Genre in a city
The 16 most-read hip hop artists based in Newark, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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16 artists are tagged hip hop in Newark. The biggest move was Napoleon, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ice‐Tconscious hip hop, hip hop | 128,997 | 0 |
02 | Queen Latifahhip hop, jazz | 102,104 | 0 |
03 | Redmanhip hop, boom bap | 19,522 | 0 |
04 | Totalhip hop, r&b | 11,245 | 0 |
05 | Napoleonhip hop | 7,720 | +1 |
06 | Mach‐Hommyhip hop, hardcore hip hop | 5,886 | -1 |
07 | Dälekhip hop, dark ambient | 2,886 | 0 |
08 | Outsidazhip hop | 2,487 | 0 |
09 | Tame Oneeast coast hip hop, hip hop | 1,485 | 0 |
10 | Artifactship hop | 1,219 | 0 |
11 | HoodRich Pablo Juangangsta rap, hip hop | 1,078 | 0 |
12 | Young Zeehip hop | 968 | 0 |
13 | Lakim Shabazzhip hop | 590 | +1 |
14 | El da Senseihip hop | 478 | -1 |
15 | Nick “Fury” Loftinfunk, hip hop | 199 | 0 |
16 | DJ Symphonyhip hop | 96 | 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.