List of Northwest Hip Hop artists

Artists and Groups

*Abadawn
*Abyssinian Creole
*Animal Farm
*Anthem
*Anthony Shears
*Apostropheus
*Bad Neighbors
*Blue Scholars
*Boom Bap Project
*Byrdie
*Can-U
*Cancer Rising
*The Chicharones
*Cleveland Steamers
*Clockwerk
*Common Market
*Cool Nutz
*Cyphalliance
*DJ B-Mello
*DJ Z-One
*Debaser
*Dusty Record Krew
*Dyme Def
*The Elefaders
*Erik Zero
*Fenni Casino
*Gabriel Teodros
*Gameboy aka Tha 80's Baby
*GMK
*Grayskul
*Grieves
*Grynch
*J.Bre
*Jailbird aka JLBZ
*Jake One
*Kain Voorheez
*Kid Sensation
*King Khazm
*Knights of the Rhyme Table
*Know Choice
*Kublakai
*Lifesavas
*Living Proof
*Livio
*Lojique
*Macklemore
*Majik Markerz (BBoy crew)
*Maniak Lok
*Mindgame (of Sirkle)
*Miz (RLC)
*Mr. Hill
*Nasty Nes
*Neema
*NightCrawlers
*No Clue
*Obnoxious AKA DL Murray(of Sirkle)
*Oklahomies
*Pale Soul
*Remex (of Sirkle)
*Ricky Pharoe
*The Physics
*The Saturday Knights
*Seaclipse
*Schmaltzy
*Sharp Skills
*Silent Lambs Project
*SiN
*Siren's Echo
*Sirkle
*Sir Mix-a-Lot
*Smoke of Oldominion
*Soul the Interrogator
*Source of Labor
*SpitFire
*Sweatshop Union
*Swollen Members
*That's Adultery
*Type
*Unexpected Arrival
*Vitamin D
*Willie Will
*Wizdom
*Xperience

Crews

Notable crews

To some extent the self-perpetuating Northwest hip-hop culture is maintained by Northwest hip-hop artists grouping into crews, which, although often on different labels and sometimes with artist in more than one crew, spread awareness of the Northwest hip hop as a whole.
*Massline Media includes Gabriel Teodros, MC Geologic, RA Scion, and Sabzi. Together, Sabzi and MC Geologic of Massline Media are the Blue Scholars, and Sabzi and RA Scion of Massline Media are Common Market. Massline Media is based in Seattle, Washington.
*Oldominion includes Anaxagorus, Azrael, Barfly, Bishop I, Candidt, Coley Cole, Destro, DJ Scene, Gash, Hyena, iAMe, JFK, Josh Martinez, Karim, Mako, Mr. Hill, NyQwil, Onry Ozzborn, Pale Soul, Pegee 13, Phantom Ghost El-Topo, PhrumL'sWhere, Sleep, Smoke M2D6, Snafu, Syndel, Toni Hill, and Tremor. The artists in Oldominion have formed a variety of different groups: Boom Bap Project (Destro, DJ Scene & Karim), The Chicharones (Josh Martinez & Sleep), Dim Mak (Azrael, Bishop I & Gash), Grayskul (JFK, Onry Ozzborn & Phantom Ghost El-Topo), and Siren's Echo (Syndel & Toni Hill). Oldominion is present throughout the Pacific Northwest.
*Sandpeople includes Al-One, Only One, iAMe, Simple, Mo-B Missletongue, Ethic, Gold, and Sapient. The artists in Sandpeople have formed a variety of different groups: Bad Neighbors (Mo-B & Simple), Debaser (Ethic & Sapient), and Clockwerk (Gold & iAMe). Sandpeople is based in Portland, Oregon.
*The Garden includes The Kid Espi, JG, Middle, Amsterdam, Abolish, DJ Hit n' Run, and Cheddy. The artists in The Garden have also formed various subgroups: Hot In Pursuit (JG & Middle), Cool Table (Amsterdam & Abolish), Wright Brothers (The Kid Espi & JG), and Top Shelf (Middle and Amsterdam). The Garden is based in Salem, Oregon.
*Sportin' Life Records includes D.Black, Fatal Lucciauno, Spaceman, SK, Marissa, Joe King (rapper), B.Brown, DJ Nphared and P Duce. Together, D.Black and B.Brown of Sportin' Life Records are Black & Brown Inc.. Sportin' Life Records is based in Seattle, Washington.
*Breathe Eazy Inc includes E.Millz, Zikki, Bonez, Akeem, Swagga Boi, DP, KJ Da King, Benefic and Mello. Breathe Eazy Inc is based in Olympia, Washington."Stylez Major" Born "Zarak Michael Simmons Jr" Is an 18 year old hip hop artist From olympia Wa,Half African American And Half German.A very talented artist.His name is based on all styles of music he has been influenced by in his life creating one major style.
*The Elefaders includes DJ Able, Showbot, DJ Hail. The artists in The Elefaders have formed a few of different groups: Giant Squid (Showbot and Macros), Cosby Sweater and The Other Brothers (DJ Able and Beatski. The Elefaders are based in Seattle, Washington.
*Focused Noise Productions includes Cleveland Steamers (Mic Crenshaw and Gen.Erik), Animal Farm, and Serge Severe. Focused Noise is located in Portland, Oregon
*Dusty Record Krew includes BBoy Kadance,Nick "The Bear" Urso, and several other minor artists. Dusty Record Krew is notable for their omission of "gangster" themes and use of extensive vocabulary (particularly by BBoy Kadance). The term "dusty" refers to their old school rap style and the said lack of "gangster" content.
*The Neighbrohood includes ibid, MC Brennendez, and Yeti the Abomindable. The Neighbrohood is notable for their academic approach to avant-garde hip-hop. Having taken form in Yakima, WA, their style fuses sonically diverse indie-electro melodies with rare sampling, less than expositional lyrics, and an open-source approach to producing and distribution considered "Pro-bono hip-hop".
*Metro League includes Diction, Serge Severe(also part of Focused Noise), Raise the Bridges (Tommy Bonez, Scotty Preston, Benny Bricks, Johny Harn, Joseppe), Ambition, Every, Panama Red, Negatv, Universal Dj Sect, NightCrawlers (Daps, Mc Graves, Dj Z-One). Metro League is located in Portland, Oregon.
*One Movement includes Julius Powell, Face, Stein MC and RY. One Movement = 4 progressive thinking MC's/Producers bringing you a unique brand of Hip-Hop laced with clever, insightful lyrics, uplifting messages & infectious grooves. One Movement is located in Ashland, Oregon.