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Gunshot
Gunshot
band
1
Credit to the Nation
Credit to the Nation
musical artist
2
Hijack
Hijack
hip hop group from Brixton, London
3
Ace Hood
Ace Hood
American rapper from Florida
4
Digital Underground
Digital Underground
band
5
Masta Ace
Masta Ace
American rapper
6
Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat
American singer and producer
7
Demon Boyz
Demon Boyz
British hip hop group
8
Black Moon
Black Moon
band
9
Dälek
Dälek
band
10
M.O.P.
M.O.P.
band
11
Def Wish Cast
Def Wish Cast
Australian hip-hop group
12
Godfather Don
Godfather Don
American rapper
13
OuterSpace
OuterSpace
band
14
Jeru the Damaja
Jeru the Damaja
American hip hop artist
15
Pharoahe Monch
Pharoahe Monch
American rapper and record producer
16
Renegade Soundwave
Renegade Soundwave
English band
17
Whodini
Whodini
American hip-hop group
18
London Posse
London Posse
British hip hop group
19
Fünf Sterne deluxe
Fünf Sterne deluxe
band
20
Diggin' in the Crates Crew
Diggin' in the Crates Crew
band
21
The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts
American hip hop group
22
Foreign Beggars
Foreign Beggars
23
Playa
Playa
American R&B/hip-hop group
24
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples
band
25
Smif-n-Wessun
Smif-n-Wessun
26
Onyx
Onyx
American hardcore hip hop group
27
Planetary
Planetary
American rapper
28
Urban Species
Urban Species
British hip-hop band
29
One Block Radius
One Block Radius
30
Vinnie Paz
Vinnie Paz
American rapper
31
7L & Esoteric
7L & Esoteric
32
Nuttin' Nyce
Nuttin' Nyce
American contemporary R&B group
33
1200 Techniques
1200 Techniques
34
Swollen Members
Swollen Members
Canadian hip hop group
35
Silk
Silk
American R&B group
36
Ultramagnetic MCs
Ultramagnetic MCs
band that plays hip hop
37
Everlast
Everlast
American musician and songwriter
38
Crooked I
Crooked I
American hip-hop artist
39
The Herbaliser
The Herbaliser
English jazz hip hop group
40
Omarion
Omarion
American rapper
41
Royce da 5'9"
Royce da 5'9"
American rapper and songwriter from Michigan
42
B.U.G. Mafia
B.U.G. Mafia
Romanian hip hop band
43
Darren Emerson
Darren Emerson
British musician
44
DJ Paul
DJ Paul
American record producer, rapper and DJ from Tennessee
45
DJ Mehdi
DJ Mehdi
French DJ and music producer
46
Timbaland
Timbaland
American musician, record producer, rapper, DJ, and record executive
47
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
American hip hop group
48
Gang Starr
Gang Starr
East Coast hip hop duo
49
Ruthless Rap Assassins
Ruthless Rap Assassins
British Band Group
50
Poor Righteous Teachers
Poor Righteous Teachers
brief history of the Trenton New Jersey based rap group
51
Killah Priest
Killah Priest
American rapper
52
Three 6 Mafia
Three 6 Mafia
American hip-hop group
53
Boot Camp Clik
Boot Camp Clik
hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York
54
MC Ceja
MC Ceja
Puerto Rican hip hop singer
55
Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin
English musician
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hip hop group
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Hardnoise were an early British hip hop group. Hardnoise, along with early label-mates Hijack, was influential in establishing the UK hardcore sound. The group only released a handful of singles, before reforming with a changed membership as Son of Noise.