The people
Artists
Origins, history and full discographies, from Compton and the Bronx to Sacramento, Vallejo and Detroit.
Artist11/5Hunters Point, San Francisco, California
Artist2 Live CrewLiberty City, Miami, Florida
Artist2PacMarin City, California (born in New York City)
Artist8Ball & MJGOrange Mound, Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistA-PlusEast Oakland, California (born in Denver)
ArtistAlmighty DreadnaughtsDetroit and Highland Park, Michigan
ArtistAndre NickatinaFillmore, San Francisco, California
ArtistAwesome DréDetroit, Michigan
ArtistB-LegitVallejo, California
ArtistBeanie SigelSouth Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ArtistBig HerkWoodrow Wilson / Dexter-Linwood, Detroit
ArtistBig HermBayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco
ArtistBig MoeThird Ward, Houston, Texas
ArtistBig TuckQueen City, Dallas, Texas
ArtistBizarreDetroit, Michigan
ArtistBlade IcewoodDetroit, Michigan
ArtistBlue ScholarsUniversity District, Seattle, Washington
ArtistBone Thugs-n-HarmonyEast 99th and St. Clair, Cleveland, Ohio
ArtistBrotha Lynch HungSouth Sacramento, California
ArtistC-BoMeadowview, Sacramento
ArtistCelly CelVallejo, California
ArtistChance the RapperWest Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistChief KeefParkway Garden Homes, Washington Park, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistChingyWalnut Park, St. Louis, Missouri
ArtistCommonCalumet Heights, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistCougnutLakeview, San Francisco, California
ArtistCriminal NationHilltop, Tacoma, Washington
ArtistCrucial ConflictWest Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistD'PhuzionDetroit, Michigan
ArtistDa BratWest Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistDA SmartRobert Taylor Homes, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistDanny BrownDetroit, Michigan
ArtistDarkroom FamiliaHayward and Northern California
ArtistDaz DillingerLong Beach, California
ArtistDevin the DudeHouston, Texas (born Pontiac, Michigan)
ArtistDJ GodfatherDetroit, Michigan
ArtistDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh PrinceWest Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ArtistDJ PremierHouston and Prairie View, Texas; Brooklyn, New York
ArtistDJ QuikCompton, California
ArtistDJ ScrewSmithville, Texas; South Side, Houston
ArtistDo or DieEast Garfield Park, West Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistDorroughDallas, Texas
ArtistE-40Vallejo, California
ArtistE-A-SkiOakland, California
ArtistE.C. IllaUptown, North Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistEastside Chedda BoyzJefferson/Conner, East Side, Detroit
ArtistEminemDetroit, Michigan
ArtistEshamSeven Mile, Detroit
ArtistFat PatHouston, Texas
ArtistFoe LocoRosemont, East Sacramento
ArtistFredo SantanaChicago, Illinois
ArtistFrizzoMetro Detroit, Michigan (raised in Yreka, California)
ArtistG HerboSouth Shore (“Terror Town”), South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistGangsta PatWhitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistGeto BoysHouston, Texas
ArtistGoodie MobAtlanta, Georgia
ArtistGucci ManeZone 6, East Atlanta, Georgia (born Bessemer, Alabama)
ArtistHot BoysNew Orleans, Louisiana
ArtistHushDetroit, Michigan
ArtistIce-TNewark, NJ → South Central Los Angeles
ArtistInsane Clown PosseDetroit, Michigan
ArtistJ DillaConant Gardens, Detroit, Michigan
ArtistJ-KwonSt. Louis, Missouri
ArtistJeezyAtlanta, Georgia (born Columbia, South Carolina)
ArtistJT the Bigga FiggaFillmore, San Francisco, California
ArtistJuice WRLDChicago, Illinois (raised in Homewood, Illinois)
ArtistJunieStrawberry Manor, Sacramento
ArtistJuvenileNew Orleans, Louisiana
ArtistKanye WestSouth Shore, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistKaos & MystroDetroit, Michigan
ArtistKendrick LamarCompton, California
ArtistKhayreeVallejo, California
ArtistKid CudiShaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio
ArtistKid RockRomeo, Michigan (Detroit area)
ArtistKid SensationSeattle, Washington
ArtistKilo AliBankhead, Atlanta, Georgia
ArtistKing LouieEast Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistKing VonParkway Gardens (O’Block), South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistKingpin Skinny PimpDixie Homes, North Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistLazarusDetroit, MichiganArtistLil Bibby79th and Essex, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistLil DurkEnglewood, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistLil Jon & the East Side BoyzAtlanta, Georgia
ArtistLil KekeHerschelwood, Houston, Texas
ArtistLil ReeseEnglewood, South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistLil WayneNew Orleans, Louisiana
ArtistLunasiccSacramento, California
ArtistLupe FiascoWest Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistMac DreVallejo, CaliforniaArtistMac MallVallejo, CaliforniaArtistMaccniphNorthern California; based in Sacramento
ArtistManixDetroit, Michigan
ArtistMannie FreshNew Orleans, Louisiana
ArtistMarv WonDetroit, Michigan
ArtistMaster PNew Orleans, Louisiana
ArtistMC Shy DThe Bronx, New York; Atlanta, Georgia
ArtistMGKShaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio
ArtistMick JenkinsHuntsville, Alabama; raised on the South Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistMissy ElliottPortsmouth, Virginia
ArtistMozzyOak Park, Sacramento
ArtistMr. DoctorSouth Sacramento, California
ArtistNatasDetroit, Michigan
ArtistNellyUniversity City, St. Louis, Missouri
ArtistNo I.D.Chicago, Illinois
ArtistNonameBronzeville, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistOrganized NoizeAtlanta, Georgia
ArtistOutKastEast Point, Atlanta, Georgia
ArtistParadimeLivonia, Michigan
ArtistPayroll GiovanniWest Side, Detroit
ArtistPete RockMount Vernon, New York (born in the Bronx)
ArtistPolo GOld Town, North Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistProject PatNorth Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistProofDetroit, Michigan
ArtistPsychodramaWest Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistQuest M.C.O.D.Y.Detroit, Michigan
ArtistRaheem the DreamAtlanta, Georgia
ArtistRappin' 4-TayFillmore, San Francisco, California
ArtistRay CashCleveland, Ohio
ArtistRhymefestSouth Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistRick RossCarol City, Miami Gardens, Florida
ArtistRoyce da 5'9"Detroit, Michigan
ArtistSabaAustin, West Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistSan QuinnFillmore, San Francisco, California
ArtistScarfaceSouth Acres, Houston, Texas
ArtistSchoolly DWest Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ArtistSeven the GeneralDetroit, Michigan
ArtistSir Mix-a-LotCentral District, Seattle, Washington
ArtistSleepy Eyed JonesDetroit, Michigan
ArtistSlum VillageConant Gardens, Detroit, Michigan
ArtistSoul IntentDetroit, Michigan
ArtistSoulja SlimNew Orleans, LouisianaArtistSouls of MischiefEast Oakland, California
ArtistSpice 1Hayward, California
ArtistSt. LunaticsSt. Louis, Missouri
ArtistStretch MoneyDetroit, Michigan
ArtistT.I.Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia
ArtistThe ClickVallejo, California
ArtistThe D.O.C.West Dallas, Dallas, Texas
ArtistThe Dangerous CrewOakland, California
ArtistThe LunizOakland, California
ArtistThe NeptunesVirginia Beach, Virginia
ArtistThe PharcydeSouth Central Los Angeles
ArtistThe RootsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ArtistThree 6 MafiaMemphis, Tennessee
ArtistTimbalandNorfolk, Virginia
ArtistTimbaland & MagooNorfolk, Virginia
ArtistTommy Wright IIIWhitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistTone ToneDetroit, Michigan
ArtistToo $hortOakland, California
ArtistTrick DaddyLiberty City, Miami, Florida
ArtistTrinaLiberty City, Miami, Florida
ArtistTriple BeamSacramento, California
ArtistTum TumPleasant Grove, Dallas, Texas
ArtistTwistaWest Garfield Park, West Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistUGKPort Arthur, Texas
ArtistVic MensaHyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistX-RaidedSouth Sacramento, CaliforniaArtistYoung ChopSouth Side, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistZ-RoSouth Park, Houston, Texas
ArtistZigg ZaggSacramento, California