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KRS-One
American rapper and record producer
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Joey Bada$$
American rapper, record producer, and actor from New York
2
Gym Class Heroes
band
3
The Roots
American hip hop band
4
Najee
American musician
5
Stetsasonic
American hip hop group
6
Ice-T
American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer
7
Dido
English musician
8
Big Daddy Kane
American rapper and actor
9
Fab Five Freddy
American artist
10
Color Me Badd
American musical group; R&B boy band
11
Cypress Hill
American hip hop group
12
Digital Underground
band
13
Gza
American hip hop artist
14
EPMD
American hip-hop group
15
Bobby Sanabria
American musician
16
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
17
Public Enemy
American hip hop group
18
Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
19
DJ Kay Slay
American DJ
20
Lil Jon
American rapper
21
Lil Tjay
American rapper from New York
22
Pusha T
American rapper and record executive from Virginia
23
Ed Lover
American rapper
24
Chronic Future
25
Gorillaz
English virtual band
26
Kurtis Blow
American rapper
27
Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, record producer and activist
28
Redman
American rapper
29
K’naan Warsame
Somali-Canadian musician
30
Masta Ace
American rapper
31
Trina
American rapper, record producer, songwriter and model from Florida
32
The Pharcyde
American hip hop group
33
Blu
American rapper and music producer
34
Immortal Technique
American rapper and activist
35
dead prez
hip hop duo from the United States
36
Lupe Fiasco
American rapper from Illinois
37
Mos Def
American rapper and actor from New York
38
Eddie Martinez
American session guitarist musician
39
Matisyahu
American musician
40
Joe Budden
American hip hop recording artist
41
Kokane
American rapper
42
Arsonists
Brooklyn-based underground hip-hop group
43
Pharrell Williams
American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur
44
ASAP Twelvyy
American rapper
45
Slick Rick
British-American rapper
46
Chester French
American indie pop band
47
LL Cool J
American rapper, record producer, and actor
48
Karriem Riggins
Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)
49
Run-DMC
American hip hop group
50
Guy
American R&B band
51
Hilltop Hoods
Australian hip-hop group
52
Whodini
American hip-hop group
53
Kendrick Lamar
American rapper, songwriter and record producer from California
54
ZillaKami
American rapper, singer and songwriter
55
Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
56
Chi-Ali
rapper
57
Juicy J
American rapper and record producer from Tennessee
58
Lloyd
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor from Georgia
59
The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio
60
Junior Reid
Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
61
Mustard
American record producer, DJ and hype man from California
62
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
63
The Notorious B.I.G.
American rapper and songwriter
