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Lil Yachty
Lil Yachty (Miles Parks McCollum, b. 1997, Mableton, Georgia), also known as Lil Boat, is an American rapper of the SoundCloud era whose first platinum single was 'One Night'; albums span Teenage Emotions, Lil Boat 2, and the psychedelic Let's Start Here. (2023).
Lil' Cease
Lil' Cease (James Lloyd Jr., born 1977, Brooklyn) is a rapper, Junior M.A.F.I.A. member and Notorious B.I.G. protégé; solo debut The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo (1999).
Lil' Fizz
Lil' Fizz (Dreux Pierre Frederic, born 1985), American rapper and actor, member of R&B boy band B2K; known for "Bump, Bump, Bump," You Got Served, Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood, and the 2026 Boys 4 Life Tour reunion. Distinct from other artists using the Lil Fizz name.
Lil' Flip
Lil' Flip (Wesley Eric Weston Jr., born 1981) is a Houston rapper, the DJ Screw-crowned Freestyle King, whose The Leprechaun, Undaground Legend, and U Gotta Feel Me made him a platinum-selling star before the T.I. beef and a move to independent releases.
Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones, born 1975, Brooklyn), also Queen Bee, is an American rapper and Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s sole female member, protégée of the Notorious B.I.G., whose 1996 debut Hard Core set a female rap Billboard debut record and whose sexually explicit image shaped later rappers.
Lisa Lopes
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971–2002), American rapper and singer, founding member of TLC with T-Boz and Chilli; four Grammy Awards, solo album Supernova, died in a 2002 Honduras car crash.
List of awards and nominations received by Eminem
Eminem awards and nominations: 15 Grammy wins from 47 nominations, a 2003 Oscar for "Lose Yourself," two Creative Arts Emmys, a record 15 MTV VMAs for a male artist, and 227.5 million RIAA certification units.
List of awards and nominations received by Kendrick Lamar
Awards record of Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Lamar Duckworth), Compton rapper: 27 Grammys from 66 nominations, 2018 Pulitzer Prize for DAMN., 2025 'Not Like Us' five-win sweep, Oscar nomination, surpassing Jay-Z.
List of Internet rap collectives
The list of Internet rap collectives covers groups like Pro Era, 88Rising, and Haunted Mound, formed or made successful through platforms such as SoundCloud and YouTube.
Lithe (singer)
Lithe (Josiah Ramel) is a Melbourne-based Australian rapper, singer, and producer of dark hip-hop, R&B, and trap; viral 2024 hit "Fall Back," 2024 Unearthed J Award winner, debut album Euphoria (2025).
Little Simz
Little Simz, born Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo in 1994, is a British rapper and actress from north London. Known for Grey Area and the Mercury Prize-winning Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, she records on her own AGE 101 label.
Live. Love. ASAP
Live. Love. A$AP is A$AP Rocky's debut mixtape, released free on October 31, 2011; 16 tracks of cloud-rap produced largely by Clams Casino, following a $3 million RCA deal.
LL Cool J
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968), stage name from "Ladies Love Cool James," American rapper and actor; Def Jam's first artist with Radio (1985), pioneer of the rap ballad, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2021 inductee.
Lloyd Banks
Lloyd Banks (Christopher Lloyd, born 1982) is an American rapper from Queens, New York, G-Unit co-founder with 50 Cent and Tony Yayo, solo debut The Hunger for More (2004), later The Course of the Inevitable trilogy; distinct from Lloyds Bank.
Loe Shimmy
Loe Shimmy (Shamar Williams Cox, born 1999) is a rapper from Pompano Beach, Florida; albums include Zuper PowerZ, Nardy World, Rockstar Junkie, and Pretty Girlz Run The World, with Drake feature "I'm Spent" reaching No. 34 on the Hot 100.
Logic (rapper)
Logic, born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (1990, Rockville, Maryland), is an American rapper of the Young Sinatra mixtape era and Def Jam years whose 2017 suicide-prevention hit "1-800-273-8255" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two Grammy nominations. Not the UK electronic musician, the Louis Logic underground rapper, or Logic Pro software.
Loon (rapper)
Loon (Chauncey Hawkins, born 1975), now Amir Junaid Muhadith, is a Harlem rapper featured on Diddy's "I Need a Girl" hits, whose 2003 Bad Boy album led to a 2004 exit, Boss Up Entertainment, and a 2008 conversion to Islam.
Lord Infamous
Lord Infamous (Ricky Dunigan, 1973-2013), Memphis rapper, founding member of Three 6 Mafia with DJ Paul and Juicy J; coined Triple Six Mafia name, credited with triplet flow, died of heart attack at 40.
Lord Jamar
Lord Jamar (Lorenzo Dechalus, born 1968, New Rochelle NY) is a Brand Nubian founding member, solo Five Percent rapper (The 5% Album, 2006), Oz actor, and VladTV commentator famous for calling white rappers guests in hip hop.
Lose Yourself
Lose Yourself is Eminem's 2002 single from the 8 Mile soundtrack, produced with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, was the first rap song to win the Best Original Song Oscar, and won two 2004 Grammys.
Lowkey
Lowkey (Kareem Dennis, born 1986, London) is a British rapper and activist of Iraqi-English parentage, known for independent political hip hop: Dear Listener (2008), Soundtrack to the Struggle (2011, #1 UK iTunes hip hop chart), Mongrel supergroup, and the Struggle sequels of 2019.
Loyle Carner
Loyle Carner, born Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner in 1994, is an English South London rapper known for confessional, jazzy hip-hop, Mercury-nominated albums Yesterday's Gone and Hugo, and his ADHD cookery school Chilli Con Carner.
Luci4
Luci4 (James Dear, 2002–2026), also Axxturel and 4jay, was an American rapper-producer from California who pioneered sigilkore, founded Jewelxxet, went viral with "BodyPartz" on TikTok, signed to Atlantic, and died at 23.
Lucy Bedroque
Lucy Bedroque, born Jeremiah Mark in 2006 and formerly lostrushi, is an LA-based rapper and producer of digicore, rage, and maplekore; albums include SISTERHOOD (2023), Unmusique (2025), and c (2026) on deadAir.
Ludacris
Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges, born 1977, Champaign, Illinois) is an Atlanta rapper and actor of the Dirty South era, known for Word of Mouf, Chicken-N-Beer, three Grammys, and Tej Parker in the Fast and Furious films.
Lunatic
Lunatic was a French hip-hop duo of rappers Booba and Ali from Boulogne-Billancourt, whose only album, Mauvais Œil (2000), is a classic of French rap.
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco (Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, born 1982) is a Chicago rapper; debut Food & Liquor (2006), Grammy winner for "Daydreamin'", nine albums including Lasers and Samurai (2024).
M Dot R
M Dot R (Moses McGeorge), English rapper from the Isle of Sheppey blending grime and dancehall in Patois; viral November 2023 single "Turn Red", signed to Sony Music.
M.I.A. (rapper)
M.I.A., born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, is a British-Sri Lankan Tamil rapper and producer; debut Arular (2005), hit "Paper Planes" on Kala (2007), Super Bowl controversy, 2024 Trump endorsement, 2026 Kid Cudi lawsuit.
Mac Dre
Mac Dre (Andre Louis Hicks, 1970-2004) was a Vallejo, California rapper and Thizz Entertainment founder who pioneered Bay Area hyphy, served five years for a Fresno bank-robbery conspiracy, and was shot dead in Kansas City in 2004.