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Alternative hip hop artists from Los Angeles

The 14 most-read alternative hip hop artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

14 artists are tagged alternative hip hop in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Thirsty Fish, up 2 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Afromanalternative hip hop, hip hop	30,512	0
02	Fort Minorhip hop, alternative hip hop	13,267	+1
03	The Pharcydehip hop, alternative hip hop	12,866	-1
04	Jurassic 5hip hop, alternative hip hop	8,089	0
05	Dilated Peopleship hop, alternative hip hop	4,090	0
06	People Under the Stairship hop, alternative hip hop	2,938	0
07	Exilealternative hip hop, hip hop	577	0
08	Thirsty Fishalternative hip hop	347	+2
09	4th Avenue Jonesalternative hip hop, hip hop	293	-1
10	Self Jupiteralternative hip hop, hip hop	236	-1
11	The Shape Shiftersalternative hip hop	184	0
12	Radioinactivealternative hip hop, underground hip hop	150	0
13	Circusalternative hip hop	64	0
14	Antimcalternative hip hop	45	0

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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.