| DIGGS | Daveed of the hip hop group clipping. |
| EAZY | ___-E (founding member of the hip-hop group N.W.A.) |
| CEE | ___Lo Green former member of the hip hop group Goodie Mob who is known for his solo hits Forget You and Fool for You |
| HOROVITZ | Adam ___ rapper popularly known as Ad-Rock who was a member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys |
| YAUCH | Adam ___ rapper popularly known as MCA who was a founding member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys |
| DIAMOND | Michael ___ rapper popularly known as Mike D who was a founding member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys |
| RICHMAN | Tommy with a song that spent 22 weeks at the top of the hip-hop charts this year, and which is expected to be nominated for at least one Grammy next month |
| BIGBOI | Stage name of rapper, record producer and actor Antwan Andre Patton, one half of the hip hop duo Outkast (3,3) |
| MOSDEF | Half of the hip-hop duo Black Star |
| ANDRE | ___ 3000, half of the hip-hop duo Outkast |
| TRIO | The hip-hop group Cypress Hill, e.g. |
| TULISA | British singer/songwriter who was in the hip hop group N-Dubz (6) |
| TUPAC | ____ Shakur, U.S. rapper inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame in 2002 (5) |
| EMPIRE | Hit TV show set in the Hip-Hop industry |
| BBOYS | Guys who are into the hip-hop lifestyle: Hyph. |
| OUTKAST | The hip-hop duo behind Hey,Ya! (7) |
| MCLYTE | Rapper with the hip-hop hit "Ruffneck" |
| DESSA | One-named rapper in the hip-hop collective Doomtree |
| ISCHIUM | One of the three parts forming each of the hip bones in the pelvis (7) |
| ILIUM | Uppermost and largest of the three sections of the hip bone, fused in adult humans with the ischium and pubis (5) |
