Get ready to dance and sing to all your favorite R&B And Hip Hop Throwbacks all night! 😛Giving you nostalgic moments from the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, & 2020s. Music from T.Pain, Keyshia Cole, The Dream, ...

After wrapping the last century on a high note that only Mariah Carey’s vocal cords could challenge, R&B and hip-hop’s contributions to the musical canon swelled in the first 25 years of the 21st ...

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 ...

Profile Records never meant to get into the rap game, but the label launched the careers of rap groups like Run-DMC, shown here performing at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in 2023. The first sounds of ...

Digging for Gold is HYPEBEAST’s monthly playlist series that highlights regions across the world and the genres that come out of them. By putting together a mix of essentials and hidden gems, we hope ...

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective. After wrapping the last century on a high note that ...