Roisin Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame as one-half of the U.K.-Irish trip hop duo, Moloko. Murphy was born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland, and she moved to Manchester when she was 12 years old. Murphy then went on to begin playing music after joining a post-punk band in Manchester. She later moved to Sheffield... read full bio
Romesh Ranganathan is a British stand-up comedian, presenter and actor from Crawley, West Sussex. Ranganathan was previously working as a mathematics teacher when he decided to begin performing as a stand-up comedian. He has previously earned his degree from Birkbeck College, University of London, and taught math at Hazelwick School and The Beach School. Around the same time, he was... read full bio
Roachford is a British pop rock, RnB, soul band that is led by Andrew Roachford. Roachford was born in London, England, and formed the band alongside members Chris Taylor, Hawi Gondwe, and Derrick Taylor. After the band formed together, they went on to open for artists and bands which include The Christians, Terence Trent D’Arby, Mike and The Mechanics and... read full bio
Ren is a singer-songwriter, producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist from Brighton, England. Ren began his musical career busking on the streets of Brighton and was eventually discovered by Sony who signed him to a record deal. Around this time, Ren became deathly ill and had been diagnosed with debilitating disease before having to move to the United States for treatment which... read full bio
Dardan Aliu, better known as his stage name Regard, or DJ Regard, is a Kosovo-Albanian DJ from Ferizaj, FR Yugoslavia, present Kosovo. Regard rose to fame after the release of his remix of Jay Sean’s single “Ride It,” which went viral through TikTok and has since earned international attention. Regard began his musical career with the release of his debut... read full bio
Raleigh Ritchie, also known as Jacob Anderson, is an alternative RnB singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. Anderson acts under his own name, Jacob Anderson, but performs music as Raleigh Ritchie. As an actor, Anderson is best known for playing Grey Worm on the HBO television series “Game of Thrones.” Anderson was born in Bristol, England, and he began his... read full bio
Rak-Su is an English RnB-pop group from Watford, England, that consists of members Ashley Fongho, Jamaal Shurland, Myles Stephenson and Mustafa Rahimtulla. The boy band rose to fame after winning the 14th season of “The X Factor” and were the first male group to win the show at that point. The members are childhood friends and Stephenson and Fongho have... read full bio
Raul Yzaguirre is an American civil rights activist who has previously been the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and is a life member for the Council on Foreign Relations. Yzaguirre was born in San Juan, Texas, and he went on to enlist in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service where he served for four years. Yzaguirre earned his... read full bio
Rebecca Stephens is a British author, journalist, and speaker who is best known for being the first British Woman to climb the Seven Summits as well as the first British woman to summit Mount Everest. Stephens began her career as a journalist where she worked her way up to be the deputy editor of the Financial Times magazine, Resident Abroad.... read full bio
Ricoshëi is an EDM, electronic, and techno-producing duo (Nikko Gibler and Jake Patrick Cohen) based out of Los Angeles. The two of them kicked off their career with two 2014 hits: “Perfect Like You” and “Woolloomooloo”, which was followed by their debut EP “Ghosts” (“Cheese and Satin”, “Stereo Bumps”, “Alùs”, and “Blast Knight”) later that same year. Since then, their... read full bio
Rolando Blackmon is a retired NBA player. He was drafter number nine overall by the Dallas Mavericks. He was the first Panamanian-born player in the NBA. In his eleven season with the Mavericks, Blackmon went to the playoffs six times and was named a four-time all-star player. Blackmon spent the last two years of his NBA career with the New... read full bio
Joey van Ingen, better known as Radical Redemption, is a popular DJ in the hardstyle scene. Hailing from the Netherlands, van Ingen began making music at a very young age. At the age of ten, he learned how to play the drums, and he gained an interest in the rhythmic elements of music. He was the drummer for various bands,... read full bio
You can feel comfortable letting your daughters look up to Rhonda Kallman as a role model. She broke barriers for herself and other women everywhere in the male-dominated brewing sector, and as a result, she was able to establish the craft brewery that has gone on to become the most successful of its kind anywhere in the world: The Boston... read full bio
Rhys Ifans is a welsh actor and frontman for the Peth and Super Furry Animals. In addition to playing Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, the supervillain Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man, he is best known for his roles in Notting Hill, Kevin... read full bio
American stage performer, singer, and voice actor Raul Esparza is well known for his roles in Broadway productions. For his performances as Philip Salon in the Boy George musical Taboo, as Robert in the musical comedy Company, as a sarcastic and sluggish guy in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, and as an aggressive, explosive movie mogul in David Mamet's Speed the... read full bio
Richard Schiff is an American actor and filmmaker. His most well-known role is that of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, for which he won an Emmy. With The West Wing, Schiff made his directing debut with the "Talking Points" episode. He is on the Council for a Livable World's National Advisory Board. On the HBO series Ballers, he had... read full bio
Roy Neel has been at the center of some of the most amazing occurrences in the course of history and has assisted in the resolution of some of the most difficult situations that the country has faced over the past three decades. He was the Chief of Staff for Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Al Gore, and he also served... read full bio
Ron Brownstein, who is a combination of journalist and historian as well as a sharp political observer, is capable of elucidating the complexity of American politics with clarity and accuracy. As the political director of Atlantic Media Company, he is responsible for producing insightful contemporary analysis on politics, the media, healthcare, and the entire spectrum of issues. These analyses are... read full bio
In Season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance, Robert Roldan was a fan favorite and finished in third place. In Season 8, he was an all-star performer. However, he disclosed in a shocking and heartbreaking open letter that he had been in a serious accident in June 2012 that had nearly ended not only his dance career, but... read full bio
Rich Kidz is an American hip hop group hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, and was initially named as Rich Kids when they first came together in 2008. They were given a recording contract with Columbia Records in the year 2012. After hearing rumors that Grand Hustle Records was being poorly managed, Jose Guapo decided to leave the band and pursue a... read full bio
