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Molly Santana
Molly Santana is a Fontana, California rapper and singer of Japanese and Black descent blending rage rap, melodic trap, and punk-emo influence; breakout came via Drake's "Ran to Atlanta," with albums Molly Santana (2024) and Black Punk (2026) on her Black Punk Music label.
Moneybagg Yo
Moneybagg Yo (DeMario DeWayne White Jr., born 1991) is a Memphis rapper; CMG/Interscope artist behind A Gangsta's Pain (No. 1, 2021), Time Served, Hard to Love, and Speak Now.
Monie Love
Monie Love (Simone Johnson/Wilson/Gooden, born 1970, London) is an English rapper and Native Tongues member featured on Queen Latifah's "Ladies First," with Grammy-nominated hits "Monie in the Middle" and "It's a Shame (My Sister)"; now a KISS 104.1 Atlanta radio host.
Morgenshtern (Алишер Тагирович Моргенштерн)
Morgenshtern (Алишер Тагирович Моргенштерн), born Alisher Valeev, 1998, Ufa, is a Russian rapper and video blogger famous for the Izirep YouTube project and the week-long album Легендарная пыль; declared a foreign agent in 2022, he now tours internationally.
Mos Def
Mos Def, stage name of Yasiin Bey, born Dante Terrell Smith, is a Brooklyn rapper and actor; Black Star (1998) with Talib Kweli, Black on Both Sides (1999), and The Ecstatic (2009) define his catalog.
MoStack
MoStack is the stage name of Montell Daley, a British rapper and singer-songwriter from Hornsey, North London, whose melodic style helped define UK rap's late-2010s crossover.
Mozzy
Mozzy (Timothy Cornell Patterson, born 1987) is a Sacramento rapper from Oak Park; breakthrough Bladadah (2015), Black Panther placement, albums Beyond Bulletproof and Survivor's Guilt.
Mr. Capone-E
Mr. Capone-E (Fahd Azam, born 1976) is a Pakistani-American Chicano and West Coast rapper, founder of Hi-Power Entertainment, known for Dedicated 2 the Oldies and the 2006 Top 40 single "Don't Get It Twisted" with Twista.
Ms. Dynamite
Ms. Dynamite, born Niomi McLean-Daley (1981), is an English rapper and singer from north London who won the 2002 Mercury Prize for her debut album A Little Deeper, the first solo black female artist to do so, plus three MOBO Awards and two BRITs.
Mudrat
Mudrat, also known as Kvnyl, is Australian punk rapper Sean Thompson of Naarm/Melbourne, fronting The Mischief. Viral 2023 pro-Palestine TikTok led to single MUD; debut album Social Cohesion (2025).
Mumble rap
Mumble rap, also called SoundCloud rap, is a pejorative mid-2010s hip hop label for slurred, Auto-Tuned, melody-driven rap with triplet flows, coined by Wiz Khalifa in 2016, rooted in Southern trap and exemplified by Young Thug.
Murphy Lee
Murphy Lee (Torhi Harper, born 1978 or 1979) is an American rapper from St. Louis, youngest member of the St. Lunatics; his 2003 album Murphy's Law and the Grammy-winning "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with Nelly and P. Diddy mark his peak.
Murs (rapper)
Murs (Nicholas Carter, born 1978), Los Angeles underground rapper of 3 Melancholy Gypsys and Living Legends, known for Murs 3:16 with 9th Wonder, the Felt series with Slug, Murs for President, and Strange Music albums.
Myke Towers
Myke Towers (Michael Anthony Torres Monge, born 1994, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican urbano rapper and singer; SoundCloud start in 2013, albums Easy Money Baby, Lyke Mike, LA VIDA ES UNA, and the hit LALA.
Mykki Blanco
Mykki Blanco, stage name of Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. (born 1986), is an American transfeminine rapper, poet, and performance artist, a queer rap pioneer whose albums include Mykki (2016) and CAFE PARADISO (2026).
Mystikal
Mystikal is the stage name of Michael Lawrence Tyler (born 1970), an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for the Grammy-nominated 2000 hit "Shake Ya Ass."
N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E. (Noreaga), born Victor Santiago Jr., Queens rapper of Capone-N-Noreaga ('The War Report' 1997), solo hit 'Superthug', reggaeton crossover 'Oye Mi Canto', and co-host of the Drink Champs podcast with DJ EFN since 2016.
N.W.A. and the Posse
N.W.A. and the Posse is a 1987 debut compilation by the Compton rap group N.W.A. It mixes early N.W.A. tracks with songs by associated West Coast artists.
Nadia Nakai
Nadia Nakai (Nadia Nakai Kandava, born Nadia Dlamini, 1990) is a South African rapper; Bragga EP (2016), Nadia Naked (2019), Braggacy (2025), Do's & Don'ts EP with Toss (2026), and reality show Nadia: Beyond Bragga.
Naezy (नवेद शेख)
Naezy (नवेद शेख), real name Naved Shaikh, born 1993, is a Mumbai rapper from Kurla and a pioneer of gully rap, known for "Aafat" and "Mere Gully Mein" with Divine, and as an inspiration for the film Gully Boy.
Namewee (黄明志)
Namewee (黄明志), born Wee Meng Chee in 1983 in Muar, Malaysia, is a Taiwan-based Malaysian rapper, filmmaker and actor known for multilingual satirical songs like 漂向北方 and 玻璃心, viral videos, and repeated official controversies.
Napoleon (rapper)
Napoleon (Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale), American rapper from Newark, New Jersey, member of Tupac Shakur's Outlawz; converted to Islam in 2002, left music, moved to Saudi Arabia, and founded a nonprofit building a masjid in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Nas
Nas (Nasir Jones), Queensbridge, New York rapper; debut Illmatic (1994) is widely called the greatest rap album; It Was Written hit No. 1; famous Jay-Z feud resolved in 2005; first Grammy 2021 for King's Disease.
Nasty C
Nasty C (Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo), South African rapper born 1997 in Durban, known for Bad Hair, Strings and Bling, Def Jam's Zulu Man with Some Power, and independent Tall Racks album Free.
Nate Dogg
Nate Dogg (Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, 1969–2011), Long Beach singer and rapper, voice of West Coast G-funk; 'Regulate' with Warren G, 34 R&B chart titles, hooks for 50 Cent, Eminem, Ludacris.
Nav (rapper)
NAV (Navraj Singh Goraya) is a Punjabi-Canadian rapper and producer from Toronto's Rexdale, known for "Beibs in the Trap," the Weeknd's XO label, and the Billboard 200 No. 1 album Bad Habits (2019).
Nayt
Nayt is the stage name of William Mezzanotte, born 1994 in Isernia and raised in Rome, an Italian rapper whose albums Lettera Q and io Individuo topped the Italian charts.
Necro (rapper)
Necro (Ron Raphael Braunstein, born 1976, Brooklyn) is an American rapper, producer, and Psycho+Logical Records founder who coined "death rap," fusing death metal with ultraviolent hip hop; brother of Ill Bill, debut I Need Drugs (2000).
Nelly
Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr., born 1974) is an American rapper from St. Louis whose 2000 debut Country Grammar made Midwest roots an asset in hip-hop; multi-platinum hits include Hot in Herre and Dilemma, with two Grammys and RIAA's fourth best-selling rap artist ranking. Distinct from Nelly Furtado, the Canadian singer.
Nemzzz
Nemzzz (Nemiah Emmanuel Simms, born 2004) is a Manchester rapper from Gorton whose TikTok-viral 2021 single "Elevate" led to chart-topping independent UK mixtapes Do Not Disturb, Rent's Due, and LOCKED IN.