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Royce Rodriguez (born September 19, 1996), better known as Ugly God, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and internet personality. He is best known for his 2016 song "Water", which peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2017. On June 13, 2017, Ugly God was named as one of the ten members of XXL's "2017 Freshman Class" where he performed his Freshman Freestyle alongside rappers Playboi Carti, MadeinTYO and XXXTentacion respectively. As of August 2019, the Freestyle has garnered over 39,000,000 views on YouTube. His debut album, Bumps & Bruises, was released on August 9, 2019 on Asylum Records. On March 16, 2016, he released his single titled "Water" on his SoundCloud account, before being released for digital download as a single on November 19, 2016, by Asylum Records.[12] The song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100, and later reached number 80 on the chart. "Water" peaked on the On-Demand Streaming Songs chart at #47.

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With the ridiculous multitude of options for consumers, not just among the diverse crop of musical acts, but all of the different ways of discovering new music, picking the right band name is more important than ever. There are lots of requirements: For instance,&nbsp;the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-band-name-origins-stories/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best band names</a> have to be memorable enough for people to hear once or twice and remember. They&nbsp;have&nbsp;to be easily searchable in Google and social networks, so that new fans can find you. And the band names have&nbsp;to be clever&nbsp;or interesting without being lame, obscure, or cliche. Some artists succeed in picking just the right name, but the 200+ worst band names on this list failed miserably – containing some of the most strange, crazy,&nbsp;cheesy, and just oddest&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bands-with-numbers-in-their-names/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">music group names</a> of all time.So, what are the absolute worst band names in history? This list of bad group names&nbsp;is a compilation of bands that not only failed to come up with a good name, but also stuck with the dumbest and funniest cringe-worthy&nbsp;names ever. Whether they're trite, stupid, weird, or just don't reflect what the bands actually sounds like, these bad band names are the Ranker community's official picks for the most&nbsp;poorly named musical acts ever. Vote below for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-rock-bands/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the worst band</a> names, and be sure to vote based on the names themselves rather than simply the musicians' popularity or fame.&nbsp;

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Hip hop heads, who are the best new school rappers? Making the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rap-songs-2018/ranker-music" target="_blank">best and newest rap songs of 2018</a>, these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-male-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">rising hiphop kings</a> are all watching the throne. Mainstream rap keeps changing&nbsp;over the years with gangsta rap becoming more underground, while&nbsp;trap music quickly rose&nbsp;in popularity. Regardless of rap's evolution, the best current rappers still have&nbsp;powerful lyrics, catchy hooks, and good beats. Which modern rapper is currently at the top of the hip hop game?When it comes to radio hits, Drake is the man. With so many memorable features and popular songs, the Canadian rapper is arguably one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best rap artists</a> today. Compton's finest Kendrick Lamar has constantly been regarded as the hottest MC today. Lyrically talented mixed with elements of soul and spoken word poetry, K-Dot is definitely one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time">best rappers of all time</a>. Other notable rising <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/old-school-hip-hop-bands-and-artists/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">hip hop artists</a> include Logic, Chance the Rapper, A$AP Rocky, and J. Cole (double platinum with no features).&nbsp;Vote for who you think are the&nbsp;freshest new age rappers currently in the hip hop game. Feel free to add any missing rap artists who deserve more recognition.&nbsp;

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Rappers under 25 years old are quite easy to come by. As with many singers and musicians, age is strictly a number&mdash;as some of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-famous-rappers-right-now/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">today&#39;s top rappers</a> are well under the age of 25. Whether they&#39;ve just released&nbsp;a hot new mixtape, got started on SoundCloud, or have been in the game for a couple years now, the top rappers under 25 are gaining serious amounts of&nbsp;fans. Not only that, but they&#39;re releasing albums and touring the world all before their mid twenties. Haters can say what they will about hip hop music; these young rappers have made great strides in their industry and have all made names for themselves in some way or another. Of all these sensations, however, who do you think is the best rapper under 25?

Of course, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-young-rappers/ranker-hip-hop" target="_blank">great young rappers</a> are really nothing new. Think about 2pac. He released multiple hit albums and became an icon before his untimely death at just 25 years old. In today&#39;s hip-hop scene, the best rappers under 25 include the likes of Post Malone, Kodak Black, Joey Badass, and Trippie Redd&mdash;just to name a few. And we can&#39;t forget the young ladies in the industry, including hit&nbsp;female artists like Rico Nasty&nbsp;and Kodie Shane. Then you have the more controversial rappers under 25: Lil Xan, Lil Pump, and quite a few other <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/rappers-with-lil-in-their-names/ranker-hip-hop" target="_blank">lil rappers</a>. In short, hip hop doesn&#39;t care about age&mdash;as you&#39;ll clearly see below. What other rappers younger than 25 can you think of?

Check out the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of rappers</a> under 25 below and vote up the artists you think have the most talent. You may be surprised to find some of your favorites are so young.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Update: <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rap-songs-2020/music-lover" target="_blank">Dive into the best new hip hop with our list of 2020's top rap songs</a>.A surprising amount of underground rappers, including some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-emo-rap-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best emo rap artists,</a> who went mainstream first found an audience on the German-based audio distribution platform known as SoundCloud. With so many new technologies that allow anyone to upload work for an audience, many independent filmmakers, singer/songwriters, authors,&nbsp;and other artistic types are able to gain a following without the assistance of agents, producers, or publishers. Some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-underground-rappers/kevin?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best underground rappers</a> were able to forgo any kind of formal representation and get their voices into the world via SoundCloud. So, who are the best SoundCloud&nbsp;rappers?Featuring&nbsp;mainstream rappers who were discovered on SoundCloud, like Lil Yachty&nbsp;and Lil Uzi Vert, and up-and-coming SoundCloud rappers, like Lil Pump and 6ix9ine, this&nbsp;list of good SoundCloud rappers also includes Ski Mask the Slump God, Russ, Smokepurpp, Trippie Redd, and Ugly God. Don't forget about female SoundCloud rappers Rico Nasty, Asian Doll, and Kodie Shane.The best SoundCloud&nbsp;rappers vary in terms of the type of art they produce, but all of them created a unique sound that allowed them to become famous. There are white SoundCloud rappers, like Post Malone, who rose to fame after uploading a single song that took off. Other rappers who started on SoundCloud had small followings when they began posting their music online, and gained fame&nbsp;quickly when their work reached a broader audience. Bryson Tiller, for example, had a fan base from a 2011 mix tape but his popularity sailed after he uploaded a song to SoundCloud in 2015.&nbsp;Which rappers discovered on SoundCloud do you like best? Vote your favorite artists to the top of the list.&nbsp;

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This <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-rock-bands/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of worst bands</a> in music history, ranked by music fans (and haters) contains the most awful bands to listen to&nbsp;throughout recorded music. The rankings of the worst musicians&nbsp;are suggested and voted on based on a variety of metrics, including popular bands least deserving of their fame and fortune, artists who shamelessly ripped off other, superior acts and just bands that don't know how to play their instruments or write songs. Obviously, the majority of choices will be rock bands, but any &quot;musical group&quot; or bands are technically eligible. Think <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-rock-bands/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the worst band</a> of all time is a jazz band? Hate polka bands as much (or more) than Nickelback?&nbsp;Featuring <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/forgotten-90s-boy-band-hits/carly-silver?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">90s boy bands</a>, crappy singers, and even people who were once considered in the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top 10 artists</a> of the year, this list has them all.What makes a band go from just being terrible to epically earning &quot;Worst Band of All Time&quot; status? For some, there's an original inkling of a good sound in there that just gets weighed down by poor decisions, excessive drug use and bad production. For others, it's a total lack of songwriting ability that renders the band - as a whole - incapable of producing quality music. Some bands just have no business being together in the first place, so incapable are they of playing in sync and producing pleasant music. And then some bands may have limited talent but waste it by producing songs and albums that are overblown, slickly commercial and hollow.This list collects all these examples of terrible bands with no business recording music, and more. It will be a great guide for keeping track of musicians and artists to avoid next time you are on Apple Music, Spotify or Amazon.

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Is Lil Dicky the funniest rapper in the game right now? With the release of his new album Professional Rapper, we decided we should rank the funniest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">rappers of all time</a>. From Eminem to Ludacris, these rappers have the funniest lyrics that are both clever and on point, causing us to laugh while we bob our heads to beat. Vote for the funny rappers that make you laugh the hardest, and downvote any that you don't really think are funny.Among the funniest rappers of all time are underground heroes like mc chris, a nerdcore rapper who raps about video games, Star Wars and smoking weed. His funnier songs include "Older Crowd" and "Smackababy", a track that is literally about smacking babies. This list features new funny rappers like Lil Dicky, and classic rappers like ODB and Method Man.If your favorite funny <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-new-school-rappers/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">hip hop artist</a> isn't included on the poll already, you can add them to the list. Just make sure whoever you add has funny lyrics that might include puns and wordplay.

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The Houston rap scene (and the entire Southern rap scene for that matter) was a reaction to the 80s rap movement that was already happening, quite famously, in New York and LA. 

By the early 90s, the Geto Boys were among the first from the area to break big nationally. And when <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/southern-rap-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">southern hip hop</a> was sped up, DJ Screw started slowing the tempo down. He, along with Oklahoma&rsquo;s Dj Dinero And Dj Z-Nasty, popularized the Chopped And Screwed sub-genre in the Mid South fairly early on in the movement&rsquo;s history. In 2000,&nbsp; UGK made a cameo on Jay-Z&#39;s smash hit &quot;Big Pimpin&rsquo;&quot; and also on Three Six Mafia&rsquo;s &quot;Sippin&#39; on Some Syrup&quot;. Soon after, Mike Jones achieved mainstream success as did Paul Wall, and Houston&rsquo;s influence on rap and hip hop was solidified.

Here&rsquo;s a list of Houston rappers who&rsquo;ve left an indelible mark on the game. Vote up the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-new-school-rappers/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best hip hop artists</a> reppin&#39; H-Town.

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Sounding good on stage is one thing, but putting on the greatest live show is another—and there's&nbsp;quite a few rappers who offer the best of both worlds. While there's always room for debate, as well as biased opinions, we can all agree some <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">hip hop artists</a> know how to put on a show. Without much room for argument, Kanye&nbsp;West has long been considered one of the greatest rap performers of his time, with Kendrick Lamar high up on that list as well. However, in a world where <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-young-rappers/ranker-hip-hop" target="_blank">new and young rappers</a> pop up every day and really make a name for themselves, there's plenty other rappers with good live shows.You don't want only a good show, though; you want to hear the rappers with the best live shows out—including artists both old and new. From established artists&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-soundcloud-rappers/ranker-music" target="_blank">famed SoundCloud&nbsp;rappers</a>, some rappers just have "it". So, who are the best rappers to see live? Some might say Travis Scott, while others are quick to argue that. Well, now you all have the opportunity to cast your vote for the best live performing rappers—right here, right now.&nbsp;Check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of rappers</a> below and vote up the ones you think deserve the top spots for best concerts, whether they know how to hype up a crowd, sound great on stage, or even better, do both. See someone missing? Feel free to add them to the list.&nbsp;

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Let's vote for your favorite CloutGang members! Co-founded by FaZe Banks and RiceGum, CloutGang is a group of YouTubers&nbsp;featuring singers, rappers, models, actors, and social media celebrities who came together in response to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-team-10-members/youtuber" target="_blank">Jake Paul's Team 10</a>.&nbsp;Including former&nbsp;members and current, this list of all CloutGang members shows who is living in the Clout House right now. You might also be interested in ranking the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-faze-clan-members/ranker-games" target="_blank">most popular members of FaZe Clan</a>.The original CloutGang members are RiceGum, FaZe Banks, Alissa Violet, Wolfie, Carrington Durham, and RiceGum's&nbsp;girlfriend Sommer Ray.&nbsp;Primarily created to go up against Team 10, Clout Gang also added ex-Team 10 members, the Martinez Twins.&nbsp;Vote up the best CloutGang members, and vote down the ones who should be kicked out of the Clout House.&nbsp;

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We're ranking <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best bands</a> and solo artists that start with U across every music genre and generation. From Grammy Award-winning superstars U2 and Usher, to rock legends Underoath, UFO, Uriah Heep, UB40, Uli Jon Roth, Ultravox, and the Used, this compilation of artists contains a diverse range of multi-talented musicians with names all beginning with the letter U.&nbsp;Singer-songwriters Umphrey's McGee and Uncle Kracker never cease to captivate fans across their profound records and live performances; and hip-hop moguls the Ultramagnetic MCs and U-God indisputably changed the rap game forever. British EDM supergroup Underworld redefined dance music with their innovative crossover albums and unique collaborations; and the &quot;Golden Voice of the Great Southwest&quot; Utah Phillips (rest in peace) fearlessly challenged societal norms through his country folk storytelling and protest music.&nbsp;Vote below for your favorite singers, bands, rappers, DJs, and composers whose names start with U, and feel free to check out these artists' discography lists afterwards if you'd like to discover more of their incredible music.&nbsp;

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Virgos are born between August 23 and September 22. They are known to be humble, industrious, and quick thinkers.

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Virgos are known for their perfectionist tendencies, so it's no surprise there are so many celebrity Virgos. You certainly need to push yourself to a certain level of excellence to succeed as an actor, musician, or in another highly competitive field and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-virgo-celebrities/madame-ruby?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">famous Virgo men</a> definitely exemplify the drive of their star sign. Below, you'll find a list of male <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-virgo-celebrities/madame-ruby?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">celebrities who are Virgos</a>.&nbsp;Known to be both meticulous and reliable, it's not surprising many male Hollywood actors are Virgos, as memorizing lines and stage directions certainly take&nbsp;close attention to detail. Actors like Chris Pine, Bill Murray, and Tom Hardy are all Virgos.Virgos are also known for high intelligence and analytical nature, meaning many musicians tasked with writing their own lyrics are also Virgo. The late Freddie Mercury, for example, was born under the sign on September 5th, 1946. Michael Jackson is another of the famous Virgo guys.To learn more about Virgo male celebrities, read the list below! Don't forget to check out their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-virgo-female-celebrities/madame-ruby" target="_blank">famous female Virgo counterparts</a>.

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When it comes to regional hip-hop scenes, the Lone Star State has made an indelible mark with some of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best rappers</a> from Texas. Known for its distinctive Southern flavor and unique stylistic elements, Texas rap has produced a range of influential artists who have defined and redefined the genre. From underground legends to mainstream superstars, these rappers bring a swagger and authenticity that’s undeniably Texan.Take Travis Scott, for instance. His innovative production and high-energy performances have turned him into a global superstar, with hits like "Sicko Mode" and "Goosebumps" dominating the charts. Then there’s Megan Thee Stallion, whose confident flow and empowering lyrics have quickly made her one of the most influential female rappers in the game today. And let's not forget Paul Wall, the Houston native who brought the city’s chopped and screwed sound to the mainstream, making us all move to tracks like "Sittin' Sidewayz" and "Grillz." Each of these artists showcases the versatility and vibrant energy that Texas hip-hop has to offer.Now it’s your turn to get in on the action. Vote for your favorite Texas rappers who get your trunk bumpin' and let us know which ones top your playlist. Whether you're into the genre-defying sounds of Travis Scott or the fierce bars of Megan Thee Stallion, your votes will help highlight the best talent hailing from the Lone Star State. Join the conversation and celebrate the Texas rappers who have put their unique stamp on the world of hip-hop.

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