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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music.
Feb 27, 2023 · Roger Troutman, the frontman of Zapp and the talkbox pioneer, was shot dead by his brother Larry in an alleyway. Larry then killed himself after crashing his car nearby. The motive was allegedly a business dispute over Roger's solo career.
Apr 24, 2020 · April 24, 2020. X. It’s been 21 years since the shocking death of one of the most dynamic and famous musicians in Dayton history. Larry Troutman shot his brother, talkbox pioneer Roger Troutman outside of Roger Troutman's Dayton music studio as part of a murder-suicide on April 25, 1999.
Apr 25, 2020 · Updated April 25, 2021. X. It’s been 22 years since Roger Troutman, one of Dayton’s most gifted and well-known musicians, tragically died. Troutman, an R&B recording artist who pioneered the famed funky “Dayton sound,” was shot several times in the alley behind his music studio on Salem Avenue on April 25, 1999.
Apr 28, 1999 · Roger Troutman, a renowned funk-music innovator who recorded with his brothers in the band Zapp in the early 80's, died on Sunday at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center in Dayton,...
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Roger Troutman was an American singer, musician and record producer who was famously known for founding the funk band ‘Zapp’. He also composed songs apart from singing and playing multiple musical instruments, including the bass guitar, harmonica, vibraphone, and flute.
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