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The greatest hip hop artists of all time

167 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Eminem

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972– · hip hop
126.750
Why this number?
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97 Madonna United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1958– · pop 1.104
98 *NSYNC United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · pop 1.054
99 twenty one pilots United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2009– · pop rock 1.047
100 JID United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1990– · hip hop 1.036
101 Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley Jamaica flagJamaica · 1978– · reggae 1.000
102 Spice Girls United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1994–2008 · pop 0.996
103 Timbaland United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972– · pop rap 0.966
104 Die Antwoord South Africa flagSouth Africa · 2008– · electronic 0.960
105 ミラクルミュージカル United States of America flagUnited States of America · experimental 0.953
106 Lana Del Rey United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · pop 0.949
107 Nicki Minaj United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1982– · pop 0.946
108 5’nizza Ukraine flagUkraine · 1998–2008 · hip hop 0.910
109 D’Angelo United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974–2025 · neo soul 0.900
110 The Prodigy United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990– · big beat 0.884
111 RJD2 United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1976– · instrumental 0.880
112 Flying Lotus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · electronic 0.878
113 The Weeknd Canada flagCanada · 1990– · contemporary r&b 0.841
114 Toni Braxton United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1967– · pop 0.827
115 Justin Bieber Canada flagCanada · 1994– · pop 0.818
116 A. R. Rahman India flagIndia · 1967– · pop 0.800
117 Christina Aguilera United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1980– · pop 0.780
118 Aaliyah United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979–2001 · contemporary r&b 0.772
119 Clipse United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1992– · gangsta rap 0.760
120 Outlawz United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1993– · g-funk 0.760