Best Hip-Hop Artists

Among its members are multi-platinum selling solo artists, multi-platinum record producers, Grammy winners, TV and film stars, screenwriters, product spokespersons, business owners and, most recently, major motion picture composers.

Often regarded as the female equivalent of Tupac, Left Eye was known for her spiritual rhymes and "crazy" attitude. As one-third of the best selling female R&B group of all times, TLC, Left Eye was beginning to shine on her own. However, she was sadly taken away from us on April 25, 2002 while on a spiritual retreat in Honduras. Her vehicle had skidded off the road and rolled over several times. She was the only fatality out of the eight passengers who were with her. Left Eye is truly missed and has left her mark on the Hip Hop Community as one of the best female mc's of all time.

Most famous for their landmark album, The Infamous, and the accompanying hit single, Shook Ones Pt. II.

Perhaps the group’s most important contribution to rap is their speedy, harmonizing flow.

Kam’s angst-ridden brand of hardcore rap helped set the mark by which other socially-conscious emcees would be (and still are) judged.

The mistreatment of Del & Hieroglyphics by their record labels became infamous in hip-hop circles, as a perfect example of “industry rule #4080” (record company people are shady).

Deltron 3030 is a supergroup of hip-hop artists, composed primarily of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala, though their work features many other artists as well, all taking on various futuristic pseudonyms.