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Yung Fazo

Yung Fazo, stage name of Fazan Munshi (born 2005), is a Queens, New York rapper in the plugg, pluggnb, and rage subgenres of trap. Known for "Antisocial 2" (2021), "Adding" with SoFaygo, and the 2025 album ZO.

Yung Gravy

Yung Gravy (Matthew Raymond Hauri, born 1996, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American rapper known for trap with old-soul and oldies samples. Breakout "Mr. Clean" (2016); "Betty (Get Money)" hit No. 30 Hot 100 and prompted a Rick Astley voice-impersonation suit.

Yung Joc

Yung Joc (Jasiel Robinson), Atlanta rapper whose 2006 debut single "It's Goin' Down" topped the rap chart and whose album New Joc City launched Bad Boy South's Block venture; later Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member and Streetz 94.5 radio host.

Yung Lean

Yung Lean (Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad, born 1996), Swedish rapper and Sad Boys member; viral 2013 hit 'Ginseng Strip 2002', cloud rap/emo rap pioneer, albums Unknown Memory through Jonatan (2025), side project jonatan leandoer96.

Yung Miami

Yung Miami (Caresha Romeka Brownlee, born 1994) is a Miami rapper, one half of City Girls with JT and a solo artist; hits include 'Act Up', 'Rap Freaks', and 'Spend Dat', with debut solo album Watch Dis due October 2026.

Yungeen Ace

Yungeen Ace (Keyanta Bullard, born 1998, East Chicago, Indiana) is a Jacksonville, Florida rapper and ATK leader known for pain music, the 2018 mixtape Life of Betrayal, the viral 2021 single Who I Smoke, and albums Life of Betrayal 2x and Survivor of the Trenches.

Yuno Miles

Yuno Miles, American meme rapper (born 2003, Michigan), known for intentionally bad comedy rap; viral via "Road to Riches" and "Put The Money In The Bag" on TikTok in 2022; albums Yuno I Can't Rap (2020) and ALBUM (2025); appeared in Ye's "Bomb" video.

Yves Tumor

Yves Tumor is the experimental music project of Sean Bowie (born 1989, Miami), known for Serpent Music (2016), Warp albums Safe in the Hands of Love and Praise a Lord, and the 2025 Rosalía collaboration Berghain.

Yves V

Yves V, born Yves Van Geertsom in 1981, is a Belgian EDM DJ and producer known for playing Tomorrowland's main stage and hitting No. 34 in DJ Mag's 2015 poll.

Z-Ro

Z-Ro (Joseph Wayne McVey), the Mo City Don or King of the Ghetto, is a Houston rapper of the Screwed Up Click and Guerilla Maab; breakthrough Z-Ro vs. the World (2000), Rap-A-Lot albums, Crack (2008) at Billboard No. 48, ABN duo with Trae tha Truth.

Z-Trip

Z-Trip, also billed as DJ Z-Trip, is the stage name of Zach Sciacca, an American turntablist and DJ from Phoenix, Arizona, widely described as the godfather of the mash-up.

Z3LLA

Z3LLA is a Los Angeles electronic music duo of Julia "Juj" Seeley and Kiana Tebyani, known for "hyperbass", their hook-heavy fusion of pop and bass-driven club sounds.

Zah1de

Zah1de (Zahide Kayaci, born 2010, Berlin) is a German rapper and TikTok dancer signed to Universal Music; debut album Pretty Privilege (2025) hit German number 2; youngest-ever Bambi winner.

Zao (group)

Zao is an American metalcore band formed in 1993 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and later based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, known for the 1998 album Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest.

Zedd

Zedd (Anton Zaslavski, born 1989) is a Russian-born, German-raised electronic producer and DJ; debut album Clarity (2012) won the 2014 Grammy for Best Dance Recording, followed by hits Stay and The Middle and the 2024 album Telos.

Zeds Dead

Zeds Dead is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, formed in 2009 by producers Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan, known for dubstep and running the Deadbeats label.

Zenker Brothers

Zenker Brothers is a Munich-based techno duo of brothers Dario and Marco Zenker, founders of the Ilian Tape label, formed in 2008 and known for back-to-back DJ sets.

Zero (musician)

Zero is a British DJ and producer from the Surrey and Brighton bass scene who emerged in 2017 and releases UK garage, bassline, and dubstep on his BARCODES label.

Zeuz

Zeuz, real name Tim Kremer, is a Cologne-based German DJ and producer who works in hard techno, known for "This Is My Bassline" (2021) and "Techno On My Mind" (2022).

ZHU (musician)

ZHU, real name Steven Zhu, is a Chinese-American electronic music producer and DJ who emerged anonymously in 2014 with "Faded" and the Blacklizt club series; albums include Generationwhy, Ringos Desert, DREAMLAND 2021, GRACE, and BLACK MIDAS.

ZillaKami

ZillaKami (Junius Rogers), Bay Shore, New York rapper and trap metal pioneer, one half of City Morgue with SosMula; solo debut DOG BOY (2021), later My Bloody America and Audio Creep.

Zinc (musician)

DJ Zinc, born Benjamin Pettit in 1972, is a British DJ and producer from London, a pioneer of jungle and drum and bass best known for the 1995 track 'Super Sharp Shooter'.

Zior Park

Zior Park (지올팍), real name Park Ji-won, born 1994, is a Seoul-based South Korean singer, rapper, producer, and music video director on the Beautiful Noise label whose narrative "drama pop" albums include SYNDROMEZ and Where Does Sasquatch Live?, with the 2023 single CHRISTIAN as his breakthrough.

Zip (musician)

Zip is the performing name of Thomas Franzmann, a German DJ who co-founded the minimal house label Perlon in 1997 and holds residencies at Berlin's Panorama Bar.

Zomby

Zomby is the pseudonym of a British electronic musician from London whose releases for Hyperdub, 4AD, and XL have mutated hardcore techno, grime, and dubstep since 2007.

Zouk Singapore

Zouk Singapore is a nightclub opened in 1991 by Lincoln Cheng, Singapore's longest-running, ranked as high as No. 3 in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.

Zubah

Zubah is an Atlanta-based riddim and dubstep DJ and producer, active since 2012, known for releases on Excision's Subsidia label and performances at Imagine Music Festival and Lost Lands.

Zuezeu

Zuezeu is the stage name of Reef Shaw, an American tech house DJ and producer from Oahu, Hawaii, who played EDC Las Vegas 2024 and released the album More Life.

Zulu (group)

Zulu is a hardcore and powerviolence band from Los Angeles, founded by vocalist Anaiah Lei, known for weaving soul, reggae, and gospel samples into blast-beat hardcore.