10 Best Hip Hop DJs Ever!
Get in the mix with these DJs tonight on 106!
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DJ Babey Drew - From Chris Brown to the club, DJ Babey Drew is a master of his art and is teaching our hosts how to get down tonight on 106!(photo: John Ricard / BET).
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DJ Traci Steele - DJ Traci Steele is a multitasking businesswoman and dj, so of course she's perfect to help Angela learn a thing or two about how to spin.(Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Reebok)
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Amadeus - Amadeus, a member of Diddy's Hitmen, is an OG in the game and has an ear for good music, tight lyrics and dope beats. Don't miss him tonight on 106! (photo: John Ricard / BET)
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DJ Drama - Were it not for DJs, hip hop wouldn’t be the global business it is today. Early pioneers like Kool Herc, who plugged his speakers to a NYC lamppost and got the party started. In its formative years, it was all about the DJ. MCs would brag about their DJs’ track selection and scratching ability. Why? Because the DJ dictated which MC could get on the mic.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)
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Funkmaster Flex - Who doesn’t know Funkmaster Flex? As one of NYC’s most dominant DJs of the last 20 years, Flex has the ability to make or break any artist on his Hot 97 radio show. Today, he’s still on the radio, and TV and video games. (Photo: RD / Henry Dziekan / Retna Digital)
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Kid Capri - Kid Capri began putting his fingers on vinyl as early as 8 years old. The Bronx, N.Y. DJ released The Tape in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records, and was also Def Comedy Jam’s in-house spinner. Today, you can see the vet on BET’s Master of the Mix.(Photo: John Ricard, BET)
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Kool Herc - Without Herc, hip hop would not exist. Respect the foundation, kiddies. (Photo: WENN.com)
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Grandmaster Flash - Flash didn’t invent scratching (see Grand Wizard Theodore), but he did perfect the technique. Along with The Furious Five, Flash released hip hop’s first sociopolitical song, “The Message.” (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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Jam Master Jay - JMJ and Run-D.M.C. redefined pop culture. Jam Master Jay not only provided the scratching, he also adapted his style of dress (Adidas and black hats). Post-Run-D.M.C., JMJ presented new rap acts such as Onyx and 50 Cent. He also started the Scratch DJ Academy for aspiring spinners and producers.R.I.P. JMJ!(Photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
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DJ Tony Touch - Tony Toca! Beginning his hip hop journey as a b-boy, Tony Touch quickly gravitated towards the turntables. In the ‘90s he became one of hip hop’s most-sought-after mixtape DJs with the releases of his seminal Power Cypha: 50 MCs. He was also one of the few DJs behind the reggaeton movement of the past decade.(Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
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