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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow is considered one of the grandfathers of hip-hop who burst on the scene in the 1980s with his hit ‘The Breaks.’ Through the years though, he balanced his secular roots with the word of God and founded The Hip Hop Church in 2005. He is also the vice president of Hip Hop Alliance, a non-profit organization aiming to help arm rappers with union benefits, while fellow rap legend Chuck D is the president.
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Shyne
Shyne was introduced to us in 2000 as a new deep-voiced, gritty hip hop artist on Bad Records with his debut self-titled album. After a few hits, he was sentenced to prison and years later reemerged a new person. Now he has embraced another career as a politician of his home country Belize.
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