bastard
94. Fat Joe
95. Leaders of the New School
96. Trick Daddy
97. AZ
98. Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon
99. Coolio
100. Kool Moe Dee

Influential & Important Artists on Hip Hop - (No Order) (Non Hip-Hop Artists)

James Brown
Mariah Carey
Millie Jackson
Beck
Neneh Cherry
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Miles Davis

Teena Marie
Sneaker Pimps
Chaka Khan & Rufus
The Last Poets
Blondie
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Prince

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