experimental hip-hop artists

24 published experimental hip-hop artists, led by A$AP Rocky, M.I.A. and Yeat.

At a glance

24 published experimental hip-hop artists; 235 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists3 tier 1 · 0 tier 2 · 21 tier 3: 24
Release groups: 945
Studio albums: 243
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 235
Timeline events: 282
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 91.6M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 16.4 years
Full biographies: 21
Biography words: 54,404

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (8 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1990s	3
2000s	3
2010s	8
2020s	1

9 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most experimental hip-hop artists. United States leads with 19.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with experimental hip-hop. The most shared is alternative hip-hop, with 11 artists in both.

Covers from experimental hip-hop

235 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Don’t Be Dumb
A$AP Rocky · 2026
TESTING
A$AP Rocky · 2018
AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
A$AP Rocky · 2015
BLACK SCVLE
A$AP Rocky · 2013
LONG.LIVE.A$AP
A$AP Rocky · 2013
LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
A$AP Rocky · 2011
M.I.7
M.I.A. · 2026
BELLS COLLECTION
M.I.A. · 2023
MATA
M.I.A. · 2022
AIM
M.I.A. · 2016
MATANGI Mix for Kenzo
M.I.A. · 2013
Matangi
M.I.A. · 2013

Leaders

Lil B has the most release groups (107); Tricky the longest career (33 years); M.I.A. the most awards (2).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Lil B	107
Trippie Redd	103
Tricky	87
A$AP Rocky	85
JPEGMafia	68

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Tricky	33
Busdriver	24
Pete Rock	24
M.I.A.	23
Danny Brown	19

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
M.I.A.	2
Danny Brown	1
Moor Mother	1

Most famous experimental hip-hop artists

A$AP Rocky

United States · Person · born 1988

trap music, East Coast hip-hop, cloud rap, alternative hip-hop, psychedelic rap, experimental hip-hop

39.2M listeners · 50 wikis

M.I.A.

Sri Lanka · Person · born 1975

pop music, dance music, alternative rock, progressive rap, pop rap, world music, alternative hip-hop, electronica, experimental hip-hop

9.6M listeners · 54 wikis

Yeat

United States · Person · born 2000

trap music, experimental hip-hop, rage

17.7M listeners · 38 wikis

Trippie Redd

United States · Person · born 1999

contemporary R&B, rap rock, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, alternative rock, cloud rap, alternative hip-hop, alternative R&B, pop-punk, emo rap, SoundCloud rap, mumble rap, experimental hip-hop, rage

25.1M listeners · 28 wikis

Tricky

United Kingdom · Person · born 1968

rock music, electronic music, trip hop, experimental hip-hop

33 wikis

Death Grips

United States · Group · 2010–present

hardcore hip-hop, rap rock, punk rap, industrial music, experimental hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, industrial hip-hop, synth-punk, digital hardcore, glitch hop, post-industrial music

33 wikis

Earl Sweatshirt

United States · Person · born 1994

jazz, horrorcore, hardcore hip-hop, alternative hip-hop, West Coast hip-hop, jazz rap, psychedelic rap, psychedelic hip-hop, industrial music, experimental hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, industrial hip-hop

28 wikis

Danny Brown

United States · Person · born 1981

hardcore hip-hop, progressive rap, alternative hip-hop, punk rap, psychedelic rap, experimental hip-hop

22 wikis

Lil B

United States · Person · born 1989

hip-hop, ambient music, cloud rap, alternative hip-hop, West Coast hip-hop, new age music, lo-fi music, experimental music, outsider music, experimental hip-hop, hyphy, deep funk

20 wikis