Christmas is a time for feels, love and family – which isn’t exactly the coles notes of your fave rap album for the most part. R&B, with it’s softer more emotional undertone, has often celebrated the season proudly. In fact, most of your fave singers likely have a holiday album out now. There have, however, been some instances of hip-hop celebrating the season the best way it knows how. We’ve taken the liberty of rounding up some of our top attempts at spreading holiday cheer. Check out our top 5 hip-hop christmas tunes after the jump!
5: Kanye West Cyhi Da Prynce, Teyana Taylor – Christmas In Harlem
4: Snoop Dogg & The Dogg Pound – Santa Comes To The Ghetto
3: Rev Run ft. Ma$e, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Salt N Pepa, Onyx & Keith Murray – Santa Baby
2: Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rap
1: Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis
Runners-Up
R.A. The Rugged Man & Mac Lethal – Crustified Christmas
Run The Jewels – A Christmas F*cking Miracle
Eazy E – Merry Mutafuckin’ Xmas
