An up-and-coming New York rapper has received a lengthy prison sentence. According to the Associated Press, Kevin Perez, ...

At 36, Jordan steps confidently into her identity on 'Through the Wall.' In a Nov. 3 Okayplayer interview, she reflected on ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like detahjae and rum•gold. The big news story over the weekend was the announcement of the 2026 Grammy Award nominations (Nov. 7).

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Saint Harison and BJRNCK. We’re currently focused on next year’s Super Bowl halftime show headliner, but the 2024 master of ...

R&B music in the 1990s was full of soul, passion, and smooth sounds. It was a time when singers shared stories people could feel about love, heartbreak, and real life. The music had deep meaning and ...

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“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. D’Angelo in 2000. He found fame with an innovative, ...

D’Angelo, whose cool tunes and one hot music video turned him a legend of neo-soul, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 51. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light ...

One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

Hip-hop fans were surprised this week when several of Lil Wayne’s iconic mixtapes from the 2000s, including the entire Da Drought series and Dedication, appeared on major streaming services like Apple ...