conscious hip-hop

Tupac Shakur

G-funk, West Coast hip-hop

Nas

East Coast hip-hop, alternative hip-hop

Kendrick Lamar

West Coast hip-hop, alternative hip-hop

KRS-One

East Coast hip-hop, boom bap

Common

alternative R&B, alternative hip-hop

Kool Keith

East Coast hip-hop, abstract hip-hop

Lupe Fiasco

Midwest hip-hop, alternative hip-hop

Logic

East Coast hip-hop, hip-hop

J. Cole

Southern hip-hop

Polo G

Chicago hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop

The Roots

alternative hip-hop, alternative rock

Big K.R.I.T.

Southern hip-hop, dirty south

Ernia

hip-hop, pop rap

Chance the Rapper

alternative R&B, alternative hip-hop

Kery James

French hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop

Noize MC

alternative hip-hop, alternative rock

Rakim

East Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap

Killer Mike

Atlanta hip-hop, Southern hip-hop

Oxxxymiron

alternative hip-hop, grime

Marčelo

hip-hop, jazz rap

Riz Ahmed

UK rap, alternative hip-hop

Ramaj Eroc

hip-hop, underground hip-hop

Abhi the Nomad

alternative hip-hop, pop music

Yasiin Bey

East Coast hip-hop, alternative hip-hop