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Public Enemy
American hip hop group
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Run-DMC
American hip hop group
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Whodini
American hip-hop group
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LL Cool J
American rapper, record producer, and actor
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Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
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Jermaine Dupri
American record producer, rapper, record executive and DJ from Georgia
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
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Howie Weinberg
American audio engineer
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The Bomb Squad
musical ensemble
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Kid Rock
American singer-songwriter and rapper
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DJ Mark the 45 King
American DJ and record producer
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Mix Master Mike
American musician
12
Melle Mel
American hip-hop musician and member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
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DJ Hurricane
American rapper and DJ
14
Chuck D
American rapper and producer
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N.W.A.
American hip hop group
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Kurtis Blow
American rapper
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Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
American hip hop duo
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Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
19
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
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MC Lyte
American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur
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Little Willie John
American recording artist; R&B singer
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Ed O.G.
Hip-hop musician
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DJ Kool Herc
Jamaican DJ
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Bob Rock
Canadian musician and record producer
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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KMD
American hip hop group
27
Kid Capri
American musician
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M.O.P.
band
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
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Alan Freed
American disc jockey, songwriter
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Ad-Rock
American rapper, guitarist and actor
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Rip Slyme
Japanese hip-hop group
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Sadat X
American rapper
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Kool Moe Dee
American rapper
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Cypress Hill
American hip hop group
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Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
37
T La Rock
Old-school hip hop musician
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Masta Ace
American rapper
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Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
41
Billy Griffin
American singer and songwriter
42
Beastie Boys
American hip hop band
43
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter, singer, and pianist
44
Danny & the Juniors
band
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Bobby Rogers
American singer
46
Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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The Miracles
American rhythm and blues vocal group
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Mad Lion
Jamaican musician
49
Grandmaster Caz
American rapper
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Ill Bill
American rapper
51
DJ Vadim
Russian DJ
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EPMD
American hip-hop group
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Young Black Teenagers
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Jeru the Damaja
American hip hop artist
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Main Source
Canadian/American hip hop group
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Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
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Cutty Ranks
Jamaican reggae musician
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Chyskillz
American record producer, beatmaker, DJ, rapper
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Maestro
Canadian rapper, record producer, and actor
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Bobby Byrd
American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician
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Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
