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Painted portrait of DJ Kool Herc wearing headphones on a red and gold field

DJ Kool Herc

Bronx • 1970s • DJ

Painted portrait of a woman in a bucket hat and gold hoops against green florals

MC Lyte

Brooklyn • 1980s • MC

Painted portrait of a producer in a beanie with a drum machine on purple

J Dilla

Detroit • 1990s • Producer

Painted portrait of an executive in a red suit before kente patterns

Andre Harrell

Bronx • 1980s • Executive

Pop-art portrait of a woman DJ with locs on hot pink

Spinderella

Queens • 1980s • DJ

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The People. The Prosperity. The Legacy.

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Royal Bloodlines. Noble Houses. A Struggle for the Crown.

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1 portraitMCs: MC Lyte2 portraitsDJs: DJ Kool Herc, Spinderella1 portraitProducers: J Dilla2 portraitsWomen in Hip-Hop: MC Lyte, Spinderella1 portraitMoguls: Andre Harrell1 portraitPioneers: DJ Kool Herc3 portraitsGOATs: DJ Kool Herc, MC Lyte, J Dilla2 portraitsMemorial: J Dilla, Andre Harrell

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