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

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” leads Billboard’s 100-position Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century retrospective.

Drake leads Billboard's 100-position Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, find a breakdown of the 2000-24 top 10. By Trevor Anderson Drake dominates the competition as the ...

At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...

Nashville’s fall concert scene is stacked with hip-hop heavyweights and soulful R&B artists. Here are the must-see shows ...

Billboard's inaugural African Rookie of the Year singer joins Amazon Music's signature developing artist program.

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 ...

In 2020, Kelly Rowland released the song “Coffee” as an ode to black women. She described it by saying “I just wanted it to ...

Rumors of a possible relationship between Drake and Taylor Swift started circulating a few weeks ago, and the reaction on social media was swift and merciless. Now The Sun, a British newspaper known ...

GloRilla and T-Pain are set to receive special honors at 2025 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, which will be held on Aug. 5 in Los Angeles. T-Pain will receive the BMI President’s Award in recognition of his ...

Drake leads Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop Artists of the 21st Century list with 30 No. 1 songs and 15 No. 1 albums. Beyoncé, The Weeknd, and Lil Wayne are some of the other stars who made the list. The ...