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Break dancing
DJ Kool Herc
Old-school forever
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Queen Latifah
Ice-T
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Antwan André Patton
American rapper
Eazy-E
American musician
Kanye West
Kanye West
American producer, rapper, and designer
Ice-T
Ice-T
American rapper and actor
Mac Miller
Mac Miller
American rapper
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
American rap group
Juice WRLD
Juice WRLD
American rapper
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion
American rapper
Kendrick Lamar, 2022
Kendrick Lamar
American musician
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
American rapper and actor
Sean Combs
Sean Combs
American rapper, record producer, and clothing designer
DJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc
American disc jockey
Eminem
Eminem
American musician
Queen of Hip-Hop Soul
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter and actress
Afrika Bambaataa in Beat Street
Afrika Bambaataa
American disc jockey, rapper, and record producer
American singer-songwriter SZA
SZA
American singer-songwriter
Jay-Z
JAY-Z
American rapper and entrepreneur
Snoop Dogg, 2008
Snoop Dogg
American rapper and actor
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American actor, composer, lyricist, and writer
Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
American record producer

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American quartet Boyz II Men (left to right) Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris and Michael McClary, 1992. (music, rhythm-and-blues). Photographed at the American Music Awards where they won Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1992.
90s Music Quiz
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Art. Graffiti. Spray paint. New York City. Graffiti and trash in Manhattan, 1986.
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