It’s New Music Friday, which means Rated R&B is bringing you the most essential releases. From the traditional R&B that ...

By 2002, Philly-bred emcee Bahamadia was already established among the hip-hop elite. After jumpstarting her career as a DJ, ...

When he got to the podium at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California, to accept the Grammy award for Best Reggae Album ...

Reggae, although imported from Jamaica, has been the cornerstone music of Zimbabwe since Bob Marley’s visit to this country in April, 1980. After 1980, several reggae bands from overseas came to give ...

There is something delectably anachronistic about watching a young band in 2026 commit themselves to the sound of 1968. Yet that’s precisely what Thee Sacred Souls have been doing since they emerged ...

Exactly 20 years ago today, January 6, 2006, the world lost one of the great soul/R&B voices when Lou Rawls died. The smooth baritone singer passed away from complications of lung cancer at age 72 in ...

A top Christian artist right now has "Mississippi soul" according to his social media accounts. But Solomon Ray is AI. The account recently hit No. 1 on multiple music charts, including Billboard's ...

*An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has fueled the AI-music debate, with his gospel album “Faithful Soul” topping both iTunes and Billboard charts. As the New York Post reports, the ...

Four iconic voices that have shaped the landscape of soul, R&B, and pop music for decades are coming together once again. Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, and Stephanie Mills are extending ...

When I first heard that a new feature film called “Soul on Fire” was being shot in the St. Louis area back in 2023, I was excited but cautiously optimistic. I immediately recalled when production for ...

Zion Ali is a Chicago born singer, songwriter, and producer whose music blends soul, R&B, and pop with powerful messages of resilience and youth empowerment. Known for songs like “Make It Through,” “I ...

Love is one of Taylor Swift’s favorite things. When she was just 25, she admitted that she had already spent her “whole life tryin’ to put it into words.” From her debut album on, audiences have ...