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Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
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Dr. Dre
American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
2
DJ Premier
American record producer and DJ
3
Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
4
Rakim
American rapper and producer
5
Andrew Dawson
American music producer
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Godfather Don
American rapper
7
Skyzoo
American rapper
8
Terrace Martin
American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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J Dilla
American record producer
10
LL Cool J
American rapper, record producer, and actor
11
DJ Quik
American rapper
12
Illmind
American record producer
13
A Tribe Called Quest
American hip-hop group
14
Salaam Remi
American record producer from New York
15
Madlib
American hip hop musician
16
Jake One
American record producer
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Teddy Riley
American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer
18
Gang Starr
East Coast hip hop duo
19
Kool G Rap
American rapper
20
Masta Ace
American rapper
21
Emile Haynie
American record producer, songwriter, recording artist
22
Eric B. & Rakim
American hip hop duo
23
Rick Rubin
American music producer
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Ty Fyffe
American record producer
25
DJ Muggs
American hip hop musician
26
K. Sparks
American singer
27
Nottz
American hip hop record producer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia
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Braintax
British rapper
29
Karriem Riggins
Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)
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KRS-One
American rapper and record producer
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DJ Kool Herc
Jamaican DJ
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Wu-Tang Clan
American rap group
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Mos Def
American rapper and actor from New York
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Kurupt
American rapper
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Erick Sermon
American rapper, musician and record producer
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No I.D.
American hip hop and R&B music producer from Chicago, Illinois
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The Pharcyde
American hip hop group
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Method Man
American recording artist; rapper and actor
39
Large Professor
American rapper and record producer
40
Tevin Campbell
US singer-songwriter, actor
41
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
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DJ Cam
French DJ
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Guru
American rapper, producer and actor
44
Lil Scrappy
American rapper from Georgia
45
Boogie Down Productions
American hip-hop group
46
Bill Laswell
American musician
47
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
48
Lucas Secon
Danish/American musician
49
T-Pain
American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and streamer
50
RZA
American rapper
51
Public Enemy
American hip hop group
52
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
