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Russian stars of the new wave like to announce the next “game overturn”, but in reality they often simply copy their American counterparts. And to understand who really sets the trends in the latest Western music, read the Owl guide. Animation rapper, 21-year-old prisoner, emo rapper and other guys that American youth listens to.

Matt OX

The youngest and most popular performer on our list. Matt OX woke up famous after his "Overwhelming" video hit YouTube trends. But this 11-year-old boy cannot be denied talent. New clips Matt OX « This N that" and " Michael Myers also quickly racked up millions of views on YouTube. Probably, before us is not a one-time success, but the birth of a new star.

Trippie Redd

The 18-year-old Ohio native started out posting his songs on SoundCloud in 2015. The first official track was "Angry Vibes". In May 2017, the mixtape "A Love Letter to You" appeared. . Today, the artist lives in Los Angeles and collaborates with the Strainge Entertainment label. Trippie Redd says his inspirations include Andre 3000, Drake, 2Pac, Tyler, The Creator, A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Lil Wayne and T-Pain. An interesting mix of old and new school.

Tay-K

The rising star from Texas doesn't play hardcore gangster, but rather lives up to the image. No sooner had the 17-year-old guy really tasted the glory, as he had already become accused in a murder case. If the rapper is found guilty, he faces a long prison term or even the death penalty. Tay-K is charged with the murder of 21-year-old Ethan Walker in a house robbery in late July. He is also suspected of another murder and is accused of robbing and beating a 65-year-old man. Travis Scott has already openly supported the young rapper on Twitter.

TEKA$HI69 (6IX9INE)

TEKA$HI white benchmark, flesh of the flesh of Brooklyn. His rhetoric often breaks into a heavy metal scream, which clearly distinguishes him from the rest of the new wave. His entire body is covered in tattoos (Brooklyn's numerical code) and his videos often feature anime inserts and cool motorcycles. His most famous works are "ZETA ZERO 0.5 », Hellsing Station », « YOKAI » and a collaboration with Trippie Red, " POLES1469 ». But recently, Trippie Redd refused to work with TEKA$HI due to the latter's allegations of having affairs with a minor. But the manager of TEKA$HI writes off these accusations on the intrigues of competitors.

KILLY

KILLY prophesy the glory of the new Canadian superstar. Gangsters and star boys are no surprise today, and "emo rap" could be the next trend. The sound of KILLY is truly unique and stylish. The guy has only recently appeared on the radar, but he is already walking quite wide, speaking as an opening act for serious artists and participating in major rap festivals.

Brockhampton

Brockhampton is bringing back good old tube hip-hop to us before the gangsters came along. The musicians themselves call themselves a boy band and with all their creativity invite you to relax and dance. The group was first noticed on the KanyeToThe Internet forum, where they posted their first album "Saturation" in May of this year. The group is sensitive to the visuals in the clips, and, unlike other freshmen, they basically do not read to the trap.

Global Dan

A native of Baltimore became a prominent figure on the American Internet after the release of the first mixtape "Global Warming". The artist releases music in a matter of months, but the video " Off-White" has already gained one and a half million views on Youtube. Dan's signature style is to overlay a melodic sound on a trap beat, but the guy can also do traditional rap, which he clearly demonstrated in the track « Going Hard » .

6 dogs

An 18-year-old nugget from the capital of modern rap, Atlanta. For 6 Dogs, the image of a sad guy with a lo-fi sound and a peculiar manner of reading was fixed, and his videos are closer to modern avant-garde art than to traditional rap. The artist quickly gained popularity thanks to Youtube channels デーモンAstari and ELEVATOR. Several of his songs have already broken the mark of a million views. He also has an impressive following on SoundCloud, around 50,000 people.

Lil Xan

The guy was born in California and for a long time was a member of the local Low Gang team. He has built a loyal teenage audience thanks to SoundCloud and YouTube. But in several interviews for American music publications, Xan proved that the image of a serene life-breaker has little to do with reality. In reality, he is quite a smart guy, and his work is fully understood by his parents.

scarlxrd

Before starting his rap career, scarlxrd wrote music under his real name, Marius Listrop. In 2016, he joined the rap rock team Myth City and came up with his current pseudonym. The artist has already released seven mixtapes. In videos and concerts, he most often appears in a black mask. His signature style is a reading that breaks into hysterical cries. So far "Heart Attack" is his most famous track, but the talented Englishman definitely has a great future.

The hip-hop business is growing so fast that you don't always have time to remember the names of rising stars. The West is being blown up by new faces like Lil B, Gucci Mane and Chance The Rapper. Russian stars of the new school, in turn, like to announce the next "coup of the game", but is it really so? The term soundcloud-rap has recently taken root in the foreign press. The new tag was needed to identify a wave of young American rap artists who have not yet hit the radars of old media and are generally not very well known to a wide audience, but are already leading the charts of SoundCloud, which is more geared towards finding new music. Russian hip-hop is also actively developing today. With the change in the importance of hip-hop in the music market, with the acquisition of significant influence by hip-hop, the type of performers has also changed, some of which will eventually become new classics. We have compiled our list of young but famous rappers of our generation.

1. LSP - Oleg Savchenko (28 years old / Vitebsk, Belarus)

A Belarusian rap group that captured the summer of 2015 with the track "Madness" and the incredibly successful album "Tragic City". LSP fell in love with the listener not only with its atypical presentation for Russian hip-hop music, electronic beats and sound, but also with an excellent narrative skill about difficult life circumstances. LSP is a romantic-intellectual who staggers all the time between cynicism and vulnerability. Last summer, one of the members of the group, Roma the Englishman, died, after which Oleg LSP announced that he would continue to work with the group and dedicated the video for the song “Body” to Roma, which struck all listeners with his sincerity and message.

Albums:

- "EP" (2014)

- "Gallows" (2014)

- "Magic City" (2015)

- "Tragic city" (2017)

2. Scryptonite - Adil Zhalelov (27 years old / Leninsky settlement / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Adil Zhalelov, who fell ill with hip-hop in his deep childhood, already at the age of 11 began to write poetry, lyrics, and at 15 already beats that were used by Klava Hydroponka during her participation in the “Battle for Respect”. A little later, these beats began to sell out, but the tracks, which were written a lot, were not laid out anywhere. In 2014, a locally famous Kazakh rapper uploaded a clip VBVVCTND (stands for "Choice without options - everything you gave us") to the network, which was filmed for six months, and received an unimaginable response. Immediately 2 major labels offered Scryptonit a contract, but the choice fell on TO "Gazgolder".

A full-fledged debut of Scryptonite took place in 2015, after the release of the album "House with Normal Phenomena", unanimously called by critics and music lovers the best Russian-language disc of 2015. The main feature of all tracks is not only the originality of music, but also a predisposition to repeated listening, and each time new details are found in the music, complementing or completely changing the overall picture. The last, double album "Ouroboros" once again proved that Scryptonite is one of the brightest and most influential figures of Russian hip-hop, an artist whose tracks have been heard from every speaker throughout Russia and the CIS countries for the last couple of years.

Albums:

- "House with normal phenomena" (2015)

- "Holiday on 36 Street" (2017)

- Ouroboros (2017)

3. ATL - Sergey Kruppov (29 years old / Novocheboksarsk, Russia)

An intriguing and talented artist from Novocheboksarsk, an ex-member of the Aztecs group, which broke up in 2012 after the release of the album "Music will be above us", writing tracks under the name ATL. His pseudonym has two interpretations at once - the first letters of the city of Atlanta and an allusion to the Aztec water god Atl. The creative inspirer of the musician was Eminem. After he got his hands on a cassette of a "white rapper", he decided to move in the same direction and become famous at any cost.

Widespread popularity came to the rapper when he defeated a serious opponent in the Versus battle - Andy Cartwright. His style tends to trip-hop (a mixture of experimental hop, jazz, soul, rock), although the performer himself prefers not to drive himself into the framework of one stylistic direction. ATL loves to use complex metaphors and allusions in his songs, the leitmotif of his works is anxiety, the end of a utopia, the threat of war and the complete surrender of peace on earth.

Albums:

- "Cyclone Center" (2014)

- "Limbo" (2017)

4. Max Korzh - Maxim Korzh (29 years old / Luninets, Belarus)

Max Korzh is a young promising performer from Belarus. In one of the courtyards of the Belarusian city of Luninets, Max Korzh began making music in the mid-2000s. But all this was more like school fun, until it was time to enter: the whole company moved to Minsk - and Max Korzh felt the spirit of a big city.

Shortly before leaving for the army, he recorded the song "Heaven will help us", which, one might say, brought real fame to the musicians. The studio recording cost him $300, which he borrowed from his mother. Then Max posted his debut composition on the Internet and went to do his military duty. “Heaven will help us” gained a lot of likes, the composition was played on the air by some local radio stations, it was massively distributed on VKontakte - at the moment it exists there in the amount of almost 100 thousand copies. The guy found out about this when he returned home, and received a powerful incentive for further creativity. The songs written by him quickly become popular. The singer has already released several albums. He is known not only in Belarus, Korzh performs in Russia, Ukraine and European countries. Max is the owner of several music awards.

Albums:

- "Animal World" (2012)

- "Home" (2014)

- "Small has matured. Part 1" (2016)

5. Oxxxymiron - Miron Fedorov (33 years old / St. Petersburg, Russia)

Oksimiron (Oxxxymiron) is a well-known and revered rapper in Russia and abroad, who emigrated to Germany at a young age. He became famous for his extraordinary polysyllabic rhymes, rather witty metaphors and a high vocabulary. Considered an innovator of the grime genre in Russia. Miron "appeared" on the radar of the general public around 2008 - at this time he began to post his demos on the Internet. By this time, he had adopted the pseudonym Oxxxymiron, which was a reference, firstly, to his real name, secondly, to the literary term "oxymoron", and the triple "x" referred to the generous use of obscene language in his tracks. Oxy's debut clip - "I'm a hater" - made a lot of noise in Russian rap.

Miron creates mainly battle rap, but some tracks, such as "Last Call", proved that he also does great lyrics. Released suddenly, without any promotions, singles and clips, the Gorgorod album broke more than one record, it is one of the most recognizable hip-hop releases of recent years. It was after "Gorgorod" that they began to talk about the "revolution of the game."

Albums:

- "Eternal Jew" (2011)

- "miXXXtape II" (2013)

- "Gorgorod" (2015)

6. T-fest - Kirill Nezboretsky (21 years old / Chernivtsi, Ukraine)

As it turned out, Ukraine is the main exporter of not only young pop stars, but also rap artists. Kirill is a young but already accomplished popular Russian rapper. Kirill began his career with covers of famous artists, and he started rapping back in 2009. In his hometown, he released one mixtape, after which he wrote several more albums in a few years. And only in 2017 he released the first official release, the disc "0372". Its name is the telephone code of Chernivtsi.

Later, Schokk drew attention to the guy, taking him under his patronage. Melodic and musical tracks about difficult childhood years, discussions about girls, money and blunts, in particular, the clip "I knew one thing" interested rapper Skryptonit, representing the interests of the Gazgolder label. But then Kirill did not know about it, he went to Moscow to perform at the concert of his friend Schokk, and already in early March, T-Fest and Scryptonite will present a joint clip "Lambada". A little later, it becomes known that Gazgolder signed T-Fest to their label. It is worth noting that Kirill performs together with his brother Maxim Nezboretsky (MacRae). In October 2017, Kirill presented his second studio solo album, called T-Fest - "Youth '97", which blew up the Russian charts.

Albums:

- "0372" (2017)

- "Youth'97" (2017)

7. Pharaoh - Gleb Golubin (22 years old / Moscow, Russia)

Former member of the Grindhouse group, now the leader of the Dead Dynasty band - PHARAOH - is a rapper from the city of Moscow. From the age of 6 to 13, Gleb played football hard and dreamed of a professional career as an athlete. He played for the football clubs Lokomotiv, CSKA and Dynamo, but eventually left football at the behest of his parents, who considered the career of a football player not promising. For the first time, the Pharaoh rapper was talked about at the end of 2014, thanks to the video for the song - “Nothing has changed” and the subsequent mixtape - “Wajet”. In a short time, the composition of "Dead Dynasty", which was created by the rapper from Ufa BOULEVARD DEPO and headed by Gleb, has replenished with a number of talented and promising beatmakers of all sorts and stripes, some of whom have worked with representatives of the Western rap scene.

In his tracks, Pharaoh uses terminology, the understanding of which comes only with time, with long and thoughtful listening. Original natural metaphors and the sound of the voice fell in love with more than one hundred people. The voice often sounds like part of the beat, due to which most of the tracks are perceived as a DJ set. In a week, his video "Wildly, for example" collected 5 million views on YouTube, and at the same time almost 150 thousand views on Genius.

Albums:

- «PHLORA» (2014)

- "Dolor" (2015)

- "Pink Phloyd" (2017)

8. Jah Khalib - Bakhtiyar Mammadov (24 years old / Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan)

Jah Khalib is not only a talented Kazakh singer, but also a beatmaker and hip-hop producer. He became interested in rap at an early age at the age of six under the influence of his older brother. He brought him records of black rappers and they were very fascinated by Bakhtiyar. These were released by the famous American record label Def Jam Recordings - DMX, Onyx, Swizz Beatz. And my mother, who played the piano professionally, instilled a love for jazz and symphonic music. This significantly influenced the formation of his musical tastes in the future. Unlike many rap artists, Bakhtiyar has a musical education: a music school in the saxophone class and the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. Due to the fact that in childhood he had to face problems of a national character, from the age of thirteen he worked at the studio, equalized vocals, and at sixteen he worked at six studios at the same time, tried to study, wrote his own music and posted it on the Internet. It was necessary for the family to have money.

The first wide popularity was brought to him by the songs “All we love is sex, drugs”, “Your sleepy eyes”, “Burning to the ground”, “Let's fly far away”, posted on the Internet, which became the main hits of 2013. According to the results of 2015, according to The Flow, Bakhtiyar Mammadov's album "Khalib̒aniya of the soul" was included in the list of thirty-three best albums of the year (ranked thirtieth), in 2017 his album "If Che, I'm Baha" became the most popular album of the year among users Apple Music, and the new clip "Medina" gained 5 million views in 2 days. “I will never compete under the flag of another country. I will not compete under the flag of "Gazgolder" or "Black Star". I do not need it. As for labels, one label is enough for me - this is my Kazakhstan”, says Jah Khalib.

Albums:

- "Khalib̒aniya of the soul" (2015)

- "Everything We Love" (2016)

- "If Che, I'm Baha" (2016)

- "E.G.O" (2018)

Markul's road to London was the longest: until the 7th grade, he lived in Khabarovsk. When Mark was twelve years old, the family decides to move to the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The guy studied at a local educational institution, which was not famous for its prestige and good reputation, and at the same time worked as a loader and at a construction site. Under the influence of a dysfunctional environment, Markul dabbled in light drugs, at the age of 13 he got his first tattoo, and later became interested in rap.

At the age of 13, Markul began to try to write, accidentally found out on some forum that a rap party was starting to form in London, and ended up in Green Park, forming the Tribe group, which included two more Russian-speaking guys - Den Bro and Chiff . "Tribe" lasted a couple of years, and then everyone gradually went into free swimming. Markul released a solo video and disappeared for two years. And only in 2014 he posted a new work “Dry from the Water”, in which the artist spoke about the risky ways of earning money that he had to cross in London, the video became a hit in Russian rap. On November 10, 2016, a video was published for the track of our hero from OWNERS. This collaboration has become one of the most successful in the Russian hip-hop segment. In September, Mark and Oxxxymiron's single was premiered with an impressive cyberpunk adaptation called "FATA MORGANA", which still tops the music charts to this day.

10. 104 and Truwer - Yuri Drobitko and Sayan Zhimbaev (25 years old, 23 years old / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Yuche is a hip-hop artist from Kazakhstan, formerly known as Yurik Chetverg, a former member of the Jillzay collective, a permanent collaborator of Scryptonite, and now an artist on his new label Zorski. Back in 2008, 104 began to try to write beats, and only after another 2 years he began to rap. In 2016, the Jillzay group released the album "718 Jungle", street and powerful, which immediately shot and glorified the members of the group. And before all this, 104 lived in China and studied languages, but, as he himself claims, he got tired of all this and he returned to his native city of Pavlodar to study music. In 2017, he, together with his friend and label member Zorski Truwer, released the album "Safari", which immediately took first place in Apple Music! By the end of the year, Yura pleased his fans with two tracks "Money and Power", "Queen".

Sayan Zhimbaev is a young and talented artist of the music label Scryptonita Zorski. Saiyan was born and raised in Pavlodar, from the age of six he began to practice Kyokushin karate, becoming the champion of Kazakhstan many times. In 2013, he received a serious chest injury, thus putting an end to his sports career. In parallel with sports, Saiyan was interested in music, in particular rap, listening to 50 Cent. He fruitfully began to engage in hip-choir after a chance meeting with Scryptonite, who, a couple of years after this acquaintance, offered to work together. Thus began a new chapter in life called "Jillzay", which blew up all sorts of charts. In 2017, he, together with his friend and label member Zorski 104, released the album "Safari", which immediately took first place in Apple Music! And in April 2018, their first solo concert will take place in Moscow.

11. Feduk - Fedor Insarov (26 years old / Moscow, Russia)

Fedor Insarov, aka Feduk, is a popular Russian musician whose compositions invariably become hits among fans of this genre of music. Fedor's style in music is quite versatile, not sustained for one genre. From early childhood, Fedor was lucky to travel to distant countries - when the boy was five years old, the Insarov family moved to China, and at the age of 11, Fedor ended up in Hungary, where he lived for another four years. There he was brought together by fate with rapper Rodnique, with whom they later began to record joint tracks. Together with 2012, an offer came to Feduk, which in the future would bring him significant fame - he was called to record the OST (soundtrack) and the video for the movie "Okolofutbola".

Over the next years, Fedor releases new albums, but in the summer of 2017 he presented his most successful work to date - the F&Q album. The album received an unusual sound, because it was produced by the famous electronics artist Qoss. Many tracks from "F&Q" broke into trends. Later, Feduk shot a video for the track "WATERCOLORS". The peak of the young artist's popularity was the track "Rose Wine", recorded together with the Novosibirsk rapper Eldzhey. It became a real musical event in 2017, took pride of place in the top ten of Russian iTunes and collected a huge number of views on YouTube.

Albums:

- "Ghetto Space" (2014)

- "Our Island" (2015)

- "Free" (2016)

- "F&Q" (2017)

12. Husky - Dmitry Kuznetsov (25 years old / Ulan-Ude, Russia)

A rapper who quickly conquered the musical Olympus, Husky is considered a typical hero of the new time. He began writing rap at the age of 15 under the influence of "Casta" and "Dots". He also says that he has always been attracted to the Negro musical culture. Husky's images and metaphors are complex, he fiddled with them for more than one sleepless night, but he gives them to us as if we have known them for a long time and close. He received his first fame in 2011 thanks to the music video for the song "Seventh of October". The video was posted on YouTube. The composition had an acute social connotation and was timed to coincide with the birthday of Vladimir Putin.

For several years, the rapper has been gaining increased interest in himself both from colleagues and from ordinary listeners and netizens. In particular, Dmitry received favorable reviews from such rappers as: ATL, Oxxxymiron, Pencil. In 2016, Dmitry released a video for the song "Black-Black". Then came the video clips "Panelka", "Bullet-Fool" and "Ai". And on April 1, 2017, Husky's first full-length studio album was released. - "Favorite Songs of (Imaginary) People", which reached the top five on iTunes.

Albums:

- "sbch life" (2013)

- "Favorite Songs of (Imaginary) People" (2017)

13. Eldzhey - Alexey Uzenyuk (23 years old / Novosibirsk, Russia)

Aljay is a young rap artist from Novosibirsk who blew up the charts this year with his tracks. By the way, the appearance and image of Alexei are burned into memory in the same way as the lyrics of his songs. Aljay's creative path began in 2009. Aljay records his first tracks and puts them on VKontakte. In 2013, Alexei began working with rapper Malaya. The duet released the album "Gundezh", in which Alexey shared his beliefs about the world order with the audience.

After he released a few more albums, but the turning point in Aljay's work can be noted in September 2016, it was then that the joint track with Kravets "Disconnect" was released, which instantly "shoots", takes first place in all charts and becomes a hit of all parties. After that, LJ's career rapidly went up, he released the album "Sayonara Boy", which for a long time kept at the first positions in "iTunes" and "PlayMusic". In 2017 LJ releases another solo album "Sayonara Boy ろ". With the release of which his own style is formed, namely the appearance, tattoos, and of course the recognizable white eyes. The peak of popularity is August 2017, because it was then that the joint composition with Feduk - “Rose Wine” and the solo track “Ripped Jeans” were released, which, without a doubt, became the main hit of the summer of 2017.

Albums:

- "Boskos are smoking" (2014)

- "Cannon" (EP) (2015)

- "Catacombs" (2016)

- "Sayonara Boy" (2016)

- "Sayonara Boyろ" (2017)

14. Face - Ivan Dryomin (20 years old / Ufa, Russia)

Face is a rap artist whose work, full of parodic humor and references to youth Internet culture, belongs to the meme-rap genre. The original version of the current pseudonym was "PunkFace", but the brother dissuaded him from removing the first part of it, and leaving only "Face". The artist explains that he is the face of youth.

The young artist burst into the game in 2015, releasing the mini-album "Cursed Seal". Ivan himself does not consider this work to be indicative, because the compositions from the release were not very serious, and if you describe the entire EP in a couple of words, then these are some “teenager thoughts”. However, the song "Gosha Rubchinsky", which brought Ivan a lot of hype, was released on this particular release.

In 2016, the artist released an EP VLONE and EP playboy , and already on these releases, the compositions sounded modern and stylish, and the subject matter of the lyrics was wildly relevant, so these works can be called high-quality. But in the same year, Face released the unusual track "Payback" and the EP "Mayhem", where the theme of all the works sharply contradicted the previous ones, and the sound became completely different. In April, Face released the album "Hate Love" and went on tour from 23 cities. Face is an extremely controversial figure, but he knows how to catch trends, thanks to this he gathers huge halls throughout Russia. His tracks are full of obscene language, so not every listener may like it. However, Face does not believe that there is something bad in his tracks. On the contrary, there, in his opinion, there are serious social themes, they are simply not yet seen and understood.

Albums:

- "Hate Love" (2017)

- "No Love" (2017)

15. Obladaet - Nazar Votyakov (26 years old / Irkutsk, Russia)

The young grime rapper Obladaet was born and raised in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. As a teenager, Nazar left his hometown and moved to live in St. Petersburg, where his formation as a rapper began. Nazar went to the masses after he won the Grime Music Group grime battle, where he showed only good results throughout the battle. Not at a loss, on the wave of hype, he releases a remix of the Drake track "0 to 100", which only reinforced the hype from the won battle. But, of course, you should not perceive him only as a grime artist, because he is quite versatile. Member of the first Russian-speaking Grime Clash, where Redo was his opponent. Nazar also participated in the Beats & Vibes rap contest, from which, unfortunately, he flew out.

At the moment OBLADAET is one of the most powerful, productive and promising new school rappers. He releases compositions, videos with enviable frequency and goes on tours around cities with concerts.

Albums:

- "Home run" (2016)

- "Double tap" (2016)

- "Files" (2017)

- "Friends & Family" (2017)

16. Yanix - Yanis Badurov (24 years old / Krasnogorsk, Russia)

Yanix is ​​a rap artist, about whom, as well as about many other rappers, one can say that the musician has achieved everything himself. Janix has been creatively active since 2010. In his work, he always strives for a southern sound, even before such a direction aroused interest and found its audience. in 2011, the first release of Janix "Finish Him" ​​was released. The mixtape, which is a collection of tracks recorded with Western instrumentals, did not bring any fruit and went unnoticed. The next segment of Janix's biography can be called a small creative crisis. In 2013, he appeared on a mixtape with 4EU3, after which he presented his own record called "Ghetto Streets Show".

2014 was a turning point for the artist - it was then that the artist presented the release “Ghetto Street Show II”, in which such rappers as Decl (Le Truk), ATL, Obe 1 Kanobe, Hiro and others appeared. Two years later, in 2016, Janis released another album - “ Gianni. The songs from this disc "Don't Tell Them", "Night Life" (a duet with the Belarusian performer LSP) and "Chain" were loved by fans of rap music most of all.

- Street Show 2 (2014)

- "Block star" (2015)

- "Gianni" (2016)

- "Bla bla land" (2017)

- "Till Trap Do Us Part" (2018)

17. Jacques Anthony - Jacques-Anthony Menshikov (25 years old / Vologda, Russia)

Jacques-Anthony (formerly Dxn Bnlvdn) is a rap artist who is an artist under Reigun Records. His first release was the 2014 Molly Cyrus mixtape, which was officially re-released in 2015. However, wide fame came to the artist a little later - after the release of a video called "Old Testament", which blew up all Russian rap, the composition itself was included in the release "Live and Do". On the wave of fame, the artist releases the #NONAME mixtape (2015). In the autumn of the same year, his debut album, Breathless, was released. In 2016, Jacques released Dorian Gray, and almost immediately announced its sequel, which the artist is still writing to this day.

In 2017, the singer released several new songs, one of them - "Our District" became the soundtrack to Fyodor Bondarchuk's fantasy film "Attraction". This is a real breakthrough. The famous director liked the song, so he decided to make it the soundtrack. More people learned about Jacques Anthony. The singer did not stop there, continues to work on music, create new songs. He travels around Russia, neighboring countries with tours.

- "Breathless" (2015)

- "Dorian Gray. Volume 1 "(2016)

- DoroGo (2017)

18. Garry Topor - Garry Alexandrov (29 years old / St. Petersburg, Russia)

Garry Topor is a rap artist and battle MC with dark, compelling underground rap. The rap artist positions himself in his work as "Evil Rap", combining aggression and humor at the same time. For a relatively short period of the rap artist's biography, he managed to work with performers from Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, Germany, France, Canada and Israel. Now he is recording at the Berlin Records studio, like many other famous St. Petersburg rappers.

Harry Topor takes a stance on life that despises alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, and this is reflected in many of his tracks. Most likely this is due to what he saw as a child on Piterskaya Street « Dybenko. However, he found a company of people like Tony Routh, with whom he is to this day. To date, Igor has 5 releases behind him. it « Rage Postulates » , « My enemy » , « Echoes of War » , « Echo of war. Reissue » , « An autopsy will show » and in 2013 « Anatomical Theater » , as well as « Guatemala Coffee Trip » . Garry Ax at the same time is a very strong battle MC, which he proved at Versus Battle. Four opponents and three Ax wins!

- "Anatomical theater" (2012)

- "Our people" (2013)

- "Country Wasps" (2015)

- "Makintosh Bootleg" (2010)

- "The Man in the Hedgehog" (2017)

19. Vulgar Molly - Cyril Bledny (20 years old / Zmiev, Kharkov, Ukraine)

Kirill Bledny, better known as the lead singer of the Vulgar Molly group, is a musician of Ukrainian origin, gained great popularity after the release of the album Vulgar Molly - 8 Ways to Stop Masturbating. In a short period of time, the vulgar Molly group from no-name became very popular, releasing only one album, far from every musician succeeds in this. The group begins touring, concert tours, both in Ukraine and in Russia.

A year after the release of the first album, the group released their second studio album on January 30, entitled "SAD GIRL WITH EYES LIKE A DOG". The album included 6 compositions, which in their sound differ significantly from the first disc, but the themes of the tracks, close to modern youth, remained unchanged.

- "8 Ways to Stop Jerk Off" (2017)

- "Sad girl with eyes like a dog" (2018)

20. Bumble Beezy - Anton Vatlin (23 years old / Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)

Bumble Beezy is one of the most technical and incredibly productive performers of the new school. Flow, rhythm, technique and presentation - all this in the work of a bumblebee is enough in abundance. In early 2014, Antony released his debut album Wasabi. The album turns out to be of high quality, but due to the fact that Busy was not yet known to anyone at that time, there were few who listened to Wasabi. But it so happened that Big Russian Boss and Young PH appreciated one of the tracks “No Hook” by Bumble Beezy, as a result of which the joint track of rappers “Black Snow” was released in the fall of 2014.
In 2016, Bumble Busy's new album, Wasabi 2, is released, which really shot. Thanks to the release of Wassabi 2, Beezi's flow was even noted by Oksimiron on his Twitter.

After many months of waiting, in the spring of 2017 Bumble Beezy finally released an album called "BeezyNOVA: Main Effect" to the public. The disc included 10 tracks, and Steam was the only guest on the release. Later, the artist presents his new release "BeezyNOVA: Side Effects" and is a full-fledged addition to the "BeezyNOVA: Main Effect" released less than a month ago. In October 2017, a disc called "Wasabi III" saw the light of the day, which aims for the title of the best release in the entire trilogy.

- Wasabi (2013)

- "Wasabi-2" (2016)

- "BeezyNOVA: Main Effects" (2017)

- "BeezyNOVA: Side Effects" (2017)

- "Wasabi III" (2017)

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Even those who are not interested in this musical direction will name a couple of the most famous rappers. Surely the name of Kanye West will be uttered (too much media attention is paid to both him and his wife Kim), the name of Jay-Z (he and Beyoncé made one of the most influential couples in the world of music) and also Eminem. However, the most famous rappers in the history of hip-hop are not the performers who released several multi-platinum discs, but those who lived and breathed rap became trendsetters in this genre, because trends are not born by mediocrity.

New King of the West Coast

A native of Compton (California) Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is the youngest member of our top, now he is 29 years old. But he has already been dubbed the "New King of the West Coast." Lamar's mixtape "Section.80", released in 2011, became a sensation. The combination of lyrics and sounds recorded on the streets of Compton make Lamar's rapping unforgettable. His second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012) went platinum and won two Grammy Awards. But even he is not considered the best by the young rapper, but his third disc "To Pimp a Butterfly", reviews of critics for which are full of compliments to the author. Now Lamar has 7 Grammys, but there will be more.

Very bright character

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., better known by his pseudonym "Lil Wayne", was born in New Orleans, where music seems to come from every doorway. You can love or hate this rapper, marvel at his strange appearance (tattoos, piercings and inlaid teeth), but there is no point in belittling his talent. He took the 2000s by storm. The hype around his album "Tha Carter III" in 2008 did not subside for a long time, and before that there were no less successful "Tha Carter" (2004) and "Tha Carter II" (2005). Now, at 34, Lil Wayne remains very successful, collaborating with many colleagues including Eminem, Pitbull and Nicki Minaj.

veteran and legend

Dr. Dre Andre Romell Young, 51, is the eldest on our list of the most famous rappers in hip-hop history. Many years ago (in 1984), he began his career with the World Class Wreckin' Cru, and then founded N.W.A., laying the foundations of gangsta rap with his comrades. Dr. Dre's first solo album, The Chronic, was released in 1992 2000, and the rapper immediately became a trendsetter in West Coast hip-hop fashion, then he discovered Eminem and helped this artist to break through to the top (no one believed that a white rapper could achieve such success).

Well, simply - all trades!

39-year-old Kanye West was also an innovator in the genre, although he also respected the classical style. Kanye's debut disc was released in 2004, since then he has set a record by collecting 21 Grammy awards. Now Kanye is a producer, fashion designer, iconic figure in pop culture and the husband of the famous socialite Kim Kardashian, who is raising two children with her. He is a rather controversial figure - with his scandalous antics and statements, but his contribution to hip-hop culture can hardly be overestimated.

"Face" of the Musical South

André Benjamin (André 3000), who rose to fame in the mid-1990s with the duet Outkast, shook up the musical South of the United States in a good way. When he approaches the microphone, you can be sure you will hear real poetry! The first disc released by the group had a very complicated title: "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik". This did not prevent the disc from going platinum. The duo now has six Grammys. Andre 3000 gravitates toward southern soul, lyrical arrangements, so he produces compositions that are not similar to rap by other artists.

One of a kind

44-year-old Marshall Bruce Mathers III, or simply Eminem, stands out from our top, and not only by the color of his skin (all other participants in the rating are African Americans). From the very beginning, it was assumed that rap is the music of the black population, but Eminem managed to prove that he, too, is worthy of storming the charts. Coming from the bottom (detroit's poorer neighborhood), Eminem turned all his hardships into music. Even though his lyrics (especially when read from Slim Shady's point of view) are shocking, he is very lyrical. Ask any rapper who considers himself a lyricist whose work he was inspired by, and he will answer: "Eminem's compositions."

Revolutionized rap

In 1994, young Brooklyn rapper Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (Nace) released his debut album Illmatic and revolutionized hip-hop. Therefore, Nas can be considered the most influential rapper in the world. "Illmatic" was universally praised and called the greatest hip-hop album of all time. The compositions of the author were compared with the cold air of the winter New York at night. This was the start of great street rap and the birth of some of the rhyme styles we hear today in the rap scene. Since then, nine more solo discs of the artist have been released, but Illmatic is considered a true classic.

Untimely dead

Tupac Amaru Shakur from impoverished Harlem performed gangster rap, but already his debut disc 2Pacalypse Now in 1991 showed that the guy would become a legend. And he was only 20 at the time! Tupac brought up sensitive topics (police brutality, poverty, racial discrimination, teenage pregnancy) while remaining very lyrical. A good son, a gangster, a scientist, a poet, he got into trouble many times and was shot dead in September 1996 in Las Vegas at the age of 25.

A similar fate awaited Christopher George Leitor Wallace, who survived Tupac by only a few months - the 24-year-old rapper was killed in 1997 in Los Angeles. You don't know what we're talking about? Biggie Smalls, Big Daddy or Notorious, call it what you will, but you've definitely heard the name. The biopic "Notorious" was dedicated to him, telling about the short but bright path of the rapper. His relaxed style and deep voice are unmistakable from anyone else's. Christopher's mother recalled that he began to sing before he could speak. Although almost 20 years have passed since the death of the rapper, his unsurpassed poems and songs (about violence and love, women and "weed", the meaning of existence and dreams) are alive to this day.

The most successful

We somehow "hung" on a sad note, but now we will tell you the name of the most famous rapper in the history of hip-hop, and it will become easier on the heart. After all, he is absolutely fine! 46-year-old Sean Corey Carter or simply Jay-Z became famous for a number of albums, including "The Blueprint" and "The Black Album". These two albums have more style and lyrics than his other counterparts in the entire discography. The rapper's signature style has been imitated many times, but they could not be copied. Now Jay-Z is a producer, mogul, businessman with a net worth of $610 million, and is also the husband of the beautiful and talented Beyoncé.

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The world-famous edition of Billboard, which regularly publishes ratings of the richest and most successful people, has made the top of the best rappers in the world in the history of hip-hop.

The top "rappers of the world", according to the publication, looks like this:

The list of "rappers of the world" would be completely impossible without this guy. Christopher George Lator Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie or Biggie Smalls, was born in Brooklyn, New York. His first album, Ready to Die, entered the list of the most iconic: it was from him that the dominance of hip-hop culture in New York began, and the city itself eventually began to be called the mecca and birthplace of hip-hop.

The artist was the leader of the East Coast, who opposed the West Coast in the person of its leader Tupac Shakur. In 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. was shot dead in a street shooting. 16 days after the death, the world saw the second record of the artist - Life After Death, which subsequently received a diamond certificate, indicating that the circulation sold more than 10 million copies.

Jay Z

Sean Corey Carter is one of the most successful rappers in the world. His 13 records topped the Billboard charts. If not for the even more stunning success of The Beatles, Jay Z would have broken the absolute record for the number of albums to top the chart.

The artist began his career in the distant 1990s, at that time he performed with The Notorious B.I.G. It is noteworthy that Jay Z's style of performance is based on pure impromptu. He appeared in memorable duets with Mariah Carey and current wife Beyoncé. At the moment, the artist, in addition to music, is engaged in business - he is a co-owner of several clubs and releases his own clothing line.

Marshall Bruce Mathers is an artist without whom any top rapper would be impossible. This is one of the most sought-after and best-selling artists in the world, including Rolling Stone magazine assigned him an honorable 83rd line in the list of the 100 greatest artists in the world. The same publication awarded Eminem the title of King of Hip-Hop, and for good reason: the artist has sold more than 100 million copies of his releases worldwide.

In addition to music, Eminem is also active in other activities. He has his own radio station, owns a music label, acts in films and became the first rapper in the world to win an Oscar for best track for a film ("8 Mile" - approx. ed.).

Rakim

William Michael Griffin Jr. in his work reflects the ideology that he was passionate about from an early age. It belonged to the Nation of Islam, whose main activity was racist attitudes towards white people and the state as a whole. The lyrics of Rakim's songs somehow refer to the theme of the Islamic religion, and Allah, according to the artist himself, saved him from rash actions - fights and theft.

In his work, Rakim departs from the improvisation technique popular in the 1980s. His authorial style, numerous rhymes and their innovative application made him one of the first performers whose compositions sounded smooth and slow. While his co-stars were full of energy, this top rap artist's voice sounded jazzy, almost hypnotic. Rakim has released 7 albums (4 of them with Eric B). His album Paid in Full was included in the ranking of the 500 greatest albums according to Rolling Stone.

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is considered the most successful and outstanding artist of the hip-hop genre, the world community even awarded his album Illmatic the title of the greatest in history. The artist's releases have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Nas owes his successful career to Columbia Records, signing to which he had the opportunity to appear on the soundtrack of the Oliver Stone film Zebrahead. The artist's talent was noticed and highly appreciated by the public, after which the successful ascent of the star and the presence in the ratings of the best rappers in the world began.

It is noteworthy that Nas for a long time had a conflict with another world-famous star - Jay Z, who claimed that Nasir's work was fake. However, in 2005, celebrities announced a truce, and Nas signed a multi-million dollar contract with Def Jam Records, managed by the same Jay Z.

Andre Lawrence Benjamin actively manifests himself in various creative roles: he performs as part of the popular rapper group OutKast, which he founded in 1991, plays in films, is a music producer and designer of his own clothing line - Benjamin Bixby.

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Lauryn Noel Hill performs in the neo-soul genre and her work is a resounding success. This was confirmed by the fact that by the age of 25, the girl became the owner of the prestigious Grammy Award 8 times.

The artist began her career as a member of the popular group The Fugees, which later broke up, and the members took up solo projects. Lauryn's debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill brought the performer positive reviews from critics. In their opinion, the artist's performance style softened the boundaries between such musical genres as soul, reggae and hip-hop.

It was thanks to this album that Lauryn Hill was nominated for 10 categories for the first time in the history of the Grammy Awards and won five of them.

Denis Coles is known as a member of the popular Wu-Tang Clan. The overwhelming success of the group gave the green light to all its members, who began to release solo projects with varying degrees of popularity.

Ironman was the name of the first solo album by Ghostface Killah. The record received critical acclaim, followed by equally successful releases by Supreme Clientele and Fishscale. In 2006, the performer was awarded the title of the best MC of all time according to MTV and got into the top rappers of the prestigious Billboard edition.

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is a successful hip-hop artist whose collaborations with such eminent artists as Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne have been highly appreciated by both the public and critics. The latter, by the way, call him the new King of the West Coast, which fully justifies his presence in the list of "rappers of the world."

The most successful record was the third album called To Pimp a Butterfly. The release was such a big success that it was ranked number one on the list of the best albums of 2015 by The New York Times and Rolling Stone. In addition, the artist managed to receive 7 Grammy statuettes throughout his career.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr is considered one of the best-selling hip-hop artists. The artist began to get involved in music from early childhood and at the age of 9 he became a member of the Cash Money label. Later, Lil Wayne, in collaboration with other artists, created his own label, Young Money.

The artist's first album, Tha Block Is Hot, received platinum status, the next two (Lights Out and 500 Degreez) went gold. The artist's sixth album, Tha Carter III, solidified his position in the music arena and brought even more resounding success in the form of 1 million copies sold in the first week of sales. The same album was the best at the 51st Grammy Awards.

This is how the creators of the Billboard rating see the top rappers of all time. Interestingly, the list was criticized by hip-hop fans. For example, they were outraged by the fact that there was no place in it for the most iconic representative of the genre - Tupac Shakur.