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

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from a new A Boogie banger to a sultry collaboration between Lojay and Tyla. Be ...

Hip-Hop Wired’s May 2025 roundup of rising artists is packed with artists making noise across the country. From Columbus to Atlanta, here are the standout tracks you need to hear this month. Saint ...

Gone too soon, but impossible to forget, Minnie Riperton's music may be singlehandedly responsible for the conception of an entire generation of humans. Comedian Lauren Davis keeps it cute and ...

As hip-hop has grown into a billion dollar industry, hooks from R&B singers have helped rappers take over the pop charts, and hip-hop has, in turn, influenced the changing sound of soul music. Rakim’s ...

New research shows playlists push sameness in hip-hop: shared 808 drums, shorter songs, heavy auto-tune, and more uniform lyrics across 2022 hits.

Rolling Stone has merged with VIBE, Billboard reports. According to Rolling Stone CEO Julian Holguin, the merger will allow ...

D'Angelo has blurred the lines between sacred and sensual, defining modern R&B with his unique voice and musicianship.

Many may have been surprised to see the musician from far-flung Perth on the line-up for Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival ...