BDP, Stetsasonic, Kool Moe Dee, Mc Lyte, Doug Fresh, Just-Ice, Heavy D, Chuck D, Sister Sledge, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, Chic, Ollie & Jerry, Was , Blue Zone, Ellis. Beggs & Howard, T S Monk, Warren Mills, Hot Chocolate, Earth Wind & Fire

January 23, 2016 - Don Was will receive an award then perform with Dr. Lonnie Smith before recreating Was (Not Was) with Harry Bowens and "Sweet Pea" Atkinson at the Anaheim Hilton’s Pacific Ballroom

Shabba Ranks, Biz Markie, Frankie Knuckles, Jeru The Damaja, Michelle Gayle, Coldcut & Queen Latifah, Carleen Anderson, The Beatmasters, Us3, Was , Arrested Development, Monica

Steady B, Musical Youth, Run DMC, The Manhattan Transfer, L A Mix, Was , Sylvester & Patrick Cowley, Company B, Blancmange, Act, Black Uhuru, Goombay Dance Band

Big Daddy Kane, Maze, Richard 'Dimples' Fields, Was , Will to Power, Tyree, Paul Hardcastle, Prince, S~Express, Kissing The Pink , Mel & Kim, Space

George Michael, Malcolm McLaren, Evelyn Champagne King, Taffy, Was , Wang Chung, Nick Heyward, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Wilde, Matt Bianco, The Pointer Sisters

Wham!, Was Not Was, The Belle Stars, Earth Wind and Fire, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, Donna Summer, Ryan Paris, Bryan Ferry, Amazulu, The Darling Buds, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Communards

Salt-N-Pepa, Eternal, Incognito, Brandy & Monica, Was , Warren G, Sounds Of Blackness, New Edition, Rosie Gaines, Blessid Union Of Souls, Brownstone, K-Ci & JoJo