Pooh Shiesty enjoys an immediate welcome reception on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as he collects his first No.

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

Leon Thomas' MUTT blends Bootsy Collins-style funk with raw vulnerability. Read our review of the breakthrough track that ...

The singer reflects on his journey from child star to R&B innovator, the success of 'Mutt' and why the art of live ...

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has announced the posthumous induction of iconic singer-songwriter Donna Summer.  Summer, ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Xania Monet made Billboard history as the first AI artist to chart on radio with “How Was I Supposed to Know.” Xania Monet cracked the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart at No. 30 with “How Was I ...

Legendary R&B singler D'Angelo died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 51 years old. Has a case for best song The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, ...

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer D'Angelo has passed away at age 51 due to cancer. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday in New York City, according to a statement from ...

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HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Grammy Award-winning R&B singer D’Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, TMZ reports. He was 51. According to TMZ, D’Angelo, whose real name was Michael ...