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- DJ Whiz Kid (Early Hip Hop DJ)[remove]18
- Kool Herc (Jamaican born Hip Hop DJ, active 1967 -)10
- Afrika Bambaataa and the Cosmic Force (One of Bambaataa's many groups. Featured emcees Lisa Lee, Ikey C, Chubby Chub, and Ice Ice.)6
- Charlie Chase (Born Carlos Mandes. Hip Hop DJ, born Manhattan, NYC, member of Cold Crush Brothers)6
- DJ Tony Tone (Hip Hop DJ, member of Cold Crush Brothers)6
- Grandmaster Caz (Curtis Fisher) (Hip Hop performer, born Bronx, NY, member of Cold Crush Brothers.)6
- Jazzy Jay (Early Hip Hop DJ. Born: South Carolina, active in New York City in 70's & 80's)6
- JDL (Jerry D. Lewis) (Hip Hop performer, member of Cold Crush Brothers.)5
- The Cold Crush Brothers (Hip Hop group, South Bronx (original members: Tony Tone, Charlie Chase, Easy A.D., Kay Gee, Jerry Dee, Grandmaster Caz, DJ Outlaw))5
- Afrika Bambaataa (Hip Hop DJ from the South Bronx. Instrumental in the early development of hip hop.)4
- Buddy Esquire ("The Flyer King") (Hip Hop Flyer Designer, active in the 1970s and 1980s)4
- Busy Bee Starski (Early Hip Hop emcee (aka Chiefrocker Starski), b. David Parker in South Bronx, NYC.)4
- Crash Crew (Crash Crew was an early hip-hop group who recorded for Sugar Hill Records. The group, based in New York City, consisted of members DJ Daryll C. (who died in 1999 due to diabetes), G. Man, La Shubee, Barry Bistro, Ek Mike C., and Reggie Reg.)4
- Herculords (Early Hip Hop performers who began speaking ("rapping") in sync with the beats, and became known as MCs or emcees. The Herculords, made up of Herc, Coke La Rock, Clark Kent, Timmy Tim, LeBrew, and Imperial JC were the earliest to gain major fame.)4
- Kool DJ Red Alert (Pioneering Hip Hop DJ from Harlem.)4
- Treacherous Three (Pioneering Hip Hop group)4
- Almighty Kay Gee (Hip Hop performer, member of Cold Crush Brothers)3
- Bay Bay B (Hip Hop performer)3
- Darryl-C (Hip Hop Performer, member of the Crash Crew)3
- Easy AD (Hip Hop performer, member of Cold Crush Brothers)3