{{Infobox musical artist|name=Gil Scott-Heron|image=Gil_Scott-Heron_-_10-03-2009_San_Francisco,_California.jpg|caption=Scott-Heron pada tahun 2019|background=solo_singer|birth_name=Gilbert Scott-Heron|birth_date={{birth date|1949|4|1}}|birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<br>[[Amerika Syarikat]]|death_date={{Death date and age|2011|5|27|1949|4|1}}|death_place=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Gil Scott-Heron, Spoken-Word Musician, Dies at 62|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/nyregion/music-pioneer-scott-heron-dies-after-a-european-trip.html|accessdate=January 16, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>|instrument=Vocals, piano, [[Rhodes piano]], guitar|genre={{hlist|[[Muzik soul|soul]]<ref name="KotG"/>|[[jazz-funk]]|[[sajak jazz]]<ref name="PrestonR"/>|[[funk]]<ref name="culture">{{cite web|last1=Paul|first1=Anna|title=An Introduction To Gil Scott-Heron In 10 Songs|url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/an-introduction-to-gil-scott-heron-in-10-songs/|website=The Culture Trip|accessdate= January 31, 2018}}</ref>|[[Proto-rap#Proto-rap|proto-rap]]<ref name="WoodstraBush2008">{{cite book|last1=Woodstra|first1=Chris |last2=Bush|first2=John |last3=Erlewine|first3=Stephen Thomas |title=Old School Rap and Hip-hop|url=https://archive.org/details/oldschoolraphiph0000wood|url-access=registration|accessdate=28 February 2019|year=2008|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-916-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/oldschoolraphiph0000wood/page/146 146]–}}</ref>|[[rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="a">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Gil Scott-Heron - Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gil-scott-heron-mn0000658346/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate= 31 Januari 2018}}</ref>}}|occupation={{hlist|Poet|singer-songwriter|author|musician}}|years_active=1969–2011|label={{hlist|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Flying Dutchman Records|Flying Dutchman]]|[[Strata-East Records|Strata East]]|[[Arista Records|Arista]]|[[TVT Records|TVT]]|[[XL Recordings|XL]]}}|associated_acts={{hlist|[[Brian Jackson]]|[[Ron Holloway]]|[[Malik & the O.G's]]|[[Musicians United for Safe Energy]]|[[Artists United Against Apartheid]]|Black and Blues}}}}
'''Gilbert Scott-Heron''' (1 April 1949 – 27 Mei 2011) merupakan seorang penyajak, penulis dan pemuzik Amerika Syarikat. Beliau mengkhusus utama dalam genre-genre ''[[spoken word]]'' [[Soul music|soul]] dan [[jazz]]. lagi-lagi dengan karya bersama [[Brian Jackson]] pada tahun-tahun 1970-an dan 1980-an.
Beliau dilihat sebagai antara pelopor kepada seni [[rap]]<ref name="a" /> yang turut mempengaruhi genre-genre muzik terkemudian di Amerika Syarikat seperti [[Hip-hop|hip hop]] dan [[neo soul]]; malah beliau dianggap [[MC]] dan penyanyi rap pertama dalam subbudaya ini.
