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East Coast Hip Hop Artists from Brooklyn

The 26 most-read east coast hip hop artists based in Brooklyn, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

26 artists are tagged east coast hip hop in Brooklyn. The biggest move was Smif‐n‐Wessun, up 4 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	JAŸ‐Zpop rap, east coast hip hop	216,317	0
02	Naship hop, east coast hip hop	72,898	0
03	GZA/Geniuship hop, east coast hip hop	26,053	0
04	Fabolouship hop, east coast hip hop	16,318	0
05	MC Lytehip hop, east coast hip hop	12,721	+2
06	Big Daddy Kanehip hop, east coast hip hop	11,092	0
07	Talib Kwelihip hop, conscious hip hop	10,812	-2
08	Desiignerhip hop, east coast hip hop	8,560	0
09	Mainohip hop, east coast hip hop	7,326	0
10	Capital STEEZboom bap, east coast hip hop	6,564	+1
11	Fivio Foreignhip hop, drill	6,259	-1
12	Jeru the Damajahip hop, east coast hip hop	3,998	+1
13	Smif‐n‐Wessunhip hop, boom bap	3,871	+4
14	Lil’ Ceasehip hop, east coast hip hop	3,641	-2
15	Sheff Gdrill, east coast hip hop	3,332	-1
16	Buckshothip hop, boom bap	3,137	0
17	Special Edhip hop, east coast hip hop	3,078	-2
18	The Firmhip hop, east coast hip hop	2,394	0
19	Fu‐Schnickensboom bap, east coast hip hop	2,213	+1
20	O.C.hip hop, east coast hip hop	2,085	-1
21	Non Phixioneast coast hip hop, gangsta rap	1,757	+2
22	Rowdy Rebeleast coast hip hop, hip hop	1,723	0
23	Skyzoohip hop, boom bap	1,458	-2
24	Flatlinerzeast coast hip hop, horrorcore	591	0
25	Shabaam Sahdeeqhip hop, east coast hip hop	402	0
26	Domingohip hop, east coast hip hop	256	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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.