To Ten Rap Artist. IMO

10. DMX/ Favorite Song: Bring Your Whole Crew

Name: Earl Simmons
His name is a tribute to an instrument he used in the 1980s, the oberheim DMX drum machine. He was also the first rapper in history to have released two number one albums in the same year. At that time he was the only musical artist in history to release five consecutive albums that debuted at the number one spot on the billboard 200.

9. Tech N9ne/ Favorite Song: Worldwide Choppers

Name: Aaron Yates
His name originated from TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun which was given to him by another rapper. He has stated that is stands for the complete technique rhyme, with "tech" meaning technique and "nine" representing the number of completion.

8. Jay-z/ Favorite Song: Takeover

Name: Shawn Carter
He has sold more than 100 million records and receiving 21 Grammys Awards. Forbes has recently estimated his net worth at $810 million making him the second richest hip hop artist in the U.S. He is also a certified NBA & MLB sports agent.

7. Snoop Dogg/ Favorite Song: Gin & Juice

Name: Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Snoop has sold 35 million albums worldwide. His debut album Doggystyle which was released in 1993 sold almost a million copies in the first week. He was also inducted into the Celbrity Wins of the WWE H.O.F.

6. Dr. Dre/ Favorite Song: Forgot About Dre

Name: Andre Young
Dre found fame with rap group N.W.A. (Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella) He has produced records for Tupac, D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendric Lamar. He is the founder of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Apple bought the Beats by Dre brand for a reported $3 Billion which supposedly made him the "Richest Man in Hip-Hop"

5. Eazy-E/ Favorite Song: Boyz In Da Hood

Name: Eric Wright
Eric is known as "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap" and founder for Ruthless Records. He was part of the rap group N.W.A. In 1991 Eric accepted an invitation to a lunch benefiting the Republican Senatoral Inner Circle which was hosted by then U.S. President George H.W. Bush. Eazy supported Bush because of his performance in the Persian Gulf War.
He died in 1995 at the age of 30.

4. Notorious B.I.G./ Favorite Song: Big Poppa

Name: Christopher Wallace
He only released one studio album before his death, his second album Life After Death was released sixteen days after his murder. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.
He died in 1997 at the age of 24.

3. Ice Cube/ Favorite Song: No Vaseline

Name: O'Shea Jackson Sr.
He is one of the founding artist of gangsta rap. MTV ranked him number eight on the ten greatest MCs of all time and Snoop Dogg ranked him as the greatest MC of all time. He is also the only member of N.W.A. that is not from Compton, CA. Also he had a role in the film Boyz n the Hood and was a writer and stared in the film Friday alongside Chris Tucker and has stared in several fims since then.

2. Tupac Shakur/ Favorite Song: Hit'em Up

Name: Lesane Crooks
His album All Eyez On Me and his Greatest Hits CD are among the bestselling albums in the U.S. His album Me Against the World is considered one of the greatest and most influential Hip-Hop albums of all time. On April 7, 2017 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative Hip-Hop group Digital Underground.
He died in 1996 at the age of 25.

1. Eminem/ Favorite Song: Lose Yourself

Name: Marshall Mathers III
Eminem has had ten number one albums on the billboard 200 and has sold more than 172 million albums worldwide making him one of the world's best selling artist. 1999 The Slim Shaddy L.P. 2000s The Marshall Matthers L.P. and 2002s The Eminem Show were worldwide successes making him the first artist to win the Grammy Award for three consecutive LPs. Relapse in 2009 and Recovery in 2010 both won Grammy's as well. Recovery was the best selling album in 2010 worldwide.