Birth Of Hip Hop
This song is commonly credited as the first successful rap song
Rappers Delight - The Sugar Hill Gang
This famous New York rapper debuted in 1991 with a stage name very similar to his real name
Tupac Shakur (2Pac)
This rap song was the 2025 record of the year
Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
The highest streamed artist of the 2010s
Drake
Pharell Williams wrote and performed 2 songs for this animated movie franchise from the early 2010s
Despicable Me
The area that is commonly credited as the birthplace of Hip-Hop
The Bronx, New York
This former N.W.A. member would make his solo debut in 1992 before producing Snoop Dogg's debut album and signing Eminem in the following years
Dr. Dre
This is the rapper with the most Grammys
Jay-Z / Kanye West (Tie)
The highest-rated rap album of the 2010s
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
This rapper is the younger cousin of another popular rapper and had a Minecraft youtube channel as a kid
Baby Keem
Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator both sampled this song for "Bound 2" and "A BOY IS A GUN"
Bound - Ponderosa Twins Plus One
This posthumous album is the best-selling album of the 90s
Life After Death -
The Notorious B.I.G.
The rapper with the most Grammy wins in one night (5)
Lauryn Hill / Kendrick Lamar (Tie)
This Marvel Superhero from Brooklyn stars in 2 movies with soundtracks comprised of newly written hip hop songs
Miles Morales / Spider-Man
This rapper has an "Elf on the Shelf" parody toy
Snoop Dogg with "Snoop on The Stoop"
The person commonly credited with creating hip-hop
DJ Kool Herc
Anthony Mackie's debut movie was this 2002 biographical drama about and featuring songs from this artist
8 Mile - Eminem
The best album of all time (according to Apple Music's Top 100)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
This Rapper and Producer has an animated Lego biopic released in 2024
Pharrell Williams
This Rock / Pop artist was Knighted By Queen Elizabeth II 3 years before performing with Eminem at the Grammys
Sir Elton John
The "Holy Trinity" of early hip-hop
DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash
This British-American Raper has his own "alter ego" inspired by one of Marvel's most iconic villains mixed with "The Phantom of the Opera"
MF DOOM
Now best known for his acting career, this "prince" was the first winner of Best Rap Performance with DJ Jazzy Jeff for "Parents Just Don't Understand"
Will Smith aka "The Fresh Prince"
This artist performed at one of President Obama's reelection rallies with a new cover of one of his songs, changed to criticize Obama's opponent
Jay-Z
This rapper worked with Epic Games to build hype for the next season of their game "Fortnite" by having a feud with a humanoid pickle named Big Dill, with "diss tracks" from both parties
T-Pain