Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

Music City continues to live up to its name, not only in the realm of country music, but also in the world of hip-hop and R&B. Nashville is proving its versatility, hosting an exciting lineup of ...

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats were in Richmond to support the opening of their new exhibit at the museum called Giants. It includes works from the artists’ own collections, including some of the ...

Apple has appointed a new global editorial head for Apple Music specializing in hip-hop and R&B, with radio personality Ebro Darden leading the team curating tracks and handling new album and song ...

Afrobeats singer, Fireboy DML, has declared that Afrobeats has reached the same level of global recognition as Hip-hop and R&B. In a podcast interview with Noisey, Fireboy emphasised that Afrobeats is ...

OG, Tea Fannie, aloT of Poetry, Rome IX, Bkay Won, Symphonii, KTheChosen, ChefBeatz and Kindé are among the artists who ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

Hip-hop album sales reached commercial supremacy in the mid-’90s. It was the most decadent era in hip-hop culture, and music producers took home a substantial share of profits. It’s the era that made ...

Summer Walker's 'Finally Over It' is another triumph for the trilogy, at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums as 16 tracks reach the genre songs chart.

At this year’s Grammy Awards in February, the narrative was tightly focused on rap’s prominence among nominees in the major categories after historically being overlooked. So when Bruno Mars, one of ...