90s we had Jay, DMX, Pac, Big, Nas, Wayne, Em

00s we had Drake, Ye, 50, Jeezy, Tip, Nelly

10s we had Kendrick, Cole, Future, Thug, Uzi, Carti, Travis

3 decades of nonstop star power and groundbreaking innovations in the genre. How do the 2020s compare so far?

According to statistics these are the most successful rappers who didn’t debut prior to the 2020s (as in drop a debut project):

BigXThaPlug (fat country sellout b****)
Glorilla
Ice Spice
Sexyy Red
Ken Carson
Pooh Shiesty

Esdeekid….

Hasn’t come close to any of the rappers on this list lol

2020-2023 was like a second run for 2010s era rappers

on that list? def sexyy red

There’s no other list, those are the most successful rappers to debut in the 2020s (although some technically debuted in the late 2010s but I'm counting drop a project = debut)

YB should be on the 10s list

What a depressing decline

im sure someone can rustle up data to suggest other names. not gonna go back n forth w u. just answering ur question.

we are so cooked

There is not a single rapper who has debuted in the 2020s that has made a big splash

Unfortunately he seems to be the closest to a break out star.

Maybe yeat too. But yea none of them are really break outs. More so just developed a mass following over time. Idk if breaking out is a normal thing anymore

It’s so bleak.

Mainstream in general is dying, all the guys who got big in the 10s and 00s wouldnt make it today, theyd get called unc on tiktok and ignored into oblivion

Snow Strippers

2020-2025

They're cool.

Bigxtheplug seems like a genuine, loving guy.

Tbh he probably shouldn’t even be on the list, he picked a side and it’s not hip hop

True. He picked money

It will never be enough for him and his gluttonous nature

Hip hop is dead

Sexyy Red not a household name?

That entirely depends on your definition of household

She hasn’t even cleared 30K first week yet