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

On the fourth anniversary of his death, we present this never-before-published interview from the VIBE vault in celebration ...

In 2001, Just Blaze, the producer of “Song Cry,” made a soul sample. In 2020, JuneTheJenius, the producer of “When To Say When,” made a rap song sample. Junius retweeted a supporter who ...

Hip-hop celebrates its birthday Monday (Aug. 11), 52 years after that fateful day in the Bronx when a cultural movement was birthed, thanks to DJ Kool Herc who extended the instrumental “break” ...

Though enthralled by soulful vocals, it was the sound of hip-hop, particularly that of Biggie and 112, that made her fall in love with the fusion of rap and R&B. It’s heavily inspired her work.

Dallas singer 4batz rose from obscurity to a breathlessly awaited debut in barely a year — but his arrival is part of a tense exchange between hip-hop and R&B more than a decade in the making.

Roots Picnic is one of the premier annual hip-hop festivals in the U.S., returning to Philadelphia at the end of May. The two-day event will bring a variety of music and food to the Mann Center.

Mary J. Blige delivers R&B, hip-hop, soul and swagger at Little Caesars Arena Mary J. Blige performs Wednesday night, March 19, at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena (Photo by Mike Ferdinande) ...

The music festival featured R&B and hip-hop music. Headliners included Anthony Hamilton and the Tones, KeKe Wyatt, Dru Hill and Doug E. Fresh. There were also vendors, food and drinks.

As BET pivoted its programming, the BET Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Awards were suspended, a move CEO Scott Mills framed as ...

Sky Soul Festival features R&B and hip-hop music. Headliners include Anthony Hamilton and the Tones, KeKe Wyatt, Dru Hill and Doug E. Fresh.

The Sol Blume R&B, soul, and hip-hop music festival returned to Sacramento on Saturday, with an expected 40,000 attendees and more than 30 artists on stage over the two-day event in Discovery Park.