The Sugarhill Gang, Tom Tom Club, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , Kurtis Blow, Afrika Bambaataa
Golden age hip hop is mainstream hip hop music created from the mid-1980s to the early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. A precursor to the new school hip hop movement, it is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence on hip hop after the genre's emergence
