Cardi shared the news ("A new baby into my world") in the caption of an Instagram video soundtracked by her song "Hello." By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital Director, West Coast Cardi B has welcomed ...

Legendary R&B singler D'Angelo died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 51 years old. Has a case for best song The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, ...

Outside of "Mutt," "Burning Blue" and "Folded," what other R&B songs are vying for Grammy gold this year? By Kyle Denis There are five categories devoted to R&B housed in the R&B, rap and spoken ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...

Showing up on a great Bon Iver song, co-writing part of Justin Bieber’s best solo album, and landing a part in the next Paul Thomas Anderson movie is a good resumé—great, even. But what if you did all ...

Missy Elliott is often praised as one of the most creative and revolutionary artists in hip-hop —and rightfully so. Since her career started in the early '90s, she's given fans countless hits such as ...

It could be a solo night cruise, a scenic route home or a mere attempt to block out the world in traffic; the right soundtrack can turn any drive into a full-on vibe. Rap and R&B have always captured ...

Every so often, music industry executives, artists and fans will say, "R&B is dead" and then questions start to emerge, comparing today's R&B to its counterpart in the past. Where are the love ballads ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Jaelani Turner-Williams addresses claims that today’s R&B is too sexual. R&B’s ...