Top Sacramento Rappers

List of Top Rappers from Sacramento

While the Bay Area has always been the main attraction for hip hop and rap music in northern California, Sacramento rappers have been holding their own for some time now. Some can say California’s captial city always had the number one music scene of northern California, a rap scene that dates back to the 1990s, if not earlier, and has exploded throughout the 2010s and 2020s with the help from numerous mainstream rappers from Sacramento.

Rappers from Sacramento like Brotha Lynch Hung, X-Raided, C-Bo, T-Nutty, Hollow Tip and a few others are the pioneers that laid the original groundwork for the city’s hip hop scene and were some of the first to put the city on the map, as well as Northern California, during a time where all eyes were on Los Angeles’ gangster rap scene. While there are many similarities to the Bay Area, as well the two regions have deep ties with one another, Sacramento has its own identity that distinguish itself from other California cities and metropolitan areas.

From the North Side to Oak Park to South Sac., it is not hard to find real rappers from Sacramento representing and embracing the West Coast culture through their gifted artistry of painting a picture of life Sacramento. With Mozzy leading the way, followed by one of the rap game’s top female artists Stunna Girl and one of the fastest rising West Coast rappers in CML Lavish D, today’s generation of Sacramento rappers have grown their brand far outside of the city limits of Sacramento and the list below highlights those top artists.