2. Brief history of RAP
RAP has a very long history - one that can be
traced back to “TOASTING” in Jamaica and before
the poetry of “GRIOTS” in Africa
RAP in it’s modern form come from a type of music
called HIP-HOP
3. LIST OF TOP RAPPERS
➔ 1.EMINEM
➔ 2.CARDI B
➔ 3.LIL WAYNE
➔ 4.DRAKE
➔ 5.XXXTENTACION
➔ 6.TRAVIS SCOTT
➔ 7.SNOOP DOGG
➔ 8.TORY LANEZ
➔ 9.JOYNER LUCAS
➔ 10.LOGIC
4. Marshall Bruce Mathers III born on October 17, 1972, in the United States of America. EMINEM is
his stage name, often stylized as EMINƎM. He is an American rapper, songwriter, and record
producer. He is among the best-selling music artists of all time.He was honored with GRAMMY
Award in 2003 for his music video "Without me" along with the greatest Rapper alive award and
several others.
The most successful song of Eminem till now is
"LOSE YOURSELF", which is undoubtedly
Eminem's most popular and acclaimed song.
EMINEM
5. CARDI B
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar born on October 11, 1992, in the Bronx, New York, USA. She is
an American Rapper, Songwriter, Actress. CARDI B is her's stage name. Her studio album
INVASION OF PRIVACY (2018), debuted as the number one on a billboard and named by
Billboard the top female rap album of the 2010s. Cardi B is the only woman to win the award
as a solo artist, as well as to be nominated for Album of the Year, along with this, she
received Grammy Award, five American Music Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, and
several other awards
As of 2021, Cardi B's net worth is estimated at
$24 million. She is an American hip hop artist,
rapper, TV and social media personality, from
the Bronx in New York City.
6. LIL WAYNE
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on September 27, 1982. LIL WAYNE is his stage
name. He is a singer, rapper, record executive, songwriter, and actor. His career
started when he got signed by rapper Birdman, joining Cash Money Records as the
youngest member of the label. He has sold over more than 15 million albums,
including 120 million records worldwide and 37 million digital tracks in the United
States, which makes him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In 2009 he was
honored with GRAMMY Award for his song "LOLLIPOP" supported by 4 other grammy
awards on his back,
His most successful song is
" A MILLI" from his hit album,
mixtapes, and singles
7. DRAKE
Aubrey Drake Graham[5] born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada is a Canadian rapper.
he is a singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. In Oct 2015 h became the biggest rapper
on the planet after signing Lil Wayne's record label Young Money Entertainment. He was
rarely out of the headlines, whether it’s for dating Rihanna or Jennifer Lopez. Drake released
his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006, achieving modest sales of approximately
6,000 copies globally.In 2016 Nov he released "TAKE CARE" which was universally
acclaimed, and won the Grammy award (2013) for the best rap album, among several other
honors.
DRAKE wrote Un-Thinkable
for Alicia Keys and co-wrote
Fall For Your Type for Jamie Foxx.
8. XXXTENTACION
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy born on January 23, 1998, in Plantation, Florida. He got murdered at 3:56
p.m on June 18, 2018, when he was leaving the Riva Motorsports motorc ycle dealership in Deerfield
Beach, Florida, Two armed men approached him while he was sitting in the driver's seat. A brief struggle
occurred, and then these armed men reached inside Onfroy's vehicle and stole his small Louis Vuitton
bag containing $50,000, and shot him multiple times on his chest and brain. XXX's death was announced
by the County Sheriff's Office at exactly 5:30 p.m. Later on Suspect Dedrick Devonshay Williams got
arrested and charged for first-degree murder in Florida and was held in the Broward County jail.
He is also one of the Top-20
of all-time best selling artists
in terms of digital singles
9. TRAVIS SCOTT
Jacques Bermon Webster II born on Apr 30, 1991, known by his stage name Travis Scott,
formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott. He is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record
producer. his music style is described as a mix of traditional rap, lo-fi, hip-hop, and different
change in the beat flows. In 2012, Scott signed his first record-label with Epic Records. he
released his first project "THE MIXTAPE OWL PHARAOH" in 2013 followed by his second project
"DAY BEFORE RADIO" in Aug 2014. Scott is the first artist on the Hot 100 to have three songs
debut within a year.
He was honored with a Billboard Music Award
and a Latin Grammy Award and has been
nominated for eight Grammy Awards.
10. SNOOP DOGG
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. born on October 20, 1971, majorly known for his stage name
SNOOP DOGG previously known as SNOOP DOGGY DOGG. He is an American Rapper and
Media personality. Snoop's debut solo album, Doggystyle debuted at number one on the
popular albums chart, the Billboard 200, and on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,
Selling 800,000 copies in its first week. Snoop is known to freestyle some of his lyrics on
the spot.
In the year 2005, he won the Billboard music
Award for his single debuted
"drop it like it's hot".
11. TORY LANEZ
Tory Lanez is a Canadian Rapper who got famous with his first proper album, I TOLD
YOU(2016) included the singles, "Say It" and "Luv", which peaked at number 23 and 19
on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively. In 2020 he released his studio album LUV ME
NOW, Although being surrounded with controversies over fields to other rappers
Lanez amazed us with his huge fan following.
In 2015, he signed to Benny Blanco's Mad
Love Records and Interscope Records before
the release of 'I Told You'.
12. JOYNER LUCAS
Joyner Lucas is a rapper, singer, lyricist, actor, and producer from Massachusetts. His
music video I'm Not Racist is a phenomenal hit on Youtube, it also got nominated for 2019
Grammy Award. Lucas has also become popular for re-mixing famous hip-hop songs like
"Gucci Gang" "Bank Account" "DNA" and many others. His album ADHD crossed over 1.5
billion views on youtube, it has over 760 million streams on Spotify, ADHD charted #1
album on iTunes Hip Hop and Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 (US) with a #4 Top Rap
Albums (US) and #2 Independent Albums (US), including Top 10 in Australia, Canada, New
Zealand.
In 2019, he cemented his achievements
with two Grammy nominations for Best
Rap Song and Best Music Video.
13. LOGIC
Logic has a long list of hit songs and albums including the number one album
"Confessions of a dangerous mind" the album also contains the hit track "HOMICIDE" Feat-
Eminem. Logic has also released a novel titled Supermarket which became a new york
times bestseller and also a soundtrack by the same name. Till now, Logic released six
studio albums and received two Grammy Award nominations.
Logic lands his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as No Pressure
arrives in the summit on the list dated Aug. 8.
14. TOP 10 RAPPERS IN WORLD
SO HERE'S THE LIST OF TOP 10
RAPPERS IN WORLD. I FOUND
OUT TO BE IMPRESSIVE. I KNOW, I
MISSED SOME OF THE BADASS
RAPPERS OF ALL TIME LIKE- 2PAC,
BIGGIE, EAZY-E, JAY-Z, KANYE
WEST, BIG PUN, ETC; BUT DON'T
WORRY I'LL COME UP WITH MY
SECOND LIST OF BEST RAPPERS
OF ALL TIME AND TRY TO COVER
THEM ALL.
15. More than 50 million Americans
travelled abroad in 2015
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POPULATION OF
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