Over 24K music fans have voted on the 50+ Best Rappers Of The 2000s, Ranked. Current Top 3: Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne
In the early 2000s, Jean devoted his time to various credits, such as "The Country Bears" with Christopher Walken (2002), "Love Actually" (2003) starring Alan Rickman, the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore box office smash "50 First Dates" (2004) and "Letter to the President" (2004). ...
DMX made a significant impact on late 1990s and early 2000s hip hop with his aggressive rapping style. He launched his rap career in the early 1990s and gained fame with his debut album "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" in 1998. DMX made history by having five consecutive albums debut at ...
The album took horror-movie cues from Gravediggaz’s6 Feet Deepand early Three 6 Mafia records, including 1995’sMystic Stylez, and showcased dark g-funk beats. The album was so dark and graphic that it was cited in a 1996 murder where an 18-year old listened to the song “Locc 2 da...
In early 2023, Billboard/Vibe is ranking the Top 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time as part of our salute to this year’s golden anniversary of hip-hop. (The genre dates back to 1973, when DJ Kool Herc first set up his two turntables to rock a Bronx party.) The rollout began with th...
he says the last four years had him working the hardest he ever has. That’s how long it took him to finish his 13th album,Colors, released Oct. 13 on Capitol and co-produced with Greg Kurstin, a member of Beck’s early 2000s touring band who went on to make hits forAdele,Siaand...
It's been well-documented that the legendaryBiz Markiespit many rhymes penned by one of his most renowned peers during the early days of hip-hop,Big Daddy Kane. In Brian Coleman's 2007 book,Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, Big Daddy Kane credits his working relationshi...
it wasn’t much of a shock when reference tracks began to surface on the internet in which B.I.G. can be heard rapping the lyrics to some of Kim’s most popular songs.Rumors that Biggie had written some of the Queen Bee's rapscirculated throughout the early part of her career and ...
Hailing from Baton Rouge, Webbie became a prominent figure in the Southern hip-hop scene in the early 2000s. His debut album “Savage Life” and its sequels have become classics in the Southern rap canon. Webbie’s music, characterized by its catchy hooks and raw lyrics about life in th...
their own stories largely ignored. But in the early days of the genre, while critics were still deriding hip-hop as a passing fad, female rappers were beginning to make up a formidable piece of the genre’s biology, unapologetically detailing their interpretations and experiences of the world ...