Yellow Rose Gala Foundation (YRGF) in Dallas celebrates 40th anniversary with 1986 gala honoring its inaugural year and past chairs April 18.

March 2 has heralded many important events in R&B and hip-hop. East Coast rap legend Method Man was born on this day in 1971. While best known for his work with the seminal rap group Wu-Tang Clan and ...

Throughout the early 1980s into the ’90s, Prince was leading a secret life, writing under several pseudonyms, including ...

Chance the Rapper celebrates Anita Baker’s 40th anniversary of Rapture Some albums fade with time. Others become part of the emotional […] The post Chance the Rapper reunites with Anita Baker while ...

Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for “Folded,” at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They won out over songs by Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller (“It Depends”), Justin Bieber (“Yukon”), Leon Thomas (“Mutt ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer and musician who helped usher in the neo-soul movement, died Tuesday after a private battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 51. “The shining star of ...

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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

Aug. 27 is a day worth celebrating for many hip-hop and R&B artists. Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem dropped their single "Family Ties" in 2021. Hip-hop group Goodie Mob also released their fifth studio ...

Billboard has unveiled its most comprehensive ranking of R&B excellence, expanding from 35 to 75 entries in its definitive list of the greatest singers in the genre’s history. The publication’s latest ...