Roger Troutman

November 29, 1951 – Electrofunkster Roger Troutman is born in Hamilton. He would pioneer the voice-altering talkbox and vocoder as lead singer of Zapp, co-write More Bounce to the Ounce and be heavily sampled by West Coast rappers, including Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dog and Dr. Dre. He died at 47 from gunshot wounds after being shot by his brother, Larry, who then committed suicide.
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