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15 Of The Absolute Finest Men In Hip-Hop

The rap game has some serious cuties that our ears love to hear and our eyes love to see. From old school heartbreakers to new school man crushes, here are the absolute finest men from hip-hop's past and present!
By Lauren Porter · Updated October 26, 2020
01
Nas
Nas will always and forever be a man crush every single day. He’s simply the illest!
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02
Tupac
He may be gone, but he’s never forgotten as one of the finest men in the game. He definitely had the juice!
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03
Method Man
Wu-Tang member Method Man has always been fine and you can’t disagree with that!
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04
The Game
Can’t you just get lost in the L.A. native’s smile forever?!
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Astrid Stawiarz
05
Future
All Future needs is a hat, a pair of shades and that smile. It’s a swoon-worthy combination!
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Moses Robinson
06
Q-Tip
Q-Tip is a vivrant thing that has given us countless jams over the years.
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Dimitrios Kambouris
07
Chance The Rapper
2017 ESSENCE Fest headliner Chance the Rapper is one cute guy. Not only is he passionate about his music, but he loves his hometown of Chicago, his daughter and God so much. We can’t help but swoon!
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Steve Granitz
08
André 3000

Rapper, actor, producer, and fashion icon André 3000 was born May 27, 1975.

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Big Sean
We’ve got big love for Detroit native Big Sean and we aren’t ashamed of that!
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Jason LaVeris
10
ASAP Rocky
A$AP Rocky aka Pretty Flaco is definitely one we can’t take our eyes off!
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Jason LaVeris
11
LL Cool J
There is a reason that the ladies love cool James. They always have and they always will!
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Steve Granitz
12
Drake
Drake. Drizzy. 6God. Champagne Papi. Aubrey. Whatever you want to call him (or whatever he wants to call himself), we love us some of this Canadian native!
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Steve Granitz
13
Nelly
Is it getting hot in here or is that just Nelly? He’s definitely making our heat rise!
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Prince Williams
14
Common
What would hip-hop and our hearts be without some Common? It would certainly be incomplete!
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John Lamparski
15
T.I.

T.I. responded to Hart’s challenge as well, pledging to help those in Houston and calling on others to do so as well, “We ALL need to WORK on coming together & utilizing our resources collectively to do some meaningful shit to people who need US more than ever!!!”

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