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30+ Clean Hip Hop Songs for Kids – kids rap songs (2021)

November 2, 2018 By Morgan Last Updated: July 8, 2021

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Hip hop songs for kids can introduce kids to a new genre of music. Enjoy your favorite clean rap songs for kids without worrying about the message your kids are listening to or having a song full of bleeps. Kid friendly rap lyrics can be hard to find, so I’ve done the research for you with this playlist!

So, I’ve got this playlist that I use for running. It’s a “you can do this last 5 minutes!” kind of play list.

Because I rarely regale a playlist to just a run, I have a few variations of it. In a few, I’ve added my kids’ favorite songs, so we can enjoy it on a drive.

My kids love clean rap songs!

The problem is, not all of the songs on that playlist are what you’d call, “kid friendly“. Okay, so my pump up songs are liberally sprinkled with expletives and a pounding beat.

The first song on the playlist is Drake’s, Make Me Proud featuring Nicki Minaj. It’s not a song I want my kids to hear. While it’s a banger and awesome to amp me up, it’s definitely not kid friendly.

Which means my kids inevitably love it and ask for it regularly.

As with all things parenting, I hit Googled and thankfully foundd some hip hop songs for kids that weren’t packed with curses and horrifying messages.

A turn table with DJ headphones on it with the words hip hop songs for kids on it.
Hip hop songs for kids can introduce your kids to a new genre of music to dance around to without worrying about clean lyrics. As with all advice, make sure you screen the songs before playing. my definition of “clean” maybe different than yours!

What makes these clean hip hop songs for kids?

My opinion of a kid friendly song might vary from yours. For me, a clean song that I feel okay having my kids listen to is a song that doesn’t have non stop cursing. Or bleeps, since I try to choose radio edits!

I also look for songs where the meaning isn’t OBVIOUSLY inappropriate. For example, I leave Hotline Bling on this clean playlist. Yes, it’s about a booty call, but unless they know what that is, you’re fine.

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A note about these hip hop songs:

  • Definitely listen to the songs before you hit play in front of the kids. This ensures you won’t find anything I didn’t or that you’re just not a fan of.
  • ALWAYS use the radio edit. I’ve made notes if you should look for a specific version. But in general, radio edits ensur that you won’t encounter any random curses.
  • Some have underlying meanings that aren’t that lovely. But, honestly, in my opinion kids just like the beat.
  • Early decades are typically cleaner than later decades. So, if you’re super anxious, I would stick to the 90’s genre.

Hip Hop Songs for Kids – clean rap songs playlist

Below you’ll find over 30 clean hip hop songs for kids, varying from recent Drake hits to classic DJ Jazzy Jeff jams. Get ready to have a blast with your kids!

  • Toosie Slide – Drake (clean version)
  • Death bed – powfu
  • Take What You Want – Post Malone
  • Old Town Road – Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Butterfly Effect – Travis Scott
  • Finesse – Bruno Mars (not the Cardi B. remix)
  • God’s Plan – Drake
  • Magic – B.O.B
  • Young Dumb Broke – Khalid
  • Hotline Bling – Drake
  • Hey Mama – Kanye West
  • Crazy – Cade (says “I’d rather see you naked,” but otherwise clean.)
  • Now or Never – Kendrick Lamar
  • I Can – Nas
  • All We Got – Chance the Rapper
  • Crazy in Love – Beyonce + JayZ
  • Pretty Girl Rock – Keri Hilson (this one is on our Girl Power Songs playlist too!)
  • Opposite of Adults – Chiddy Bang
  • Happy – Pharrell Williams
  • Dynamite – Taio Cruz
  • Glory – Jay – Z
  • Kick, Push – Lupe Fiasco
  • Hold On, We’re Going Home – Drake
  • Survivor – Destiny’s Child
  • Just a Friend -Biz Markie
  • Jump – Kriss Kross
  • Ice, Ice, Baby – Vanilla Ice
  • Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes
  • Good Feeling – Florida
  • How to Love – Lil Wayne
  • I Got a Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Okay so tell me -what kind of music do you listen to with your kids? Do you have a guilty pleasure? Let me know in the comments!

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Comments

  1. ac says

    July 22, 2019 at 10:11 am

    Add Old Town Road by Lil Nas to your list

    Reply
    • Morgan says

      July 29, 2019 at 1:33 pm

      Thanks for the suggestion! This post is up for an update and I’ll be sure to add it when I do!

  2. DJ Coolie G says

    October 24, 2019 at 3:05 am

    This was a great list. Thanks for the music. Great Job

    Reply
  3. Ariel says

    December 16, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Omg I’m so glad you made this list. My 2 year old ADORES rap and hip hop and I was having your same struggle. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Morgan says

      February 6, 2020 at 1:55 pm

      It’s hard to find some that fit, but they definitely exist!! So glad you enjoy it!

  4. Jerry Terrell Scott says

    April 16, 2020 at 12:04 am

    thanks for the songs needed info.

    Reply
  5. Edward says

    June 7, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    One of the best clean hip-hop songs is Express Yourself by NWA in my opinion. Also, Vanilla Ice is often seen as bot very good, and he made people see white rappers trying to come up as goofs, so be careful with the Ice Ice Baby.

    Reply
  6. Lisa says

    February 10, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    Thanks for taking the time to make this list. Rap is not really my thing (mostly a classical singer/teacher) but I have a student who particularly loves this genre.

    Reply
  7. whitney says

    February 14, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    My Daighters absolute favorite, totally clean rap song is My Belly by Aesop Rock!!!

    Reply
  8. Mikaela says

    June 25, 2021 at 12:41 pm

    I’m making a playlist for my classroom, and some of these were perfect! There were some that had words that would not be appropriate for school, but fine in a home setting.

    Some other suggestions I can make are Feels Like Summer by Childish Gambino, Blessings by Lecrae, LOVE by Jhene Aiko, Heartless by Kanye West (this was a hit with my students), Blinding Lights by the Weeknd, and Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) by Taylor Swift!

    Thanks again for this list! It was super helpful!

    Reply
    • Morgan says

      July 1, 2021 at 3:18 pm

      Thanks so much Mikaela! I’ll be sure to add those.

      That’s a great note on the lyrics – I definitely always recommend that the clean playlists are used as a baseboard, but always always look up the lyrics before playing in front of kids (and in your case, in a classroom! Definitely more restrictive.)

      Thanks for all you do as a teacher!

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