It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement around teenage rappers who pop up with viral songs, and there’s been a lot of discussion about how artists in their 30s and 40s are proving that rap is no longer just a young man’s game. That being said, rappers in their 20s still control the narrative in any given year. These are the artists who have the youthful exuberance to take big swings and push the genre forward, while also possessing enough experience to pull it all off.