Hip Hop / Rap Trivia

150+ Best Hip Hop / Rap Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 27th, 2023

Challenge your hip hop and rap knowledge with over 150+ trivia questions about your favorite artists, albums, and lyrics. How well do you know Jay-Z, Eminem, and Tupac? Let's find out!

Artists and Albums Trivia

Question: Who are the '03 Bonnie And Clyde?

Answer: Jay-Z and Beyonce

Question: Complete the name of this famous rap artist. 'Ice _____'.

Answer: Cube

Question: In 1994 Biggie Smalls married which R&B artist?

Answer: Faith Evans

Question: Which successful rapper and hip hop star was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996?

Answer: Tupac Shakur

Question: Country Grammar , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Nelly

Question: To the Extreme , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Vanilla Ice

Question: 'Ghetto D, was released by which artist?

Answer: Master P

Question: Who once 'walked with god' and went 'Through the Wire'?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: Coloring Book is which star's third mixtape released in 2016?

Answer: Chance The Rapper

Question: Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent went platinum how many times?

Answer: 8

Question: 'The Score , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Fugees

Question: What was the name of The Game's debut album in 2005?

Answer: The Documentary

Question: Name the artist. 'I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life.'

Answer: 50 Cent

Question: 'Bigger and Deffer, was released by which artist?

Answer: LL Cool J

Question: 'It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa, was released by which artist?

Answer: Eazy-E

Question: Whose album is 'The Chronic'?

Answer: Dr. Dre

Question: Wu-Tang Forever , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Wu-Tang Clan

Question: Who is one of hip hop's most successful producers?

Answer: Dr. Dre

Question: Ready to Die , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: The Notorious B.I.G.

Question: The Chronic , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Dr. Dre

Question: 'The Black Album, was released by which artist?

Answer: Jay-Z

Question: Hello Nasty , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Beastie Boys

Question: 'Ill Communication, was released by which artist?

Answer: Beastie Boys

Question: The Massacre , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: 50 Cent

Question: 'Rule 3:36, was released by which artist?

Answer: Ja Rule

Question: The Slim Shady LP , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Eminem

Question: E. 1999 Eternal , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Question: No Way Out , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Puff Daddy and the Family

Question: All Eyez On Me , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: 2Pac

Question: 'Black Sunday, was released by which artist?

Answer: Cypress Hill

Question: Late Registration, was released by which artist?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: Nellyville , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Nelly

Question: 'Ready to Die, was released by which artist?

Answer: The Notorious B.I.G.

Question: Doggystyle , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Snoop Dogg

Question: Life After Death , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: The Notorious B.I.G.

Question: Encore , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Eminem

Question: 2001 , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Dr. Dre

Question: Harlem World , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Mase

Question: Stankonia , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Outkast

Question: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Lauryn Hill

Question: Ghetto D , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Master P

Question: Jackpot, was released by which artist?

Answer: Chingy

Question: The Marshall Mathers LP , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Eminem

Question: Graduation (album), was released by which artist?

Answer: Kanye West

Artists and Stage Names Trivia

Question: Who did Naughty By Natuure NOT shout out in 'Hip-Hop hooray'?

Answer: Salt -n- Pepa

Question: Who is 'Still Ballin''?

Answer: Tupac

Question: Curtis James Jackson III is better known by what name?

Answer: 50 Cent

Question: Which hip-hop artist is the first to have won a Pulitzer Prize for his album DAMN?

Answer: Kendrick Lamar

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Method ______'.

Answer: Man

Question: Nasir Jones is better known by what rap name?

Answer: Nas

Question: Who is the person that 50 Cent had a problem with?

Answer: Ja Rule

Question: In which country was hip-hop singer Drake born?

Answer: Canada

Question: The Notorious B.I.G is also known as who?

Answer: Biggie Smalls

Question: Hello Nasty was an album by which hip-hop band formed in 1981?

Answer: Beastie Boys

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Andre ______'.

Answer: 3000

Question: Complete the name of this famous rap artist. 'Fat _____'.

Answer: Joe

Question: Complete the name of this famous rap artist. 'Ja_____'.

Answer: Rule

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Ghostface ______'.

Answer: Killah

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Jazzy _____'.

Answer: Jeff

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Bustah ______'.

Answer: Rhymes

Question: Complete the name of this well-known rapper. 'Nat _____'.

Answer: Dogg

Question: Which rapper has a clothing brand called YEEZY?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: Whose debut album was called 'Reasonable Doubt'?

Answer: Jay-Z

Question: Ca$hville Records is owned by which rapper?

Answer: Young Buck

Song Titles and Lyrics Trivia

Question: Hello Nasty , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Beastie Boys

Question: What is the theme to '8 Mile', performed by Eminem?

Answer: Lose Yourself

Question: Boyz-n-the-Hood was the debut solo album of which rap artist?

Answer: Eazy-E

Question: Snoop Dogg and the Dramatics did what song together on Snoop's 'Doggystyle'?

Answer: Doggy Dogg World

Question: Who said this? 'Grandmama's daughter didn't raise no sucker.'

Answer: Lloyd Banks

Question: Snoop Dogg hit song has a chorus 'Drop It Like It's…' what?

Answer: Hot

Question: The hit song 'Regulate' was released by which Rap artist / group?

Answer: Warren G

Question: Mo Money Mo Problems was a posthumous no 1 hit for which artist?

Answer: Biggie Smalls

Question: The hit song 'Regulate' was released by which Rap artist?

Answer: Warren G

Question: Wyclef and Mary J. Blige did what song together on Wyclef's 'Eccleftic'?

Answer: 911

Question: Who sings 'Cause I am whatever you say I am in the paper the news every day I am'?

Answer: Eminem

Question: Snoop Dogg hit song has a chorus 'Drop It Like It's…' what?

Answer: Hot

Question: What Nelly song are the following lyrics from? 'Matter fact boo, stand on my left because I know you ain't right'

Answer: Pimp Juice

Question: What song are these lines from? 'Taking my time to perfect the beat and I still got love for the street'

Answer: Still Dre

Question: What track or song does Jeru and Lil Dap appear on Gangstarr's 'Daily Operation' CD?

Answer: I'm The Man'

Question: '...And Then There Was X', released by DMX was released In what year?

Answer: 1999

Question: 'Licensed to Ill', released by Beastie Boys was released In what year?

Answer: 1986

Question: 'The Eminem Show', released by Eminem was released In what year?

Answer: 2002

Question: 'The Marshall Mathers LP', released by Eminem was released In what year?

Answer: 2000

Question: 'Greatest Hits', released by 2Pac was released In what year?

Answer: 1998

Question: 'All Eyez On Me', released by 2Pac was released In what year?

Answer: 1996

Question: 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'', released by 50 Cent was released In what year?

Answer: 2003

Question: 'Country Grammar', released by Nelly was released In what year?

Answer: 2000

Question: 'To the Extreme', released by Vanilla Ice was released In what year?

Answer: 1990

Question: 'Big Willie Style', released by Will Smith was released In what year?

Answer: 1997

Question: What was the peak position in the Billboard 100 of Drake's song 'The Motto'?

Answer: 14

Question: What song on Jay-Z's album 'Reasonable doubt' featured The Notorious B.I.G.?

Answer: Brooklyn's finest'

Question: Which artist released a song 'Death of YOLO' after Drake popularized the acronym?

Answer: Joey Badass

Question: Which famous rapper was born in 1972?

Answer: Eminem

Question: Which artist released a song 'Bully' claiming he was being picked on?

Answer: Eminem

Question: What medical aid does Drake's character use in 'Degrassi: The Next Generation'?

Answer: Wheelchair

Hip Hop Trivia

Question: Which of these was not an official part of Wu Tang Clan's nine members?

Answer: Redman

Question: RZA, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man have all been members of which hip hop group?

Answer: Wu Tang Clan

Question: Whose debut album is 'Illmatic'?

Answer: Nas

Question: Wu-Tang Forever , was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Wu-Tang Clan

Question: Which hip-hop artist shot his older brother when he was 12?

Answer: Jay-Z

Question: Who is not a part of the Ruff Ryders Camp?

Answer: Jay-Z

Question: Dwayne Michael Carter is better known as what to his fans?

Answer: Lil Wayne

Question: Lauryn Hill was a member of which band formed in 1994?

Answer: The Fugees

Question: Which group got their start working at the Fudgery?

Answer: Dru Hill

Question: Which of these rappers were never a part of Death Row Records?

Answer: Notorious B.I.G

Question: Who was LL Cool J's DJ on his sophomore LP entitled 'B.A.D.'?

Answer: Cut Creator

Question: The Dream Team is a rap supergroup founded by who?

Answer: P Diddy

Question: What is the name of Sean Combs record label?

Answer: Bad Boy Records

Question: GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan is also known as who?

Answer: The Genius

Question: Who sings the song 'Rich Girl'?

Answer: Gwen Stefani and Eve

Question: Who was the rapper from Compton, California, who was at one time signed to G-Unit Records?

Answer: The Game

Question: Which actor wrote letters to Tupac when he was in jail?

Answer: Jim Carrey

Question: Who claimed to be 'on fire'?

Answer: Lloyd Banks

Question: Who sings the song 'Billionaire'?

Answer: Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars

Question: Who is the wealthiest female rapper?

Answer: Nicki Minaj

Question: Brad Terrence Jordan is better known as what?

Answer: Scarface

Question: Where was Doug E. Fresh born?

Answer: St Thomas, Virgin Islands

Members and Groups Trivia

Question: Alongside DJ Run and DMC who else is a member of Run DMC?

Answer: Jam Master Jay

Question: This group dropped the album 'Tricks of the Shade'?

Answer: The Goats

Question: Ironman was the solo debut album of which Wu-Tang member?

Answer: Ghostface Killah

Question: Which group's members included Professor Griff, Terminator X, and Flava Flav?

Answer: Public Enemy

Question: The Dream Team is a rap supergroup founded by who?

Answer: P Diddy

Question: What relative of Drake made a cameo appearance in the music video for 'Started from the Bottom'?

Answer: Mother

Question: Who is head of 'Old Maid Entertainment'?

Answer: J-Zone

Question: 'DoggyStyle', was released by which hip hop group or artist?

Answer: Snoop Dogg

Question: Who was the first artist to remix Drake's song 'Started from the Bottom'?

Answer: Wiz Khalifa

Question: Who was KRS-ONE's DJ on Boogie Down Productions debut release 'Criminal Minded'?

Answer: Scott LaRock

Personalities and Names Trivia

Question: Which British singer features on Eminem's song 'Stan'?

Answer: Dido

Question: Who did Erick Sermon do the song 'Gangsta Beats' with on the 'Erick O Nasis Project' in 2000?

Answer: Eazy-E

Question: What make of car features in the music video for Drake's song 'Started from the Bottom'?

Answer: Bentley

Question: Which artist is the 'People's Champ'?

Answer: Paul Wall

Question: Which rapper inspired the trousers for the genie in Aladdin?

Answer: MC Hammer

Question: Which of these was a popular song in which Eminem claimed he was being picked on?

Answer: Bully

Question: 'Gangsta's Paradise', was released by which artist?

Answer: Coolio

Question: James Todd Smith is a hugely successful rapper, how is he better known?

Answer: LL Cool J

Miscellaneous Trivia

Question: Which EPMD song did Redman first feature on?

Answer: Hardcore

Question: What year did Busta Rhymes release his second album 'When Disaster Strikes'?

Answer: 1997

Question: Drake was set to feature in which video game series but couldn't due to his schedule?

Answer: Gears Of War

Question: What color hair does Drake have?

Answer: Black

Question: Which of these Philly rappers recorded the popular street anthem, 'On em''?

Answer: Magic

Question: From which song did Coolio get the beat for his song 'Gangsta's Paradise'?

Answer: Pastime Paradise

Question: What was Lil Wayne's first album called?

Answer: Tha Block Is Hot

Question: What song on Jay-Z's album 'Reasonable Doubt' featured The Notorious B.I.G.?

Answer: Brooklyn's finest'

Question: What city is Simone Johnson originally from?

Answer: London, England