List of alternative hip-hop artists
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The following is a list of notable alternative hip hop artists.
A
B
- Baby Keem[28]
- Backxwash[29]
- Joey Badass[30]
- Basehead[19][20]
- Beans[31]
- Beastie Boys[32][33][34]
- Beat Junkies[35]
- Big Boi[36]
- Bishop Nehru[37]
- The Black Eyed Peas[38][39][40]
- Black Sheep[18]
- Black Star[41]
- Blackalicious[38][42][43]
- Blackbear[44]
- Blu & Exile[14]
- B.o.B[45][46]
- Brand Nubian[47]
- Brockhampton[48]
- Danny Brown[49][8][50][51]
- Buck 65[52][53][54]
- Busdriver[55][56][57]
- Busta Rhymes[58]
- Bruno Mars[59]
C
- Cadence Weapon[60][61]
- Calle 13[62][63]
- Cannibal Ox[64]
- La Caution[65]
- Chali 2na[66]
- Chance the Rapper[67]
- Che (rapper)[68]
- Chiddy Bang[69][70][71]
- Childish Gambino[67][72][73][74]
- Cities Aviv[8][75]
- Citizen King[76]
- Clipping.[8][14][77]
- Clouddead[78]
- The Cool Kids[79][80][81]
- Common[38][82]
- Company Flow[38][83]
- The Coup[38]
- Crazy Town[84]
- Denzel Curry[49][85][86]
- Cypress Hill[87]
- Czarface[88]
D
- Dälek[89][90]
- Dan the Automator[35][91][92]
- Danger Doom[93]
- Danny![94]
- Dark Time Sunshine[95]
- Das Racist[96][97][98]
- Jean Dawson[99]
- DC Talk[100]
- De La Soul[18][101][102][103]
- Dead Prez[35]
- Death Grips[8][27][104][105]
- Del the Funky Homosapien[91][106][107]
- Deltron 3030[92][108][109]
- Die Antwoord[110][111]
- Digable Planets[112][113]
- Digital Underground[101][114]
- Dilated Peoples[3][35]
- The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy[16][19][20][101]
- Divine Styler[20][115]
- Doechii[116]
- Dolphin[117]
- Domo Genesis[118]
- Doomtree[119]
- Duckwrth[74][120][121][122]
E
F
G
- G. Love & Special Sauce[144][145][146]
- Gang Starr[103]
- GDP[147]
- Ghostemane[148][149]
- Ghostpoet[150]
- Freddie Gibbs[151][152]
- The Goats[19][153]
- Gnarls Barkley[154]
- Gorillaz[155]
- Jean Grae[156]
- Grand Buffet[157]
- CeeLo Green[158][159]
- Greydon Square[160]
- Grieves[161]
- GRITS[162]
- Gym Class Heroes[163][164][165]
H
I
J
K
- Ka[14]
- K.Flay[192]
- Ken Carson[193]
- Kid Cudi[194][195]
- Kid Koala[91]
- Kids See Ghosts[196]
- Kidz in the Hall[197][198][199]
- Killer Mike[125]
- Allan Kingdom[200]
- K'naan[201]
- Rockwell Knuckles[202]
- The Knux[203][204][205]
- Kool Keith[206]
- The Koreatown Oddity[14]
- k-os[207][208]
- Talib Kweli[35][38][209][210]
L
M
- Macklemore[225]
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis[211][226]
- Madvillain[227]
- Mansionz[228]
- Matisyahu[229][230]
- Travie McCoy[163][231]
- Me Phi Me[20][101]
- MellowHype[232]
- MF Doom[8][233]
- M.I.A.[234][235]
- The Mighty Underdogs[236]
- MIKE[14]
- Mac Miller[237]
- Milo[55]
- Pete Miser[238]
- Mos Def[38][210]
- Mr. Lif[9][239][240]
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire[241]
- Georgia Anne Muldrow[242]
- Murs[243][244][245]
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- The Saturday Knights[292]
- Travis Scott[293]
- Serengeti[294][295]
- Shabazz Palaces[49][296][297][298]
- Shad[299]
- Shape Shifters[142]
- Shwayze[300][301]
- Sisyphus[302]
- Slowthai[303]
- Slug[304]
- Smino[122][183]
- Jaden Smith[305]
- Rejjie Snow[306]
- Sole[9][307]
- Son Lux[308][309]
- Souls of Mischief[310]
- SoulStice[311]
- Spank Rock[312]
- Spearhead[313][314]
- Speech[315]
- Vince Staples[49][316]
- Suicideboys[citation needed]
- Earl Sweatshirt[296][317][318]
T
U
W
X
Y
Z
See also
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