As part of our series of special shows marking the 30th birthday of hip hop, BBC Radio asked a panel of 50 hip hop DJs, writers, enthusiasts and artists to vote for their top 10 most hip hop people of all time. Get your note pads out, posers.

A number 1 vote received 10 points, number 2 received 9 points and so on. These points were then added together, and a top 30 assembled.

30. Q-Tip
29. N.W.A
28. Ice Cube
27. De La Soul
26. Beastie Boys
25. Wu Tang Clan
24. DJ Premier
23. Lil Wayne
22. LL Cool J
21. Snoop Dogg
20. Rakim
19. Barack Obama
18. Run DMC
17. James Brown
16. P Diddy
15. Public Enemy
14. Spike Lee
13. Nas
12. Kool Herc
11. Afrika Bambaata
10. KRS
9. Notorious BIG
8. Tupac
7. Eminem
6. Chuck D
5. Kanye West
4. Grandmaster Flash
3. Russell Simmons
2. Dr Dre
1. Jay-Z