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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 August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

26 artists are tagged east coast hip hop in Brooklyn. The biggest move was Special Ed, up 4 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	JAŸ‐Zpop rap, east coast hip hop	133,010	0
02	Naship hop, east coast hip hop	76,755	0
03	GZA/Geniuship hop, east coast hip hop	24,170	+1
04	Fabolouship hop, east coast hip hop	18,616	-1
05	Talib Kwelihip hop, conscious hip hop	13,256	+2
06	Big Daddy Kanehip hop, east coast hip hop	12,530	0
07	MC Lytehip hop, east coast hip hop	10,085	+2
08	Mainohip hop, east coast hip hop	9,886	0
09	Capital STEEZboom bap, east coast hip hop	9,533	+1
10	Desiignerhip hop, east coast hip hop	9,018	-5
11	Fivio Foreignhip hop, drill	5,775	+1
12	Lil’ Ceasehip hop, east coast hip hop	5,405	-1
13	Special Edhip hop, east coast hip hop	4,609	+4
14	Jeru the Damajahip hop, east coast hip hop	4,116	+2
15	Sheff Gdrill, east coast hip hop	3,699	-2
16	Smif‐n‐Wessunhip hop, boom bap	3,572	-1
17	Buckshothip hop, boom bap	3,413	-3
18	The Firmhip hop, east coast hip hop	2,692	+1
19	Fu‐Schnickensboom bap, east coast hip hop	2,555	-1
20	O.C.hip hop, east coast hip hop	2,143	0
21	Rowdy Rebeleast coast hip hop, hip hop	1,972	0
22	Non Phixioneast coast hip hop, gangsta rap	1,753	0
23	Skyzoohip hop, boom bap	1,282	0
24	Flatlinerzeast coast hip hop, horrorcore	637	0
25	Shabaam Sahdeeqhip hop, east coast hip hop	426	0
26	Domingohip hop, east coast hip hop	267	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.