Genre in a city
The 21 most-read hip hop artists based in Washington, D.C., by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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21 artists are tagged hip hop in Washington, D.C.. The biggest move was anees, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Walehip hop, east coast hip hop | 13,792 | 0 |
02 | billy woodsabstract hip hop, hip hop | 9,069 | 0 |
03 | GoldLinkhip hop, leftfield | 3,355 | 0 |
04 | aneeship hop, r&b | 2,226 | +5 |
05 | Waxeast coast hip hop, hip hop | 2,208 | -1 |
06 | Chucky Thompsonhip hop | 1,777 | +2 |
07 | redveilexperimental hip hop, hip hop | 1,455 | -2 |
08 | Babuhip hop | 1,259 | +2 |
09 | 일라이hip hop | 1,252 | -3 |
10 | Oddiseehip hop, alternative hip hop | 1,157 | -3 |
11 | Rob Sonichip hop | 901 | +1 |
12 | Sa‐Rochip hop, soul | 802 | +3 |
13 | B.G. The Prince of Rapeurodance, hip hop | 688 | -2 |
14 | Kaniiemo rap, hip hop | 672 | -1 |
15 | Ronnie Hudsonhip hop | 615 | -1 |
16 | Fort Knox Fivehip hop, electronica | 232 | 0 |
17 | Asheru and Blue Black of The Unspoken Heardhip hop | 134 | +1 |
18 | Panaceahip hop, underground hip hop | 125 | -1 |
19 | Moses Stonehip hop | 121 | 0 |
20 | Wes Feltonhip hop | 59 | 0 |
21 | Markyhip hop | 48 | 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.