| 100% | IRIS | 4 | Rock musician Donnie ___, who wrote the hit "The Rapper" |
| 57% | KURT | 4 | ___ Cobain and Courtney Love, rock musicians who were behind the hit "Old Age" |
| 52% | TOMWAITS | 8 | 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who wrote the Rod Stewart hit "Downtown Train": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PATTI | 5 | Rock icon Smith who wrote the memoir "Just Kids" |
| 48% | MARLEY | 6 | Musician who wrote "I Shot the Sheriff": Bob __ |
| 48% | OCASEK | 6 | Ric who wrote the hit song "My Best Friend's Girl" |
| 48% | POLOG | 5 | Rapper who sang the hit song "Rapstar" in 2021 |
| 47% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock star who wrote the poetry collection "The American Night" |
| 47% | LOU | 3 | Rock musician ___ Reed who sang "Walk on the Wild Side" |
| 47% | MCHAMMER | 8 | Rapper who released the hit U Can't Touch This |
| 47% | TINAFEY | 7 | "30 Rock" actress who wrote the memoir "Bossypants": 2 wds. |
| 47% | OTIS | 4 | Redding who wrote the Aretha Franklin hit “Respect” |
| 47% | CHILDISHGAMBINO | 15 | Rapper who wrote for 30 Rock |
| 46% | LATTO | 5 | American rapper who wrote the 2022 song Big Energy |
| 46% | PSY | 3 | Korean musician who sang the hit song "Gangnam Style" |
| 46% | TINAFEY | 7 | "30 Rock" actress/creator who wrote the 2011 memoir "Bossypants": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CHET | 4 | ___ Faker, a musician who made the hit cover "No Diggity" |
| 46% | PSY | 3 | South Korean rapper who made the hit song "Gangnam Style" |
| 45% | LLCOOLJ | 7 | Rapper who wrote the kid's book "And the Winner Is ... " (3 wds.) |
| 45% | NICKS | 5 | Stevie ___ and Lindsey Buckingham, rock musicians who dated in the '70s |
| 45% | MICK | 4 | ___ Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, rock musicians who dated in the '70s |
| 45% | SID | 3 | ___ Vicious and Nancy Spungen, rock musicians who dated in the '70s |
| 45% | MCKUEN | 6 | Poet/lyricist who wrote the 1974 #1 hit "Seasons in the Sun" |
| 45% | ATHOL | 5 | Fugard who wrote the 2015 play "The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek" |
| 43% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | "Gin and Juice" rapper who wrote the cookbook "From Crook to Cook": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | "Gin and Juice" rapper who wrote the cookbook "From Crook to Cook" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | KERRY | 5 | Musician Livgren who was a founding member of the rock band Kansas |
| 43% | SWAE | 4 | Rapper ___ Lee, who collaborated with Post Malone on the hit song "Sunflower" |
| 43% | ERIC | 4 | Musician Clapton who is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 43% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer and actor for whom Paul Anka wrote the hit song "My Way": 2 wds. |