The Groove

The greatest hip hop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Ye

United States of America · 1977– · hip hop

203.930

Why this number?

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25 The Notorious B.I.G.

United States of America · 1972–1997 · hip hop 18.080

26 Public Enemy

United States of America · 1985– · hip hop 17.020

27 Kid Cudi

United States of America · 1984– · hip hop 16.600

28 MF DOOM

United States of America · 1971–2020 · hip hop 14.580

29 Madvillain

United States of America · 2002–2020 · hip hop 13.920

Post Malone

United States of America · 1995– · hip hop 13.820

31 Travis Scott

United States of America · 1991– · trap 12.800

32 Danny Brown

United States of America · 1981– · hip hop 12.240

33 Yasiin Bey

United States of America · 1973– · hip hop 11.320

34 Gnarls Barkley

United States of America · 2006– · hip hop 10.840

35 A$AP Rocky

United States of America · 1988– · hip hop 10.610

36 JPEGMAFIA

United States of America · 1989– · hip hop 10.370

37 Common

United States of America · 1972– · hip hop 10.020

38 J Dilla

United States of America · 1974–2006 · instrumental hip hop 9.200

39 Denzel Curry

United States of America · 1995– · hip hop 8.380

40 Run‐D.M.C.

United States of America · 1982–2002 · hip hop 8.200

Missy Elliott

United States of America · 1971– · hip hop 7.980

42 Moloko

United Kingdom · 1993–2006 · trip hop 7.980

43 Childish Gambino

United States of America · 1983– · hip hop 7.820

Snoop Dogg

United States of America · 1971– · hip hop 7.700

45 Tricky

United Kingdom · 1968– · trip hop 7.380

46 Logic

United States of America · 1990– · hip hop 6.700

T.I.

United States of America · 1980– · hip hop 6.692

48 De La Soul

United States of America · 1987– · hip hop 6.080