Pooh Shiesty enjoys an immediate welcome reception on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as he collects his first No.

21 Savage banks his fifth overall – and consecutive – No. 1 on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as What Happened to ...

Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more.

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

Dec. 26 has witnessed numerous transformative events in R&B and hip-hop. Jon Bellion was born on this date in 1990. He has ...

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 ...

On the R&B side of things, Brandy put a special spin on Kehlani‘s buzzy hit “Folded,” which recently became the highest-charting solo song of her career on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 34, chart dated ...

Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts are almost here, and we’re counting down ...

Over the past four decades, hip-hop and R. & B. have become increasingly inextricable from each other. It started in the late eighties, with the creation of various amalgamated offshoot genres, such ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 04: Matty Healy of The 1975 performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 04, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The 1975 land their first hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop ...

If last weekend was marked by the Black dandy-themed MET Gala and the kickoff of Diddy’s sex trafficking trial, then this past weekend was defined by major touring milestones. With Fresh Picks, ...