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André Lauren Benjamin
American rapper
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
American rapper and actor
Snoop Dogg, 2008
Snoop Dogg
American rapper and actor
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor
Eazy-E
American musician
Antwan André Patton
American rapper
Dr. Dre
American rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.
American rapper

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April 11, 2019 - Minneapolis, MN: Female Caucasian hand holds up a Dr. Dre The Chronic vinyl record album while shopping in a retail store, a classic retro 90s gangster rap album
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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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American quartet Boyz II Men (left to right) Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris and Michael McClary, 1992. (music, rhythm-and-blues). Photographed at the American Music Awards where they won Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1992.
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