Montero “Lil Nas X” Lamar Hill is a rapper and singer-songwriter. Hill was born on April 9, 1999, to Robert Stafford and Shawnita Hathaway in Lithia Springs, Georgia. He was named after the Mitsubishi Montero car. His parents divorced when he was 6 years old … Read MoreMontero “Lil Nas X” Lamar Hill (1999- )
Terius “Juvenile” Gray is an American rapper who is best known for his 1999 hit, “Back That Azz Up.” Gray was born on March 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to unnamed parents and grew up in the Magnolia Housing Projects. He attended Our Lady … Read MoreJuvenile/Terius Gray (1975- )
Trevor George “Busta Rhymes” Smith is an American rapper and record producer. Smith was born May 20, 1972 to Jamaican immigrants parents Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith Sr. in New York City, New York. Smith attended George Washington Career and Technical Education High School with … Read MoreBusta Rhymes/Trevor George Smith Jr, (1972- )
Rapper, singer, and songwriter known by his stage name, Wiz Khalifa, was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz on September 8, 1987, in Minot, North Dakota, to Peachie Wimbush-Polk, and Laurence Thomaz. Both parents were in the Air Force and divorced when Thomaz was 3 years old. … Read MoreCameron “Wiz Khalifa” Jibril Thomaz (1987- )
Rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur known by his stage name, Nelly, was born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., on November 2, 1974, in Austin, Texas to Rhonda (Mack) and Cornell Haynes. Haynes’ father was in the U.S. Air Force, and shortly after his birth, the family … Read MoreCornell “Nelly” Iral Haynes Jr. (1974- )
Rapper, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer known professionally as Warren G was born Warren Griffin III on November 10, 1970, in Long Beach, California. His mother, Ola, was a dietician, and his father Warren Griffin Jr was an airplane mechanic and former US Navy … Read MoreWarren G/Warren Griffin III (1970- )
Legendary rapper, composer, actor, and activist Kurtis Blow was born on August 9, 1959, in Harlem, New York, as Kurt Walker. His mother was a dancer in Harlem during the Renaissance at the Savoy and the Cotton Club. At the age of seven, Blow’s mother … Read MoreKurtis Blow/Kurt Walker (1959- )
Rapper and songwriter Cardi B was born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, New York, on October 11, 1992. Her mother, Carla, is from Trinidad, and worked as a cashier, and her father Carlos, is from the Dominican Republic and worked … Read MoreBelcalis Marlenis “Cardi B” Almanzar (1992- )
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete is a female rap artist, singer and songwriter best known by her stage name “Megan Thee Stallion.” Pete was born in San Antonio, Texas on February 15, 1995, to her mother, Holly Aleece Thomas, a rapper who went by the name … Read MoreMegan “Thee Stallion” Jovon Ruth Pete (1995- )
William Leonard Roberts II, also known as Rick Ross, is a rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Roberts was born on January 28, 1976, to William Leonard Roberts Sr. and Tommie Roberts in Clarksdale, Mississippi but the family relocated to Miami, Florida, when Ross was young. He … Read MoreWilliam Leonard Roberts II/ Rick Ross (1976- )
