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rRoxymore

rRoxymore is the alias of Hermione Frank, a French electronic music producer and DJ from Montpellier who spent a decade in Berlin and released the 2025 album Juggling Dualities.

Ruben de Ronde

Ruben de Ronde is a Dutch trance DJ, producer, and radio host, co-host of Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance and founder of Statement! Recordings.

Rubi Rose

Rubi Rose (Rubi Rose Benton), American rapper and model from Lexington, Kentucky; broke out via Migos' "Bad and Boujee" video, 2019 single "Big Mouth," 2020 mixtape For the Streets, 2021 XXL Freshman, later signed to Interscope via Mogul Vision.

Rucka Rucka Ali

Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987) is an American parody rap artist and comedian from Michigan, known for YouTube song parodies like "Ching Chang Chong" and "Ima Korean," repeated hate-speech takedowns, and Billboard Top Comedy Albums charting releases.

Rudeboy Plays Urban Dance Squad ft DJ DNA

Rudeboy Plays Urban Dance Squad ft DJ DNA is a live band formed in 2022 by two Urban Dance Squad members to perform the band's catalog.

Rudeboyz

Rudeboyz are a South African production and DJ group from Durban, recording as the duo Andile T and Masive Q, whose 2015 EP helped carry gqom beyond South Africa.

Ruisrock 2026

Ruisrock 2026 was the 55th edition of Finland's oldest rock festival, held 3–5 July 2026 on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, drawing 85,000 festivalgoers.

Run the Jewels (album)

Run the Jewels (2013) is the free debut album by the hip-hop duo of El-P and Killer Mike, released on Fool's Gold after R.A.P. Music; guests include Big Boi and Prince Paul.

Run The Trap

Run The Trap is an EDM, trap, and hip-hop blog and premiere platform at runthetrap.com, founded in July 2012 to bring underground trap music to the forefront.

Run-DMC

Run-DMC: Hollis, Queens hip-hop trio of Run Simmons, DMC McDaniels, and Jam Master Jay; 1983 Profile debut single, 1984 debut album, 1986 Raising Hell, Walk This Way with Aerosmith, Adidas deal, 2009 Rock Hall.

Rusko

Rusko, real name Christopher William Mercer, is an English dubstep producer and DJ from Yorkshire whose tracks 'Cockney Thug' and 'Woo Boost' carried dubstep to American audiences.

Russ (rapper)

Russ (Russell Vitale, born 1992, Secaucus NJ, Atlanta-based) is an American rapper-singer-producer who writes, produces, mixes, and masters his own songs; SoundCloud DIY breakout, Columbia 2016, DIEMON label, "Losin' Control" 8x platinum. Distinct from Russ Millions, the UK drill rapper.

Russ Millions (musician)

Russ Millions, also known as Russ Splash, is an English UK drill rapper from Lewisham, London, whose 2021 single "Body" with Tion Wayne was the first drill track to top the UK chart.

Russell Industrial Center

The Russell Industrial Center is a former Detroit auto-body factory designed by Albert Kahn, now used as affordable artist studios and a venue for electronic music and rave events.

Russian Circles

Russian Circles: Chicago instrumental post-rock/post-metal trio (Mike Sullivan, Dave Turncrantz, Brian Cook), formed 2004. Nine albums from Enter (2006) to Nine (2026) on Sargent House; known for layered guitar loops and Kurt Ballou-produced heaviness.

Rustie

Rustie, real name Russell Whyte, is a Scottish electronic music producer from Glasgow known for maximalist club music and the 2011 album Glass Swords on Warp Records.

Rvfv (singer)

Rvfv (RVFV), stage name of Rafael Ruiz Amador (born 2001, Almería), is a Spanish reggaeton, trap, and urban-flamenco singer. Breakout 2019 with Prendío and Mirándote; albums NASTU, El Tiburón, Éxitos España; 50+ platinum certifications.

Rx Papi

Rx Papi, born Chester Author Roscoe in 1995 (also DrugRixh Papi, Lil Fleechy), is a Rochester, New York rapper known for prolific trap and cloud rap releases and the 2021 Gud collaboration Foreign Exchange featuring 12 Stout Street.

Ryan Crosson

Ryan Crosson is an American DJ and record producer from Metro Detroit who makes house and techno, and co-founded the Visionquest collective and label in 2011.

Ryan Mitchell Wood

Ryan Mitchell Wood, known as Woodie, was a Norteño rapper and producer from Antioch, California, founder of East Co. Co. Records. His debut Yoc Influenced and the Northern Expozure compilations defined East Bay Chicano rap; he died in March 2007, reportedly by suicide, with disputed details.

RZA

RZA (Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, born 1969), also known as the Abbott and Bobby Digital, is the de facto leader and chief producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, known for 36 Chambers (1993), Gravediggaz, Ghost Dog, and A Ballet Through Mud.

S'Express (group)

S'Express is a British dance music group formed in London in 1988 by DJ Mark Moore, best known for the UK number-one single 'Theme from S-Express'.

S2O Festival

The S2O Festival, also known as the Songkran Music Festival, is an electronic dance music festival held every April in Bangkok during Songkran, Thailand's water festival.

Saba (rapper)

Saba (Tahj Malik Chandler), Chicago West Side rapper and producer, Pivot Gang co-founder; albums Bucket List Project, Care for Me, Few Good Things, and 2025's From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID.

Sabaton (band)

Sabaton: Swedish heavy metal/power metal band formed 1999 in Falun, also called a war-history metal band. Eleven studio albums from Primo Victoria (2005) to Legends (2025); Carolus Rex quadruple platinum in Sweden; known for tank drum riser and Sabaton History channel.

Sabbat

Sabbat were an English heavy metal band from Nottingham, formed in 1985 and fronted by Martin Walkyier, whose albums History of a Time to Come and Dreamweaver made them a cult fixture of British extreme metal.

Sabo

Sabo, real name William Sabatini, is an American DJ and producer in Los Angeles known for organic deep tribal house and founding the Sol Selectas label.

Sacha Robotti

Sacha Robotti is a German-Italian house and techno DJ and producer who rose to prominence in Berlin as half of Robosonic and rebuilt his career in the US.

Sachi (band)

SACHI (Sachi) is a New Zealand electronic dance duo from Auckland, formed 2014 by Nick Chrisp and Will Thomas, known for the EP trilogy Lunch With Bianca, Nights With Ruby, and Breakfast With Ella, platinum singles, and being the first NZ act to play Tomorrowland.

Sacred Reich

Sacred Reich (Phoenix, Arizona thrash metal band, formed 1985): second-wave thrash act with political lyrics led by Phil Rind and Wiley Arnett; albums Ignorance, The American Way, Independent, Heal, and 2019's Awakening on Metal Blade.