Slick Rick received a major career milestone when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified his legendary track “Children’s Story” as platinum on Tuesday (October 21).

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 ...

August 11 will officially commemorate the 50-year anniversary of hip-hop. But, while this specific date is in remembrance of when DJ Kool Herc hosted his “Back To School Jam” in the South Bronx in ...

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Montell Jordan celebrates 30 years of his legendary hit, but also discusses his time at Def Jam, Russell Simmons, his redemption and more with Max Rae! Montell Jordan and Max Rae are doing the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The theme of ...

Our Friday nights are all about hip hop, afrobeats and RnB. From Beyoncé to Drake and Burna Boy to Lauryn Hill, Manchester’s crème de la crème of DJs & musicians play old & new school goodness all ...