Persons

Spice 1

Music

Spice 1 is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He began releasing albums in 1992 and was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988 to 2003.

Speech

Music

Speech is an American rapper and musician. He is a member of the progressive hip-hop group Arrested Development and has released a number of solo albums.

Special Ed

Music

Special Ed is a hip-hop musician. He is best known for the songs "I Got It Made", "Think About It", and "I'm The Magnificent", on the "Youngest in Charge" album, recorded when he was 16 years old. The album sold more than half a million copies.

Sparkle

Music

Sparkle is an American R&B singer. She began her career in 1998 as a protégé of fellow Chicago native R. Kelly. Sparkle is best known for her 1998 R&B debut hit single "Be Careful".

Space Cowboy

Music

Space Cowboy is a French-British singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer. He has recorded under various pseudonyms including: DJ Supreme, Kings of Rhythm, Loop Da Loop, and DJ Chrome.

Sounds of Blackness

Music

Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz.

Collections: Black Music Month

Soulforge

Music

Soulforge is a 100% Australian metal band from the outback town of Broken Hill NSW. Influenced by bands such as Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Arch Enemy, Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, and many more. The band is continuously evolving with their original music.

Soul II Soul

Music

Soul II Soul are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and United States top five hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)", and "Keep On Movin'" which reached number 11 in the United States. They won two Grammy Awards.

Soul for Real

Music

Soul for Real (also known as Soul 4 Real and Soul IV Real) is an R&B group. The group were best known in the mid-1990s for their gold-certified singles "Candy Rain" and "Every Little Thing I Do".

Sonny Turner

Music

Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including four no. 1 hits, and were, for a period of time, the most successful vocal group in the world.

Collections: Black Music Month

Tags: The Platters • Legendary • Legendary Recording Artists • Doo-Wop • Lead Singer

Sonjja Baram

Fashion

International fashion designer Sonjja Baram combines fragility and strength, tradition and modernity, passion and profundity in her creations.

Son of Bazerk and No Self Control

Music

Son of Bazerk and No Self Control is an American hip-hop group consisting of Son of Bazerk, Almighty Jahwel, and ½ Pint. The group was formed by Hank Shocklee, a member of the production team Bomb Squad.

Solomon Burke

Music

In 2001, Solomon Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. His album "Don't Give Up on Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2003. By 2005, he was credited with selling 17 million albums.

Solo

Music

Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded their gold-selling debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995, with production by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

Tags: R&B • Recording Group • Angie Stone • Raphael Saadiq • Certified Gold

Solange

Music

Solange is a singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Her third studio album, "A Seat at the Table" (2016) became her first number-one album in the United States. The album's first single, "Cranes in the Sky" won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance.

Sojourner Truth

Activism

Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist. She was born into slavery, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Collections: Black History Month · Women's History Month

Snoop Dogg

Music

Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, media personality, actor, and businessman. He has sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide.

Smokey Robinson

Music

Smokey Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown Records vocal group The Miracles. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

Sly and the Family Stone

Music

Sly and the Family Stone was a band. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Slipknot

Music

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. The band has sold 30 million records worldwide.

Slim Jxmmi

Music

Rae Sremmurd is an American hip-hop duo formed by two brothers, Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee. In January 2015, the duo released their debut album "SremmLife", which was certified platinum. In August 2016, the duo released their second album, "SremmLife 2".

Skyy

Music

Skyy (a.k.a. New York Skyy) was an American R&B/funk/disco band based in New York. They are perhaps best known for their 1981 hit, "Call Me", as well as their 1989 "comeback" hits, "Start of a Romance" and "Real Love".

Tags: Call Me • Brooklyn, New York • Real Love • R&B • Capitol Records

Skee-Lo

Music

Skee-Lo is an American rapper. He is best known for his 1995 song, "I Wish", which became a hit in several countries and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is considered to have been a one-hit wonder.

Sister Sledge

Music

Sister Sledge is an American musical group. Formed in 1971, the group consisted of sisters Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy Sledge. The year 1979 saw the release of their breakthrough album "We Are Family", which peaked at number three and went platinum.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Music

Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, later being referred to as "the godmother of rock and roll". She influenced musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.