Billboard Boxscore Ranks 25 Top-Grossing Hip-Hop Touring Artists Ever

Billboard Boxscore has been tracking touring data and ranking the top live acts around the world across various musical genres since the mid-1980s. After revealing the list of the biggest rap touring acts in 2023, and updating in 2024, we are running down the 25 top-grossing hip-hop acts in Boxscore history, and there are plenty of big moves since the last edition.

Hip-hop was still in its adolescence when Boxscore charts started in the mid-’80s. But in the nearly 40 years since, rap has exploded, becoming a (or the ) dominant force in popular music. What began in a community rec room of a Bronx apartment complex has graduated to theaters, arenas and stadiums.

In just the last two years, the threshold for making the top 25 has almost doubled, from $26.1 million to $49.1 million. The 2024 update included 10 artists who had grossed more than $100 million. Now, there are 14. Six new acts join the list, from 2020s upstarts to ’90s legends.

This list is based on global figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, as of Sept. 10, 2026. Final numbers are based on headline engagements only — no festivals — plus 50% of any co-headline grosses.

That last part is important. As in the studio, collaboration has been key on the road for the rappers on our list and beyond. From Jay-Z with Kanye West to Eminem with 50 Cent , hip-hop acts have co-headlined in various arrangements over the last few decades, using one another’s shared star power to sell out venues worldwide.

A note about eligibility for this list: We’re including rap artists who have charted on Billboard ’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. That means that artists who rap instead of sing, but don’t fall within the genre of hip-hop, are excluded. For acts who have straddled the line, we’ve made splits — tours supporting pop or country albums for Doja Cat or Post Malone , for example, don’t count toward their totals.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-rap-tours-top-grossing-hip-hop-artists/)._