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Afroman
Afroman, stage name of Joseph Edgar Foreman (born 1974), American comedic rapper behind the Grammy-nominated 2000 hit "Because I Got High" and the Lemon Pound Cake album, who won a 2026 defamation trial brought by Ohio deputies over raid-footage music videos.
Afusic
Afusic (Affan Khan), Pakistani singer and rapper from Hyderabad, Sindh; with producer Ali Soomro made the 2025 viral hit "Pal Pal" (250M+ YouTube streams), Spotify Pakistan's most discovered artist of 2025, signed to UMG Pakistan.
Aitch (rapper)
Aitch (Harrison James Armstrong, born 1999) is an English rapper from New Moston, Manchester, known for "Straight Rhymez", "Taste (Make It Shake)", the album Close to Home, and a 2023 BRIT Award.
AJ Tracey
AJ Tracey (Ché Wolton Grant, born 1994) is a West London grime MC turned genre-hopping UK rapper; hits include Thiago Silva, Butterflies, and Ladbroke Grove, with albums AJ Tracey (2019), Flu Game (2021), and Don't Die Before You're Dead (2025).
AKA (rapper)
AKA (Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, 1988–2023), also Supa Mega, South African rapper from Cape Town; Entity founder, Altar Ego through Mass Country, SAMA and Metro FM winner, shot dead in Durban in February 2023.
Akala (rapper)
Akala is the stage name of Kingslee James McLean Daley (born 1983), a British rapper, poet, and author who founded the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company and wrote the bestselling Natives.
Akriila
Akriila (Fernanda Patricia Sepúlveda Tapia, born 2003, Maipú, Chile) is a Chilean rapper and alt-pop artist; debut album Epistolares (2024), Atlantic Records signing, and 2026 album lucy miró al mundo y notó que está girando.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born 1970, Brooklyn) is a DJ, producer, and composer: DJ/co-producer of A Tribe Called Quest, member of The Ummah and Lucy Pearl, co-writer of D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar," and, with Adrian Younge, composer of Luke Cage and co-founder of the Jazz Is Dead label.
Alright (Kendrick Lamar song)
Alright is a 2015 Kendrick Lamar song from To Pimp a Butterfly, produced by Pharrell Williams and Sounwave. Its chorus became a Black Lives Matter protest chant, and it won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance at the 2016 Grammys.
Alternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop is a tradition in United States hip hop, running from the late 1980s to the present, of artists whose music stood outside dominant commercial styles.
Ameer Vann
Ameer Vann (born 1996) is an American rapper from Houston, Texas, a founding member of BROCKHAMPTON, removed from the group in May 2018 over sexual misconduct allegations; solo EP EMMANUEL (2019), album WOOF (2024).
American Gangster (album)
American Gangster is Jay-Z's tenth studio album and first concept album, released November 6, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella, inspired scene-by-scene by Ridley Scott's 2007 film, produced by the Hitmen, Neptunes, Just Blaze, and No I.D., scoring 83 on Metacritic.
Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak, born Brandon Paak Anderson (1986, Oxnard, California), is an American singer, rapper, drummer, and producer; also Breezy Lovejoy and half of Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars; 9 Grammy wins from 15 nominations.
André 3000
André 3000 (André Lauren Benjamin, born 1975) is an Atlanta rapper, flutist, and actor, one half of OutKast; debut solo album New Blue Sun (2023) and EP 7 Piano Sketches (2025).
Andre Nickatina
Andre Nickatina (Andre Adams, formerly Dre Dog) is an American underground hardcore rapper from San Francisco's Fillmore district who debuted in 1993 and has released almost twenty albums.
André Troutman
André Lavern Troutman (born 1989) is a Jacksonville-born American singer, producer, and talk box artist, younger cousin of Roger Troutman of Zapp & Roger; music director for Ye, producer and featured vocalist on Bully (2026), known for "All the Love."
Angel Haze
Angel Haze, stage name of Raeen Roes Wilson (born 1991, Detroit), is an American rapper signed to Universal Republic and Island in 2012; releases include Reservation, Dirty Gold, Back to the Woods, and Purge! (2025).
Anna (rapper)
Anna, stage name of Anna Pepe (born 2003), is an Italian rapper from La Spezia who became the youngest Italian artist to top the singles chart with "Bando" in 2020.
Anycia
Anycia (Anycia Symone Edwards, born 1997) is an Atlanta rapper known for the viral 2023 song "So What," the EP Extra, debut album Princess Pop That (2024), and Grady Baby (2025), the first Gangsta Grillz mixtape by an Atlanta female rapper.
Apl.de.ap
Apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo Jr., born 1974, Angeles City, Pampanga) is a Filipino-American rapper, Black Eyed Peas co-founder, BMBX label founder, and philanthropist via the Apl.de.Ap Foundation.
AR-Ab
AR-Ab, born Abdul Ibrahim West in 1982, is a Philadelphia battle rapper and OBH Records founder, name-checked by Drake on "Back to Back," who was sentenced in 2021 to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking.
Arabian Prince
Arabian Prince (Kim Renard Nazel, born 1965, Compton) is an American electro-funk rapper, producer, DJ, and founding N.W.A member who left in 1988, produced J.J. Fad's platinum "Supersonic," and later built a video game and music-technology career.
Aries (musician)
Aries (Arshia Fattahi) is an American singer, rapper, producer and YouTuber from Orange County, California, known for SoundCloud-era melodic rap, the albums WELCOME HOME (2019) and GLASS JAW (2025), and his label WUNDERWORLD.
Armani Caesar
Armani Caesar (born 1989) is a rapper from Buffalo, New York, the "First Lady" of Griselda Records; her albums The Liz (2020) and The Liz 2 (2022) followed early mixtapes like Bath & Body Work.
ArrDee
ArrDee is the stage name of Riley Jason Davies (born 2002), a British rapper from Brighton known for the viral Body remix verse, the number 2 mixtape Pier Pressure (2022), and multiple UK Top 10 singles.
Arular
Arular is the 2005 debut studio album by British Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., blending dancehall and baile funk with references to the Sri Lankan civil war.
Asal Kolaar
Asal Kolaar (அசல் கோலார்), born Vasanthakumar Bakthavachalam in 1996 in Chennai, is an Indian Tamil rapper, singer, and lyricist known for the viral 2020 song Jorthaale, the film hits Naa Ready (Leo) and Monica (Coolie), and Trappang, a tappang-trap fusion.
ASAP Ferg
A$AP Ferg, born Darold Ferguson Jr., is a Harlem rapper and founding member of A$AP Mob, known for Trap Lord (2013), Always Strive and Prosper (2016), and songs like "Work" and "Plain Jane", plus fashion ventures.
ASAP Nast
ASAP Nast, born Tariq Devega in 1990, is a Harlem rapper and A$AP Mob member since 2007, cousin of A$AP Rocky, known for "Trillmatic" with Method Man and fashion work with Comme des Garçons.
ASAP Rocky
A$AP Rocky (Rakim Athelston Mayers, born 1988) is a Harlem rapper, A$AP Mob member, actor, and fashion figure. Albums Long.Live.A$AP, At.Long.Last.A$AP, Testing, Don't Be Dumb; Dior and Chanel ambassador; acquitted February 2025.