singer, The Three Degrees Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), former jazz keyboardist Princess Superstar (born 1971), hip hop performer Questlove (born 1971), drummer, producer, DJ, writer, journalist, and photographer Sun Ra (1914–1993), former jazz pianist and band leader Danny Rapp (1941–1983), former singer, Danny & the Juniors Joe Renzetti, guitarist and Oscar Award winner Res, R&B singer RJD2 (born 1976), producer Paul Robeson (1898–1976), former singer, activist, attorney, and All-American collegiate athlete PnB Rock (1991–2022) rapper Jack Rose (1971–2009), former guitarist Todd Rundgren (born 1948), musician, singer, songwriter, and producer Bobby Rydell (born 1942-2022), former singer and actor Santigold (born 1976), punk singer John Sebastian (1914–1980), former classical harmonica player and composer Danny Sembello (1963-2015), R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Michael Sembello (born 1954), R&B singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter Schoolly D (born 1962), rapper Jill Scott (born 1972), R&B and neo-soul singer Shirley Scott (1934–2002), former organist Musiq Soulchild (born 1977), R&B and neo-soul singer Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), singer and actress Gene Shay (1935–2020), former folk music musician Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), former violinist and conductor Beanie Sigel (born 1974), rapper Bunny Sigler (1941–2017), former R&B singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Steady B (born 1969), rapper Jazmine Sullivan (born 1987), R&B and soul vocalist, 12-time Grammy Award nominee, and two-time BET Award-winner William Takacs (born 1973), trumpet player Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), former soul, R&B, and Motown singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (born 1951), soul and R&B singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter (born 1973), lead MC and co-founder, The Roots Robbie Tronco, DJ Ira Tucker (1925–2008), former lead singer, The Dixie Hummingbirds McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), former jazz pianist and composer, John Coltrane quartet Charlie Ventura (born 1916), tenor saxophonist and band leader Kurt Vile (born 1980), guitarist and vocalist Lee Ving (born 1950), singer and songwriter, frontman of hardcore punk band Fear Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), singer and member of Trapp Family Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), former singer, songwriter, and rapper known as "E-Dubble" Clara Ward (1924–1973), former gospel singer Grover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), former jazz saxophonist and founder of smooth jazz genre Crystal Waters (born 1961), dance and house music singer Ethel Waters (1896–1977), former blues singer and actress André Watts (born 1946), pianist Pamela Williams (born 1963), jazz saxophonist Josh Wink (born 1970), DJ and electronic music producer Karen Young (1951–1991), former disco singer Politics Leon Abbett (1836–1894), former New Jersey governor Lynne Abraham (born 1941), Philadelphia