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Rap & Hip-Hop (Composers & Musicians, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Rap & Hip-Hop (Composers & Musicians, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.57, median 338 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.43 – $20.07 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Composers & Musicians (1,283), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 18, 11 points lower than here.
- 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 80% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Rap & Hip-Hop best sellers
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I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me
by Lil Jon
- List rank#1
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4
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Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter: A Hard-Hitting Story of Survival, Success, and Reinvention in Music and Business
by 50 Cent
- List rank#2
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,682
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The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness
by 50 Cent
- List rank#3
- Price$16.64
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,458
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THE VOICE IN MY HEAD IS GOD
by 2 Chainz
- List rank#4
- Price$14.24
- Rating4.8
- Reviews271
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Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur
- List rank#5
- Price$29.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews342
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Remember the Times: A Memoir
by Teddy Riley
- List rank#6
- Price$12.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews105
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IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD: A Wall Street Journal Bestselling Memoir on Building Delusional Confidence and Self-Belief
by Russ
- List rank#7
- Price$12.40
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6,911
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Birth of a Culture
by Grandmaster Flash
- List rank#8
- Price$23.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews14
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Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe
by Jeezy
- List rank#9
- Price$21.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews793
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Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Eye-Opening Memoir of Survival, Abuse, and Redemption in the Music Industry
by Karrine Steffans
- List rank#10
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews111
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Rap & Hip-Hop
FAQ
Is Rap & Hip-Hop a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 338 reviews and sells for $15.57.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Rap & Hip-Hop?
The median best seller has 338 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Rap & Hip-Hop best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.57; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.43 and $20.07.
Can new books break into Rap & Hip-Hop?
15% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.