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Kool G Rap

1968 - Today

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Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap), is an American rapper. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time, and a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kool G Rap has received more than 1,492,823 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kool G Rap is the 3,057th most popular singer (down from 2,469th in 2019), the 15,641st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,076th in 2019) and the 827th most popular American Singer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kool G Rap ranks 3,057 out of 4,381Before him are Angelina Mango, Chaeyeon, Maria Elena Kyriakou, Chingiz Mustafayev, Hannah Mancini, and Anna Lesko. After him are Mỹ Tâm, Ghostemane, Mafumafu, Boaz Ma'uda, Aisel, and Yasmine Hamdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Kool G Rap ranks 711Before him are Anders Holmertz, Uwe Tellkamp, Rashid Sidek, Sully Erna, Michael Cole, and Glenn Fleshler. After him are Sylvain Guillaume, Lene Rantala, Patrick Sylvestre, Arshad Warsi, Reinaldo Vicente Simão, and Niurka Montalvo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kool G Rap ranks 15,641 out of 20,380Before him are Sharon Leal (1972), Nick Van Exel (1971), Randy Harrison (1977), Marguerite Moreau (1977), Tracy Middendorf (1970), and Steven Strogatz (1959). After him are Ghostemane (1991), Howard Davis Jr. (1956), Aljamain Sterling (1989), Austin Carr (1948), Tamina Snuka (1978), and Denise Curry (1959).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kool G Rap ranks 827Before him are Nicole Jung (1991), Jesse Hughes (1972), Marc Cohn (1959), Aloe Blacc (1979), Chief Keef (1995), and Hannah Mancini (1980). After him are Ghostemane (1991), Scott Stapp (1973), Tech N9ne (1971), Yaki Kadafi (1977), Leah Dizon (1986), and Joel Madden (1979).