R&B singer KEM is expanding his family! The Love Always Wins artist, 58, is expecting his eighth baby, his fifth with wife Erica Owens, sharing the happy news and pictures exclusively with PEOPLE. The ...

For decades, KEM has been one of the defining voices in contemporary soul music. Known for his warm tone, thoughtful lyricism, and deeply personal approach to songwriting, he has established a body of ...

Max B is back in the lab recording and confirms he's cooking up some new music. On Tuesday (Nov. 18), Max spoke to Billboard for his first interview since being released from prison. The Harlem rapper ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Harlem rapper Max B was released from prison today after serving 16 years for his role in a botched armed robbery that resulted in a man’s death. The rapper born Charley Wingate, who released a string ...

Xania Monet’s voice has reached millions, yet few know she is an artificial intelligence creation. While Monet was created by technology, the woman behind the mysterious singer is very much human, as ...

Xania Monet made Billboard history as the first AI artist to chart on radio with “How Was I Supposed to Know.” Xania Monet cracked the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart at No. 30 with “How Was I ...

While many Billboard radio airplay stories focus, rightly enough, on which artists and songs are topping the charts, this week’s Adult R&B Airplay survey (dated Nov. 1) contains a potentially historic ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

A set of investors in distressed chemicals firm Kem One SASU’s bonds is asking other debtholders to join a cooperation agreement, according to people familiar with the matter. The bondholder group, ...

Legendary R&B singler D'Angelo died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 51 years old. Has a case for best song The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, ...