DeAndre Cortez Way, known as Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.
In September 2007, he published his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" on the internet. It became quite famous, reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks.
Way has currently released 3 albums and 1 independent album.
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.
In 1991, when he was 9, Lil Wayne joined the duo 'The B.G.'z', with rapper Lil' Doogie.
In 1996, Lil Wayne formed the hip-hop group 'Hot Boys', with Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil' Doogie.
In 1999 he left the group and released his solo album 'Tha Block Is Hot'.
In 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month jail sentence in New York for criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007.
In 2012, Lil Wayne passed Elvis Presley as the male with the most entries on the BillboardHot 100 chart, with 109 songs.
Lil Wayne has sold over 15 million albums and 37 million digital track in United States, and more than 100 million records worldwide.
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer, and fashion designer.
West first became known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records. He wanted to become a real rapper but the executives only saw him as a producer. However, in 2004 he released his debut album 'The college dropout'.
He has won 21 Grammy Awards and sold more than 21 million albums and 100 digital downloads.
He has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005, 2011 and 2015 by 'Time' and 3 of his albums rank on Rolling Stone's 2012 "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
Curtis James Jackson III, known as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, entrepreneur, investor and actor.
When he was 12, he used to sell drugs. However, he left this to pursue a musical career.
In 2000, he was struck by 9 bullets in shooting (1 of them hit him in the face and altered his way of talking and rapping) and 2 years later he was discovered by Eminem.
With Dr. Dre and Eminem´s help he became one of the world's best selling rappers and joined the hip hop group 'G-Unit'.
He has sold over 30 million albums and won a Grammy Award, 13 Billboard Music Awards,6 World Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and 4 BET Awards.
He has also been ranked the third-best rapper (behind Eminem and Nelly) of 2000s..
Tramar Lacel Dillard, known as Flo Rida, is an American rapper.
His debut single "Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital download sales.
But he has also released other top singles such as "Right round", "Club can't handle me", "Good feeling", "Wild ones", "Whistle" and "I cry".
He has also participated in other hit singles such as "Running Back" (Jessica Mauboy), "Bad Boys" (Alexandra Burke), and "Troublemaker" (Olly Murs).
He has managed more than 75 million downloads worldwide.
Melissa 'Missy' Arnette Elliott is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer.
She started as a songwriter of his friend and producer Timbaland. Thanks to this she has worked with artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé.
In the late 1990s, she launched her career as a solo artist and rapper
She has wo 5 Grammy Awards and sold over 30 million records in the United States.
Elliott is the only female rapper to have 6 albums certified platinum by the RIAA.
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and fashion designer.
He started as a record producer with Chad Hugo in 'The Neptunes' producing soul, hip hop and R&B music.
He is the lead vocalist and drummer of rock, funk and hip hop band N*E*R*D, in which Hugo and Shay Haley are and released his first single "Frontin' in 2003
As part of the Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various recording artists.
He has won 10 Grammy Awards (2 of them with the Neptunes).