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Rap-singing
Rap-singing, also called sing-rapping or melodic rap, is a hip-hop vocal technique combining rapping with sung or pitch-altered vocals, from early harmonized crews to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Auto-Tune-era artists, and today's chart-topping singing rappers.
Rape Me
Rape Me, a 1993 Nirvana song by Kurt Cobain from In Utero, also issued as a double A-side single with All Apologies; an explicitly anti-rape song from the victim's viewpoint, censored by MTV and re-titled Waif Me on some US copies.
Raphael Nathan
Raphael Nathan, aka DJ Raphi (רפי נתן), South African-born Israeli children's entertainer, DJ, dancer, beatboxer; YouTube channel since 2020 with 1B+ views, Cha Cha Slide hit, Red Rocks 2026, WME-signed. Distinct from the Cyprus-born house producer Raphi.
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins, 1966, Oakland) is an American R&B singer, bassist, and producer, frontman of Tony! Toni! Toné!, founder of Lucy Pearl, and a three-time Grammy winner who produced D'Angelo, Solange, and Beyoncé.
Rapman
Rapman (Andrew Onwubolu) is a British rapper, writer, and film director from Deptford, south London, creator of the YouTube series Shiro's Story, the 2019 film Blue Story, and Netflix's Supacell (2024).
Rapper's Delight
Rapper's Delight, also known as the Sugarhill Gang's debut single, is the 1979 Sylvia Robinson-produced rap record on Sugar Hill Records that became hip hop's first commercial hit, built on Chic's "Good Times" and reaching Billboard's Top 40.
Rapping
Rapping, or rap (MCing), is rhythmic rhymed speech performed over a beat; one of hip-hop's four elements, born in the 1970s Bronx with DJ Kool Herc, popularized by Sugarhill Gang's 1979 "Rapper's Delight", now the leading US streaming genre.
Rapsody
Rapsody (Marlanna Evans) is a rapper from Snow Hill, North Carolina, signed to Jamla and Roc Nation. Albums include Laila's Wisdom, Eve, and Please Don't Cry; she won the 2025 Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for "3:AM" with Erykah Badu.
Rapstar
Rapstar is the second solo album by the Turkish rapper Ceza, released in 2004 on Hammer Müzik; critics describe it as the record that carried Turkish rap from the underground toward the mainstream.
Rapture (Blondie song)
"Rapture" (1981) by Blondie, from Autoamerican, was the first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 to feature rap, with lyrics name-checking Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash and a video featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Raqueeb Alam
Raqueeb Alam, also credited as Raqeeb Alam, is an Indian playback singer and lyricist who writes the Hindi versions of South Indian film soundtracks, including Pushpa's 'Srivalli'.
Rare (Selena Gomez album)
Rare (2020) is the third solo studio album by Selena Gomez, released January 10, 2020 on Interscope, 13 songs in 41 minutes. Follows 2015's Revival; lead single "Lose You to Love Me" was her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Rare Earth (band)
Rare Earth is a Detroit rock band formed in 1960 as the Sunliners, the white act on Motown with hits "Get Ready" (#4, 1970) and "I Just Want to Celebrate" (#7, 1971); Motown named its Rare Earth Records subsidiary after the band, which still tours.
Raresh
Raresh is the performing name of Rareș Ionuț Iliescu, a Romanian DJ from Bacău who co-founded the vinyl-only label [a:rpia:r] with Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu.
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American country-pop trio from Nashville formed in 1999, featuring Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney, with hits like "Bless the Broken Road."
Rashed Al-Majed
Rashed Al-Majed (راشد الماجد) is a Saudi Khaleeji pop singer, born in Bahrain in 1969, whose career began in 1984 and spans more than 22 albums, including the best-selling Al Musafir (1996).
Rasheeda
Rasheeda (Rasheeda Widad Buckner) is an American rapper and television personality from Atlanta, known for Southern hip-hop albums Dirty South (2001) through Boss Chick Music (2012), the single "My Bubble Gum," and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.
Rashid Al Faris
Rashid Al Faris (راشد الفارس, Rashed Al Fares), born in 1971, is a Saudi Khaleeji pop singer nicknamed the Knight of Saudi Song, active since his 1997 debut album.
Rashid Khan (musician)
Ustad Rashid Khan (राशिद ख़ान, 1968–2024), Hindustani khayal vocalist of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, trained by Nissar Hussain Khan at ITC SRA; famed for tarana and Yaad piya ki aaye, film songs like Aaoge Jab Tum, and Padma Shri (2006), Padma Bhushan (2022).
Rashmeet Kaur (ਰਸ਼ਮੀਤ ਕੌਰ)
Rashmeet Kaur (ਰਸ਼ਮੀਤ ਕੌਰ), Indian singer-songwriter fusing Punjabi folk and Sufi poetry with hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music; winner of The Remix, known for Bajre Da Sitta, Nadiyon Paar, and albums KAURA and Parinda.
Raspberries (band)
The Raspberries, Cleveland power pop band (1970-1975, reunited 2004-2007) led by Eric Carmen with Jim Bonfanti, Wally Bryson, and Dave Smalley; Capitol Records hit "Go All the Way" reached No. 5 and sold over one million copies.
Raspberry Beret
Raspberry Beret: 1985 Prince and the Revolution single, lead track of Around the World in a Day, the first Paisley Park Records release. Recorded 1982, reworked 1984; US Hot 100 No. 2, UK No. 25.
Rasputin (song)
"Rasputin" is a 1978 Euro-disco hit by Boney M., written by Frank Farian, Fred Jay, and George Reyam for Nightflight to Venus; UK number 2, banned at its own Soviet concerts, revived by a 2021 Majestic remix and TikTok.
Rasta
Rasta, born Stefan Đurić in 1989 in Priština, is a Serbian R&B, reggae, and hip hop singer and producer who founded the Balkaton label and broke through with "Kavasaki" in 2014.
Rastak Ensemble
Rastak Ensemble (رستاک), formed in Iran in 1997 by Siamak Sepehri with Behzad Pournaghi and now based in Istanbul, is a seven-piece contemporary Iranian folk group collecting, recording, and reinterpreting regional folk songs for global audiences.
Rastaman Vibration
Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released April 30, 1976 on Island Records and reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
Rat Boy
Rat Boy (RAT BOY) is the British music project of Jordan Cardy from Chelmsford, Essex, blending punk, hip-hop, and indie rock; albums Scum (2017, UK No. 15), Internationally Unknown, Suburbia Calling, and CRASH!; distinct from the US band Ratboys.
Rat Wars
Rat Wars (stylized RAT WARS) is the 2023 studio album by Los Angeles industrial band HEALTH, released December 7 on Loma Vista Recordings; its 12-track, roughly 41-minute follow-up Conflict DLC (2025) is its sequel.
Ratatat
Ratatat is a Brooklyn instrumental rock-electronica duo of Evan Mast (E*Vax) and Mike Stroud, formed 2001, formerly Cherry, on XL Recordings; five albums from Ratatat (2004) to Magnifique (2015).
Ratatata
RATATATA, also written Ratatata, is a 2024 joint single by Japanese kawaii metal group BABYMETAL and German electronicore band Electric Callboy, released May 23, 2024; it hit number 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart and appears on METAL FORTH and TANZNEID.