Top 19 Fastest Rappers of All Time

Chopper legends, record holders and one Broadway star walk into the same argument. Raw syllables per second is only half of it — landing them clean is the other half.

1. 1
   Twista

   The Chicago MC who held a Guinness World Record for fastest rap in the early 1990s.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Eminem

   Rap God packs a stretch of roughly 100 words into 15 seconds, the most-cited speed run in mainstream rap.
   868pts
3. 3
   Changbin

   The Stray Kids rapper and 3Racha producer whose lightning-fast verses have made him one of K-pop's best-known speed rappers.
   750pts
4. 4
   Royce da 5'9"

   Eminem's longtime collaborator and one of Detroit's most technical MCs.
   500pts
5. 5
   Daveed Diggs

   The Hamilton star whose Guns and Ships verse is among the fastest in Broadway history.
   500pts
6. 6
   Tonedeff

   The underground battle veteran and QN5 Music founder whose rapid-fire chopping became his calling card on solo records and CunninLynguists collaborations.
   500pts
7. 7
   Kool G Rap

   A New York pioneer whose multisyllabic runs influenced nearly every fast rapper since.
   423pts
8. 8
   Watsky

   Broke out in 2011 with the viral video 'Watsky Raps Fast,' whose machine-gun chopping style launched a career of seven studio albums.
   423pts
9. 9
   Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

   The Cleveland group who made rapid-fire harmonised delivery their signature.
   423pts
10. 10
    Tech N9ne

    The Kansas City independent whose chopper style built a career outside the majors.
    423pts
11. 11
    R.A. the Rugged Man

    The Long Island veteran whose blistering verse on Jedi Mind Tricks' 'Uncommon Valor' is often cited among the fastest and best in rap.
    423pts
12. 12
    Logic

    A modern technician whose speed runs became a calling card on record and live.
    423pts
13. 13
    NoClue

    The Seattle rapper certified by Guinness World Records in 2005 as the fastest rap MC after delivering 723 syllables in 51.27 seconds.
    423pts
14. 14
    Yelawolf

    The Alabama rapper signed to Shady Records, known for rapid Southern cadences.
    333pts
15. 15
    Joyner Lucas

    The Worcester rapper whose breathless double-time verses, including his turn on Eminem's 2018 single 'Lucky You,' regularly feature in speed-rap rundowns.
    333pts
16. 16
    Big Daddy Kane

    The golden-age MC whose 1988 double-time verses set the template for speed rap.
    333pts
17. 17
    Outsider

    The South Korean speed specialist known for rapping at more than 16 syllables per second, most famously on his 2009 hit 'Loner'.
    333pts
18. 18
    Busta Rhymes

    The double-time specialist whose delivery defined a generation of guest verses.
    227pts
19. 19
    Ski Mask the Slump God

    The Florida rapper and XXXTentacion collaborator famous for tongue-twisting rapid flows on tracks such as 'Catch Me Outside'.
    227pts

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