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Bizzy Bone
Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane II, born 1976, Cleveland) is an American rapper, founding member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and prolific solo artist from 1998's Heaven'z Movie onward, repeatedly leaving and rejoining the group.
Blac Youngsta
Blac Youngsta (Samuel Marquez Benson) is a South Memphis rapper signed to Yo Gotti's CMG in 2015, founder of Heavy Camp, known for the gold single "Hip Hopper," the 2018 album 223, and the 2020 Top Ten mixtape Code Red with Moneybagg Yo.
Blacc Zacc
Blacc Zacc, born Zachary Chapman 1990 in Columbia, South Carolina, is a trap rapper and Dirty Money Entertainment CEO who broke through with the 2019 mixtape Trappin Like Zacc and Interscope deal.
Black Kray
Black Kray (Sickboyrari), stage name of Timothy O'Neal Mills, born 1994, Richmond, Virginia rapper, producer, and filmmaker; founder of Goth Money Records, early Raider Klan member, and influential figure in cloud rap, emo rap, and tread.
Black Rob
Black Rob (Robert Ross, also Bacardi Rob), Harlem rapper on Bad Boy Records; platinum debut Life Story with hit "Whoa!" (No. 43 Hot 100); later prison, illness, died 2021 in Atlanta at 52.
Black Thought
Black Thought (Tariq Trotter, born 1973) is a Philadelphia rapper, co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, known for Things Fall Apart, the 2017 Funk Flex freestyle, and the solo Streams of Thought, Cheat Codes, and Glorious Game projects.
Blackbear (musician)
blackbear (Matthew Tyler Musto, b. 1990, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter-producer blending pop, emo, R&B, and hip-hop; co-wrote Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and released Deadroses, Digital Druglord, and Everything Means Nothing.
Bladee
Bladee (pronounced Blade) is Swedish artist Benjamin Reichwald, founding member of Drain Gang with Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor; albums include Gluee, 333, The Fool, Psykos, and Cold Visions, released on YEAR0001.
Bleood
Bleood (Jamari Spencer, b. 2005) is an American experimental rage and digicore rapper from Florida, formerly m4ri and deffici1e, known for "alucard" and the 2026 mixtape PROTAGONIST.
BlocBoy JB
BlocBoy JB (James Baker, born 1996) is a Memphis rapper behind the 2017 viral "Shoot" dance and the Drake collaboration "Look Alive," a Billboard top-five hit with over a billion Spotify streams.
Bloody Hawk
Bloody Hawk (Nikolaos Kitsos), Greek rapper from Xanthi born 1995; albums Komplexiko, 1 Evro, Timima, and the Fthina Tricks trilogy; diamond-certified hit Caliente.
Bludnymph
bludnymph is the stage name of Kya Hansen (born 1998), a Canadian dark pop and pop-rap singer from Kelowna, British Columbia, signed to APG; debut EP DROOL (2023), Chainsmokers collaboration, album nympho (2026).
Blueface
Blueface (Johnathan Jamall Porter, born 1997) is a Los Angeles rapper known for his offbeat flow, the RIAA-Platinum Billboard top-10 hit "Thotiana," the 2018 mixtape Famous Cryp, Cash Money West signing, and 2020 debut album Find the Beat.
Bobby Shmurda
Bobby Shmurda (Ackquille Jean Pollard, born 1994) is a Brooklyn rapper whose 2014 hit "Hot N*gga" and Shmoney Dance made him a Brooklyn drill pioneer; he served seven years on conspiracy and weapons charges, was released in 2021, and now records independently.
Bodak Yellow
"Bodak Yellow" (Money Moves) is Cardi B's June 16, 2017 Atlantic/KSR debut single, modeled on Kodak Black's "No Flockin" flow, produced by J. White Did It; it hit Billboard Hot 100 number one for three weeks, the first solo female rap chart-topper since Lauryn Hill in 1998.
Bohemia (rapper)
Bohemia, the stage name of Roger David, is a Pakistani-American rapper known as a pioneer of Punjabi rap; his 2006 album Pesa Nasha Pyar is called the first major-label Punjabi rap album.
Bokoesam
Bokoesam is the stage name of Samuel Sekyere, a Dutch rapper of Ghanaian descent from Amsterdam who rose to fame with the 2015 New Wave collective.
Bones (rapper)
Bones (BONES), Elmo Kennedy O'Connor, born 1994, is an independent American rapper from Howell, Michigan and founder of TeamSESH; a dark emo/cloud-rap pioneer with over 100 releases and no record label.
Booba
Booba (Élie Yaffa, born 1976, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French rapper, ex-Lunatic duo member, solo from Temps Mort (2002) through Blanco Nemesis (2026), founder of the 92i label and the 2026 electro label Sublife.
Boogie Down Productions
Boogie Down Productions (BDP), South Bronx hip hop group formed 1985 by KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock with D-Nice; debut Criminal Minded (1987) founded hardcore rap; disbanded 1992.
Boolymon
Boolymon, aka snakechildpain, born 2004, is an underground American rapper-producer in the dark plugg/terror plugg scene; known for Megalodon (2025), the outstanding EP, and a 2024-2025 DistroKid streaming removal dispute.
BossMan Dlow
BossMan Dlow, born Devante McCreary in 1998, is a Florida rapper from Port Salerno whose 2024 viral hit "Get in with Me" peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100; albums include Dlow Curry and Chicken Talkin Bastard.
Bounce (music genre)
Bounce is a dance rap style that emerged in New Orleans in the early 1990s, built on call-and-response chants and the Triggerman beat, later popularized nationally by Big Freedia.
Brainpower
Brainpower is the stage name of Gertjan Mulder (born 1975, Antwerp), a Dutch-language rapper and producer based in Amsterdam and one of the Netherlands' best-selling rappers.
Broccoli City Festival
Broccoli City Festival is an annual hip hop and R&B music festival in Washington, D.C., founded in 2013 by Brandon McEachern and Marcus Allen and now part of Live Nation Urban.
Brooke Candy
Brooke Candy (born 1989, Oxnard, California) is an American rapper and performance artist known for explicit, genre-blurring music; albums Sexorcism (2019), Candyland and Spiral (2024), and the 2026 single VIP.
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is an annual hip hop event in Brooklyn, New York, first held in 2005 and described as the city's largest hip-hop cultural event.
Brotha Lynch Hung
Brotha Lynch Hung (Kevin Mann, born 1969) is a Sacramento horrorcore and gangsta rapper whose 1995 debut Season of da Siccness went gold; later albums include Loaded, the Strange Music trilogy, and 2024's Season of da Siccness 2: Kevlar.
Brother Ali
Brother Ali (Jason Douglas Newman, born 1977) is an American underground hip hop artist from Rhymesayers, known for Shadows on the Sun, Ant collaborations, Muslim faith, activism, and his 2025 album Satisfied Soul from Istanbul.
Bryce Vine
Bryce Vine, stage name of Bryce Ross-Johnson (born 1988), is an American rapper-singer from New York raised in Los Angeles, a Berklee alum known for the double-platinum "Drew Barrymore," platinum "La La Land" feat. YG, and the 2019 Sire album Carnival.