Former R&B singer R Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, continues to serve a 30-year sentence in a federal facility. Kelly’s sentence stems from a September 2021 sex trafficking conviction in New York ...

The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never ...

When Coco Jones took home her first Grammy in 2024 for Best R&B Performance with her hit song I-C-U, it wasn’t just a win for her. It was a win for the future of R&B. Born and raised in Lebanon, ...

Before crossing over into the more commercial “contemporary” sound of keyboards, synths, and the bass-and-drum pop of the 1980s with the likes of Stephanie Mills, Debarge, and Al B. Sure, 1970s R&B ...

R&B and soul singer D’Angelo died Tuesday, leaving behind a "legacy of extraordinarily moving music" after a "prolonged and courageous battle with cancer," his family said. The influential music star, ...

D'Angelo, the visionary R&B singer who helped pioneer the neo soul sub genre, has died following a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family published by multiple outlets. He was 51 ...

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash. She was 63.

Usher attends the iHeartRadio Music Awards on May 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. The singer turns 44 on Oct. 14. Chris Pizzelo / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Dallas-born Usher, or Usher Raymond IV, turned 44 ...

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