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

More classic hip-hop and R&B are coming to WBOI on Sunday evenings with the addition of Halo Effect on December 21st.

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 ...

Dec. 14 has had plenty of offerings from the hip-hop and R&B world. Lauryn Hill released “Ex-Factor,” the second single from ...

Montell Jordan celebrates 30 years of his legendary hit, but also discusses his time at Def Jam, Russell Simmons, his redemption and more with Max Rae! Montell Jordan and Max Rae are doing the ...

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Infamous, the landmark album that solidified Mobb Deep’s place in Hip Hop history and reshaped the sound of New York Hip Hop in the mid-1990s. Released in ...

As hip-hop marks its monumental 50th anniversary on August 11, Apple Music is joining the celebration with a series of exciting initiatives that pay homage to the genre’s legacy. To honor this pivotal ...

Hot on the heels of their R&B list, Spotify’s first-ever program to celebrate catalog music, Spotify CLASSICS, has ranked the top 100 Hip-Hop songs of the Streaming Era. For its criteria, Spotify ...

Trey Songz at Tycoon Music Festival (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) The Black Promoters Collective is turning back the clock with The Millennium Tour 2025, bringing together some of R ...

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 ...