Gordie’s Midday Gossip - Who is the biggest selling Hip Hop artist?

Who is the biggest selling hip hop artist of all time? Eminem secures the top spot in a global ranking of best-selling rappers with 224.2 million equivalent album sales, holding a 55 million lead over No.2 Drake. The list is based on a detailed system that weighs pure album sales together with digital and physical singles, audio/video streams, and compilation performances, with every format counting towards the total. The Top 5 best-selling rappers are: No.1 – Eminem, No.2 – Drake, No.3 – Kanye West, No.4 – Jay-Z, and No.5 – 2Pac. The complete list features 35 rappers who have crossed the 30 million mark.