Billboard staffers are ranking the 10 Hottest Female Rappers of 2024. From Megan Thee Stallion to Latto to Cardi B, we’re explaining why these hot female rappers made our list. Do you agree with No. 1? Let us know who you think your Hottest Female Rapper of 2024 is in the comments below!
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00:00The hottest female emcee of 2024.
00:12Cardi B is our number 10 hottest female emcee of 2024.
00:21She is staying consistent and putting out music,
00:23which I don't think a lot of other rappers can say they're doing
00:26or have done in 2024.
00:31Cardi B deserves to be on this list
00:33because she has contributed multiple singles in this year.
00:37We have Enough Miami, which is a Grammy-nominated song.
00:40She also was featured on multiple records with Shakira,
00:43Rob 49, Peso Pluma,
00:45and she was on the Wannabe remix with Glorilla and Megan Thee Stallion.
00:49Cardi B, again, is Grammy-nominated,
00:52and I'm so happy she's at number 10.
00:54And hopefully in 2025, we can get her to number one, period.
01:00If I ask for it, all I want to hear is yes.
01:02Bitch says she want to be my opp, God bless.
01:07Our number nine on the list of female emcees for 2024 is Rapsody.
01:12Back in the days when niggas were famous.
01:15Stupid tight caps just trying to get you wet.
01:17When we did the first six months,
01:19the one name that we did not have on the list was Rapsody's,
01:23and we got some pushback from folks I'd been pushing.
01:27So let's look again.
01:28It rain and it rain, yeah, you see how I'm coming.
01:31There's a lot of artists out there who are true to their craft,
01:34and for them, it's more about making the music,
01:37and I think she's telling her truth in the way she wants to do it.
01:41She's multi-generational.
01:42I share some things with my daughter,
01:44listening to Rapsody and vice versa.
01:47Rapsody deserves to be on this list.
01:49If you do not think so, then go back and listen to her discography in order.
01:53Her flow, her metaphors, she's just such a gifted lyricist.
01:59When we did this ranking back in June, JT was number nine,
02:03and that was before the release of City Cinderella,
02:06her debut solo mixtape.
02:07Right now, she's at number eight.
02:15I feel like it really has been a fantastic year for JT.
02:17We've seen her go on two tours.
02:19We have seen her surpass the charting position of every single City Girls album.
02:29When I was visiting campuses across the country for Homecoming season,
02:33I kept hearing JT.
02:35If there was any doubt whether or not JT could establish herself
02:38as a viable act outside of the City Girls, those doubts have been vetted.
02:49That's all I got for you.
02:59Doja Cat is at number seven on our list.
03:07She's had a really great run for the last five years now,
03:10and she is just still so present in the culture,
03:12even when she's not releasing music.
03:13She always kind of finds a way to become part of the conversation
03:16because she's such an interesting artist.
03:17I love actually Agoura Hills, this kind of airy, dreamy sort of sound to it,
03:21and she's kind of putting on this like ballet girl affectation on the song.
03:24It wouldn't work for 90% of artists, maybe 99% of artists,
03:27but again, when we talk about versatility, that's Doja Cat.
03:30That's the name of the game with Doja Cat.
03:37I think that Doja Cat has done a really important job
03:40of reminding people that rap music can be pop music,
03:43that they can both be an inextricable part of what she does well
03:46and the core parts of her artistry.
03:51Coming in at number six, we have Dolce, the Swamp Princess.
03:58I wanted Dolce to be higher, honestly.
04:00I think she's just super talented.
04:02She can sing, she can rap.
04:04Her music sounds different from everybody else's.
04:06She's just having a great year.
04:14She's getting looks.
04:15She was at Camp Flog Nosh.
04:17She's just a performer.
04:18She just has that star power.
04:21She has that one track that kind of has like a dance club feel.
04:25Basically like hip-hop kind of taking back that EDM dance club sound
04:30because that was created by black people.
04:39My last words on Dolce, she's a star.
04:41She has the talent to be big.
04:47We got Big Lotto at number five.
04:56This is obviously Big Mama's year.
04:58She's just championed so many of the rap girls
05:01and become a champion in her own right.
05:03She's collabed with Anastasia on Back Outside,
05:06Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli on the Sunday Service remix.
05:10I feel like she's the rap girl's rap girl.
05:12Everyone fucks with her.
05:14Settle Down is that one for me.
05:16If that goes on in the club, I'm on the floor.
05:25I just feel like with Lotto's freestyling,
05:27it proves that she's a real lyricist.
05:29You can just go off on any beat.
05:32That's what makes Lotto so sick
05:34and sets her apart from so many rappers, male or female.
05:40Coming in at number four is Sexy Red.
05:47My favorite track is Get It Sexy.
05:49That to me is just a genius record.
05:52You could play that at a party, at a strip club,
05:55and it'll fucking go crazy.
05:57She's just great overall.
05:59I love Sexy Red.
06:01She reminds me of someone I went to high school with.
06:05She's just like a regular girl from the neighborhood.
06:07You know what I mean?
06:08That likes to have fun.
06:09I don't know.
06:11I think Sexy Red's greatest cultural impact
06:13is just to be yourself and have fun.
06:16I don't know.
06:17She's just always having fun.
06:18Everybody loves her, right?
06:20Big, Tyler, all these rappers gravitate towards her.
06:23She's doing wrestling.
06:25She's just hilarious.
06:26My last words on Sexy Red is
06:28I hope she runs for president for real one day.
06:35At number three, we have the queen, Nicki Minaj.
06:43What's a female rap list without Nicki Minaj?
06:45But even without releasing an album in 2024,
06:47Pink Friday 2 came out in 2020.
06:49You know what the best-selling female rap album was
06:51as far as units go?
06:52Pink Friday 2.
06:53So even in a year where she doesn't release an album,
06:55she's still a dominating force.
06:57She added another top 15 hit, FTCU.
06:59Ended up taking off, adding to her 148 total Hot 100 hits.
07:03Pink Friday 2 world tour was absolutely massive.
07:05She had a North American leg, went to Europe,
07:08and then came back and spun the block for a second leg.
07:10Now she has the fourth best-selling tour for a rapper ever,
07:13and it's by far the best-selling for a female rapper.
07:16Don't take Nicki's greatness for granted.
07:18I think when we see greatness in front of us for so long,
07:20I think we can get a little bit jaded and,
07:22I would say, appreciate her before it's all done.
07:28Megan Thee Stallion is number two on the hottest female MC list.
07:38Megan Thee Stallion had an extremely amazing year in 2024.
07:44I think it was her redemption year,
07:46and I think she really, really did prove herself.
07:48She had her album, Megan.
07:50She hosted the VMAs.
07:51She had a number one single, Hiss.
07:53And she had multiple top 40 hits.
07:55I remember when I first saw Megan Thee Stallion,
07:58she was dropping these music videos on Twitter,
08:01these freestyles,
08:02and never heard anything like that in my life.
08:05Her being able to multitask with going to school,
08:08having a rap career,
08:09and dealing with so many adversities coming her way,
08:12I think is very, very, very remarkable.
08:14I think it can honestly be inspirational for the next generation.
08:26The hottest female MC of 2024.
08:30Yeah, Glow!
08:31Ms. Glow Rilla.
08:40Glow was number six for our initial list.
08:43I heard the rumbles.
08:44I heard the complaints,
08:45because she was having a great year.
08:46This second half of the year,
08:48she's been going fucking bonkers.
08:50And the arsenal of hits, man.
08:51TGIF being a huge record for her.
09:01Wannabe with Meg being a huge record for her.
09:03And then when she came out with the debut album,
09:05she doubled up big time with Glorious.
09:06Ended up getting the top female rap album debut
09:10on the 200 this year
09:12with 65 plus on the 200.
09:14So for her to keep that momentum
09:16and then go into the next week
09:17and still be in the top 10,
09:18we haven't seen that this year.
09:20So stats wise, culturally,
09:22she's been killing it.
09:23Rihanna co-signed her TGIF.
09:25RiRi.
09:26She's been riding out.
09:28Ride or die for Glow.
09:36Female MC of the modern era
09:38to pop out of Memphis
09:40and do it as big as she has.
09:41I mean, she just got a key to the city this year
09:44to highlight all of her accomplishments.
09:46Glow deserves to be out here
09:47because real rap, just go outside.
09:49What hasn't she done?
09:51She's everywhere right now.
09:53Men lie.
09:54Women lie.
09:55I'm just telling you.