Top 10 Best Rap Artists and Acts of All Time

Run DMC ***

Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community ***

Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage names: 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism ***

Beastie Boys is a hip hop musical group from New York City, consisting of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz ***

N.W.A ***

Joseph Saddler , better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing ***

Eric B. & Rakim ***

Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop trio that came onto the music scene in 1986, and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide ***

A Tribe Called Quest is a critically acclaimed and highly-influential American hip-hop group, formed in 1988 ***

Notorious B.I.G ***