This is the first group to make the list, which some could argue that the entire group should not be able to make a best rappers list without individual pieces of work to critique but, as a collective, Cypress Hill is more than worthy of being recognized. The South Gate, California-based hip-hop group is the first Latino American hip-hop group to go multi-platinum after they took over airwaves with their 1991 hit, 'The Phuncky Feel One'/'How I Could Just Kill a Man'.
The group's unique cadence and gangsta content raised eyebrows around the country before what some their biggest hit 'Insane In The Membrane' became a crossover hit so big that the collective actually earned a set at the 1994 Woodstock. To this day, group member B-Real is a relevant part of hip-hop culture as he's now taken on a media roll with a large YouTube following.