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 Nelly: Rapper Bio Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. — born November 2, 1974, in Austin, Texas, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri — was the most commercially dominant rapper in the world from 2000 to 2004. Known as Nelly, he had the rare ability to make rap music feel like pure pop fun without losing credibility on the street, releasing a string of multi-platinum albums and hits that seemed inescapable. He then largely disappeared from mainstream relevance, making him one of the great one-era wonders of h

 Lil Kim: Rapper Bio Kimberly Denise Jones — born July 11, 1974, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn — is one of the most influential female rappers of all time. Known as Lil Kim, she emerged from the Junior M.A.F.I.A. collective under the guidance of The Notorious B.I.G. and released a debut album in 1996 that redefined what female rappers were permitted to say, wear, and be. Her impact on hip-hop's aesthetics, gender dynamics, and commercial possibilities is immeasurable. Early Life Kim grew up in

 Nicki Minaj: Rapper Bio Onika Tanya Maraj — born December 8, 1982, in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, and raised in Queens, New York — is the best-selling female rap artist of all time and the first woman to have a standalone #1 rap album in over a decade when Pink Friday arrived in 2010. Known as Nicki Minaj, she built her career through an extraordinary run of mixtapes in the late 2000s and has spent fifteen years as the dominant commercial female voice in hip-hop, despite an increasingly c

 DMX: Rapper Bio Earl Simmons — born December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, New York, and raised in Yonkers — was one of the most viscerally powerful performers in the history of hip-hop. Known as DMX (Dark Man X), he released two consecutive #1 albums in 1998, became the first artist to have his first five albums debut at number one, and delivered a raw, emotionally exposed style of rap that felt unlike anything else. He died on April 9, 2021, following a heart attack triggered by a drug overdose.

 Ice Cube: Rapper Bio O'Shea Jackson — born June 15, 1969, in South Central Los Angeles — is one of the most formidable lyricists in the history of hip-hop. Known as Ice Cube, he was the primary writer behind N.W.A's most incendiary material, left the group over a financial dispute, and then released one of the greatest debut albums in rap history as his response. He later became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars without ever losing credibility in rap. Early Life Raised in the Crenshaw dist

 Snoop Dogg: Rapper Bio Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. — born October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California — is one of the most recognisable human beings on the planet. Known as Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion, or simply Snoop, he launched his career on one of the most anticipated debut albums in rap history and has maintained cultural relevance for over thirty years through an almost supernatural ability to stay likeable regardless of what era he finds himself in. Early Life Raised in Long Beach, Snoop was

 Dr. Dre: Rapper Bio Andre Romelle Young — born February 18, 1965, in Compton, California — is the most influential producer in the history of hip-hop and one of its most successful entrepreneurs. Known as Dr. Dre, he co-founded N.W.A, defined gangsta rap, created the G-funk sound, launched the careers of Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and 50 Cent, signed Kendrick Lamar to Aftermath, built a $3 billion headphone business, and sold it all to Apple. As a rapper he has released only three studio albums, each

 2Pac (Tupac Shakur): Rapper Bio Tupac Amaru Shakur — born June 16, 1971, in East Harlem, New York — is one of the most commercially successful and arguably the most culturally significant rappers of all time. Known as 2Pac or Makaveli, he released four studio albums in his lifetime — plus the posthumous Makaveli record — across a career that lasted only five years before his murder in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996. Nearly thirty years after his death, he remains one of the best-selling rap ar

 The Notorious B.I.G.: Rapper Bio Christopher George Latore Wallace — born May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York — is universally regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Known as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, he released two studio albums across a career that was cut devastatingly short when he was murdered in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997 at age 24. Despite releasing only 32 official tracks in his lifetime, his status in rap history is rivalled only by Tupac S

 Kanye West: Rapper Bio Kanye Omari West — born June 8, 1977, in Atlanta and raised in Chicago — is one of the most influential and polarising figures in the history of popular music. A producer-turned-rapper who reinvented hip-hop's sonic palette across five distinct eras, he has released multiple albums considered among the greatest ever made while simultaneously making headlines for behaviour that has repeatedly overshadowed his artistry. Early Life Raised on the South Side of Chicago by his

 Kendrick Lamar: Rapper Bio Kendrick Lamar Duckworth — born June 17, 1987, in Compton, California — is the most critically acclaimed rapper of his generation and one of the most significant artists in the history of American music. The first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, a Super Bowl halftime headliner, and the man who neutralised Drake's commercial dominance with a single diss track, Kendrick has never made a bad album. Early Life Raised in Compton by parents who had relocated fro

 Who Is Cassidy? Barry Adrian Reese, known as Cassidy, is a Philadelphia rapper whose technical battle rap credentials were among the best of the mid-2000s mainstream. Hotel (2004) was a top 10 hit. His debut Split Personality debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. A 2006 involuntary manslaughter conviction, stemming from a 2005 shooting, interrupted his career. B.A.R.S. (2012) was his comeback album, debuting at #121 with approximately 4,000 copies. Quick Stats  Career Overview Cassidy signed to F