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Ice Cube & Eazy-E on stage

Ice Cube and Eazy-E. from N.W.A. performs during the ‘Straight Outta Compton’ tour at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri...

Eric B. & Rakim perform live

Eric B. & Rakim performing live, 1990.

LL Cool J

LL Cool J entering the stage through a giant beatbox.

Eazy-E on stage

Rapper Eazy-E from N.W.A. performs during the ‘Straight Outta Compton’ tour at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in 1989....

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest photographed backstage, 1990.

Rakim of Eric B. & Rakim performing on stage

Rakim of Eric B. & Rakim performing on stage, early 1990s.

LL Cool J on stage

LL Cool J performing on stage in 1990.

NWA & Eazy-E

Eazy-E performing live, 1989.

2 Live Crew & rapper D.O.C

2 Live Crew & rapper D.O.C photographed backstage, 1989.

LL Cool J in Chicago

LL Cool J on stage.

Big Daddy Kane on stage

Rapper Big Daddy Kane performs at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Illinois in 1988.

Ice-T in Chicago

Rapper and actor Ice-T poses next to a Chicago Police car during a visit to Dunbar High School in Chicago,...

A young Dr Dre

Dr Dre photographed backstage, 1990.

2 Pac, Regal Theatre

2 Pac at the Regal Theatre in Chicago in 1994.

L.L. Cool J. performing Live In Chicago

Actor and rapper L.L. Cool J., performs at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in December 1987.

Eazy-E & Ice Cube of NWA performing

Rappers Ice Cube and Eazy-E. from N.W.A. perform during the ‘Straight Outta Compton’ tour at Kemper Arena in Kansas City,...

NWA backstage

Dr. Dre, Laylaw from Above The Law, The D.O.C. Ice Cube, Eazy-E., MC Ren and DJ Yella pose for a...

Digital Underground & Tupac

Tupac & Digital Underground perform live....

Fat Joe

Fat Joe during a promotional visit to Chicago, 1995.