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Rockbitch
Rockbitch were a British gothic-industrial metal band (formed mid-1990s from Red Abyss members) whose feminist, pagan French commune informed explicit live shows, one 1999 album Motor Driven Bimbo, European bans, a 2002 split, and the MT-TV successor.
Rocking the Daisies
Rocking the Daisies is a South African music and lifestyle festival founded in 2005, held each spring at Cloof Wine Estate near Darling and drawing more than 15,000 attendees.
Rocko (rapper)
Rocko (Rodney Ramone Hill Jr., born 1979, Atlanta) is a rapper, producer, and label executive behind Rocky Road Records and A1 Recordings; known for "Umma Do Me", "U.O.E.N.O.", and signing Future.
Rod Wave
Rod Wave (Rodarius Marcell Green, born 1998) is an American rapper-singer from St. Petersburg, Florida, signed to Alamo Records, known for soul-trap pain music, the viral "Heart on Ice," and three consecutive Billboard 200 number-one albums.
Roddy Lima
Roddy Lima is a Brazilian tech-house and techno DJ and producer known for releases on Black Book Records, Experts Only, Insomniac Records, and Drumcode, and for 2026 festival sets at EDC Las Vegas, Coachella, and Tomorrowland.
Roddy Ricch
Roddy Ricch (Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr., born 1998) is a Compton rapper signed to Atlantic and Bird Vision whose debut album topped the Billboard 200 and whose "The Box" spent 11 weeks at Hot 100 number 1.
Rodriguez Jr. Live
Rodriguez Jr. Live is the live-performance alias of French electronic producer Olivier Mateu, formerly of The Youngsters, who performs melodic house and techno with synthesizers rather than DJing.
Roger de Graaf
Roger de Graaf is a Dutch music executive who co-founded Spinnin' Records in 1999, ran its music side for 25 years, and left in 2024.
Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez is an American house music DJ, producer, and label head from New York who topped the UK singles chart in 2001 with "Another Chance".
Rolling Loud (festival)
Rolling Loud is a hip hop festival founded in Miami, Florida, in 2015 by Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, billed as the world's largest hip-hop festival.
Rollo Armstrong
Rollo Armstrong (Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, born 1966), aka Rollo or R Plus/R+, English producer behind Faithless and his sister Dido's albums; founded Cheeky Records and produced the 1992 Felix hit Don't You Want Me.
Roman Messer
Roman Messer is a Russian trance DJ, producer, and label owner, best known as founder of Suanda Music; his five albums have over 36 million Spotify streams.
Romare
Romare is the working name of Archie Fairhurst, a British electronic music producer and DJ who cuts up second-hand soul, jazz, and blues recordings, releasing five albums including Oblivion (2026).
Rome Streetz
Rome Streetz (Jerome Allen, born 1986, London) is a New York hardcore rapper of the Griselda and Mass Appeal rosters, known for Kiss the Ring (2022), the Noise Kandy series, and collaborations with DJ Muggs and Conductor Williams.
Romeo Miller
Romeo Miller, aka Lil' Romeo, born Percy Romeo Miller Jr., is an American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, son of Master P; his 2001 debut went platinum and he released the 2026 double album New Lane.
Romy
Romy, full name Romy Madley Croft, is an English singer and guitarist of The xx, whose 2023 solo dance album Mid Air reached number 15 in the UK.
Roni Size
Roni Size is an English drum and bass producer and DJ from Bristol, founder of the Full Cycle label who won the 1997 Mercury Music Prize for New Forms.
Roni Size / Reprazent
Roni Size / Reprazent, also known as Reprazent, is an English drum and bass collective formed in Bristol in 1996, best known for New Forms, which won the 1997 Mercury Music Prize.
Rooler
Rooler is the stage name of Christopher Rossi, an Italian-born rawstyle and raw hardstyle producer and DJ based in the Netherlands who co-founded Aggressive Records.
Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva, real name Rodney Hylton Smith (born 1972), is an English rapper and producer from Stockwell, South London, a pioneer of British hip hop on Big Dada, known for Brand New Second Hand, Run Come Save Me, and the classic single Witness (1 Hope).
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
"Roses (Imanbek Remix)" is a 2019 dance remix of SAINt JHN's "Roses" by Kazakh producer Imanbek, a UK number one that won Kazakhstan's first Grammy.
Rotterdam Terror Corps
Rotterdam Terror Corps is a Dutch gabber and hardcore live act formed in 1993 in Rotterdam, led by DJ Distortion and known for tracks like 'The Horror'.
Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ, Greek extreme metal band founded in Athens in 1987 by brothers Sakis and Themis Tolis; Hellenic black metal pioneers whose fourteen albums from Thy Mighty Contract (1993) to Pro Xristou (2024) blend black, gothic, and epic metal with a signature Greek sound.
Route 94
Route 94 is the alias of Rowan Jones, a British house producer and DJ from London, best known for "My Love" featuring Jess Glynne, a 2014 UK number one.
Rowdy Rebel
Rowdy Rebel, born Chad Marshall in 1991 in Brooklyn, is a GS9 rapper and Bobby Shmurda collaborator known for "Computers" and the Shmoney Dance, who served about six years on conspiracy and weapons charges, was released in December 2020, and returned with Rebel vs. Rowdy (2022).
Roxanne Shante
Roxanne Shanté (Lolita Shanté Gooden, born 1969), American rapper from Queensbridge, Queens; her 1984 answer record "Roxanne's Revenge" against UTFO sold 250,000 copies in New York, sparked the Roxanne Wars, and made her hip hop's first female hitmaker.
Roy Woods
Roy Woods (Roy Wood$), born Denzel Spencer in 1996, is a Canadian R&B singer and rapper from Brampton, Ontario, signed to Drake's OVO Sound in 2015; known for "Drama," the albums Say Less and Mixed Emotions, and EPs Dem Times, Rolling Stone, and Dark Nights.
Royal & the Serpent
Royal & the Serpent is the alt-electro-pop project of American singer and songwriter Ryan Santiago, a New Jersey native whose 2020 single "Overwhelmed" went viral on TikTok.
Royce da 5'9"
Royce da 5'9" (Ryan Montgomery, born 1977, Detroit) is a rapper, member of Bad Meets Evil with Eminem, Slaughterhouse, and PRhyme with DJ Premier; eight solo albums including Book of Ryan and The Allegory.
Roza Terenzi
Roza Terenzi is the alias of Katie Campbell, an Australian DJ and producer from Perth whose playful blend of breaks, house, electro, and trance made her a leftfield club fixture.