Genre in a city
The 43 most-read hip hop artists based in Houston, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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43 artists are tagged hip hop in Houston. The biggest move was That Girl Lay Lay, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | mgkhip hop, pop punk | 205,193 | 0 |
02 | Travis Scotthip hop, trap | 160,425 | 0 |
03 | Don Toliveralternative r&b, hip hop | 47,363 | 0 |
04 | RiFF RAFFhip hop, alternative hip hop | 31,154 | +5 |
05 | Paul Wallhip hop, dirty south | 24,118 | -1 |
06 | SPMhip hop | 20,163 | -1 |
07 | Geto Boyshardcore hip hop, hip hop | 18,060 | 0 |
08 | LeToya Lucketthip hop, r&b | 16,641 | -2 |
09 | Tobe Nwigwehip hop, southern hip hop | 13,315 | +4 |
10 | Chamillionairehip hop, pop rap | 11,408 | -2 |
11 | DJ Premierhip hop, boom bap | 10,457 | -1 |
12 | That Girl Lay Laychildren's music, hip hop | 8,974 | +6 |
13 | Lecraechristian hip hop, hip hop | 8,162 | -1 |
14 | Mike Deanelectronic, hip hop | 8,157 | -3 |
15 | Mike Joneship hop, dirty south | 7,772 | -1 |
16 | Willie Dhip hop | 7,737 | 0 |
17 | Monaleohip hop, miami bass | 6,039 | 0 |
18 | WChip hop, gangsta rap | 5,648 | -3 |
19 | Ameer Vannhip hop | 4,437 | 0 |
20 | Screwed Up Clickchopped and screwed, hip hop | 3,578 | +1 |
21 | Fat Pathip hop | 3,563 | +1 |
22 | Kirko Bangzhip hop | 3,541 | -2 |
23 | Lil’ Troyhip hop, southern hip hop | 3,316 | +1 |
24 | Swishahousehip hop | 3,208 | -1 |
25 | Big Pokeyhip hop, chopped and screwed | 2,295 | 0 |
26 | Mr. 3‐2hip hop | 1,645 | 0 |
27 | BeatKinghip hop | 1,352 | 0 |
28 | OG Ron Chip hop, southern hip hop | 1,342 | 0 |
29 | Chingo Blinghip hop | 1,079 | +2 |
30 | Lil Marikohip hop, crunkcore | 1,057 | -1 |
31 | D The Businesship hop | 728 | -1 |
32 | Lucky Lucianohip hop | 714 | +1 |
33 | Fat Tonyhip hop | 677 | +1 |
34 | Botany Boyzhip hop | 627 | +1 |
35 | TisaKoreanhip hop, southern hip hop | 503 | -3 |
36 | Boss Hogg Outlawzhip hop, southern hip hop | 422 | 0 |
37 | South Circlehip hop | 241 | 0 |
38 | V-Zillahip hop | 201 | 0 |
39 | Too Much Troublehip hop | 156 | +1 |
40 | DJ Candlestickhip hop | 147 | -1 |
41 | Crazy Tooneship hop | 124 | 0 |
42 | Chris Landryhip hop | 40 | 0 |
43 | Convictship hop | 3 | 0 |
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.