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 ...

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Thanks to Gunna's "wgft," Burna Boy has his first top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, adding to a history that includes the Afrobeats chart and Hot 100.

With "Typa," GloRilla joins Cardi B and Nicki Minaj as the only female rappers with a half-dozen No. 1s on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...

Afrobeats singer, Fireboy DML, has declared that Afrobeats has reached the same level of global recognition as Hip-hop and R&B. In a podcast interview with Noisey, Fireboy emphasised that Afrobeats is ...