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Public Enemy
American hip hop group
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Flavor Flav
American rapper
2
Keith Shocklee
American record producer
3
Boogie Down Productions
American hip-hop group
4
Mos Def
American rapper and actor from New York
5
Mr. Lif
American rapper
6
Maestro
Canadian rapper, record producer, and actor
7
KRS-One
American rapper and record producer
8
Afrob
German rapper
9
DJ Hurricane
American rapper and DJ
10
Leaders of the New School
band
11
2 Live Crew
American hip-hop group
12
MC Solaar
French recording artist, rapper
13
DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
14
MC Ren
American rapper
15
Professor Griff
American rapper, spoken word artist and lecturer
16
Kool Moe Dee
American rapper
17
The Notorious B.I.G.
American rapper and songwriter
18
DJ Tomekk
DJ and record producer
19
Paris
American rapper
20
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
21
Nikki D
rapper
22
Mobb Deep
American hip hop duo
23
Whodini
American hip-hop group
24
Melle Mel
American hip-hop musician and member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
25
Ice-T
American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer
26
Common
American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
27
Busta Rhymes
American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive
28
Schoolly D
American rapper
29
De La Soul
American hip-hop group
30
Clark Kent
American musician
31
Cyhi the Prynce
American songwriter, rapper and record producer from Georgia
32
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
33
Prophets of Da City
34
Ice Cube
American hip hop artist, music producer and actor
35
Eric B. & Rakim
American hip hop duo
36
Run-DMC
American hip hop group
37
LL Cool J
American rapper, record producer, and actor
38
Lord Jamar
American actor and rapper
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Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
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Tego Calderón
Puerto Rican rapper
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Chandra Davis
American model from Michigan
