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- Blow, Kurtis (Early DJ/b-boy, rapper, b. Kurt Walker, first rapper to sign onto major lablel, Mercury in 1980 with hit Christmas Rapping)1
- 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.)1
- Funky Four Plus One (More) (Early Hip Hop group, Bronx, NY. Featured Sha-Rock, KK Rockwell, Rodney Cee, Raheim, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Breakout, DJ Baron. )1
- Grandmaster Caz (Casanova Fly) (Hip Hop performer, born Bronx, NY, member of Cold Crush Brothers.)1
- Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler (born in Bridgetown, Barbados), is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Member of Furious Five. Inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)1
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978.)1
- Jimmy Spicer (Super Rhymes) (Early Hip Hop emcee.)1
- Lovebug Starski (Pioneering Hip Hop MC, Bronx, NY.)1
- Mean Gene (Early Hip Hop DJ, member of The L Brothers, older brother of Grandwizzard Theodore)1
- Spoonie Gee (Born Gabriel Jackson, Harlem, NYC. Early rap artist.)1
- Sugarhill[remove]1
- Tiny1
- Wayne and Charlie (Early Hip Hop novelty act with Wayne, a ventriloquist, and Charlie the Rapping Dummy.)1