10 Best Hip Hop DJs Ever!

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Funkmaster Flex (@funkmasterflex) - For popular radio DJ Funkmaster Flex, work never ends. Sometimes, though, he is just on chill mode.TWEET: "Wow! Been here all day!! I have done no work today!! Really enjoying it!! Wahhhhh!!!" (Photo: Henry Dziekan/Retna Digital)

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Funkmaster Flex Judges Freestyle Friday Tonight! - 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. Click on to see BET.com’s list of best hip hop DJs ever.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, and ... Watch Funkmaster Flex on 106 & Park tonight at 6P/5C! (Photo: RD / Henry Dziekan / Retna Digital)

DJ Extraordinaire \r - Of course Kid Capri rocked the party. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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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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DJ Kool Herc - DJ Kool Herc is understood to be the father of hip hop. That's quite a title, but it's one that's well-deserved, as the Jamaican-born, Bronx-raised legend created break beats, which would serve as a launching pad for the music and culture. (Photo: WENN.com)

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Kool Herc - Without Herc, hip hop would not exist. Respect the foundation, kiddies.  (Photo: WENN.com)

1. Grandmaster Flash - Grandmaster Flash has left an indelible, impossible-to-miss mark on hip hop, popular music and DJing. A key party-rocker in rap's nascent South Bronx days, Flash is credited with inventing the cross-fader using discarded electronic parts found in a local junkyard. Later, as leader of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, he was behind two seminal records: "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel," an instrumental turntable solo that marked the first time scratching was recorded on wax; and "The Message," the hugely influential prototype for all socio-political rap to follow. Flash and the Furious Five were the first hip hop group to be inducted into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame, in 2007. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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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)

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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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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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)

DJ Jazzy Jeff: January 22 - Hip hop's favorite sidekick celebrates his 48th birthday. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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DJ Jazzy Jeff - Possibly, one of the most underrated DJs/producers ever. DJ Jazzy Jeff released countless mammoth albums with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Yet, his best work can be heard on his solo projects, such as The Magnificent and The Return of the Magnificent.  (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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DJ Enuff - Nomination: DJ of the Year (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) 

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DJ Enuff - Enuff is widely known as the nicest guy in the music industry. He’s been a tour DJ for Biggie, an in-demand club DJ and an influential radio mixer. As head of the Heavy Hitters DJ crew, Enuff is by far one of rap’s most dominant DJs in the land. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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DJ Drama - "The best horror flick of all time...The Shining hands down."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The Philly-born DJ’s mixtape series, Gangsta Grillz, helped lead the South’s recent dominance in hip hop. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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DJ Screw - The late Houston DJ invented the chopped and screwed technique. His influence runs deep in Texas; Screw fans even refer to Houston as Screwston. R.I.P. DJ Screw!(Photo: Screwed Up Records)

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