Before we start, it is important to note that this content adds up the total viewership of all their songs on YouTube. Also, note that this viewership does not depict the superiority of a rapper over the other but rather give a clear indication of who has more appeal to the consumer.
1. Olamide (275 Million Views +)
Nigerian hip-hop artist Olamide Gbenga Adedeji popularly known in the music industry as Olamide, always springs to mind anywhere Nigerian music becomes a topic of conversation. Olamide is known for his unique rap style and normally raps in his local dialect Yoruba and English. In 2011, he released his debut studio album Rapsodi, and from then on, he has been nothing but sensational.
2. Sarkodie (224 million views +)
The Ghanaian rap legend needs no introduction. Formal name Michael Owusu Addo, Sarkodie is the most decorated rapper on the African continent and is showing no signs of slowing down after a decade since he became a household name with his first hit song.
One of the Azonto genre pioneers, Sarkodie, will have his name forever inscribed in the African rap folklore for everything he has done in the game.
3. Phyno (149 million views +)
Nigerian rapper and songwriter Phyno is popularly known for his unique rap in his local Igbo dialect. Surfaced into the music industry way before many of the artists on this list, Phyno became a major hit on the continent with the release of his debut studio album No Guts No Glory in 2014.
4. Nasty C (98 million views +)
Nasty C is the youngest rapper on this list but by no means the smallest. In fact, the award-winning South African rapper has defined the rap game since his emergence and is now a global artist with songs that features many great American hip-hop giants.
5. Falz (86 million views +)
Falz the bad guy, is a Nigerian rapper, and a lawyer who began his career way back in high school as part of a music group called the ‘school boys’. The award-winning rapper has since gone on to become one of the mainstay in the Nigerian rap game.
Source: ghgossip