Twitter, the microblogging platform that allows people to share their thoughts with the world in 140 characters or less, is everyone’s latest web obsession. Contrary to what your grandma said, though, Twitter is more than just a chatterbox of lunch updates. It’s a chatterbox of breakfast, lunch, and dinner updates. Jokes aside, Twitter is a fun way to connect with friends, family, ex-lovers, and online stalkers. And did I mention that it’s the only site where you’ll find Erykah Badu and Amanda Diva debating sexy pics or Count Bass D wondering why no one ever toasts bagel on the outside?

In NO particular order, here are 100 hip-hop people to follow on Twitter:

50 Hip-Hop Artists (MCs, Producers, DJs) to Follow on Twitter

1. Notorious B.I.G. – He used to read Word Up Magazine
2. MC Hammer – Owner of the world’s largest collection of parachute pants
3. ?uestlove – Half-man, half-funkybeard drummer
4. Amanda Diva – Spandex-wearing soul-rappah
5. Noreaga – Good MC, bad reggaeton dancer
6. Jay Electronica – Follow him now or he’ll melt your brain in your sleep!
7. Eli Porter – Winner of the greatest freestyle battle ever
8. Sickamore – Famous hip-hop DJ, also addicted to burger
9. Countbass D – One of the illest producers on the mic
10. Q-Tip – Nasal-voiced ATCQ frontman
11. DJ Green Lantern – The Evil Greenius
12. Wale – First aquatic rapper in history (aka Whale)
13. MC Lyte – GFOAT
14. Just Blaze – The Megatron Don of beatsmithing
15. Donny Goines – If you don’t know his name he’s not working hard enough
16. Charles Hamilton – The reason Brooklyn tourism hit an all-time high in 2008
17. Black Milk – Detroit’s newest, funkiest, nastiest, illest, producer
18. A-Trak – Only dates chicks with mile-long acrylic nails
19. DJ Semtex – The Explosive One!
20. Joe Budden – The Internet’s favorite MC
21. DJ Enuff – Loves music, hates music business
22. Pacific Division – Victims of The Grown Kid Syndrome
23. Double-O (Kidz in the Hall) – Cave Spelunker and Tectonic Plate explorer
24. Naledge (Kidz in the Hall) – Chicago makes smart rappers too, you know
25. Kid Sister – Feisty femme fatale with a penchant for fancy fingertips
26. Mick Boogie – Globe-trotting hip-hop DJ
27. Clinton Sparks – Get Familiar!
28. Bavu Blakes – It’s Bah-VOO. Say it with me, Bah-VOO!
29. Illmind – Producer guy from Jersey
30. Rhymefest – Never met a beat he couldn’t pummel into submission
31. Khrysis – Producer guy from North Kakalaka
32. Nina B – BK femcee
33. Skyzoo – Premier thinks he’s nice, so he must be
34. 6th Sense – Heavy Obama supporter with a grassroots movement
35. Yak Ballz – Hip-hop’s first Scifentologist
36. Murs – Touring machine
37. Mickey Factz – Bespectacled rapper from Bronx, NY and big fan of Mortal Kombat
38. Von Pea – Dictionary-toting MC from Brooklynati
39. Don Cannon – Only slightly less influential than Jimmy Iovine
40. Cashless – Deadly on the 1′s & 2′s
41. Jean Grae – Better than your favorite female rapper
42. Oddisee – Producer guy who happens to be sick on any tempo
43. Chino XL – Deadly with the pen
44. B-Real – The Hip-Hop Chuck Norris
45. Soulbrotha – Had to write a song about Twitter to make this list
46. Rukus – Deadly on the mic
47. Phonte – Part time Little Brother MC, part time sanga
48. Big Pooh – That other guy in Little Brother
49. John Brown – Undisputed king of Burbology
50. Shaq – Sometime rapper, sometime baller. Always quotatious

50 Hip-Hop Bloggers to Follow on Twitter:

So, let’s say you’re not looking to stalk your favorite hip-hop artists on Twitter. Instead, you’d like to get at that damn blogger who had the nerve to say that Lil Wayne is better than Rakim. Well, it’s not as easy as typing in their name after twitter.com/name. Case in point: I almost sent a tweet to the user @eskay hoping to reach this guy. Turns out it was actually some tween who hates her boyfriend so much that she totally scrubbed the toilet with his toothbrush. No need to make the same mistake, because I’ve got your back like scoliosis.

In NO particular order, here are 50 hip-hop bloggers to follow on Twitter.

1. Dallas Penn – DallasPenn.com
2. Byron Crawford – ByronCrawford.com
3. Eskay – Nah Right
4. Miss Info Miss Info TV
5. Khal – Rock The Dub
6. Enigmatik – Boo Goo Doo Boom
7. Nation – Nah Right
8. Shake – 2 Dope Boyz
9. Nigel D. – Real Talk NY
10. William E. Ketchum – Speech Is My Hammer
11. Clyde Smith – Prohiphop
12. Elliott Wilson – Rap Radar/Danyelliott
13. NerdwithSwag – Nerd With Swag
14. Gyant – SOHH Atlanta
15. Jay Smooth – Ill Doctrine
16. Herfection – Herfection.com
17. John Gotty – The Smoking Section
18. Dart Adams – Poisonous Paragraphs
19. Rafi Kam – Oh Word
20. Matt Sonzala – AustinSurreal
21. Andrew Barber – Fake Shore Drive
22. Melissa – The La La Blog
23. Randy Exclusive – Writer’s Block Media
24. Low Key – You Heard That New
25. Wesley Verhoeve – Wesleyverhoeve.com
26. Zillz – Zillasays.com
27. Alex Delarge – LiveAGL
28. Scott Yeti – Woooha Inc
29. Kid Legend – OnSmash
30. Meka – 2 Dope Boyz
31. Ron Mexico – RonMexicoCity
32. Sumit – HipHopChronicle
33. Isis Wisdom – Word on the Streets
34. Carl Cherry – Funky Minds
35. smokeYYY – That Real Ish
36. Alvin “Aqua” Blanco – Allhiphop
37. Blogxilla – Blogxilla.com
38. HoneySoul – Honeysoul.com
39. CouchSessions – The Couch Sessions
40. Peter Rosenberg – Rosenberg Radio
41. Che Grand – Chegrand
42. Jeff & Eric Rosenthal – The Real
43. Joe La Puma – Complexmag.com
44. IllVibes-DMV – Illvibes-dmv.com
45. SeanTheROBOT – LupEND Blog
46. Lynne D Johnson – Lynnedjohnson.com
47. Contra – The Smoking Section
48. FWMJ – Rappers I Know
49. Robbie Ettelson – Unkut
50. Nick Catchdubs – Catchdubs.com

There are probably hundreds more hip-hop heads on Twitter, so I’m sure I forgot some names. If you don’t see your name on this list, please feel free to drop me a line in the comment box. If you decide to join the Twitterverse, don’t hesitate to follow me.

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