Hip-Hop has been around since 1973. However, it began increasing in popularity among broader audiences circa the mid-1980s and thereafter.
To most people, the success of the hip-hop genre is because of the actual rappers, aka emcees. Although it takes a dope rapper to give hip-hop life, it takes an awesome music producer to give hip-hop power. Below are 20 hip-hop producers that have helped the hip-hop genre gain its notoriety and global fame.