At the occasion of the Trace Awards & Summit in Zanzibar, Trace, the leading global media brand for Afro-Urban music, entertainment, and empowerme ...

Taking deep emotions and refining them to inspire music is the bedrock of a new project by Montgomery artist Justice Bush, ...

Fans are remembering the voice and songs of trailblazer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a weekend crash on an Alabama highway as she traveled from a performance.

R&B has always been a powerful vehicle for storytelling and cultural expression. Understanding the roots of modern R&B means ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from IDK, Reason, and TiaCorine. The avalanche of new releases in hip-hop continued this week, albeit at a slightly slower rate than ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like kwn and Saint Lamaar. With the NBA All-Star tournament, SNL 50 and a potentially pivotal new joint album from Drake and ...

In celebration of Valentine's Day and Black History Month, Billboard looks back at the genre's rich romantic legacy.

But we need new music, just saying. Regarding R&B, the nomination of Mariah Carey also signals the growing recognition of hip hop’s influence in mainstream music. Carey, known for her powerhouse ...

was a key figure in the sound of '90s and 2000s hip-hop, when brash lyricism and outsized personalities blended seamlessly with pop hooks and R&B tenderness. Gotti came to prominence as an A&R rep ...

By Alex Williams and John Yoon Irv Gotti, who rose from spinning records as a D.J. in Queens parks to become a hip-hop and R&B titan as a founder of Murder Inc. Records, a label that turned Ja ...

He was 54. Throughout his career, Gotti became one of the most prominent figures in the early 2000s Hip-Hop and R&B scenes. His label, Murder Inc., helped launch the careers of major stars like Ja ...