Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Babyfxce E and Pimmie.

While the 2025 Grammy Awards saw a fierce battle between female and LGBTQ+ pop artists, the 2026 iteration of the ceremony is ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

The release of 50 Cent’s controversial Netflix documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” has done more than just shine a light on one now-disgraced mogul; it has forced fans to confront the enduring ...

After he was sentenced to four years in prison for his prostitution convictions just a few weeks ago (Oct. 3), Diddy once again dominated the headlines this weekend. With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims ...

Since the turn of the 21st century, critics have prophesied that R&B, a once-dominating music genre, is dead. Male artists aren’t professing their love in pouring rain, draped in silk shirts anymore.

The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 chart has reignited the heated debate of rap’s decline in 2025. The conversations are unsurprising when this is the first ...

Season 13 of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is wrapping up with an explosive finale on Tuesday, October 14 (10/14/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for streaming services like Philo ...

Salma and 24 discuss the accusations in a new episode of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” airing on Tuesday, October 14. “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is the second installment in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop docu-soap ...

On Thursday (Oct. 9), a federal judge dismissed Drake’s bombshell post-“Not Like Us” lawsuit against Universal Music Group. “The artists’ seven-track rap battle was a ‘war of words’ that was the ...

Major hip-hop acts like NBA Youngboy, Playboi Carti and MGK are scheduled to perform in Music City this fall. Renowned R&B artists, including Raphael Saadiq, Brandy, Monica, and Erykah Badu, also have ...