Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

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 ...

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...

Legendary R&B singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. He was 51. TMZ reported that the singer’s death came after a battle with ...

Steve Cropper, the Rock Hall-inducted guitarist who helped form the sound of "Memphis soul" with Stax Records, has died at the age of 84.

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SEVEN IN WASHINGTON. THAT AND MORE COMING UP AT SIX CHARI. THANKS SO MUCH. EVEN THOUGH THE MAGIC CITY CLASSIC HAS COME AND GONE FOR THIS YEAR, SOME OF THE TRADITIONS SURROUNDING IT ARE STILL GOING ...

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, ...

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 ...

Jon B opens up about recording with Tupac two weeks before Vegas, Afeni Shakur’s blessing to release the collab, a surprise call from Michael Jackson, Nas rewriting “Finer Things,” and how his ...

This is the annual football game between two Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This year, the game will feature a matchup between Miles College Golden Bears and the Morgan State ...