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Back in the early 90’s, it was hard to differ rap artist from producers. Typically, the artist made the beat and rhymed on it as well. Now, rappers are finding the most talented producers to provide the beats, while they lay down the bars. Some of the top producers have signature sounds, such as Metro Boomin’, Tay Keith, Boi-1da, and Wheezy and helped make top hits.

We’ve came up with the top 5 successful artist, who started their career off as producers.

Kanye West

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