Kehlani and Jill Scott highlight a strong first half of the year for R&B album releases, continuing the genre's momentum in ...

What does it take to be considered one of the greatest R&B groups of all time? That’s the question at the heart of this ...

Music will take center stage this weekend at the third annual RnB Soul Picnic in High Point. Here's what organizers say you can expect.

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 ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...

For many decades, going as far back as the 1940s, artists from the world of R&B couldn’t really claim mainstream success until they’d crossed over to Top 40 radio and the pop charts. This century, it ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

In 2024, Travis Scott scored the highest-grossing Hip-Hop tour of the year, counting $95.7 million USD with 686,000 attendees and a record-breaking sold-out show at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, ...

Fresh off his first Grammy win, the virtuoso vocalist returns with a time capsule of the sounds that raised him. Read the full Billboard interview. By Kyle Denis The last time Durand Bernarr spoke ...