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Nettspend
Nettspend, real name Gunner Shepardson (born 2007), is an American rapper from Richmond, Virginia in the jerk and rage underground; viral with "drankdrankdrank" in 2023, signed to Grade A/Interscope, debut mixtape BAD ASS F*CKING KID (2024) and album early life crisis (2026).
NF (rapper)
NF (Nathan John Feuerstein, born 1991) is an American rapper from Gladwin, Michigan, also known as Nate Feuerstein, whose albums Perception and The Search hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and whose 2025 FEAR EP earned a fifth consecutive top-10 album.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born 1982, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, Young Money's first female signee, with five Pink Friday-era albums, 132 Hot 100 entries, and Pink Friday 2 (2023).
Nicki Minaj–Cardi B feud
The Nicki Minaj–Cardi B feud, also called the Nicki vs Cardi beef, is a hip-hop rivalry beginning with the 2017 "MotorSport" collaboration, peaking in the 2018 Harper's Bazaar Fashion Week shoe-throwing fight, and reigniting on X in 2025.
Nine Vicious
Nine Vicious (Treyvion Deronta Echols) is an Atlanta-raised rapper who broke out with "U Fancy?" (2024), joined YSL, and released B4EM, EMOTIONS, and SEDITION in 2026.
Nino Paid
Nino Paid, real name Jacquan Andrews (born 2001), is an American rapper from Landover, Maryland, in the DMV, formerly known as Zeal. Signed to Signal/Columbia, he broke through with "Pain & Possibilities" (2023) and released Can't Go Bacc (2024), Love Me As I Am (2025), and Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2026).
Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle (Ermias Joseph Asghedom, 1985-2019) was a Los Angeles rapper, All Money In label founder, and community entrepreneur. Known for the $100 Crenshaw mixtape, Grammy-nominated Victory Lap, Marathon Clothing, and 2020 posthumous Grammys.
NLE Choppa
NLE Choppa (Bryson Lashun Potts), also briefly NLE The Great, is a Memphis rapper who broke out at 16 with 2019's viral "Shotta Flow," kept ownership via No Love Entertainment with Warner distribution, and released Top Shotta and Cottonwood 2.
No Malice
No Malice, born Gene Elliott Thornton Jr. (1972), is a Virginia Beach rapper, one-half of Clipse with brother Pusha-T; he converted to Christianity, changed his name from Malice in 2012, released solo albums, and reunited as Malice on Let God Sort Em Out (2025).
NoCap
NoCap, born Kobe Vidal Crawford in 1998, is a rapper from Mobile, Alabama whose 2022 debut album Mr. Crawford reached number 8 on the Billboard 200.
Noizy
Noizy (Rigels Rajku, born 1986, Sukth, Albania) is an Albanian rapper and actor, founder of the OTR label, raised in London from 1997, with albums Pak më ndryshe through ALPHA and chart hits in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
Noname (rapper)
Noname (Fatimah Nyeema Warner), Chicago rapper and poet known for Telefone (2016), Room 25 (2018), and Sundial (2023), her 2013 Acid Rap feature on "Lost," and the Noname Book Club.
North West (musician)
North West (born 2013, Los Angeles) is an American rapper, singer, and producer, eldest child of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West; featured on "Talking" (Vultures 1), released debut EP N0rth4evr in May 2026.
Not3s
Not3s is an English rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor from Hackney, London, born in 1998, whose hits "Addison Lee" and "My Lover" made him a leading afroswing artist.
Notti Osama
Notti Osama (Ethan Reyes, born 2008) was a Harlem, New York drill rapper, brother of DD Osama, stabbed to death July 9, 2022 at the 137th Street–City College subway station at age 14; his killing inspired the viral "Notti Bop" dance.
Obie Trice
Obie Trice (Obie Trice III, born 1977) is a Detroit rapper, aka Obie 1, signed to Eminem's Shady Records; his albums include Cheers (2003, Billboard 200 No. 5) and Second Round's On Me (2006), and his tagline is 'real name, no gimmicks.'
Odd Future Records (record label)
Odd Future Records is an American record label created in April 2011 by the Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future, which partnered with Sony's RED Distribution while keeping its masters.
OFB
OFB, short for Original Farm Boys, is a British drill collective from the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, north London, best known for the trio Bandokay, Double Lz, and SJ.
Offset (rapper)
Offset, the stage name of Kiari Kendrell Cephus, is an American rapper from Lawrenceville, Georgia, a member of the Atlanta trap trio Migos and a solo artist since 2019.
OG Maco
OG Maco (Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., also Maco Mattox), 1992-2024, Atlanta-area rapper whose 2014 shouting single "U Guessed It" hit the Billboard Hot 100; XXL 2015 Freshman, Quality Control signee, OGG founder, died December 26, 2024.
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Tyrone Jones, 1968–2004), also ODB, Big Baby Jesus, founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan; his solo debut Return to the 36 Chambers (1995) spawned "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
Olamide
Olamide (Olamide Gbenga Adedeji, Baddo), Nigerian rapper born 1989 in Bariga, Lagos; founder of YBNL Nation, debut hit Eni Duro (2010), eleven albums from Rapsodi to Olamidé, mentor to Asake, Fireboy DML, Adekunle Gold.
ONE (musician)
ONE (원), born Jung Jae-won (정제원) in 1994, is a South Korean rapper and actor, formerly of the duo 1PUNCH and YG Entertainment, who debuted solo in 2017 with One Day and released PRVT 01 in 2019 on his label Private Only.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (the Purple Tape) is Raekwon's August 1, 1995 debut solo album on Loud/RCA, produced by RZA with Ghostface Killah on 14 of 18 tracks; it popularized mafioso rap and influenced Jay-Z, Nas, and Biggie.
Organized Konfusion
Organized Konfusion was a hip hop duo from Queens, New York, formed by Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch, known for three lyrically dense albums released between 1991 and 1997.
OsamaSon
OsamaSon (Amari Middleton, born 2003) is a South Carolina rage-rap and dark-plugg artist; albums Osama Season, Flex Musix, Jump Out (Billboard 200 No. 151), and psykotic on Atlantic.
Owl Pharaoh
Owl Pharaoh is Travis Scott's (Travi$ Scott) debut mixtape, released free May 21, 2013 on G.O.O.D. Music/Hustle Gang after a year's delay and reworks of a 2012 version; singles "Quintana" and "Upper Echelon".
P Money
P Money (Paris Moore-Williams, born 1989) is an English grime MC from Lewisham, London, known for a fast, skippy flow and the Money Over Everyone mixtape series.
Pa Salieu
Pa Salieu is a British rapper of Gambian descent from Coventry, England, whose debut mixtape Send Them to Coventry was released in 2020 and who won BBC Music's Sound of 2021 poll.
Paal Dabba
Paal Dabba (பால் டப்பா), stage name of Anish, is a Chennai-based Tamil rapper, dancer, and music video director. Debut single "3SHA" (2022); known for "170CM," "OCB," "Oorum Blood," and Think Indie releases.