American political music artists

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. With an estimated 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.

Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America. He is among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Some of Shakur's music addressed social injustice, political issues, and the marginalization of African Americans, but he was also synonymous with gangsta rap and violent lyrics.

American musician (1940–1993)

American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)

American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)

American folk singer (1919–2014)

American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)

American R&B and soul singer (1939–1984)

American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)

American singer-songwriter

American country musician (born 1933)

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

American composer (1910-1981)

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip-hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "") and released another album, Power (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. His next three albums, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech..

American composer (born 1947)

American singer and activist (born 1958)

American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)

American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)

American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author (1949–2011)

American singer (born 1939)

American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976)

American musician

American folk singer

American musician and actor (born 1950)

American rapper

American singer

American musician

American rapper (born 1960)

American rapper

Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actress

American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)

American folk singer and singer-songwriter

African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter

American rapper

American rapper

American actress, singer and activist

American poet and activist (born 1939)

American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet (1935-2008)

American poet, author, cartoonist and publisher (1923–2010)

American rapper

American musician

American musician

American composer (1951-2016)

American musician

American musician

American singer-songwriter and musician (1951-2021)

Folk punk musician

American visual artist and musician