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After going to the Legends of Hip Hop, and How the Southwest Was Won Tours, I’m feeling nostalgic. We need some artists to come back for one more album.

5. Keri Hilson

NBA All-Star Saturday Night Presented By State Farm

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Sis had hits! Then she vanished. At this point, we gotta make sure she’s not selling butt as an IG model under a different name.

4. Desiigner

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Not that his music was jamming, but it was so incoherent that when they played it in the club, nobody really danced to it. And I can’t dance, so it was the best three and half minutes of my life.

3. Ying Yang Twins

2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors - Red Carpet

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They had bops, they put on incredible shows…and what’s sexier than women dancing and men whispering while threatening to expose themselves?

2. Petey Pablo

2019 BET Hip Hop Awards - Show

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“Raise up”….”Freak a Leak”…act like he ain’t got hits! Plus he made history by being the first rapper to never actually rhyme anything on a song.

1. Rihanna

Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball

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I know she’s living her best life selling us makeup and panties, but can you PLEASE get back in the studio so I can stop playing “Pour it Up” and “Needed Me” every 3 days??