Conscious Hip Hop Artists & the Gear They Use

Tom Morello

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Kanye West

Rapper, Music Producer · Sunday Service Choir

Tim Commerford

Bassist · Rage Against the Machine

Kendrick Lamar

Rapper · Black Hippy

Peter Frampton

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

RZA

Rapper, Music Producer · Wu-Tang Clan

Eminem

Singer, Rapper · D12

Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Bassist, Music Producer · Nine Inch Nails

DJ Premier

Music Producer, DJ · Buckshot LeFonque

Q-Tip

Rapper, Music Producer · A Tribe Called Quest

Questlove

Drummer, Keyboardist · The Plastic Ono Band

J. Cole

Rapper, Music Producer · All City Chess Club

Brad Wilk

Drummer · Rage Against the Machine

2Pac

Rapper, Composer · Outlawz

Charlie Hunter

Guitarist · Charlie Hunter Trio

Ben Kenney

Guitarist, Bassist · Incubus

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Music Producer, DJ · The Roots

El-P

Rapper, Music Producer · Run the Jewels

Scott Storch

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Roots

DJ Khaled

Rapper, Music Producer · Terror Squad

Pete Rock

Rapper, Music Producer · Heavy D. & The Boyz With Friends

Grandmaster Flash

Music Producer, DJ · Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Parker Corey

Music Producer · Injury Reserve

André 3000

Singer, Rapper · Dungeon Family

"Captain" Kirk Douglas

Guitarist · The Roots

Ice Cube

Rapper, Composer · Da Lench Mob

Aesop Rock

Rapper, Music Producer · The Weathermen

Zack de la Rocha

Singer, Rapper · Rage Against the Machine

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Music Producer, DJ · A Tribe Called Quest

will.i.am

Singer, Rapper · Black Eyed Peas

Hi-Tek

Rapper, Music Producer · G-Unit

Mark Kelley

Bassist · The Roots

Lauryn Hill

Singer, Guitarist · The Fugees

Cut Chemist

Composer, DJ · Zulu Nation

Vince Staples

Singer, Rapper

Queen Latifah

Singer, Rapper · Zulu Nation

Method Man

Rapper · Wu-Tang Clan

Nas

Rapper, Music Producer · Zulu Nation

Logic

Rapper · The RattPack

Black Thought

Rapper · The Roots

A Tribe Called Quest

Music Producer · Native Tongues Posse

Denzel Curry

Rapper, Music Producer · Raider Klan

Joey Bada$$

Rapper · Zulu Nation

Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Singer · Deltron 3030

Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind

Music Producer · Army of the Pharaohs

James Poyser

Keyboardist, Composer · The RH Factor

Public Enemy

Rapper · Moby & Public Enemy

Ghostface Killah

Rapper · Wu-Tang Clan

Leonard Hubbard

Bassist · The Roots

Adam Blackstone

Singer, Bassist · The Roots

KRS-One

Rapper, Music Producer · Zulu Nation

Mos Def

Singer, Rapper · Soulquarians

De La Soul

Composer, Music Producer · Native Tongues Posse

Chance The Rapper

Rapper · The Social Experiment

DJ 7L

Music Producer, DJ · Army of the Pharaohs

Kamal Gray

Keyboardist, Composer · The Roots

Andy Bown

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Status Quo

Gil Scott-Heron

Singer, Rapper · Artists United Against Apartheid

J. Rocc

Music Producer, DJ · Beat Junkies

Coolio

Rapper, Music Producer · WC and the Maad Circle

Mick Jenkins

Rapper

Evidence

Singer · Soul Assassins

Tom MacDonald

Singer, Guitarist

Michael Franti

Singer, Guitarist · Michael Franti & Spearhead

Esoteric

Rapper · Czarface

Dave Guy

Trumpeter · Silk Sonic

GZA

Rapper · Wu-Tang Clan

Phife Dawg

Rapper · A Tribe Called Quest

Ray Angry

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Roots

Ice-T

Rapper, Music Producer · Body Count

Mr. Lif

Rapper, Music Producer · The Perceptionists

apl.de.ap

Singer · Black Eyed Peas

Nipsey Hussle

Rapper

George Pajon, Jr.

Guitarist, Music Producer · Black Eyed Peas

Tim Izo

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Black Eyed Peas

Erick Walls

Guitarist, Music Producer · Black Eyed Peas

Big Boi

Rapper, Music Producer · Dungeon Family

Witt Lowry

Rapper

D-Nice

Rapper, DJ · The Flavor Unit MCs

Zaakir

Rapper · Zulu Nation

Lupe Fiasco

Singer, Rapper · All City Chess Club

J.PERIOD

Music Producer, DJ · The Roots

Scratch

Rapper · The Roots

Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.

Singer, Guitarist · Hustle Gang

Ché Noir

Rapper · Trust Gang

Ab-Soul

Rapper · Black Hippy

Cappadonna

Rapper · Wu-Tang Clan

Cordae

Rapper · YBN (Young Boss Niggas)

DJ Lord

DJ · Prophets of Rage

dead prez

Singer, Music Producer

Cody Nierstedt

Guitarist · Wu‐Tang Clan

Jerry Johnson

Singer, Music Producer · Steel Pulse

Conway

Singer, Rapper · Griselda

DJ Scott La Rock

Singer, Music Producer · Boogie Down Productions

MC Solaar

Singer, Music Producer

Talib Kweli

Singer · Soulquarians