Blu

Emerging Indie Pop Artist

Your Old Droog

Brooklyn-based Hip-Hop Lyricist

ThaGodFahim

Underground Hip-Hop Artist from Atlanta

Metal Fingers

Roy Ayers

Legendary American Jazz-Funk Vibraphonist

Elzhi

Detroit-based lyricist and hip-hop artist

Pete Rock

Influential Hip-Hop Producer and Rapper

Oh No

Experimental Hip-Hop Duo

R.A. The Rugged Man

Underground Hip-Hop Lyricist

Augustus Pablo

Jamaican Reggae and Dub Musician

Madlib

Innovative Underground Hip-Hop Producer and MC

J Dilla

Influential American Hip-Hop Producer and Beatm...

Shafiq Husayn

Los Angeles-based Neo-Soul Artist

Talib Kweli

Influential American Hip-Hop Artist

Sadhu Gold

The Gift Of Gab

Influential American Hip-Hop Artist

Dave Pike

Jazz Vibraphonist and Bandleader

Nottz

American hip-hop producer and beatmaker

Preservation

Big Cheeko

Emerging Atlanta Hip-Hop Artist

Weldon Irvine

Influential Jazz-Funk Keyboardist and Composer

Hugh Mundell

Jamaican Reggae Artist

Bernard Purdie

Legendary American Session Drummer

Hugo Montenegro

American Orchestra Leader and Film Score Composer

Styles P

New York Hip-Hop Lyricist

Camp Lo

Hip-Hop Duo from the Bronx

Nicholas Craven

Canadian Hip-Hop Producer

Chuck Strangers

We Are Scorpio

Masta Killa

The Dove Society

Emerging Indie Folk Ensemble

Fat Lip

Canadian punk rock band

Talib Kweli & Madlib

Innovative Hip-Hop Duo

Tha God Fahim

Underground Hip-Hop Artist from Atlanta

Your Old Droog/tha God Fahim

Underground Hip-Hop Artists

The Super Villain

Emerging Underground Hip-Hop Collective

The Prof.