Hip-Hop/R&B accounted for 30.7% of all streams across platforms, making it by far the most dominant genre in 2024. This isn’t ...

The best songs of 2025 delivered viral moments, genre shifts, and cultural heat. See which Hip Hop and R&B tracks defined ...

Like Fela, Falz packs his music with playfulness and satire while also stirring public consciousness with activist lyrics. Both call for action against the oppressive political class. In 2020, when ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

From Cardi B’s long-awaited return to Clipse’s reunion, these 11 comeback albums prove why Hip Hop never forgets its legends. Dive into the stories behind the music.

The Reckoning" is hardly the first expose on the hip-hop music mogul, but the footage allows viewers to witness the hubris ...

The freewheeling, sweet-edge weirdness that had made Chancellor Johnathan Bennett a teenage sensation picked up for tours ...

Dec. 25 has ushered in many important events in R&B and hip-hop. O’Kelly Isley Jr. was born on this date in 1937. He was a ...

Fans called the shots in 2025. Discover the top genres and what their choices mean for the future of music in 2026.

Out with the old and in with the new didn’t apply in 2025. While rising stars like Leon Thomas, Doechii and Mariah the ...

Rolling Stone editors review the best music books of 2025, including books about Cameron Crowe, Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley, ...

Jhené Aiko, Ludacris and Nelly and Ashanti will headline the upcoming Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival. The 2026 iteration returns to the the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and will run from ...