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Biz Markie
📷 Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Artists similar to

Biz Markie

artist · US · born 1964

hip hopboom bapeast coast hip hop

In short

The artists most similar to Biz Markie are A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, The Notorious B.I.G., Run‐D.M.C. and Eric B. & Rakim, from the same hip hop, boom bap and east coast hip hop circle.

Closest to Biz Markie

2 Public EnemyUS rap group
4 Run‐D.M.C.
5 Eric B. & Rakim
6 NasUS rapper Bandcamp ↗

More similar artists

7 LL Cool J
8 Gang StarrUS hip hop duo, Guru & DJ Premier Bandcamp ↗
9 Big Daddy Kanesinger, songwriter
10 Naughty by Nature
13 KRS‐One
14 Slick Rick
15 The Pharcyde
17 The Aquabats!
18 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
19 Dr. DreAndre Young, rap producer
20 The RootsUS hip hop group
22 Yasiin Beyfka Mos Def
23 House of Pain
24 Method Manof the Wu‐Tang Clan Bandcamp ↗
25 CommonUS rapper
28 OutKast
29 Snoop DoggUS rapper
30 The BeatlesUK rock band, “The Fab Four”

Ordered by closeness, computed from real listens (ListenBrainz). The Bandcamp badge marks who has a page there, verified with Wikidata.

Frequently asked questions

Which artists are similar to Biz Markie?

The artists most similar to Biz Markie are A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, The Notorious B.I.G., Run‐D.M.C. and Eric B. & Rakim, from the same hip hop, boom bap and east coast hip hop circle. The list comes from ListenBrainz, based on what people actually listen to, and includes 30 artists.

Where can I listen to music like Biz Markie?

On Bandcamp, where you buy directly from artists and labels: Nas, Gang Starr, EPMD, Method Man and Prefuse 73 have a page there. With Digs you create a "Like Biz Markie" Dig that mixes their releases with smaller artists with the same sound.

What genre is Biz Markie?

Biz Markie is usually associated with hip hop, boom bap and east coast hip hop (artist · US · born 1964), according to MusicBrainz genres.

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Data: MusicBrainz · ListenBrainz (CC0) · Wikidata. Updated 5 November 2026.