R&B

Legendary Philadelphia born musician James Mtume passed away over the weekend at age 75. One of Mtumes biggest hits was the 1983 classic song “Juicy Fruit”  Which was sampled multiple times From Hip Hop and R&B artists. Click Here To Read More. Source: BET

Cardi B hosted and Olivia Rodrigo won big at the 2021 American Music Awards. Here are some of the winners Favorite male hip-hop artist – Drake Favorite female hip-hop artist – Megan Thee Stallion Favorite hip-hop album – Megan Thee Stallion, Good News Favorite hip-hop song – Cardi B, “Up” Favorite male R&B artist – […]

The legendary R&B artist and co-founder of The Gap Band, Ronnie Wilson, has passed away at age 73. Wilson’s wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, confirmed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, asking his fans to pray for the family while they mourn his death: “The love of my life was called home this morning, at 10:01 […]

Rising R&B artist JAWAN has faced some crossroads in his life. A few years ago, while recovering from a vocal injury, he was studying classical music and musical theater in Mississippi but had no passion for them. JAWAN stated: “At that point, I never want to sing another note of a song that I don’t […]

Congratulations to R&B singer Ashanti, she regained ownership of her masters. On the Tamron Hall Show Ashanti said “I have an amazing legal team, and I got my first record deal when I was 14 years old, so understanding and seeing how things have changed so much from then to now and conceptually understanding what […]

Diddy is making his way back into the music industry. Sean “Love” Combs was recently featured in the September issue of Vanity Fair, where Diddy shared his plans to start a new record label exclusively for R&B artists. The record label is called ‘Bad Boy Entertainment,’ which in the past has previously failed. This time […]

At the 21st Annual BET Awards, Megan Thee Stallion won “Best Female Hip Hop Artist,” “Best Collaboration,” “Viewer’s Choice” and “Video of the Year.” Queen Latifah received this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her “amazing success” throughout her decades-long career. Her “sisters in rap” including Lil Kim, Rapsody, MC Lyte and Monie Love all took […]

In an interview with People, 41-year-old r&b singer Ne-Yo revealed that he will be releasing his eighth studio album ‘The Escape’ this fall, sometime in September or October. Ne-Yo shared his excitement for this album and that his four children have given their stamp of approval on the majority of the songs. Ne-Yo stated; “My […]

BET will be bringing 9 R&B sensations from the 1990s-2000s to make an all female supergroup in the new series, The Encore. The series will include singers Shamari DeVoe, Irish Grinstead, LeMisha Grinstead, Nivea Nash, Felisha King, Fallon King, Pamela Long, Aubrey O’ Day, and Kiely Williams. All singers have signed to be apart of the […]

Google paid tribute to Luther Vandross yesterday, which would have been his 70th birthday.  He was an R&B singer who was known for his “velvet voice” that made him the best of all time.  Vandross was an 8 time Grammy Award Winner with a wide tenor vocal range. His family stated, “It is a true […]