The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost in ...

Funk and R&B legend Carl Carlton, best known for “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” has passed away at 73. Explore his music legacy and cultural impact here.

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

In 1973, James Brown formed an unlikely friendship with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who he met when Sharpton was a young civil ...

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists ...

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

AI Christian singer with "Mississippi soul" is topping music charts. What we know about gospel artist Solomon Ray, the ...

In 1992, the world was formally introduced to Mary J. Blige in her “Real Love” music video. The image of a young Black woman, rocking an oversized baseball jersey, a backwards cap, and singing over a ...

R&B is the epitome of musical resilience. First emerging in the late 1940s, the genre was initially categorized as “race music,” as Black artists tried to find their footing in a new genre that ...

Another artificial intelligence artist has reached the top of the music charts. "Walk My Walk," a song from Breaking Rust, a computer-generated blues-country singer, landed at No. 1 on Billboard's ...

*Gayle King sat down with Telisha Nikki Jones, the Mississippi poet and designer who developed the controversial AI-driven R&B singer Xania Monet. As reported by Billboard, Jones writes all of Monet’s ...