D ef Jam continues to stockpile talent and revamp its legacy as a music powerhouse, as evidenced by their latest signing of Dende. After an impressive run on the independent circuit, the Texas-bred ...

When Mereba named her new album The Breeze Grew A Fire, she had no idea how prophetic those words would turn out to be. The nomadic R&B singer has resided in Los Angeles for the past decade — just ...

The genre of R&B — short for “rhythm and blues” — mixed elements of blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and gospel and was pioneered ...

The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s.

E-40, En Vogue, Saweetie among Bay Area stars set to appear at NBA All-Star Game festivities at Golden State Warriors’ Chase ...

The Blind Boys of Alabama will be joined by Shemekia Copeland when they take to the Poway Center for the Performing Arts ...

Chris Brown scores a historic milestone on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, becoming the second artist to reach 100 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the radio ranking, across 11 No. 1 songs in his ...

Steve Rapport New Orleans stalwart/bassist George Porter Jr. has released a new collection of instrumental music with his revered quartet, ...

This legendary group, whose career includes more than 100 million sold albums and nine Grammy awards, are set to play ...

Kendrick Lamar not only performed his Grammy-award-winning diss track against Drake, "Not Like Us" at the Super Bowl, he added more brutal digs.

Stream the deluxe version of SZA's LANA, released February 9, which includes a Don Toliver-featuring "Joni," new songs "Take You Down," "PSA," and more.

Solána Imani Rowe, known by her stage name SZA, grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey and first came to popularity with the ...