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 ...

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

See which R&B and hip hop producers earned the Grammy for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), and the key projects tied to each win. Dive into the full list.

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 - after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski - check out three ...

At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...

STAUNTON — Growing up in Staunton, Tony Davenport and his twin brother had a stereo in their bedroom. They wanted more than just the radio stations that were available in the area, so the two took ...

R&B has never stayed in one lane — from Mary J. Blige’s hip-hop soul to today’s alternative sounds, it’s a story of evolution ...

For a second consecutive year, GloRilla banks multiple No. 1s on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “Typa” tops the survey dated Sept. 13. The single climbs from No. 3 to become the ...

As Audacy Inc. works through its prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization in a Houston federal bankruptcy court, the Philadelphia-headquartered company on Thursday unveiled “new organization and ...

There’s no doubt that some R&B fans will disagree with these staff picks and decry that other artists are more deserving of a slot on the list. However, there’s also no doubt that both sides can agree ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Nelly performs onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ...

Sam Collier is a child of hip-hop and R&B. Growing up, the 35-year-old pastor of Story Church Atlanta fed on the music of Tupac, Biggie and OutKast. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Collier first ...