As happens with most music genres, reports of R&B's demise have always been underconsidered and premature. Still, the question's recurrence lately has hinted at broader concerns about its evolutionary ...

Being the child of a hip-hop icon comes with privileges most people never experience — but it also comes with pressures that ...

R&B had a lot to celebrate in 2025. From Leon Thomas’ breakthrough to Chris Brown’s record-breaking stadium tour, it finally ...

The Clash released back-to-back albums in December – London Calling (Dec. 14, 1979) and Sandinista! (Dec. 12, 1980). Both ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 — after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end ...

The update from the "Fancy" rapper came via Instagram on Friday (Nov. 28). By Jessica Lynch Iggy Azalea is officially closing the door on her rap career. The Australian-born artist, who has shifted ...

Grammy-nominated R&B powerhouse Summer Walker has officially released her highly anticipated third studio album, Finally Over It, now available on all platforms. The project arrives via LVRN and ...

The wait is nearly over for what’s being called the biggest holiday record of the year. Kevin Ross, one of R&B’s most soulful storytellers, delivers a warm and emotionally rich love song that ...

The rising teenage R&B boy band 2BYG from Dallas-Fort Worth has limitless potential with their music right now. The group began with friends Brown, Tourè and Nixx, before bringing KD into the fold in ...

Since the turn of the 21st century, critics have prophesied that R&B, a once-dominating music genre, is dead. Male artists aren’t professing their love in pouring rain, draped in silk shirts anymore.

Xania Monet’s voice has reached millions, yet few know she is an artificial intelligence creation. While Monet was created by technology, the woman behind the mysterious singer is very much human, as ...

2BYG, a quartet consisting of Matt Brown, Tourè, Nixx and KD, is an R&B group that’s up next out of Dallas-Fort Worth. 2BYG stands for “to be young and gifted.” They’ve amassed a huge following on ...