Some of the most important early hip-hop groups in Greece were Imiskoumbria, Terror-X-Crew (members: , DJ ALX), FFC (members: DJ Everlast, plus many guests) and Active Member.
This differentiation caused a lot of tension among the Greek hip-hop fans. Between 1995 and 2000, there was a lot of conflict, relatively speaking. Things escalated from there when the Battle rap era in Greece begun with the group ZN (- The Living Dead) that started dissing Active Member and other hip hop groups. ZN was composed of 5 members. They followed the Wu-Tang model and have been accused of biting the Wu-Tang Clan. They first released an EP and then a group album, followed by releasing solo albums. Their one and only album (due to feuding) as a group was "O Protos Tomos" (The First Volume) in 1997.
As American hip hop lyrics became more widely violent, so did international hip hop lyrics, and Greece was no exception. Rapping about guns, drugs, violence and sex became the norm. Hardcore Greek rap had swept the genre, and commercial hip hop followed suit.
Commercial hip-hop in Greece has become hugely successful, with acts like Imiskoumbria, Terror X Crew and Goin' Through blazing the trails. Imiskoumbria and Terror X Crew both were the first to have their records going gold. Goin' Through became a massive success after their last album, La Sagrada Familia, was granted gold status as of 2006. Their follow-up, Vendetta, achieved gold sales within three months of its release.
Goin' Through has also established Greece's big name hip-hop label, Family, where some other acts are signed. Some of the more noted acts of Family are Taraxias, Thirio (Beast), NEVMA, Ominus & DJ S. It should be noted that the group Imiskoumbria, is widely credited as one of the Greek rap acts that made Greek hip hop a household thing. Before this, Greek hip hop was considered to be a fad or a novelty of sorts.
List of Greek hip hop groups/artists * Imiskoumbria
* Tang-Ram
* Goin' Through
* Ominus & DJ "S"
* Taraxias
* Sexpyr
* Sifu VERSUS
* A/E
* NEVMA
* Active Member
* FF.C
* Terror-X-Crew
* Agnosti Gnosti
* Zontani Nekri
* Skotini Plevra
* Stihima
* Razastarr
* Stereo Mike
* NTP
* Phase 3
* Efiologos
* Bz Jam
* Gemz
Top Greek MCs * Dimitris Mentzelos
* Mithridatis
* Phyrosun (member of Tang-Ram)
* Michalis Mitakidis (B.D. Foxmoor)
* Rythmodamastis (member of FF.C)
* Asarkos (Member of Vita Pis)
* Efthimis (member of A/E [Artemis/Eythimis])
* Taki Tsan
* Efiologos (A Greek-American MC)
* Taraxias
* Isvoleas (member of Tigre Sporakia, Skoteini Plevra)
* Sifu VERSUS
* Ominus
Top Greek Producers * DJ ALX (Terror X Crew,
* DMinds
* DJ Rico (Family The Label)
* Sinis (Kamikaze Beats)
* Diveno (Beats United)
* Kritis
* Mikros Kleftis aka Pil
* Eversor (Phase3)
* Algorhythm (217)
* Isvoleas
* Strider (Zoltanation Beats)
* Prophet Of Noise (Beats United)
* Sniper (Real Stuff)
Top Greek DJs * DJ Pritanis
* DJ Sparky T
* DJ Smartie AL
* DJ Kid Stretch
* DJ S
* DJ Vanilla
* DJ The Boy (current DMC Hellas champion)
* DJ Red
* DJ Wester
* DJ E
* DJ D-Mice
