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Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an American independent record label specializing in extreme metal, founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990 and based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

Relief Records

Relief Records is a Chicago-based house and techno record label founded in 1993 by Curtis Alan Jones, the producer known as Cajmere and Green Velvet.

Relja Popović

Relja Popović (Реља Поповић), stage name Drima, born 1989 in Belgrade, Serbian rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. Former member of Elitni Odredi (2005–2015), solo artist, Made In BLKN label co-founder, IDJ Show judge, Heart of Sarajevo-winning actor.

Reload (Metallica album)

Reload (ReLoad), Metallica's seventh studio album, released November 18, 1997; leftover songs from the Load sessions, produced by Bob Rock, debuted at #1 on Billboard, triple Platinum, remastered 2026.

Remco Beekwilder

Remco Beekwilder is a Dutch techno and industrial techno producer from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, who broke through with the LSD EP in 2017 and runs the EMERALD label, releasing the Culture Vulture album in 2026.

Remy Ma

Remy Ma (Reminisce Smith), Bronx rapper and Terror Squad member; "Lean Back" (2004) hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, "ShETHER" targeted Nicki Minaj in 2017, and the Alimony EP arrived in 2026 amid her divorce from Papoose.

Ren Gill

Ren Gill, known as Ren (full name Ren Erin Gill), is a Welsh independent singer, rapper and producer, born in Bangor in 1990 and raised on Anglesey. Known for the viral 2022 single "Hi Ren" and the self-released 2023 UK number-one album Sick Boi, after a Lyme disease diagnosis.

Renato Ratier

Renato Ratier is a Brazilian DJ, producer, and nightclub entrepreneur who founded the D-Edge club in São Paulo in 2003 and shaped Brazil's electronic music scene.

Rendher

Rendher, real name Saúl, is a Spanish DJ and producer born in Barcelona in 1994, known for tech-house releases on Solid Grooves and his label No Religion Lab.

Repopulate Mars

Repopulate Mars is a house and tech house record label and events brand founded by American DJ Lee Foss in 2016, growing out of his party series of the same name.

Repulsion (group)

Repulsion is an American grindcore and death metal band from Flint, Michigan, whose single album Horrified, recorded in 1986 and released in 1989, became a foundational grindcore record.

Resident Advisor

Resident Advisor is a London-based electronic music magazine and event-listings and ticketing platform founded in Sydney in 2001 by Nick Sabine and Paul Clement, now one of the most influential outlets in electronic dance music.

Residente

Residente, born René Pérez Joglar, is a Puerto Rican rapper and director. He is known for his social criticism and co-founded Calle 13, which won 24 Latin Grammys.

Resolve

Resolve is a French metalcore quartet from Lyon, formed in 2016 and signed to Arising Empire, known for the albums Between Me and The Machine (2021) and Human (2023).

Restricted (DJ)

Australian DJ and producer Rhys Sfyrios (born 1999, Adelaide), aka Restricted; hard techno and hard dance artist, founder of Revive Records (2024), with #1 Beatport Hardcore/Neo Rave singles like Tunnel Vision.

Resurrection Fest

Resurrection Fest, known as Resurrection Fest Estrella Galicia, is an annual metal, punk, and hardcore festival held in Viveiro, Galicia, Spain, since 2006, called Spain's biggest rock festival.

Retromigration

Retromigration is the stage name of Malik Kassim, a German-born, Amsterdam-based house producer and DJ with Nigerian and Ghanaian roots, known for a jazz-inflected take on house music.

Reverze "Interconnected"

Reverze "Interconnected" was the twelfth edition of Reverze, the annual indoor hardstyle event by Belgian promoter Bass Events, held at the 20,000-capacity Sportpaleis in Antwerp on 11 March 2017.

Reverze Essence of Eternity

Reverze Essence of Eternity was the 13th edition of Reverze, an annual indoor hard dance event at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, held on 24 February 2018 and drawing 20,000 visitors.

Revolver (musician)

Revolver is an American hard-rock and heavy-metal magazine launched in New York in 2000, best known for its Golden Gods awards show and covers of Slipknot, Metallica, and Tool.

Rexv2

rexv2 is Lerone O. James (born 2006), an American rapper and producer from Houston, Texas, known for underground, plugg, and experimental trap; breakout singles Bass, Blasian, Glove Gang; albums ABERRATION, Winners Circle, babyhouston.

Rezz

Rezz (Isabelle Rezazadeh, born 1995, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Canadian DJ and electronic producer from Niagara Falls known for dark bass music on Mau5trap and her HypnoVizion label, two Juno Awards, and a 2026 touring hiatus.

REZZMAU5

REZZMAU5 (REZZ b2b deadmau5) is the collaborative name of Canadian DJs and producers REZZ and deadmau5, who perform back-to-back sets and release music together on mau5trap.

Rhadoo

Rhadoo is the stage name of Radu Bogdan Cilinca, a Romanian DJ and producer born in Galați in 1975, a defining figure of the Romanian minimal techno scene.

Rhapsody of Fire

Rhapsody of Fire, formerly Rhapsody and originally Thundercross, is an Italian symphonic power metal band from Trieste founded by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, known for the Emerald Sword Saga and over a million albums sold.

Rich Amiri

Rich Amiri (Elijah Policard or Amiri Chase, b. Feb. 6, 2004) is an American rapper from Randolph, Massachusetts, signed to Internet Money/10K Projects, whose 2023 single "One Call" went viral on TikTok and hit the Billboard Hot 100.

Rich Brian

Rich Brian (Brian Imanuel, born 1999, Jakarta), formerly Rich Chigga, is an Indonesian rapper on 88rising. Viral 2016 hit "Dat $tick"; albums Amen (2018), The Sailor (2019), WHERE IS MY HEAD? (2025).

Rich Homie Quan

Rich Homie Quan (Dequantes Devontay Lamar, 1989-2024), Atlanta trap rapper behind "Type of Way," "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" and Rich Gang's "Lifestyle" with Young Thug; died of accidental overdose; posthumous albums include Forever Goin In and GIA: Going in Afterlife.

Rich the Kid

Rich the Kid, born Dimitri Leslie Roger, is an American rapper from Queens who built his career in Atlanta's trap scene and founded Rich Forever Music.

Richard Bedford

Richard Bedford is a British vocalist and lyricist from Halifax, England, known as the "voice of trance" for his work with Above & Beyond and Armin van Buuren.