"Even outside of music, the idea of white mediocrity will always prevail. It just has inherently been more celebrated because ...

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

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 ...

Music always seems to elevate with each new decade and the 2010s was no different. During that time, streaming platforms like Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Tidal truly changed the way music is ...

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, ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR STREAMED R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON LEADING DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more Gains In Performance K.A.Parrish, D.Knight, A.Harris, ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR STREAMED R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON LEADING DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more K.A.Parrish, D ...

“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born ...

R&B artist Queen Naija said growing up in Michigan has given her a hustler's mentality. From a young age, Naija — born as Queen Naija Bulls in Ypsilanti — was forced to readjust as she moved to ...

D'Angelo, the R&B musician who helped usher in the "Neo Soul" era of music in the late 90s-early 2000s died from pancreatic cancer early Tuesday morning, according to the Associated Press and TMZ.

"The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life," his family said. By Ethan Millman Music Editor D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B icon who helped launch neo soul in the ’90s, ...