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Mark Taylor
British record producer
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Shing02
Japanese rapper
2
Culture
Jamaican roots reggae band
3
Looptroop Rockers
Swedish hip-hop group
4
Nappy Roots
American hip hop group
5
Zion I
American hip hop duo
6
Valerie June
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
7
J Boogie
American record producer
8
Bilal
American singer
9
DJ Spinna
musician
10
De La Soul
American hip-hop group
11
The Roots
American hip hop band
12
Casual
American rapper
13
Themselves
14
King Django
American musician
15
Charlie Wilson
American singer, songwriter, record producer
16
Amel Larrieux
American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
17
DJ Muggs
American hip hop musician
18
Souls of Mischief
band
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Oh No
American rapper and producer
20
Black Thought
American actor and singer
21
Israel Vibration
band
22
People Under the Stairs
American former hip hop duo
23
Slum Village
hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
25
Color Me Badd
American musical group; R&B boy band
26
Nicole Wray
American singer-songwriter
27
Too Short
American rapper and record producer from California
28
Run-DMC
American hip hop group
29
Chrisette Michele
American musician
30
Zilla
American rapper
31
Romeo Miller
American rapper, actor and basketball player
32
Mistah F.A.B.
American rapper
33
The Rootsman
British musician
34
Dwele
American singer
35
Rosie Thomas
American singer-songwriter, originally from Detroit, Michigan
36
Redman
American rapper
37
Wu-Tang Clan
American rap group
38
Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
39
Rasheeda
American rapper from Georgia
40
Najee
American musician
41
Fabolous
American rapper from New York
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Sam Watters
American record producer
43
Sharissa
American singer
44
Trina
American rapper, record producer, songwriter and model from Florida
45
Day26
band
46
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
47
Donell Jones
American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer
48
dead prez
hip hop duo from the United States
49
Joy Denalane
German singer-songwriter
50
Phife Dawg
American rapper (1970-2016)
51
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
52
Questlove
American rapper, multi-instrumentalist and journalist from Pennsylvania
53
Jodeci
90's R&B Band
54
Chali 2na
American rapper
55
Epik High
South Korean hip-hop group
56
Blueprint
American indie hip hop artist
57
Kottonmouth Kings
American hip hop group
58
Goapele
American soul and R&B singer-songwriter
59
Fresh I.E.
Canadian musician
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Common
American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
61
Maxwell
American singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
62
Ying Yang Twins
American hip hop duo from Georgia
