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Spinabenz

Spinabenz is Noah Williams (born 1998), a Jacksonville, Florida rapper and drill artist known for the 2021 viral diss track "Who I Smoke" with Yungeen Ace, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, and FastMoney Goon, which sampled Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" and passed 100 million streams.

Spinrilla

Spinrilla was an American mixtape streaming service for hip-hop, launched in 2013 by Jeffery Dylan Copeland and shut down in 2023 after a $50 million judgment.

SSIO

SSIO, born Ssiawosch Sadat in Bonn in 1989, is a German rapper of Afghan heritage who joined XATAR's label Alles oder Nix Records as an early artist.

Stankonia

Stankonia: OutKast's fourth studio album, released October 31, 2000 on LaFace, recorded at the duo's Atlanta studio of the same name; Grammy-winning, 5x Platinum, with B.O.B., Ms. Jackson, and So Fresh, So Clean.

Star Bandz

Star Bandz (Star Ana Flowers, born 2008) is a Chicago-area drill rapper from Sauk Village, Illinois, who broke out at 16 in 2024 with "Yea Yea," "My Baby," and the Priority Records mixtape Estrella, rapping without profanity.

Stefflon Don

Stefflon Don, stage name of Stephanie Victoria Allen (born 1991, Birmingham), is a British rapper and singer of Jamaican parentage raised partly in Rotterdam. Known for "Hurtin' Me" (UK No. 7), the Real Ting and Secure mixtapes, and the 2024 debut album Island 54.

Sticks (musician)

Sticks, also known as Sticky Steez, is the stage name of Junte Uiterwijk (born 1982 in Zwolle), a Dutch rapper best known as frontman of Opgezwolle and for a long solo career.

Sticky Fingaz

Sticky Fingaz (Kirk Jones, born 1973, Brooklyn) is an American rapper and actor, frontman of hardcore rap group Onyx, whose 1993 debut Bacdafucup and single "Slam" went platinum; solo albums include Black Trash (2000).

Stormy (rapper)

Stormy (Yasser El Malih, born 1997, Rabat), Moroccan rapper in Darija and French; breakout "Fratello" 2020, debut solo album ICEBERG (2024) with "POPO"; distinct from British grime rapper Stormzy.

Stormzy

Stormzy (Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, born 1993) is a Croydon-born British grime artist of Ghanaian heritage; his 2017 debut Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime album to top the UK chart, and he was the first British rapper to headline Glastonbury.

Stove God Cooks

Stove God Cooks (Aaron Cooks, formerly Cook$), Syracuse, New York coke rapper and singer; debut Reasonable Drought (2020) fully produced by Roc Marciano; frequent Griselda collaborator via Westside Gunn; featured on Clipse's F.I.C.O. (2025).

Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton

Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton is Eazy-E's second and final studio album, released posthumously January 30, 1996 on Ruthless/Relativity, 14 tracks completed by DJ Yella after his March 1995 AIDS death, certified Gold.

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton (1988) is N.W.A's debut album on Ruthless/Priority, produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella; the FBI controversy over 'F tha Police' helped it sell three million without radio, defining gangsta rap.

Stretch (rapper)

Stretch (rapper) is Randy "Stretch" Walker (1968–1995), Queens rapper-producer of Live Squad, 2Pac's close collaborator, accused after the 1994 Quad Studios shooting, killed in Queens in 1995; distinct from the East London grime rapper Stretch.

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... is 2Pac's second studio album, released February 16, 1993 on Interscope; his breakout, with singles 'I Get Around' and 'Keep Ya Head Up', No. 24 Billboard 200, RIAA platinum 1995.

Stromae

Stromae (Paul Van Haver, born 1985, Brussels) is a Belgian singer, rapper and producer whose albums Cheese, Racine Carrée and Multitude made "Alors on danse" a No. 1 hit in 19 countries; he also runs the Mosaert creative house.

Struggle Jennings

Struggle Jennings, stage name of William Curtis Harness Jr. (born 1980, Nashville), is a country rap artist, step-grandson of Waylon Jennings, ex-prisoner, Jelly Roll collaborator, and Angels & Outlaws label owner.

Styles P

Styles P (David Styles, born 1974) is a Yonkers, New York rapper, member of The LOX with Jadakiss and Sheek Louch, solo artist behind A Gangster and a Gentleman and "Good Times," and founder of the Juices For Life juice bars.

Sugarhill Ddot

Sugarhill Ddot (Darrian Jimenez, born 2008) is a Harlem drill/trap rapper who broke out in 2022, signed to relaunched Priority Records in 2023, and released the debut album 2 Sides of the Story (2024) with viral hit "My Baby." Not the Harlem neighborhood or Sugarhill Gang.

Sukha (musician)

Sukha (Sukhman Sodhi, born 2003, Toronto) is a Canadian Punjabi rapper, singer and songwriter; debut "Siftaan" 2022, hit "8 Asle" (Canadian Gold, Billboard Canadian Hot 100), album By Any Means, 2025 Juno nominations. Distinct from the Bangladeshi-Canadian artist SuKha and the mantra musician Sukha.

Summertime '06

Summertime '06 is Vince Staples' debut studio album, released June 30, 2015 on Def Jam. A 20-track, 59-minute double album about the summer of 2006 in Long Beach, produced mainly by No I.D. with Clams Casino, DJ Dahi, and Christian Rich; Metacritic score 87.

Supa Dupa Fly

Supa Dupa Fly is Missy Elliott's 1997 debut album, produced with Timbaland, led by the single "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" and its Hype Williams-directed video.

Swae Lee

Swae Lee (Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, born 1993, Inglewood, California) is an American rapper and singer from Tupelo, Mississippi, half of Rae Sremmurd with brother Slim Jxmmi, known for "Black Beatles", "Unforgettable", and the double-diamond "Sunflower" with Post Malone; his solo album Same Difference arrived in 2026.

Swizz Beatz

Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean, born 1978, Bronx) is an American hip-hop producer, rapper, and DJ. Ruff Ryders producer of DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem", Grammy winner for "On To The Next One", Full Surface founder, Verzuz co-creator.

T-Fest

T-Fest (Ти-Фест), born Kirill Nezboretsky in 1997 in Chernivtsi, is a Ukrainian rapper of melodic trap; hits "Ламбада" with Skryptonite and "Улети"; Gazgolder 2017–2022, then his own label Lemniskata in Europe.

T.I.

T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., also Tip), Atlanta rapper whose 2003 album Trap Muzik named trap music; Grand Hustle founder, three-time Grammy winner, King of the South, final album Kill the King (2026).

Ta13oo

Ta13oo (pronounced "taboo") is the third studio album by American rapper Denzel Curry, released in July 2018 through Loma Vista Recordings and structured in three acts, light, gray, and dark.

Tablo

Tablo (타블로; Daniel Armand Lee, 이선웅), born 1980 in Seoul, is the Korean-Canadian rapper, producer, and Stanford-educated leader of Epik High, known for Fever's End, Pieces of You, and the 2025 RM single "Stop The Rain".

Taboo (rapper)

Taboo (Jaime Luis Gómez, born 1975) is an American rapper and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, of Mexican and Shoshone-Hopi heritage, a testicular cancer survivor, author, and Indigenous-rights advocate.

Takeoff (rapper)

Takeoff (Kirshnik Khari Ball, 1994-2022) was the youngest member of Atlanta trap trio Migos with Quavo and Offset; solo debut The Last Rocket (2018), killed in Houston November 2022.