There are rappers, and there are fast rappers. As with everything, tastes often diverge when it comes to music, and it’s difficult to find objective measurement criteria. When it comes to rap music, however, there is one factor that can actually be “measured”, and that is the speed at which the words can be spoken by the artist. Some musicians have turned this into a real competition and are vying for the spot of the fastest rapper of all time.
We present the ten hottest contenders for the title of “fastest rapper of all time” here.
Table of Contents:
- 01. NoClue
- 02. Kollegah
- 03. Busta Rhymes
- 04. Eminem
- 05. Tech N9ne
- 06. Twista
- 07. Yelawolf
- 08. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- 09. Twisted Insane
- 10. Rebel XD
Who is the fastest rapper in the world?
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01. NoClue
Artist: NoClue
Song Title: New West
Released: 2005
Ricky Raphel Brown, known by the stage name NoClue, is an American rapper from Seattle. In 2005, he set an official world record. He sang 723 syllables in 51.27 seconds (14.1 syllables per second) in his song “New West”. As a result, he was named the “Fastest Rap MC” by Guinness World Records.
At the age of four, he began to reprise rap songs. At the age of 9, he started writing his own lyrics. NoClue was quite heavily influenced by West Coast hip hop. He has established himself as a multi-layered lyricist with upbeat beats that are expressed in each of his songs.
02. Kollegah
Artist: Kollegah
Song Title: Mondfinsternis
Released: 2011
Kollegah has been a fixture in the German rap scene for years. Known for his “bossy” demeanor and his fast rap interludes, he is the most popular German rapper in our Doubletime Rap Top 10.
Kollegah saw the light of day on August 3, 1984 under the civil name Felix Blume in Friedberg, Hesse. As the son of a Canadian father and a German mother, he grew up bilingual and often worked as a translator in his youth. He successfully graduated from high school and began studying law at the University of Mainz, which he never finished.
After being active in internet battlerap leagues for a long time and releasing a few underground tapes, his first chart-topping album, “Alphagene”, was released in 2007. Since then, the “Boss” has delivered six more albums, the last four of which have all topped the German album charts.
If you evaluate his rap speed, Kollegah brings it up to 9 words per second. Particularly impressive examples of Kollegah’s double-time skills can be found in the tracks “Billionaire’s Club”, “Gs sterben jung”, “Veni, Vidi, Vici”, “Mondfinsternis” and “AKs im Wandschrank.”
03. Busta Rhymes
Artist: Chris Brown
Song Title: Look at Me Now ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes
Released: 2011
Trevor Tahiem Smith, also better known by his rapper alias “Busta Rhymes”, is without question one of the fastest rappers in the world. In addition to his rap music, Busta Rhymes is also a successful singer, songwriter, producer and actor, and is often noticed for his outlandish taste in design and fashion.
He was born on May 20, 1972 in the New York borough of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. His parents are both of Jamaican origin and so the young Trevor had contact with music in his daily life from a very early age. His youth was marked by frequent moves and, even before he finished high school, young Trevor already lived in New York, USA and Liverpool, England before finally earning his high school diploma in New York.
His music career really took off in 1996 when his first solo album, “The Coming“, became a direct sales success. In total, Busta Rhymes released seven studio albums from 1996 to 2009.
If you look at the speed of his voice singing, Busta Rhymes manages up to 143 words per minute. He shows his skills especially impressively in the song “Break Ya Neck”, as well as in his feature part on Chris Brown’s single “Look At Me Now”.
04. Eminem
Artist: Eminem
Song Title: Rap God
Released: 2013
Eminem has become known as an extreme doubletimer at the latest since he declared himself the best rapper in the world with his song “Rap God“. But even earlier songs already showed his enormous talent for language.
The “Rap God”, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Matters III, was born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph in the US state of Missouri. His mother almost died during labor, which lasted 72 hours, and so Eminem remained an only child. He spent much of his youth in a neighborhood of Detroit inhabited mainly by African Americans, where he and his mother often had problems because of the color of their skin. It was here that Eminem first came into contact with rap music, a circumstance that would have a lasting impact on his life. The film “8 Mile” tells of his fate and the beginnings of his rap career.
In 1996 he released his first studio album “Infinite“, which, according to his own information, probably sold only 70 copies. All subsequent albums consistently ranked first in the US Hip-Hop Billboard Top 100 charts. Probably his most famous double-time song is the song “Rap God”, released on the 2013 album “The Marshall Matters LP 2“, in which he renders a staggering 1560 words in six minutes and thirty seconds. That’s about four words per second. “Rap God” also got an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the song with the longest lyrics.
05. Tech N9ne
Artist: Tech N9ne
Straight Out The Cage (Feat. Serj Tankian)
Released: 2013
Anyone who has ever listened to an album by Tech N9ne knows that he should not be missing from any Doubletime best list. Tech N9ne has brought the so-called “Chopper Style” to perfection, which allows him to rap incredibly fast, but does not always make it easy for even native speakers to understand his content.
Tech N9ne was born on November 9, 1971 under the real name Aaron Dontez Yates, in Kansas City, Missouri. He began practicing voice singing at a very early age and is said to have rapped the letters of his name as a child to better remember how to spell it. His mother was very ill, a circumstance that led him to search for God at an early age and is still present in his rap lyrics today.
After initially being in the underground rap scene, Tech N9ne has released a whopping 33 albums since 1999. If you look at his rap speed, he brings it to an incredible 912 words in just one minute on his fastest song, “Takin Online Orders“. So it’s hardly surprising that his stage name is based on a machine gun.
06. Twista
Artist: Twista
Song Title: Yo Body F/Do Or Die & Johnny P
Released: 2009
Another incredibly fast rapper and representative of the chopper style is the US artist Twista, also known as Tung Twista, which translates as “tongue twister”.
Twista was born on November 27, 1973 in the US city of Chicago, where he also grew up and first came into contact with hip-hop. He is said to have started rapping at the tender age of 12, but his first album was not released until 1992. His breakthrough came in 1996, when he released the song “Po Pimp” together with Chicago producer The Legendary Traxster and rapper Do or Die, which became a hit.
In total, Twista has released ten albums, collaborating with the likes of Kanye West, Ludacris, T-Pain, Jamie Foxx and R. Kelly. Living up to his stage name, Twista has released a variety of dizzyingly fast songs. But the fastest of them all is undeniably “From Da Tip Of My Tongue”, in which he raps the 116-word first verse in just 16 seconds.
07. Yelawolf
Artist: Tech N9ne
Song Title: Worldwide (Feat. Busta Rhymes, Yelawolf, Twisted Insane)
Released: 2011
The US artist Yelawolf combines two musical worlds with his songs: Hip Hop and Dixie sound, and that at a remarkable speech tempo.
Yelawolf, real name Michael Wayne Atha, was born on December 30, 1979 in Gadsen, Alabama, the son of a Cherokee descendant and a white mother. The latter was only a tender 16 years old herself at the time of his birth and moved with her son very often during his childhood. He then attended an elementary school in Nashville, which was located near a social housing project. According to Yelawolf, this was the first time rap made sense to him. He released his first album of his own, “Creek Water,” in 2005.
Since 2011, he has been signed to Eminem’s label Shady Records, and with “Radioactive” he released his first major label album in 2011. Just like his label boss Eminem, Yelawolf is also a master of double-time rapping, as he impressively demonstrates for example in the song “Worldwide Choppers”, on which other double-time greats such as Busta Rhymes, Tech N9ne and Twista also demonstrate their skills.
Yelawolf has mastered the chopper style and can easily deliver six syllables per second, which makes him one of the fastest rappers of all time.
08. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Artist: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Song Title: Foe Tha Love of Money
Released: 1994
Unlike any of the other artists featured here, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are not an individual, but rather a collective of musicians consisting of rappers Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone. They are all undoubtedly among the fastest rappers in the world and co-founders of the Midwest Chopper style.
The group was formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991 and initially called themselves the “Baind Aid Boys”. Under their now familiar name and with the members listed above, they first released in 1994 with the EP “Creepin on ah Come Up“. The album stormed to #12 on the US album charts and became a hit. The two singles, “Foe Tha Love of $” and “Thuggish Ruggish Bone“, both went platinum.
To this day, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony continue to pursue their signature style of fast-paced rap and soul music, often dealing with profound subject matter, such as intra-family violence or spirituality. A great example of how fast the guys can rap is the song “Flow Motion”, in which rapper Krayzie Bone raps a full 239 words in just 26 seconds.
09. Twisted Insane
Artist: Twisted Insane
Song Title: Underground Psycho featuring C Mob
Released: 2013
Twisted Insane is for many of his fans the undisputed number one of all time in terms of double-time rap. In 1992, he actually made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest rapper in the world.
Twisted Insane was born on September 22, 1982 in San Diego, California, under the simple name Michael Johnson. He grew up in San Diego and wrote his first rhymes at the age of 12. After his first live show, as he describes himself, he was so overwhelmed by the feeling that from then on he was “addicted to concerts”. He traveled around the U.S. performing at various venues, earning the money by selling CDs and running a tapas stand.
Then in 2006, his first solo album, “Shoot For The Face“, was released. At the time of its release, Johnson had no permanent residence. Since then, he has released eight more solo albums, but his biggest success remains his feature on the song “Worldwide Choppers,” in which he raps a full 105 words in just 13 seconds alongside other Doubletime stars.
10. Rebel XD
Artist: Rebel XD
Rebel XD is another candidate who has already made it into the Guinness Book of Records with his voice singing.
Quite little is known about the artist himself, probably also because he has not released any albums or any music at all. According to his own information, Rebel XD was born in Chicago, Illinois and has been rapping since 1987. He set the world record for the fastest rap of all time a total of 3 times, the last of which was in 2007 when he rapped 852 syllables in just 42 seconds. However, he himself sees his strength not only in his rap speed, but especially in his lyrics, which can still convey deeper themes despite the speed in which they are performed.
We have now gotten to know a few of the fastest rappers in the world in more detail. Who exactly is the fastest of them all is hard to say, especially considering the different languages our artists speak. But the fact is that we take our hats off to all the artists and are excited to see which rappers will appear in the Doubletime sky in the future.
FAQs
Doubletime The 10 Fastest Rappers In The World? ›
According to the Guinness World Records, the title of the world's fastest rapper - with a hit single - belongs to none other than Eminem. With his unique blend of skill, speed, and storytelling, Eminem has carved out a legacy that remains unparalleled in the rap world.
Who are the top ten fastest rappers in the world? ›- Twista. Overdose. ...
- Twisted Insane. Twisted Insane and Lady Insane - OUTSIDE (Official Music Video) ...
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- Busta Rhymes. ...
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- Krayzie Bone.
According to the Guinness World Records, the title of the world's fastest rapper - with a hit single - belongs to none other than Eminem. With his unique blend of skill, speed, and storytelling, Eminem has carved out a legacy that remains unparalleled in the rap world.
Who is the max speed rapper? ›The fastest rapper in the English language is US artist Ab-Soul, rapping 8.31 seconds per second on average. The fastest Italian artist is Shiva, who raps an impressive 6.33 syllables per second on average.
Is Godzilla the fastest rap song? ›Eminem's New Track 'Godzilla' Just Broke the World Record for Fastest Rap Verse. The controversial artist spits bars at 10.65 syllables per second on the track's third verse. Rapper Eminem made his surprise comeback this month with his 10th studio album, Music to Be Murdered By.
Who raps faster Eminem or logic? ›On the track “100 Miles and Running,” the listener is graced with an adrenaline rush. Logic pumps out 69 words in under nine seconds — that's faster than the fastest verse of Eminem's “Rap God.”
Who started fast rap? ›One of the first rappers who popularized this style of rap, Twista, in a song with Tech N9ne entitled "Worldwide Choppers" implied this in his lyrics, "I'm finna be usin' it as energy, watch how radiant I'ma be / Like a helicopter when the words fly" was used to loosely describe the style of fast-paced rap, but the ...
Which is the fastest rap ever? ›Tung Twista – Mista Tung Twista
Mista Tung Twista is an American rapper who holds the Guinness world record for the fastest rap song ever recorded.
Art forms such as spoken word jazz poetry and comedy records had an influence on the first rappers. Coke La Rock, often credited as hip-hop's first MC cites the Last Poets among his influences, as well as comedians such as Wild Man Steve and Richard Pryor.
What is faster than rap god? ›“Godzilla” also far exceeds his famously speedy “Rap God,” where he spits 157 syllables in 16.3 seconds, or 9.6 syllables per second.
How fast can Eminem rap per second? ›
Not only does Eminem include a blisteringly fast verse in “Rap God”, with the quickest section clocking in at 9.6 syllables per second, but this track also holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Words in a Hit Single”. It packs 1,560 words into a 6 minutes and 10 seconds.
Who is the fastest male idol rapper? ›- #1 Outsider – 24sps. ...
- #2 Changbin (Stray Kids) – 11.13sps. ...
- #4 Zelo (B.A.P) – 10.12sps. ...
- #6 Suga (BTS) – 9.83sps. ...
- #8 RM (BTS) – 9.24sps. ...
- #10 Mino (WINNER) – 8.50sps.
Tung Twista made a name for himself by breaking the world record for fastest rapper – 598 syllables in 55 seconds, verified by a speech pathologist, a representative from Guinness World Records and a reporter from The Source.
How many words are in Rap God? ›Rap God packs 1,560 words into six minutes and three seconds, an average of just under 4.3 words a second. It also includes a 15-second passage in which he manages 97 words, at just under 6.5 words a second, which is really quite fast.
How fast is Eminem Godzilla? ›Background. American rapper Juice Wrld's feature on the track marked his first posthumous release following his fatal seizure resulting from a drug overdose on December 8, 2019. Eminem's third verse on the track holds the record for his fastest rap verse, rapping 11 syllables per second, or 222 words in 30 seconds.
Who is the queen of rap in the world? ›Rap Queen Nicki Minaj came to prominence due to her hits.
Who is the top 1 female rapper? ›Nicki Minaj
She's known for putting a lot of personality in her rap style. Minaj is the only female rapper to crack the top ten on Billboard / Vibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time' list. “Nicki Minaj earned her crown as the modern-day Queen of Rap with her fierce, braggadocious spirit.
Sharon Green (born 1962), also known as MC Sha-Rock, is considered the "first female rapper" or emcee. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, she grew up in the South Bronx, New York City during the earliest years of hip hop culture.
Who invented rap? ›Rap began in 1971, in the Bronx, with Kool Herc, who was from Jamaica. At block parties, Kool Herc would play two turntables by hand and manipulate the sound to create an entirely new sound, while he rapped the lyrics from the song he was playing.
Who is the father of rap? ›Why does Eminem rap so fast now? ›
Eminem is only able to rap so fast because of his many years of practice. Growing up in the Detroit slums he would write wraps daily and perfected, over time he's literally trained his tongue and mouth to move at lightning speed, while still retaining full pronunciation of all the syllables.
Is Eminem faster than Tech N9ne? ›Even more impressive, he does so after going for 180 BPM in the first two verses, landing him a breathtaking achievement of 14.1 syllables per second. In comparison, Eminem's fastest rap, Speedom featuring Tech N9ne, is 'only' 12.9 syllables per second.
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- Red Ruby Da Sleeze. Nicki Minaj. 40:00. ...
- Yikes (Rap Version) [Originally Performed by Nicki Minaj] Elliot Van Coup. 00:00. ...
- Did It On'em. Nicki Minaj. 40:00. ...
- Super Freaky Girl. Nicki Minaj. 40:00. ...
- Dip ft. Nicki Minaj. Tyga. ...
- High School. Nicki Minaj. ...
- Beez In The Trap. Nicki Minaj.
MC Serch and Pete Nice—along with their DJ Daddy Rich, who is Black—were among the first caucasians to make credible rap music.
Who was the first double time rapper? ›Kool Moe Dee employed the style that soon became known as double-time rapping throughout his prestigious career, as did Big Daddy Kane. Kane had picked up stacking rhymes back-to-back from Grandmaster Caz and drew his inspiration from double-time from listening to Kool Moe Dee.
Who won the first rap? ›On February 22, 1989, the Grammys finally recognized rap as a genre when Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince won the first-ever Grammy.
How do you rap really fast? ›1. Repeat the same Rap lyrics over and over and over. Finding lyrics that are already fast and practicing them to get faster and faster will give you an idea of how you need to use your mouth to get out the words faster. The more you practice it, the less effort your mouth will need to use, and the faster you can go.
How does Eminem rap so fast without breathing? ›Eminem, like many other skilled rappers, has developed a technique known as "controlled breathing" or "diaphragmatic breathing" that allows him to maintain his flow and rhythm while rapping continuously without losing his breath.
How many words can Eminem rap in a second? ›"Rap God" by Eminem has 1,560 words into a fast and furious 6 min 4 sec – that's a tongue-twisting average of 4.28 words per second! In one 15-second segment alone, "Slim Shady" spits 97 words (6.46 words per second) at "supersonic speed".
Who is the top 5 best rapper? ›So who's the Greatest Rapper of All Time? Well according to Billboard — it's JAY-Z. Joining HOV in following top spots are Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tupac, Eminem, Biggie, Lil Wayne, Drake, Snoop, and also landing the Great Female Rapper of All Time title, Nicki Minaj.
Who is the best male rapper? ›
| BET Awards for Best Male Hip Hop Artist | |
|---|---|
| Currently held by | Kendrick Lamar (2022) |
| Most awards | Kendrick Lamar (5) |
| Most nominations | Drake (13) |
| Website | http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards.html |
did more to push hip hop culture into the mainstream; Rakim revolutionised the art of rhyming; Nas elevated the standard for a modern classic album; Future and Wayne have had more of an impact on today's generation of rappers; but the fact remains: 2Pac is the most influential and iconic rapper in hip hop history.
Who made rap famous? ›DJ Kool Herc is widely credited with kicking off the genre. His back-to-school parties in the 1970s were the incubator of his burgeoning idea, where he used his two record turntables to create loops, playing the same beat over again, and extending the instrumental portion of a song.
Who was the first black rapper? ›Born Kurtis Walker in 1959, Blow, who turns 60 on Aug. 9, was the first rapper to sign with a major label and the first to become a mainstream star. Signing with Mercury Records in 1979, Blow was managed by an up-and-coming Russell Simmons and had instrumentalists Orange Krush playing on his tracks.
Who was the first rapper to go diamond? ›MC Hammer was the First Rapper to Have a Diamond Album.
What world record did Rap God break? ›Rap God by Eminem has the most words in a hit single - 1,560 words packed into 6 minutes and 4 seconds.
Does Busta Rhymes have a world record? ›In 2000, broke the Guinness World Record for most syllables in one second during a freestyle rap. Before him the title was for voice-actor John Moschitta, who could maintain the most consonants unbroken, per second.
How many words can Eminem rap in 30 seconds? ›Conversation. Eminem knocks out 229 words (containing 339 syllables) in 30 seconds on the song - "Godzilla". He raps 11.3 syllables per second.
Who is the fastest idol to get kicked out? ›Kim Garam is officially kicked out of Le Sserafim after winding up in school bullying controversies, confirm sources.
What is the fastest stray kids rap? ›Based on my knowledge, Stray Kids' Han's fastest rap can be found in the song "Miroh" from their album "Clé 1 : Miroh."
Who can run fast in BTS? ›
BTS Jungkook is the “Fastest Asian” and the "Second Fastest Person overall” after Cristiano Ronaldo to surpass 20 Million views on Instagram.
Who started rapping fast first? ›One of the first rappers who popularized this style of rap, Twista, in a song with Tech N9ne entitled "Worldwide Choppers" implied this in his lyrics, "I'm finna be usin' it as energy, watch how radiant I'ma be / Like a helicopter when the words fly" was used to loosely describe the style of fast-paced rap, but the ...
Who is the fastest rapper in stray kids? ›Chang Bin from Stray Kids - 11.13 SPS
He raps at 11.12 syllables per second. He was recognized for his fast-rapping skills in 2017 after appearing on the Weekly Idol's Stray Kids Survival show.
#1 Jay-Z. Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, is an American rapper who hails from NYC—a fact he raps about consistently over the course of his nearly three-decade career. He quickly rose to fame in the mid-1990s when he released his debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, from his own record label Roc-A-Fella Records.
Who is the #1 rapper right now? ›Sitting at number one is Drake, who is now this year's top-streamed artist so far with at 6.7 billion in streams.
What was the first rap beat? ›In the early 1990s, rappers UGK, 8Ball & MJG, Three 6 Mafia, Cool Breeze, Kilo Ali, Master P, and Ghetto Mafia were among the first rappers to introduce trap music. In 1992, UGK's “Pocket Full of Stones” was one of the earliest trap records to be released from their major-label debut album Too Hard to Swallow.
Who was the first Lil in rap? ›The first recorded rapper name featuring the coveted 'lil' is said to be Lil Rodney Cee of Funky 4+1 who first took to the hip-hop scene in 1979.
What was the first rap song to win? ›22, 1989. D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's “Parents Just Don't Understand” becomes the first hip-hop recording to win a Grammy (best rap performance). But no rap act was invited to perform on the show.
What is faster than Rap God? ›“Godzilla” also far exceeds his famously speedy “Rap God,” where he spits 157 syllables in 16.3 seconds, or 9.6 syllables per second.
How fast is Eminem Godzilla verse? ›Background. American rapper Juice Wrld's feature on the track marked his first posthumous release following his fatal seizure resulting from a drug overdose on December 8, 2019. Eminem's third verse on the track holds the record for his fastest rap verse, rapping 11 syllables per second, or 222 words in 30 seconds.
How fast is Eminem's fastest verse? ›
Not only does Eminem include a blisteringly fast verse in “Rap God”, with the quickest section clocking in at 9.6 syllables per second, but this track also holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Words in a Hit Single”. It packs 1,560 words into a 6 minutes and 10 seconds.
What record did Stray Kids break? ›In addition to breaking their own first-day sales record, Stray Kids also surpassed their previous best first-week sales record with remarkable speed—just one day, in fact. The previous record of approximately 2.1 million copies sold in the first week was held by their recent EP Maxident.
Who is the fastest rapper I.N the world 2023? ›| Crucified | 20 syllables per second |
|---|---|
| Dizzee Rascal | 10.3 syllables per second |
| Tonedeff | 165 syllables in 16 seconds |
| Krayzie Bone | 12 syllables per second |
| Twisted Insane | 9.33 syllables per second |