Chains by Che Fu woulda been the first local thing I loved:

youtu.be/4dBTLZqO2T0

Eminem
Drake
Lil Wayne
Kanye
B.o.B

I really liked that Forever song lol

G-Unit
Cash Money
T.I.
Cassidy
Chingy
Akon

Started listening back in 2004. Used to watch 106 & Park all the time

Damn it's really children in here lmao

Nelly
Murphy Lee
50 Cent
Chingy
J-Kwon
Eminem

snoop dogg, ice cube, 50 cent, mobb deep, outkast, em

Chamillionaire

wiz

A Tribe Called Quest . . . I think.

might not have had my mp3 player then.
might've been young as hell too then.

I was born in the early 90s, so mine is pretty much the same. I never hated it but I wasn't a big fan until I heard DMX when I was like 8 or 9. I had never heard rap music like that.

I been listening to rap since i came out the p**** (shout out the fam for having good taste)

But the first s*** i got into when we got internet in 2008 was Kanye, Gucci Mane (beginning of his prime). A little Wayne, Pac (pre deathrow). My earliest memories IN LIFE are based around this music

Beastie boys, cypress hill probably

Jay Z, Dre, 3k

50 cent

G unit tupac chamillionaire

Hov, public enemy, hot boyz, pac, big, dmx, big pun, fat joe, snoop, missy, three six, ugk and OutKast all got played in the house. Slim shady lp really made me fall in love with rap in 2nd grade tho

i mean my mom only played rap and r&b in the car so i’ve always been hearing it but the first artists i ever found and listened to myself were OF in 2011. didn’t start listening to music by myself until I was like 12 or 13 tbh

50

Nelly/50

Born in 97

Juicy J in 2012

Looking at this thread i can tell now why most of y’all takes are weak

I was introduced to Hip-hop when i was born (1997) since its bee played in my household even before i was born. In my household Biggie, Pac, Camron, Outkast and NWA were always in repetition.

Biggie, Pac, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg were the first rappers i listened to.

Pac, Dre, Snoop, Cypress Hill.. my dad was into the west coast stuff when I was little. Then I started getting into Nas, Wu Tang, Hov, DMX, Master P, etc. Then it was Wayne, 50, Cam’ron, Kanye, TI, Ludacris.. I’ve always been a fan.

Soulja Boy was the first rapper i personally became a fan of

My earliest memory is definitely Snoop Dogg

First rapper I gravitated towards was definitely Pac though. theres a video of me young and still s***ting my pants dancing to California Love