singer Nelly: Hip hop Meshell Ndegeocello: Funk, soul, jazz Oliver Nelson: Jazz Art Neville: Funk, R&B, soul Aaron Neville: R&B, soul Cyril Neville: R&B, funk, blues Charles Neville: R&B, jazz, funk, pop David "Fathead" Newman: Jazz Ne-Yo: R&B Jessye Norman: Opera Brandy Norwood: R&B Queen Naija (African-American mother): Normani: R&B Noname Gypsy: Hip hop O Frank Ocean: LGBT R&B Jeffrey Osborne: Soul, R&B Odetta: Blues, jazz Offset: Hip hop Omarion: R&B P Keke Palmer: R&B, hip hop, pop Charlie Parker: Jazz Ray Parker Jr.: R&B, pop Billy Paul: Soul, R&B, jazz Scherrie Payne: R&B, pop, disco Teddy Pendergrass: R&B, soul, disco Phemza The Kween: Christian hip hop, hyphy, bounce, trap, R&B, Hip hop soul, gospel Wilson Pickett: R&B, soul Playboi Carti: Hip hop Plies: Hip hop Billy Preston: R&B, soul, funk Prince: Pop, rock, R&B, soul Leontyne Price: Opera Kelly Price: R&B, soul Charley Pride: Country, gospel Pharrell: Hip hop, R&B, funk Billy Porter: Pop Petey Pablo: Hip hop Q Rich Homie Quan: Hip hop Quavo: Hip hop DJ Quik: Hip hop R Raz-B: R&B Sun Ra: Jazz Lou Rawls: Gospel, R&B, soul, jazz, blues Ma Rainey: Blues Jimmy Reed: Blues Louisiana Red: Blues Trippie Redd: Hip hop Otis Redding: Soul, R&B, blues Lil Reese: Hip hop, drill Della Reese: Jazz, pop Dianne Reeves: Jazz Martha Reeves: R&B, pop Roddy Ricch: Hip hop Lionel Richie: Soul, R&B, pop Little Richard: Rock and roll, R&B, gospel, soul Pretty Ricky: R&B Teddy Riley: R&B, hip hop Flo Rida: Hip hop, pop Minnie Riperton: soul, R&B Max Roach: Jazz Black Rob: Hip hop Paul Robeson: Pop Bill Robinson: Jazz, pop Smokey Robinson: R&B, soul, pop Sylvia Robinson: R&B, soul, Hip hop ASAP Rocky: Hip hop (half-African American, half-Barbadian) Nile Rodgers: Disco, soul, R&B, rock, funk Diana Ross: R&B, soul, disco, Jazz Rick Ross: Hip hop Sonny Rollins: Jazz Otis Rush: Blues, R&B Patrice Rushen: R&B David Ruffin: R&B, pop, soul, disco, gospel Jimmy Ruffin: R&B, soul, pop Chance the Rapper: Hip hop, R&B Rapsody: Hip hop Kelly Rowland: R&B, soul, pop Rocko: Hip hop, rap Ja Rule: Hip hop Rubi Rose: Hip hop Raekwon: Hip hop Renni Rucci: Hip hop S Pharoah Sanders: Jazz Marvin Sapp: Gospel Ruben Studdard: Singer Saweetie: Hip hop (African American father, Chinese and Filipino mother) Shawn Stockman : R&B Young Scooter: Hip hop Jimmy Scott: Jazz Tupac Shakur: Hip hop, revolutionary, poet, freedom fighter Kierra Sheard: Gospel Pooh