Technically I first got into hip-hop with Akon and Kardinal Offishal lmao. "Dangerous" was my s*** and then that made me get the album from it

But eventually I checked out Wayne because of Akon's "I'm So Paid", then to Eminem, then I was already interested enough to check out MBDTF when it leaked. It was perfect timing and the rest is history

Hi Rez had a couple good songs but he's the corniest guy alive

I started with pop rap which is a very accessible way to get into rap as a casual

i started listenin to rap in 2003/04/05 with these albums

50 cent - get rich or die tryin
lil wayne - carter 2
jay-z - the black album
outkast - speakerboxxx/the love below
the game - the documentary

carter 2 still is my favorite rap album

50 cent & lil bow wow

Drake, Big Sean, Travis Scott, Eminem, and Kanye

Not to mention Wiz Khalifa too

snoop dogg, 50 cent, ludacris, chris brown, eminem, t pain, game, etc.

Future, Big Sean, Rae Sremmurd, Young Thug

Wayne, Gucci, boosie, Soulja boy, Kanye

Ross Jeezy T.I.

In 2009 i was 10 and had too much access to the internet,
Started listening to Wayne (c3), Eminem(white), Jay Z(bp3), i loved fabulous bc of “girl u be killin em”

Jay Z and Kanye around 2003-04
I was 7

eminem, jay z, wiz khalifa

kanye and eminem

random google search on snoop dogg

Jay, Em, dmx, missy

wayne T.I. luda kast juvy mystikal etc. mostly just southern rappers because that's who my dad listened to when i was growing up

one of my first memories as a kid is the busta rhymes put your hand where my eyes can see video

didn't really decide to start listening to full albums on my own till i heard my first jay-z album tho. never was much of a music fan but when i heard the black album that s*** blew my mind

Kanye, Eminem, Drake, Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Jay z

Eminem, Chief Keef, Wiz Khalifa, Future

Y’all really started to listen to rap less than a decade ago and are older than 2 decades?

Talib Kweli at vans warped tour in like 2002 or some s***.. def went there for the pop punk/emo and left the concert as a hip hop fan and never looked back..

also watching nas one mic video on mtv as a child might have been the first time I realized rap could be “real” and not just about clubbing and b****es (cause that’s all I was exposed to on the radio and mtv)