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BB Trickz
BB Trickz, stage name of Belize Kazi (born 2000, Barcelona), Spanish rapper; TikTok viral hits "Bambi" and "Missionsuicida", EPs Trickstar and Sadtrickz, first album 80'z (2025), Charli XCX Brat remix feature.
Bbno$
Bbno$ (baby no money), real name Alexander Leon Gumuchian, is a Canadian rapper from Vancouver born 1995. Independent artist behind the viral 2019 hit "Lalala" with Y2K, albums eat ya veggies and bbno$, and Yung Gravy collaborations.
Beach, Please! Festival
Beach, Please! Festival: Romanian hip-hop and trap festival founded 2022 by Selly (Andrei Șelaru) and George Carabelea at Costinești, Black Sea; grew to 500,000+ attendees by 2025 at Nibiru Resort.
Beanie Sigel
Beanie Sigel (Dwight Grant, born 1974) is a Philadelphia rapper of Roc-A-Fella Records and leader of State Property; albums The Truth, The B.Coming; prison terms for weapons and tax charges.
Belly (rapper)
Belly (rapper): Ahmad Balshe, born 1984 in Jenin, West Bank; Palestinian-Canadian rapper from Ottawa behind The Revolution, Might Not, and Weeknd songwriting including Earned It. Not the Atlanta rapper Belly Gang Kushington.
Belly Gang Kushington
Belly Gang Kushington is the stage name of Victor Thomas, an Atlanta trap rapper from the Adamsville neighborhood who released his debut album The Streets Is Yours in 2025.
Benny the Butcher
Benny the Butcher, born Jeremie Damon Pennick (1984), is a Buffalo rapper and core Griselda Records member with cousins Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine; known for Tana Talk 3, Burden of Proof, Def Jam debut Everybody Can't Go, and his Black Soprano Family label.
Benzino
Benzino is the stage name of Raymond Scott, a Boston-born rapper, producer, and former co-owner of The Source magazine, known for the Almighty RSO, his feud with Eminem, Hip Hop Weekly, and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.
Bera Ivanishvili (ბერა ივანიშვილი)
Bera Ivanishvili (ბერა ივანიშვილი), performing as BERA, born 1994 in Paris, is a Georgian rapper and singer, son of billionaire politician Bidzina Ivanishvili; founded the Georgian Dream studio and GDS TV, has albinism, and faced a 2021 secret-recordings scandal over punishing critics.
Berner (rapper)
Berner, born Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr. (1983), is a San Francisco rapper and cannabis entrepreneur, Taylor Gang signee, and co-founder and CEO of the Cookies cannabis brand.
Betsy (Russian singer)
Betsy, also known as Betsy Girl, is a Russian child singer from Saint Petersburg whose 2024 single "Sigma Boy" became a viral international hit, reaching seventh on a Billboard dance chart.
Bhad Bhabie
Bhad Bhabie, real name Danielle Peskowitz Bregoli (born 2003), is an American rapper from Boynton Beach, Florida, who went viral on Dr. Phil in 2016 ('Cash me outside'), became the youngest female rap artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'These Heaux', signed with Atlantic Records, and released the mixtape 15.
Bia (rapper)
Bia (Bianca Miquela Landrau, born 1991, Medford, Massachusetts) is an American rapper signed to Epic Records, known for "Whole Lotta Money" with Nicki Minaj, "Best on Earth" with Russ, and her 2025 debut album BIANCA.
Big Boi
Big Boi, born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia, is the OutKast rapper and solo artist behind Sir Lucious Left Foot (2010), Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, and Boomiverse.
Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy, born 1968, Brooklyn) is an American rapper and Juice Crew member, a Golden Age hip-hop icon known for "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", the Gold albums Long Live the Kane (1988) and It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989), and a 1991 Grammy for "Back on the Block".
Big Freedia
Big Freedia (Freddie Ross Jr., born 1978) is the New Orleans "Queen of Bounce" hip-hop artist and TV personality behind Just Be Free (2014), Central City (2023), gospel album Pressing Onward (2025), and features on Beyoncé's Formation and Break My Soul.
Big Hawk
Big Hawk (John Edward Hawkins, 1969-2006) was a Houston rapper, Screwed Up Click original, and brother of Fat Pat; his albums include Under Hawk's Wings and HAWK, and his 2006 murder remains unsolved.
Big K.R.I.T.
Big K.R.I.T. (Justin Lewis Scott, born 1986, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American rapper and producer; K.R.I.T. means King Remembered In Time. Def Jam Top Ten albums Live from the Underground and Cadillactica, then independent on his Multi Alumni label.
Big L
Big L (Lamont Coleman, 1974-1999) was a Harlem rapper and D.I.T.C. member whose debut Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995) and single "Ebonics" made him a revered East Coast lyricist.
Big Lurch
Big Lurch, stage name of Antron Singleton, is a Dallas-born rapper and former Cosmic Slop Shop member, sentenced in 2003 to life without parole for murdering roommate Tynisha Ysais in Los Angeles in April 2002, with allegations of cannibalism while on PCP.
Big Narstie
Big Narstie, the stage name of Tyrone Lindo, is a British grime MC, comedian, and television presenter from Brixton who reached the UK top 20 in 2015.
Big Pun
Big Pun (Big Punisher), born Christopher Lee Rios (1971-2000), was a Bronx rapper of Puerto Rican descent whose 1998 debut Capital Punishment made him the first Latino rapper to go platinum; he died of heart failure at 28.
Big Scarr
Big Scarr (Alexander Woods, 2000-2022) was a Memphis trap rapper signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Records; his mixtape Big Grim Reaper reached number 25 on the Billboard 200.
Big Sean
Big Sean is the stage name of Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born 1988), an American rapper from Detroit who signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music in 2007.
Big Syke
Big Syke (Tyruss Himes, 1968-2016), Inglewood-born West Coast gangsta rapper; member of 2Pac's Thug Life and the Outlawz (as Moozaliny), featured on All Eyez on Me, and solo artist on Be Yo' Self and Big Syke Daddy.
Big Zuu
Big Zuu (Zuhair Hassan, born 1995), West London grime MC of the MTP crew with cousin AJ Tracey; albums Content With Content and Navigate; BAFTA-winning TV chef, host of Big Zuu's Big Eats on Dave.
BigXthaPlug
BigXthaPlug, also known as Xavier Landum, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. He is known for his deep baritone and his crossover success with country music.
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight is Travis Scott's second studio album, released September 2, 2016 on Grand Hustle/Epic; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified platinum, and spawned "Goosebumps" and "Pick Up the Phone."
Biz Markie
Biz Markie (Marcel Theo Hall, 1964–2021), American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, and Juice Crew member known as the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop; famous for "Just a Friend" (1989) and the landmark 1991 sampling lawsuit Grand Upright Music v. Warner Bros.
Bizarre (rapper)
Bizarre, born Rufus Arthur Johnson in 1976, is a Detroit rapper and D12 member (alter ego Peter S.) known for shock-humor horrorcore. Solo albums include Hannicap Circus (2005) and L.A.R.S. with King Gordy.