Top 50 Rappers From NYC

Goldie · May 27, 2026

50. French Montana
49.A Boogie Wit da Hoodie
48.Lloyd Banks
47.Biz Markie
46.Styles P
45.Jim Jones
44.Grand Puba
43.Fabolous
42.Posdnuos
41.Melle Mel
40. ASAP Rocky
39.Cool Moe Dee
38.N.O.R.E.
37.MC Lyte
36.Ja Rule
35.Kool Keith
34.Ol’ Dirty Bastard
33.Foxy Brown
32.GZA
31.Fat Joe
30.Kool G Rap
29.Big L
28.Mase
27.Pop Smoke
26.Raekwon
25.Cardi B
24.Q-Tip
23.Run
22.Chuck D
21.Method Man
20.Slick Rick
19.Big Daddy Kane
18.Yasiin Bey
17.Cam’ron
16.Jadakiss
15.Big Pun
14.MF DOOM
13.Ghostface Killah
12.Lil’ Kim
11.Prodigy
10.KRS-One
9. Busta Rhymes
8. DMX
7. Nicki Minaj
6. 50 Cent
5. LL Cool J
4. Rakim
3. Nas
2. Notorious B.I.G.
1. Jay-Z

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Goldie · May 27, 2026

lol @ MF Doom at 14.

Shit looks like an ABW list

Elzo69Renaissance · May 27, 2026

Nas ain’t number 1
Invalid list

Sky Davis · May 27, 2026

Fat Joe is top 20

southsil4lil · May 27, 2026

Nicki Minaj two spots away from being a top 5 NY rapper all time

nex gin · May 27, 2026

Looks like a........yep a Complex list...........

:pause:

unspoken_respect · May 27, 2026

Masta Ace

grYmes · May 27, 2026

Goldie said:
lol @ MF Doom at 14.

Shit looks like an ABW list

Nah.

An ABW ass list would have Lauryn Hill in the top ten somehow.

Iceberg_Taylor · May 27, 2026

grYmes said:
Nah.

An ABW ass list would have Lauryn Hill in the top ten somehow.

Nah an ABW ass list would have snuck Drake onto this list

Sky Davis · May 27, 2026

Iceberg_Taylor said:
Nah an ABW ass list would have snuck Drake onto this list

Oh brother lol

Duwop · May 27, 2026

Yeah they off...

Nikki and 50 don't belong in top 10

I ain't mad at 11-20... Pretty solid

Cardi and pop smoke have no business in 21-30

No complaints of 31-40

41-50 is all over the place

Jim Jones has no place in top 50
Styles P should be way higher
Why are loud banks, a boogie, and French do not belong here at all....

But, I understand the pressure of putting together a respectable top 50

Based Dave 96 · May 27, 2026

Tony Yayo will be complaining on his podcast why he not on....hes 50 friend.

genocide_cutter · May 27, 2026

French Montana at 50 and Pop Smoke at 27 but no mention of Fred the Godson or member of Griselda? Fuck outta here!

Based Dave 96 · May 27, 2026

Juelz Santana should have made the list.

BRIAN B. · May 27, 2026

Styles P at 46?

behind Jim Jones?

:hahaha:

BRIAN B. · May 27, 2026

didn't even really read after that lol

MorganFreemanKing · Thursday at 2:13 AM

Would you look at that, no Max B

Chi-Town B · Thursday at 2:52 AM

Duwop said:
Yeah they off...

Nikki and 50 don't belong in top 10

I ain't mad at 11-20... Pretty solid

Cardi and pop smoke have no business in 21-30

No complaints of 31-40

41-50 is all over the place

Jim Jones has no place in top 50
Styles P should be way higher
Why are loud banks, a boogie, and French do not belong here at all....

But, I understand the pressure of putting together a respectable top 50

50 has done more in hip hop than Biggie

LurkerSix · Thursday at 11:33 AM

They have Pop Smoke is over Kool G Rap, Lloyd Banks, Styles P, JA Rule ,ODB, GZA, Fat Joe, Fab, Biz Markie and Mase..........how?

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Maywood · Thursday at 12:07 PM

Chi-Town B said:
50 has done more in hip hop than Biggie

Top 50 Rappers From NYC

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