| NAS | U.S. rapper with 1994 debut album Illmatic |
| OASIS | Rock band with the 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe (5) |
| DEFINITELYMAYBE | Oasis’s seminal 1994 debut album |
| CRACKEDREARVIEW | 1994 debut album that has sold over 16 million copies |
| ELLIOTT | Missy, U.S. rapper noted for her 1997 debut studio album Supa Dupa Fly (7) |
| PARADISE | Gangsta's ____ , song by U.S. rapper Coolio featuring R&B singer L.V. released in 1995 (8) |
| STAN | Song by U.S. rapper Eminem with vocals sampled from Dido that was released in 2000 (4) |
| STALLION | Megan Thee, U.S. rapper whose first studio album Good News was released in 2020 (8) |
| TYLER | ___ The Creator, U.S. rapper who released the album Call Me If You Get Lost in 2021 (5) |
| COOLIO | Professional name of Artis Ivey Jr., late U.S. rapper noted for 1995 song Gangsta's Paradise (6) |
| MALONE | Post, U.S. rapper who had a No. 1 hit in 2017 with Rockstar (6) |
| EMINEM | U.S. rapper who starred in 8 Mile (6) |
| ICECUBE | Stage name of U.S. rapper born O'Shea Jackson (3,4) |
| WEST | Kanye, U.S. rapper married to Kim Kardashian (4) |
| KANYE | ___ West, U.S. rapper, producer and fashion designer born in 1977 (5) |
| MARSHALL | ____ Mathers, real name of U.S. rapper and record producer Eminem (8) |
| CREATOR | Tyler, the ____, U.S. rapper born in 1991 (7) |
| KIM | Lil' ---, U.S. rapper (3) |
| GIBSON | Tyrese, U.S. rapper and actor noted for playing Roman Pearce in the Fast & Furious film series (6) |
| STRONGER | Song by U.S. rapper Kanye West that was his first UK No. 1 hit in 2007 (8) |