MIAMI — Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from Otis Kane’s lovestruck new single to BabyDrill’s shot-firing banger. Be ...

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he was convicted of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. As of January 2025, ...

Bay Faction’s rock ethos, Banshee’s “scream pop,” Nieman’s R&B storytelling, and BØRNS’ indie-pop sound—they are all ...

The Internet Archive begins posting the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Plus: Four locals heat up the dead of winter with new music.

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. But it wasn't ...

By Gail Mitchell Well, 2024 is quickly drawing to a close. And what an eventful year it was in R&B/hip-hop and African music. No doubt still uppermost in the minds of many is the epic feud between ...

Please do yourself a favor and check out our ten best R&B albums of 2024. Brown, who will celebrate his 20 th anniversary in music next year ... s True 2 Self and 2020’s Anniversary.

Kendrick Lamar is full of surprises. First there was the wave of Drake diss tracks, then there was the release of his new album GNX, then there’s what happened today: Out of nowhere, “Money ...

Two-time GRAMMY nominee and R&B icon, Mario, has unleashed his sixth ... a similar philosophy when it comes to the love of timeless music,” Mario says of the co-architect of Glad You Came.

In November, it was promised that Playboi Carti would be playing songs from his long-awaited album I Am Music at Rolling Loud ... It’ll be his first LP since 2020’s Whole Lotta Red.