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JAŸ-Z, Missy Elliott, Young Thug, Outkast, Kendrick Lamar and more ranked some of the 30 greatest living American songwriters by The New York Times. (opens in new tab)

More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here are the artists they chose.

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