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10 of the Funniest Rappers in Hip-Hop History

Noisey selects ten of the funniest rappers in hip-hop history, along with some of their most absurd punchlines.

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Hip-hop doesn’t have to be totally self-serious. Oftentimes, rap fans’ choices for the greatest rappers of all time are based on prestigious albums with big concepts and/or flashy lyricism. But sometimes, the most effective rapping is the most simple. A lot of times, the simple rhyming makes for some of the funniest material.

Across hip-hop’s history, there have been many witty rappers. But Noisey has selected 10 of the funniest across the genre and culture, along with some of their most gut-busting lyrics.

2 Chainz is as hilarious as he is inventive. What other rapper would say Givenchy in a way that mimics a sneeze? Why bother looking for a better way to say she has a big booty than to call her Big Booty on Birthday Song? Perhaps my favorite line is on “U Da Realest“, where he raps, “Rest in peace to all the soldiers that died in the service/I dive in her cervix.”

Ghostface Killah’s mission statement was to rap the illest, most fly bars imaginable on cool beats. He achieved his goal while also delivering some of the most surreal, ridiculous lines of all time. Ghost will boast about eating “seasoned giraffe ribs” on “Nutmeg”, while comparing his rhymes to garlic. People are still trying to figure out what that means.

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