The longtime Fugees affiliate was celebrated by Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill after his death at 50. Nowadays, the relationship between rap and R&B is a hand-in-glove fit, a match that feels like it has ...

Beylee had the impossible task of sorting through decades (starting in the 1960s) of music and choosing just a song or two to represent each era: “I’m not going to lie: This was so difficult to only ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

Uton Onyejekwe, Tahira Clayton and more lead an evening of Black love songs spanning generations during a special Feb. 12 ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

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 ...

Those who love going to R&B shows in Denver or hearing sultry neo-soul vocals at jazz clubs are witness to a blossoming local scene. The boundaries of R&B continue to shift as each wave of artists ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few vocalists in soul and R&B history have been able to match the effortless beauty, range, and emotional depth of Deniece Williams. Nicknamed “Niecy,” her career has spanned decades ...

Singing soul music was never about profit for singer Little Jake Mitchell — it’s about seeing people happy. Even now, at 80 years old and 50 years into his career, his band, Little Jake and the Soul ...