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Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean (Nelust Wyclef Jean), Haitian-American rapper, singer, guitarist, and producer; Fugees member behind The Score (1996); solo hits The Carnival, Gone till November, Hips Don't Lie; founded Yele Haiti; 2010 Haitian presidential bid; 2026 Quantum Leap seven-album project.
Wytch Hazel
Wytch Hazel are an English hard rock and heavy metal band from Lancaster, formed in 2011, known for a devotional, medieval-styled take on 1970s rock, with five albums on Bad Omen Records.
X Japan (エックス・ジャパン)
X Japan (エックス・ジャパン) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1982 in Chiba by childhood friends Yoshiki and Toshi, which pioneered visual kei and has sold more than 30 million records.
X-Qlusive Holland
X-Qlusive Holland is a recurring hardstyle event series by Dutch promoter Q-dance, first held in 2003, mixing leading Dutch hardstyle DJs with Dutch-language party acts.
X-Raided
X-Raided, the stage name of Anerae Veshaughn Brown, is an American gangsta rapper from Sacramento, California, who recorded 12 albums from prison and was paroled in 2018 after 26 years for murder.
Xandra
Xandra is the professional name of Alexandra Pohl, an American self-taught house DJ and internet personality from Cincinnati, Ohio, based in Miami, signed to Kygo's Palm Tree Records.
Xavier de Rosnay
Xavier de Rosnay (born 1982), full name Xavier Dulong de Rosnay, is the French graphic-designer-turned-musician who forms, with Gaspard Augé, the electro duo Justice; he is the duo's talkative spokesman, co-creator of Cross, D.A.N.C.E., and Hyperdrama.
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Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx (Xavleg, ZAV-leg), South African slam/brutal death metal band formed in Durban in 2016 by Vulvodynia members; known for its 52-letter name, Meme-Grind label, Gore EP (2016), Gore 2.0 (2018), and the 2025 EP Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
XOYO
XOYO, also known as XOYO London, is a nightclub on Cowper Street in Shoreditch, London, opened in 2010, known for its single-DJ residencies and reopened in 2026.
XS Nightclub
XS Nightclub is an indoor-outdoor nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, opened on New Year's Eve 2008 and operated by Wynn Resorts, and became a defining EDM superclub.
XXX (Kendrick Lamar song)
"XXX." is a 2017 Kendrick Lamar song featuring U2, track 11 on the album DAMN. Produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, Bekon, and Anthony Tiffith, it is a two-part track moving from a revenge narrative to political sermon, with Bono's vocal in the second half.
XXXChange
XXXChange, also Armani XXXchange, is the former stage name of Baltimore-born producer Alex Epton: Spank Rock's producer (YoYoYoYoYo, 2006), remixer, Win Win member, and XL Recordings' New York in-house producer since 2014.
XXXTentacion
XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), American SoundCloud rapper born 1998 in Plantation, Florida, killed June 18, 2018 in Deerfield Beach at 20; known for 'Look at Me,' albums 17 and ?, abuse charges, and 2023 murder convictions.
XXYYXX
XXYYXX is the stage name of Marcel Everett (born 1995), an Orlando, Florida electronic producer of future garage and instrumental hip hop. Known for the 2012 self-titled Relief in Abstract album, the track About You, the 2015 single Red, and a 2019 credit on XXXTentacion's Bad Vibes Forever.
Xzibit
Xzibit (Alvin Nathaniel Joiner), Detroit-born West Coast rapper; albums At the Speed of Life (1996), Restless (2000), Man vs. Machine (2003); host of MTV's Pimp My Ride 2004–2007; 2025 album Kingmaker.
Ya Kid K
Ya Kid K (Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi) is a Congolese-Belgian rapper, born in Kinshasa, who wrote and sang Technotronic's 1989 hit "Pump Up the Jam" while model Felly Kilingi lip-synced it on video; she later released the solo album One World Nation (1992).
Yabujin
Yabujin (Rokas Tarulis per unconfirmed reports; also DJ GYROTTA ZAO) is an anonymous Lithuanian rapper and producer of cloud rap, hexD, bitcrushed ambient and jumpstyle, active since 2016, inspiration for the yabujincore TikTok trend.
Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी)
Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी) was a Nepalese rapper and songwriter who was a central figure in NepHop. He died in his London apartment in 2017.
Yamê
Yamê (Emmanuel Sow, born 1993, Cergy-Pontoise) is a French-Cameroonian singer-rapper blending R&B, rap, jazz, and trap; known for "Bécane" (COLORS, 2023), the EP Elowi, the 2025 album ÉBĒM, and the 2024 Victoires de la Musique male revelation award.
Yashraj
Yashraj, stage name of Yashraj Mehra, is a Mumbai-based Indian hip-hop rapper and composer known for Dhundhla, Ishq Nachawe, and EPs Azaad Hu Mein, 3P, and Meri Jaan Pehle Naach, with collaborations including KSHMR and Karan Kanchan.
YBN Nahmir
YBN Nahmir, born Nicholas Alexander Simmons in Birmingham, Alabama, 1999, rapper who founded the YBN gaming-collective and broke out in 2017 with the platinum "Rubbin Off the Paint".
Ye Banished Privateers
Ye Banished Privateers is a Swedish pirate-folk band from Umeå, founded in 2008, known for theatrical sea shanty shows by a rotating crew of about a dozen musicians.
Yeat
Yeat (Noah Olivier Smith, born 2000) is an American rage rapper from California known for static Auto-Tune vocals, TikTok hit "Gët Busy," and Billboard No. 1 album LYFESTYLE (2024).
Yelawolf
Yelawolf, born Michael Wayne Atha (1979, Gadsden, Alabama), is a Southern rapper blending hip hop, rock, and country; broke out with Trunk Muzik (2010), signed to Eminem's Shady Records 2011-2019, then independent on Slumerican.
Yellow Claw (DJs)
Yellow Claw: Dutch electronic duo from Amsterdam, formed in 2010 by Jim Aasgier, Nizzle, and MC Bizzey (left 2016); trap/EDM act behind Blood for Mercy and the Barong Family label.
Yeti Out (music)
Yeti Out is a music collective and party promoter founded in 2010 as the blog Yeti in the Basement, active between London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
YFN Lucci
YFN Lucci, born Rayshawn Lamar Bennett in 1991, is an Atlanta rapper and singer behind platinum hits "Key to the Streets," "Everyday We Lit," and "Wet." Indicted in 2021, he pleaded guilty to one gang count in 2024, was paroled in January 2025, and returned with the Billboard 200 top-15 album Already Legend., ending his Young Thug feud via mutual 2025 features.
YG (rapper)
YG (Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, born 1990) is an American rapper from Compton, California, also called Young Gangsta, known for My Krazy Life (2014), Still Brazy (2016), the ratchet sound with DJ Mustard, and the 2026 Gentlemen's Club Tour.
YG Marley
YG Marley (Joshua Omaru Marley, born 2001), American reggae singer-rapper, son of Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley, grandson of Bob Marley; debut single "Praise Jah in the Moonlight" (2023) samples "Crisis" and went Gold in the US.
Yhapojj
Yhapojj is an American rapper from Huntsville, Alabama, a leading figure of the SoundCloud-born underground who has released more than 20 projects since 2019 and signed to Simple Stupid Records in 2023.