page_title: List of Stateside Puerto Ricans
section_title: Alphabetized by surname
hierarchical_section_title: List of Stateside Puerto Ricans / Singers and musicians / Alphabetized by surname
caption_attribution_description: Tito Puente at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City, New York.
context_page_description: This is a list of Puerto Ricans in the United States, including people born in the US of Puerto Rican descent and Puerto Ricans who live in the US. Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, it is easier to migrate to the US from Puerto Rico than from anywhere else in Latin America. Currently, more than 5.5 million Puerto Ricans and their descendants live in the US, significantly more than the population of Puerto Rico itself. The following list contains notable members of the Puerto Rican community.
context_section_description: Princess Nokia –  American rapper of Puerto Rican descent
  Agallah, aka "8-Off the Assassin" or "Don Bishop" –  Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper; former member of The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain Campaign
  Johnny Albino (1919–2011) –  Puerto Rican bolero singer
  Tite Curet Alonso (1926–2003) –  composer of over 2,000 salsa songs
  Melanie Amaro –  American-born British Virgin Islands singer; won the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011
  Marc Anthony –  American singer of Puerto Ricans parents
  Chucho Avellanet –  Puerto Rican singer of ballads and pop music; son of Adolfo Avellanet
  Manolo Badrena –  Puerto Rican percussionist, known for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977
  Adrienne Bailon –  American singer and actress; Puerto Rican mother, Ecuadorian father
  Lloyd Banks –  American rapper, member of G-Unit; of Puerto Rican and African American descent
  Ray Barretto (1929–2006) –  Puerto Rican jazz musician
  Samuel Beníquez –  Puerto Rican writer, composer, music producer, businessman, publicist, activist, and philanthropist
  Eddie Benitez –  Puerto Rican guitarist
  John Benitez, better known as "Jellybean Benitez" –  American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer; of Puerto Rican descent
  Obie Bermúdez –  Puerto Rican-American R&B and salsa singer and composer
  BIA –  American rapper
  Big Daddy Kane –  American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew
  Big Pun (1971–2000) –  American rapper; of Puerto Rican descent
  Angela Bofill –  American R&B vocalist and songwriter; Cuban father, Puerto Rican mother
  Kid Buu –  American rapper of Puerto Rican and Sicilian descent
  Tego Calderón –  Puerto Rican rapper and actor
  Michael Camacho –  half of the short-lived 80s dance-pop duo Sly Fox; born in Los Angeles, of Puerto Rican descent
  Bobby Capó (1922–1989) –  internationally known singer and songwriter from Puerto Rico; usually combined ballads with classical music
  Irene Cara –  American singer and actress; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
  Kevin Ceballo –  singer of salsa music of Puerto Rican descent
  Chayanne –  Puerto Rican singer; resident of Miami
  Chelo –  Puerto Rican hip-hop and pop singer, based in Miami Beach, Florida
  Angel Clivillés –  American singer founder and member of The Cover Girls
  Robert Clivillés –  American singer, founder and member of C + C Music Factory
  Javier Colon –  American singer and songwriter; of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent
  Willie Colón –  Nuyorican salsa musician
  Federico A. Cordero –  Puerto Rican guitarist of classical music
  Corina –  American singer
  Eric "Bobo" Correa –  of Cypress Hill, Cultura Londres Proyecto and Sol Invicto
  Elvis Crespo –  Puerto Rican singer; born in New York City; Puerto Rican parents; raised in Puerto Rico
  Joe Cuba (1931–2009) –  Nuyorican musician; considered the "father of Latin Boogaloo"
  Daddy Yankee –  Puerto Rican singer of reggaeton
  Prince Markie Dee –  American rapper, songwriter, producer, and radio personality; member of the Fat Boys; of Puerto Rican descent
  Carmen Delia Dipiní –  Puerto Rican singer of boleros
  Diamond –  American rapper of Puerto Rican and African-American descent from the rap group Crime Mob
  Howie Dorough –  American musician; oldest member of the Backstreet Boys; Puerto Rican mother
  Huey Dunbar –  American former singer of Dark Latin Groove; of Jamaican and Puerto Rican descent
  Fat Joe –  American rapper; parents of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
  Cheo Feliciano –  Puerto Rican composer and singer of salsa and bolero music
  José Feliciano –  Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits; raised in New York
  Pedro Flores –  Puerto Rican composer and bandleader
  Héctor Fonseca –  house music DJ
  Luis Fonsi –  Puerto Rican singer of pop-ballad and pop-rock; resident of Florida
  Angelo Garcia –  member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1988 to 1990
  Mayte Garcia –  dancer and American singer; of Puerto Rican ancestry
  Sergio George –  pianist and American record producer, has worked with many famous per
caption: Tito Puente, singer
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