0
Dee Barnes
American singer and television host
1
Compton's Most Wanted
American hip-hop group
2
Mellow Man Ace
American rapper
3
DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
4
Mos Def
American rapper and actor from New York
5
Run-DMC
American hip hop group
6
Native Tongues
musical ensemble
7
Da Bush Babees
band
8
Organized Konfusion
american hip hop duo
9
Erick Sermon
American rapper, musician and record producer
10
DJ Quik
American rapper
11
Lupe Fiasco
American rapper from Illinois
12
Jaz-O
American rapper
13
Redman
American rapper
14
Jermaine Dupri
American record producer, rapper, record executive and DJ from Georgia
15
LL Cool J
American rapper, record producer, and actor
16
Malik Yusef
American spoken word artist
17
Public Enemy
American hip hop group
18
Slick Rick
British-American rapper
19
Mobb Deep
American hip hop duo
20
Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
21
Freddie Foxxx
American rapper
22
Kurupt
American rapper
23
Ras Kass
American rapper
24
Black Sheep
US East Coast hip-hop duo
25
Crooked I
American hip-hop artist
26
Lord Finesse
American rapper and hip-hop record producer
27
Whodini
American hip-hop group
28
Freeway
American rapper from Pennsylvania
29
Chuck D
American rapper and producer
30
EarthGang
hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia
31
Main Source
Canadian/American hip hop group
32
Juelz Santana
American rapper from New York
33
Black Star
American hip hop group from New York
34
EPMD
American hip-hop group
35
Above the Law
American hip hop group
36
Boss
American Midwest female gangsta rapper
37
Master P
American rapper, actor, producer, and basketball player
38
No I.D.
American hip hop and R&B music producer from Chicago, Illinois
39
YG
American rapper from Bodie, California
40
Common
American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
41
Fabolous
American rapper from New York
42
Kendrick Lamar
American rapper, songwriter and record producer from California
43
Total
American band
44
Digital Underground
band
45
Keith Murray
American rapper
46
Young Chris
American rapper
47
Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
48
Musiq Soulchild
American singer
49
Young Gunz
American hip hop duo
50
Fugees
American hip hop group
51
King Tee
American rapper
52
A Tribe Called Quest
American hip-hop group
53
Too Short
American rapper and record producer from California
54
Wu-Tang Clan
American rap group
55
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
56
RZA
American rapper
