The hip-hop industry has recently become one of the most popular genres of music among the younger generation. There is a new school of rappers who read a lot of words in their tracks at a breakneck speed. Slowly but surely fast flow has won the hearts of its listeners and has become one of the most prestigious styles of hip-hop culture.
With the development of fast flow, a huge number of rappers have appeared who have taken their niche in this genre. Over the past few years, some have become popular on a massive scale, while others are still training their technique to conquer millions.
In order to figure out which of them is considered the best, we present the rating 10 the fastest rappers in the world according to the global poll of the hip-hop music channel, A-ONE.
10. Sidodji Duboshit and Dirty Ramirez
The guys who have recently become popular are opening our rating thanks to their horror rap tracks Sidodzhi Duboshit and Dirty Ramirez. In fact, the rising stars have common names - Andrey Zolotukhin and Sergey Zhelnov, respectively. The duo was originally conceived to entertain two talented musicians.
Fame came to rappers suddenly after recording a video for the song "Mereana Mordegard". After that, the video accidentally caught the eye of Oksimiron, and he helped in the promotion of their group. All tracks of Sidogi Duboshit and Dirty Ramirez are distinguished by fast text flow. The guys have reached unprecedented heights in the fast flow style.
9. Artem Loik
The next place goes to the rapper, who gained his fame thanks to the show of various talents "X Factor". Artem was born in Ukraine in Poltava, now he is 29 years old. The number that determined his future destiny was a track of his own composition. He performed rap on the verge of human capabilities and immediately received audience sympathy.
In the show, Artyom has advanced far enough, entered the top 4 semifinalists, but unfortunately, he never made it to the final. After that, he participated in many rap battles, gaining recognition from famous Russian stars. Now Artyom is improving his skills, releasing new albums of his creativity in the style of fast flow.
8. MGK
American rapper Machine Gun Kelly is also a spokesman for the new school of hip-hop in the fast-moving style. The real name of the artist is Richard Colson Baker. MGK rose to fame in 2011 after releasing 4 mixtapes, while MTV recognized him as one of the best MCs.
One of the most recent events that made Richard famous is the compilation and recording of a diss for the representative of the old school hip-hop culture Eminem. In his texts, he expresses criticism of the world star. The MGK video has gained immense popularity as the rapper challenges the most experienced and talented performer of our time in his recording.
7. Oxxxymiron
Seventh place goes to the Russian rap artist Oksimiron, originally from the city of St. Petersburg. The real name of the star is Miron Yanovich Fedorov, now he is 33 years old. Few people know that Oksimiron was born into a Jewish family. The artist released his first famous tracks in 2008.
Most recently, Miron recorded a single with the popular rock group BI-2, which gained incredible popularity among fans. The style of the text in the new hit is fast flow.The rapper easily manages to convey the emotional component of the songs without losing the clarity of pronunciation. Now Oxxxymiron is one of the most famous rappers in Russia.
6. Watsky
The American rapper from the sunny state of California is one of the best representatives of the fast flow style in the world. Now the performer is 32 years old. Watsky gained popularity back in 2006, thanks to his talent for performing hip-hop tracks. By the way, then the rapper was fond of hockey and was the world champion among youth teams.
What's more, Watsky won the 2007 Most Talented Poet award. All the rapper's lyrics are logical and understandable, as well as his execution. The songwriter gained great popularity with his 2011 video "Pale kid raps fast". Now the clip has over 1,000,000 views on YouTube.
5. Tech N9ne
The five fastest rappers in the world are opened by the American performer Tech N9ne. He was born into a deeply religious family with a Muslim dad and a Christian mom. It was the relationship with the parents that gave rise to the work of the popular American rapper. Tech N9ne gained fame back in 2002, after which he founded his own label Strange Music.
The main style of his songs is hardcore rap, which has recently gained recognition. The clarity of the quickly pronounced words is striking, the honed skill of the hip-hop artist is immediately visible. The most popular track now is We’re Not Sorry, available in almost every country in the world. True, his popularity is gradually fading, but this does not prevent him from being one of the best fast rappers in the world.
4. DragN
The next place goes to the fastest Russian-speaking rapper under the pseudonym DragN with the real name Ilya Polonsky. The performer receives his fame in 2011 at the age of 21. Ilya has many victories in freestyle battles.
DragN is one of the first rappers to use incredibly fast bitrate in their lyrics. It was this track that brought fame to the young talent. Its bit rate was 160 bpm, and the density of words per second was 4.
3. Busta Rhymes
The top three are opened by the well-known American hip-hop artist from Brooklyn. Now the star is 46 years old. It is Basta Rimes who is considered the ancestor of the fast flow style, as he is the very first rapper who gained his fame thanks to high-speed recitative.
Now Busta Rhymes is considered the richest performer of songs. On his account, many released albums, breaking all records in downloads. The rapper recorded his tracks with most of the popular hip-hop artists in America. The maximum number of project partners is 7, including Snoop Dogg, Ludacris and Eminem.
2. Ceza
The second place goes to the popular Turkish rap artist Ceza. At the age of 40, he has received many honorary awards in the music industry. MTV named him the best rapper in Turkey in 2007. Ceza gained popularity in its homeland a little earlier, in 2000, all over the world - in 2004.
The artist has many fast flow studio albums. Ceza has a maximum density of 5 words per second. He became interested in hip-hop at the age of 14. As a result, he overtook his idol - the American rapper Busta Rhymes, who took the 3rd line of our rating.
1. Eminem is the fastest rapper
Eminem takes the first place in the ranking of the fastest rappers in the world. Now the star is 46 years old. His real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers. Eminem's childhood was spent in a difficult family of street musicians. Even at the age of 1, their father left them, and the mother, trying to arrange her personal life, left the child in the care of her grandmother.
Despite this, Eminem has become one of the most famous rappers in the world. Perhaps, the trials experienced in childhood made him a strong-willed person who did not depart from his dreams. On first listening to his cassette by Dr. Dre, the producer got the impression that the tracks were recorded by a black guy.
The rapper gained fame back in 2001. Eminem is considered the fastest rap artist, as he was able to read 1560 words in 5 minutes - that's 6 words per second. Now the popular American rapper has 15 Grammy awards and an Oscor for the best soundtrack for the film "8 Mile".