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Saturday 5 July 2014

The top selling rappers of all time

1- LL COOL J
Lady love cool James also known as LL COOL J has
sold over 13 million records since he started in the
early 90's and was rapping since he was 11 years
old. The guys a double threat as he also acts now
and has made a successful on screen career. Scroll
through for the top 9 highest selling rappers of all
time.

2- NELLY
Remember who introduced us to the Nike shoe "Air
force ones" and " Grillz" thats this man, Mr Nelly who
has sold over 21 million records and is now selling
his own clothing brand and doing a bit of acting.

3- MC HAMMER
From Millionaire to broke and also known as the
parachute pants man has had one of the biggest
singles of all time " Hammer Time " and was his only
big hit which sold him over 16 million records. The
sad part is he spent all that money on partying and
has ended up being a regular Joe.

4- BEASTIE BOYS
The first white rap group to make it really big are the
Beastie Boys who originally started off as a punk
band in the late 70's but made the switch to hip hop
in the 80's and sold over 22 million albums. Good
work boys we need more music please.

5- OUTKAST
This powerful group has won over 6 grammies and
sold over 22 million albums. The original group name
they came out with was called 2 shades deep but
thankfully they stuck to Outkast.

6- DMX
The dog man Earl Simmons also known as DMX
started boxing as a kid in the mid 80's and first
started rapping in the early 90's. He rose to fame in
1997 and has sold almost 15 million albums.

7- EMINEM
Here is the most successful white rapper you will
ever see. The way he attacks his versus and his
rhymes had left everyone in awe and was very hard to
ignore the talent. This Detroit city rapper has sold
over 35 million records worldwide.

8- BIGGY
Biggy smalls AKA The Notorious B.I.G was the top 2
best rappers of all time with famous feud with 2pac
Shakur and has sold over 55 million albums since he
has come out and after his demise.

9- JAY-Z
This man is all business. It's not enough that he has
sold over 50 million records, broke all the top 10 hits,
won 13 grammies, and has a clothing brand "Roca
Wear" that is worth over 300 million dollars and even
co-owns a basketball team the Brooklyn Nets. Thats
a business man.

10- 2PAC
Here he is, the G.O.A.T "The Greatest Of All Time"
2pac Shakur. This is the most famous face in hip hop
and has sold over 75 million records world wide. You
are deeply missed.

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