15 Hip Hop Pioneers Who Actually “Changed The Game”
They did something different. Then the difference became the norm.

Many hip hop artists claim they’ve changed the game, but the lineage of that change can mostly be traced back to hip hop’s formative years. Yes, there have been many more game-changing artists in the 90s and 21st century (which we’d love to do in a future list) but these 15 pioneers of early hip hop created and grew the culture into a worldwide phenomenon that we still enjoy today.

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The Sugarhill Gang

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The NYC Rap Tour

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Schooly D

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Rakim

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RUN-DMC

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Hip-Hop Pioneers

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Public Enemy

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The Wu-Tang Clan

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