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A onetime hip-hop producer whose list of credits includes work with Too Short, MC Breed, E-40, and Daz Dillinger, rapper Quint Black (born Quinton Banks) made his solo debut with Dirty Rice, released on Short Records in 1999

Co-founder of Chicago-based underground rap crew the Typical Cats, Qwel constantly blurred the line between written prose and rap lyrics upon each successive album during the 2000s

Havana-born Qbanito channeled elements of hip-hop, French pop, and traditional Middle Eastern music to create a uniquely multicultural interpretation of contemporary Latin R&B

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Long Island’s Duo Dynamic, MC Q Ball and producer MC Curt Cazal, partnered up back in 1993 and together have shared the burden of climbing the ladder in the rap game As part of the JVC Force crew in the ’90s, the duo was noticed due to their superior abilities, working with artists such as M

Rapper Qua Billz was born Quadir Ali Selby in Newark, NJ; after beginning his rhyming career at age 12, he released his debut single “Can’t You See” in mid-1999, followed later that year by the full-length Glama World

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The production team of CC Lemonhead (Nathaniel Orange) and Jay Ski (Johnny McGowan) met as high-school pals in Jacksonville, FL Interested in the bottom-heavy sound of Miami bass, the pair began producing and worked with Icy J and Three Grand before creating the most popular bass anthem of all time, “Whoot (There It Is)

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Just like Soul Sonic Force’s “Planet Rock,” Planet Patrol’s “Play at Your Own Risk,” C-Bank’s “One More Shot,” and Jonzun Crew’s “Space Is the Place,” Quadrant Six’s “Body Mechanic” was, in part, the work of Arthur Baker associate John Robie (the writing credits on the release also go to the less-known E

West side Chicago hip-hop crew Qualo formed on the campus of the city’s Lane Tech High School According to Bob Mehr’s profile in the August 26, 2005, edition of the Chicago Reader, founders Chicago Shawn (born Shawndell Lewis), Shala Esquire (Olusola Akintunde), Preast G (Trevell Ruffer), and Optimyst (Kenneth Bayliss) were lifelong friends who spent their childhoods immersed in rap, honing their skills at local talent shows and street corner battles

Both a label (Quannum Projects) and a collaborative concern, Quannum brought together the brightest talents from the former SoleSides label: Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker (from Latyrx), Chief Xcel and Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious), and DJ Shadow

Quasimoto is the utterly bizarre alter ego of production wizard/MC Madlib (born Otis Jackson, Jr), one of the leading underground producers on the West Coast hip-hop scene Madlib got his start with the Oxnard, CA-based Lootpack, which recorded an acclaimed album, Soundpieces: Da Antidote, for Peanut Butter Wolf’s Stones Throw label in 1999

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