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The Last Poets
several groups of black poets active in the late 1960s Black Power movement
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Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
American musician
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The Watts Prophets
musical ensemble
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DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
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Ab-Soul
American rapper
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Madlib
American hip hop musician
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Imhotep Gary Byrd
American radio talk show host and executive producer, radio DJ, poet, songwriter, music recording artist and producer, rapper, writer and community advocate/activist
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Kendrick Lamar
American rapper, songwriter and record producer from California
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Fabolous
American rapper from New York
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Brian Jackson
American musician
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Chuck D
American rapper and producer
12
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Ice Cube
American hip hop artist, music producer and actor
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Public Enemy
American hip hop group
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Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
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David Banner
American rap artist and hip hop producer from Mississippi
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Pharoahe Monch
American rapper and record producer
18
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
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No I.D.
American hip hop and R&B music producer from Chicago, Illinois
20
Aloe Blacc
American soul musician, singer, record producer, and philanthropist
21
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
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Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
23
M-1
American rapper
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Clyde Stubblefield
American drummer
25
Eminem
American rapper
26
Guru
American rapper, producer and actor
27
MC Lyte
American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur
28
Phife Dawg
American rapper (1970-2016)
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Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Black Thought
American actor and singer
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Common
American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
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The Roots
American hip hop band
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Mac Miller
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
