In Kpop groups, an important position besides the vocalist that needs to be mentioned is the rapper. Therefore, there are many talented Kpop rappers throughout many generations of idols. They can be people from the underground or they can be idols trained to rap...
Regardless of their starting point, currently, Kpop rappers are loved by many people because of their unique characteristics. So, popular ḅŕäẓïŀian entertainment website Dabame organized a poll for K-Pop fans to vote for who they consider the top K-Pop rapper out of 100 nominees.
The poll ran for several weeks and concluded recently with over 2 million votes counted to determine the top picks! Here are the top 10 K-Pop rappers, according to this poll!
10. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
As a K-Pop lover, the names BLACKPINK or Jennie are no longer strange to you. It cannot be denied that Jennie is one of the best female rappers in Kpop today.
The female idol attracts fans with her sḳïŀŀful rapping ability. With top rap sḳïŀŀs, Jennie can rap as fast as 7.88 syllables per second. Along with that, Jennie's charming style and personality make her receive love from fans around the world.
Jennie received 90,968 votes in the poll.
9. GOT7’s BamBam
BamBam is a Thailand male idol singer currently active in ḳöŕệä. He is known as the rap and dance king of the group GOT7. His Thailand heritage is part of the appeal that BamBam has always promoted, especially by specializing in Thailand rap.
BamBam has a very special rap voice that can change flexibly. In cute songs, he will rap in a childish, immature voice, but when needed, he will be very ѕєχy and seductive. In addition, BamBam's dancing and composing sḳïŀŀs are also very good.
8. TREASURE’s Haruto
Haruto received 98,805 votes in the poll.
He is known for his visual role and deep rap role in the YG boy group. Since 2 years ago, when joining YG TREASURE BOX, Ruto also attracted attention because of his impressive height, appearance and deep voice (at that time he was only 14 years old). Haruto was also loved and praised by former president Yang Hyun Suk, and attracted a decent number of fans since then.
In addition, despite being a rapper, Haruto is also good at dancing. If you watch TREASURE's stages or fancams, Haruto's dance practice is no worse than any other member.
7. BLACKPINK’s Lisa
Another female rapper who is not inferior to Kpop's male rappers, right from her debut, BLACKPINK's maknae - Lisa surprised fans with her excellent rapping ability. In particular, Lisa's name has become increasingly popular since she released her solo album LALISA. It shows off most of her performance, dancing, singing ability as well as her signature rap.
Regarding rapping technique, Lisa can handle many styles and even rapid rap is still fine. Lisa is different from most other idol rappers in that her voice is a bit high and not thick or deep, but in return she brings a sense of personality and sharpness to each sound.
Finally, Lisa received 119,592 votes in the poll.
6. Ravn
In addition to being one of the best 4th generation rappers in KPOP today, ONEUS Ravn has proven that his talent lies not only in delivering unique flows or αddíctívє melodíєs, but His talent also lies in production. The idol has written and produced many songs for ONEUS such as “LIT”, “LUNA”, “Black Mirror”, “Shut Up Crazy Hot”, …
Notably, the male idol also has a SoundCloud account where he posts songs that he personally composed.
Ravn received 167,251 votes in the poll.
5. Rocky
Rocky is the main dancer of ASTRO but his singing and rapping ability is not inferior to any other member. In particular, in this ranking, Rocky's rapping ability was also voted at 5th place among Kpop idols with 179,103 votes in the poll.
4. ASTRO’s JinJin
ASTRO's Jinjin is a talented idol as he can be a rapper, singer, composer, dancer and even a model. That's also the reason why he was appointed ASTRO's team leader.
With rap sḳïŀŀs trained early, Jinjin has shown a unique rap style full of charm as well as good technique. Not only that, because Jinjin can speak English fluently, his pronunciation of each word makes fans fascinated.
JinJin received 180,396 votes in the poll.
3. BTS’s RM
RM has long been famous for the story of him composing and writing a rap song since he was in high school. That was the starting point for his artistic talent later.
Currently, RM is one of the rappers with the most unique artistic thinking and musical quality among Kpop artists. He is loved for his deep voice, his rapping speed of up to 9.24 syllables per second and his deep lyrics.
When it comes to Kpop rappers, RM cannot be absent and so he was voted in 3rd place with 209,203 votes in the poll.
2. BTS’s j-hope
Unlike RM, j-hope started his love of art with dancing and choreography, not rapping. However, since his training, j-hope has shown that he was truly born to rap.
j-hope's rap style is very different from other rappers as he always shows bright, energetic colors in most of his songs. He also has the ability to rap with 4 different voice colors, creating a good effect for his musical works.
j-hope's successful mixtape Hope World as well as his album Jack In The Box also prove how much he is loved for his talent.
1. BTS’s SUGA
Coming from an underground producer and rapper, it is not difficult to see that SUGA has always been considered one of the best rappers in Kpop since his debut. He even has a stage name for his iconic mixtapes in the rap genre, Agust D.
Most fans and Kpop lovers are impressed by his strong, cool rap style and deep voice that gives a feeling of power and arrogance. Meanwhile, many people humorously compared SUGA's rap voice as if he were drunk.
Not only that, SUGA is also known by many fans for his ability to rap extremely fast at up to 11.4 syllables per second. Most agree that even though there are many other talented young idols appearing in Kpop, SUGA is still the best rapper with 309,858 votes in the poll.
