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Grandmaster Caz
American rapper
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The Sugarhill Gang
American hip hop group
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
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Melle Mel
American hip-hop musician and member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
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Kool Moe Dee
American rapper
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Treacherous Three
American hip hop group
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Lord Jamar
American actor and rapper
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Sylvia Robinson
American singer, record producer, and executive
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Disco King Mario
rapper
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Bronx Style Bob
American rapper
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DJ Kool Herc
Jamaican DJ
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Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
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Erick Sermon
American rapper, musician and record producer
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Funky 4 + 1
American hip-hop group
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Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, record producer and activist
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DJ Hollywood
American rapper and DJ
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Run-DMC
American hip hop group
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Torch
American rapper
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Fat Joe
American rapper from New York
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Chief Keef
American rapper and record producer
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Guru
American rapper, producer and actor
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Heavy D
American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and musician (1967-2011)
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Kurtis Blow
American rapper
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DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
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Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
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Big Pun
American rapper (1971–2000)
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The Notorious B.I.G.
American rapper and songwriter
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Big Daddy Kane
American rapper and actor
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Ice-T
American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer
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Leaders of the New School
band
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Peace 586
Christian hip-hop artist
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Jaz-O
American rapper
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YG
American rapper from Bodie, California
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E-40
American rapper from California
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Lovebug Starski
American rapper
