Artistas significativos

                   

Artistas significativos

De acuerdo con diferentes fuentes, como Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Allmusic, The Age, MSNBC y el autor William Jelani Cobb, los grupos siguientes fueron clave en la edad de oro del hip hop:​
2 Live Crew
2Pac (Tupac Shakur)
A Tribe Called Quest
Audio Two
Beastie Boys
Big Daddy Kane
Biz Markie
Black Sheep
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Boogie Down Productions
Brand Nubian
Cypress Hill
Das EFX
De La Soul
The D.O.C.
Doug E. Fresh
Dr. Dre
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
DJ Quik
Eazy-E
EPMD
Eric B. & Rakim
Gang Starr
Geto Boys
Heavy D & The Boyz
House of Pain
Ice Cube
Ice T
Jay-Z
Jungle Brothers
Kid N Play
Kool G Rap
Kool Moe Dee
KRS-One
LL Cool J
Main Source
MC Lyte
MC Shan
Mobb Deep
Nate Dogg
Nas
Naughty by Nature
Nice & Smooth
N.W.A.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Public Enemy
Queen Latifah
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Roxanne Shante
Run-D.M.C.
Salt-N-Pepa
Schoolly D
Slick Rick
Snoop Dogg
Special Ed
Stetsasonic
The Notorious B.I.G.
Three Times Dope
Too $hort
Tuff Crew
Ultramagnetic MCs
Wu-Tang Clan
Big L
Eminem
Vanilla Ice
Insane Clown Posse

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