Hopsin Essentials

There's no mistaking Hopsin, with the Los Angeles-born rapper rarely seen without his signature freaky white contacts. After a stint on Ruthless Records, Hop furrowed into the indie scene and built up an army of fans off the back of 2009's Haywire and Gazing at the Moonlight projects, both released via his own Funk Volume outlet. With a lyrical style that owes a debt to the crazed content and emotional outpourings of Slim Shady's catalogue, subsequent albums like 2013's Knock Madness are intense affairs.