Explore 19 Hip Hop and R&B artists who earned Best New Artist Grammy nominations, from Lauryn Hill to Doechii. See part one of the list here.

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like iAMLYRIC, Kiana Ledé, SAILORR, RZA, Joey Bada$$, Leo Waters and more.

Kendrick Lamar is the overwhelming favorite, but the remaining contenders - Tyler, the Creator, Clipse, GloRilla, and JID - ...

See which R&B and hip hop producers earned the Grammy for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), and the key projects tied to each win. Dive into the full list.

The Hip Hop Movement offers a critical theory and alternative history of rap music and hip hop culture by examining their roots in the popular musics and popular cultures of the Civil Rights Movement ...

These iconic hip-hop tracks feature melodic pop hooks, in what Wyclef Jean once called a "Beauty and the Beast" approach to ...

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 ...

2024 was a crazy year, but it was actually a really good year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the best albums of the year, but we left space for you to tell us YOUR favorite! 2024 was an insane year ...

The red carpet at the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards was a curious shade of green this year: money green. It was fitting for the occasion, because nothing comes close to distilling hip-hop's evolution over ...

Despite The Notorious B.I.G. rapping “you never thought that hip-hop would take it his far” on his 1994 breakout single “Juicy,” even he might have been shocked to see just how far the genre has come ...

How to encompass half a century of hip-hop? You start by acknowledging you can’t. Too many stars, too many songs, too many places, too many scandals: Hip-hop is an entire universe — a musical genre, ...