Gary Eldridge Grice(born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage names GZA and the Genius, is an American rapper. A founding member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the group’s “spiritual head”, being both the first member in the group to receive a record deal and being the oldest member. GZA’s musical and lyrical style was shaped by early 1970s block parties, the cadence of soul and spoken word artists, golden-era rap pioneers, and a deep fascination with science and chess.
Fatimah Nyeema Warner (born September 18, 1991), known professionally as Noname, is an American rapper. She began rapping and performing slam poetry in 2010, and gained wider recognition in 2013 for her appearance on the track “Lost” from Chance the Rapper‘s mixtape Acid Rap. She released her debut mixtape, Telefone, in 2016 to critical acclaim. Her debut album, Room 25, was released in 2018 and received further acclaim. Noname is one third of the musical supergroup Ghetto Sage with rappers Smino and Saba. Since 2019, she has also run the Noname Book Club, which focuses on radical texts by authors of color. Noname’s unique blend of jazz rap and spoken word is shaped by Chicago blues legends, literary giants, and neo-soul innovators.
District 9 was a prominent New York Hardcore (NYHC) band from the Bronx, formed in the 1990s by vocalist Myke “Puerto Rican Myke” Rivera out of the ashes of the band Close Call. Known for releases like Schoolahardknox (1995), they were a staple of the mid-90s scene and featured in the classic N.Y.H.C. documentary. District 9 drew heavy stylistic inspiration from the authentic, organic intersection of 1990s hardcore and East Coast hip-hop culture.
Patrick G. Morales (born October 21, 1993), better known by his stage nameWiki, is an American rapper and record producer. He was a member of New York City-based hip-hop group Ratking with rapper-producer Sporting Life and rapper Hak, which disbanded in 2016. Morales was also a member of Secret Circle with rapper Antwon and rapper-producer Lil Ugly Mane until 2018.
I Passed Away is an independent underground music artist and producer known for cloud rap, emo rap, and ambient instrumental projects. He draws heavily from the emotional depth and vocal styles of early late-2010s emo-rap pioneers such as Lil Peep, XXXTENTACION, and alternative/goth underground figures like ITSOKTOCRY and BEXEY.
Michael Jordan Bonema (born October 13, 1998), known professionally as MIKE (stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer based in New York City. Bonema’s atypical upbringing, having experienced life in New Jersey, London, Philadelphia and New York City, has had an audible influence on his diverse and experimental music style.
Envision is a vegan straight-edge metallic hardcore band from Florida. Formed in the late 2010s, they combine 1990s East Coast hardcore style with melodic, heavy guitar work.
God’s Hate are a metallic hardcore band from Van Nuys, California co-founded by drummer/guitarist/composer Colin Young (Twitching Tongues) and vocalist/lyricist/professional wrestler Brody King.
Volumes (sometimes stylized as VOLUMES) is an American progressive metalcore band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. Volumes blends progressive metalcore and djent with hip-hop, jazz, classical, and alternative. Their rhythmic groove and ambient, polyrhythmic soundscapes are heavily shaped by early inspirations like Meshuggah and Periphery (Misha Mansoor’s ‘Bulb’ project), as well as post-hardcore acts like The Chariot and The Bled.
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Merauder is an influential Brooklyn-based heavy metallic hardcore band formed in 1990. Widely regarded as the “Godfathers of Metalcore”, they shaped the 90s NYHC scene by fusing hardcore aggression with heavy metal riffing. Fronted by vocalist Jorge Rosado, their gritty, unrelenting sound reflects their New York inner-city roots. Merauder built their sound on a foundation of thrash, early death metal, and the gritty, groove-driven New York Hardcore (NYHC) scene. Key influences on the band’s metal-heavy riffing and dark guitar tones included Slayer, Celtic Frost, and Venom. Acts like the Cro-Mags, Carnivore, and Stigmata shaped the band’s hardcore roots and crossover appeal. And the heavy, stompy, and rhythmic “Brooklyn groove” popularized by local peers like Biohazard and Life of Agony heavily impacted their pacing and mosh breakdowns.
Jonathan H. Smith(born January 17, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were instrumental in the genre’s commercial breakthrough in the early 2000s. He was also the frontman of the group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, with whom he has released five albums.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz were an influential Atlanta-based hip hop group that pioneered and popularized the crunk genre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Formed in 1997, the trio consisted of Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith), Big Sam (Sam Norris), and Lil Bo (Wendell Neal). They became known for their hyper-energetic, “shouted” call-and-response hooks and bass-heavy production.
Sector is a prominent metallic hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2019. They are known for a heavy, “unhinged” sound that blends traditional hardcore with influences from death metal and hip hop.
Michael Christmas is a rapper from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for his humorous, self-deprecating lyrics and “everyman” persona. Christmas’s music often explores themes of ordinary life, awkwardness, and pop culture, diverging from the more serious or aggressive styles traditional in East Coast hip-hop. Michael Christmas draws from a eclectic mix of hip-hop legends, jazz masters, and unconventional comedy figures. Redman, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB), Ice Cube, Soulja Boy, Wiz Khalifa, The Cool Kids, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Bernie Mac and John Belushi. Just to name a few.
Antoine Amari Reed (born December 24, 1987) is an American rapper better known by his stage name Sir Michael Rocks (or Mikey Rocks). He started his music career in 2005 as a member of the hip hop duo The Cool Kids, and later joined the groups All City Chess Club, the “super group” P.O.C. (Pulled Over by the Cops), and The Toothpick Clique. Heavily influenced by 1980s/90s hip-hop, Chicago rap legends, and eclectic, retro-futuristic sounds. Key influences include Outkast, Gorillaz, LL Cool J, Twista, Kanye West, and Common. His style, both as a solo artist and in The Cool Kids, blends minimalistic, 808-driven production with themes of fashion, nature, and, in his later work, more abstract, conceptual ideas.
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Since the establishment of Hip Hop, the amount of female rappers that have been able to thrive in the mainstream music industry, have been relatively little in comparison to their male counterparts. Women such as Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, Lil Kim, Queen Latifah, Eve, Trina, Salt-N-Pepa, Monie Love, Da Brat are all recognized and heralded as the earliest pioneers in female rap. Each woman named brought talent, skill level, creativity, and groundbreaking archetypes that resonated with Hip Hop lovers. One particular woman became a household name with her striking looks, designer fashions, sultry deep voice, distinctive flow, delivery, and sharp Mafioso-influenced lyricism drenched in sexuality.
Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 6, 1978. Marchand was only 17-years-old when she became known to the world as Foxy Brown, as a…
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