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Hip Hop Artists from Washington, D.C.

The 21 most-read hip hop artists based in Washington, D.C., by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

21 artists are tagged hip hop in Washington, D.C.. The biggest move was redveil, up 2 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Walehip hop, east coast hip hop	13,478	0
02	billy woodsabstract hip hop, hip hop	6,896	0
03	GoldLinkhip hop, leftfield	2,808	+1
04	aneeship hop, r&b	2,351	-1
05	Chucky Thompsonhip hop	1,547	0
06	redveilexperimental hip hop, hip hop	1,525	+2
07	Waxeast coast hip hop, hip hop	1,405	-1
08	일라이hip hop	1,354	+1
09	Babuhip hop	1,349	-2
10	Oddiseehip hop, alternative hip hop	1,184	0
11	Rob Sonichip hop	680	0
12	B.G. The Prince of Rapeurodance, hip hop	592	0
13	Sa‐Rochip hop, soul	531	+1
14	Ronnie Hudsonhip hop	486	+1
15	Kaniiemo rap, hip hop	428	-2
16	Fort Knox Fivehip hop, electronica	197	0
17	Panaceahip hop, underground hip hop	152	0
18	Asheru and Blue Black of The Unspoken Heardhip hop	144	+1
19	Moses Stonehip hop	135	-1
20	Wes Feltonhip hop	55	+1
21	Markyhip hop	48	-1

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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.