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The 25 Funniest Rappers of All Time
Including punchline aficionados Danny Brown and Nicki Minaj, roastmasters Cam’ron and Cardi B, surrealist oddballs Kool Keith and RXK Nephew, and many more.
By Dylan Green and Alphonse Pierre
August 14, 2023
Photos courtesy of Getty Images. Art by Chris Panicker.
One of the greatest feelings in hip-hop is to be in on the jokes. Many of our favorite MCs are funny in their own ways, delivering lines that are twisted, dark, satirical, horny, shocking, or just flat-out ridiculous. The absolute best of the best can crack jokes without sacrificing their abilities on the mic or making a mockery of the genre. And it’s not enough to just be funny—the masters create songs where the laughs are just as essential as the beat and the flow.
Comedy can sometimes also feel like the only way to deal with the world’s atrocities and injustices. In rap there’s so much humor sourced from topics that shouldn’t be funny: Violence, death, relationship turmoil, neighborhood ruin, police brutality, and government neglect can be punctured, if only for a moment, with a perfectly sharp bar.
Funny rappers come in many different forms. There are the goofballs, the instigators, the punchline wizards, the outright maniacs, the ones who may or may not be doing a bit, and more. Here are our favorites, in alphabetical order.
The 25 Funniest Rappers of All Time
Including punchline aficionados Danny Brown and Nicki Minaj, roastmasters Cam’ron and Cardi B, surrealist oddballs Kool Keith and RXK Nephew, and many more.pitchfork.com
- 2 Chainz
- Biz Markie
- Cam’ron
- Cardi B
- CupcakKe
- Danny Brown
- Fabo (of D4L)
- Ghostface Killah
- Kevin Gates
- Kool Keith
- Lil B
- Lil Wayne
- LL Cool J
- Ludacris
- MF DOOM
- Missy Elliott
- Nicki Minaj
- Pimp C
- Redman
- Rio Da Yung OG
- RXK Nephew
- Shock G
- Suga Free
- Trina
- Trugoy the Dove
