Famous Rappers

Rap music is known as the music of the mind for a number of reasons. It consists of speaking the lyrics in rhyme and verse form, alongside an instrumental and synthesized beat. This style of music also accompanies many other additions like DJing, scratching, sampling, beat boxing simultaneously with rapping. It was initiated by the African-American and Jamaican youth in the Bronx of New York in the 1970s. Very soon it gained fame and publicity to become America's rap style of music and was imitated and improvised by music directors and singers from all over the world. Rap music mainly needs beat music and hence can also be recited without music, simply with beat boxers on the roll. Listed below are some of the famous rappers names who emerged from rags to riches only because of these unique singing talents.

List of Rappers

Ever since some young boys from the Bronx came up with rap music, it has been pouring on to the streets and subways of New York. Form the 1970s till today, these famous rappers have come a long way experiencing the ups and downs in the music industry. They've been rejected, let down and insulted but they never gave up trying to show the world what they had. Today hip hop is one of the most highly sold music styles in the world. Given below are the names of such men from the 70s who are worth remembering for their valuable contributions to the world of rap.

• Kool DJ Herc
• Grandmaster Flash
• Baby Huey
• Dennis Coffey
• The Jimmy Castor Bunch
• The Sugarhill Gang
• Missy Elliott
• 50 Cent
• Xzibit
• Nelly
• Snoop Dogg
• Eminem
• Ludaris
• Lil jon
• G-Unit
• Surplus
• Touhu
• Bankhead
• Lil wayne
• The Slim Shady
• Jay-Z
• DR. Dre
• Rakim
• Ice Cube
• Scarface
• Ras Kass
• Nas
• T-Rock
• Notorious BIG
• Tupac Shakur
• Sir Mix-a-Lot
• MC Hammer
• Vanilla Ice
• Eve
• LL Cool J
• Queen Latifah

Those were some of the best and legendary famous rappers from the 70s till date. You can add some more by your knowledge. There are rappers from all over the world, but if you want to know a few names of famous rappers only from Chicago, keep reading. Since the hip hop from Chicago is a little different from the Bronx we thought of giving you a small list of rappers from this side of the world who also left a mark in rap music over the years.

Rappers from Chicago

Some of these names aren't very noticed and some are, but they all have contributed to this widespread of rap and thus they are worth mentioning, so take a look!

• Kanye West
• Lupe Fiasco
• No I.D.
• Do or Die
• Twista
• Rhymefest
• R. Kelly
• Shawnna
• The Legendary Traxster
• Fast Eddie
• Psalm One
• Mr. Lee
• Diverse
• Young Blaze
• Hotstylz
• Skooda Chose
• Young Von
• Chicago Kid
• GLC
• Block Exchange
• King James
• Mush Millions
• Chicago Larry
• Common
• Earatik Statik
• Gerald Walker
• Marz
• MC Juice
• Vakill
• Snypaz

Those were the famous rappers from Chicago. Since rap came from combinations of various other music and rhythmic styles, there is a large collection of instruments that are used while composing. It is inspired by the singers experiences about life and can be put into words very simply and plainly. It is quite a skill to be able to memorize the lyrics and recite them continuously without stopping for an entire verse. This recitation is followed by either taking the high or low notes and singing the chorus with the music. Well, that's a tough job which comes with hard work and practice.

I am sure these famous rappers have been a source of inspiration to all of you who love rap. If you can add some more names to this list, take the liberty to do so, and till then keep rapping!