1951 - 1999
Roger Troutman American Musician
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American Musician Roger Troutman was born on 29th November, 1951 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA and passed away on 25th Apr 1999 Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA aged 47. He is most remembered for Lead singer of the group Zapp, popular with bay area rappers such as Tupac Shakur and Spice 1. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Roger Troutman is a member of the following lists: American record producers, People from Dayton, Ohio and 1951 births.
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| First Name |
Roger
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| Last Name |
Troutman
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| Birthday |
29th November, 1951
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| Birthplace |
Hamilton, Ohio, USA
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| Died |
25th April, 1999
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| Place of Death |
Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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| Cause of Death |
Shot/murdered allegedly by brother
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| Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, songwriter, producer
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Claim to Fame |
Lead singer of the group Zapp, popular with bay area rappers such as Tupac Shakur and Spice 1
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Funk, Electro, G-funk
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| Year(s) Active |
1975–1999
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| Instrument (text) |
Vocals, Talk Box, Guitar, Keyboard, Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Vocoder, vibraphone, flute
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| Record Label |
Warner Bros., Reprise
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| Associated Acts |
Zapp, Roger & the Human Body, Prince, Funkadelic, Shirley Murdock, 2Pac, A.B. Quintanilla y los Kumbia Kings, Epmd, DJ Quik, The Crusaders, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tech N9ne, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Spice 1, Parliament, Jesse Rae, Parliament-Funkadelic
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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known mononymously as Roger, was an American singer, composer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music over the years. Troutman was well known for his use of the talk box, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard, but most commonly a guitar) to create different vocal effects. Roger used a custom-made talkbox–the Electro Harmonix "Golden Throat," through a Moog Minimoog and later in his career a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer. As both band leader of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s and regularly collaborated with hip hop artists in the 1990s.
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