Ashanti has received some exciting news this Black Music Month. The Grammy winner is part of the Hollywood Walk of Fame’s class of 2022, set to receive a star for her contributions to the music industry, after more than two ...
Front + Center is Rated R&B’s artist discovery series, putting new and emerging R&B singers at the center of your attention. True artists have the elemental capability to encapsulate emotions with potent lyrics, bolstered by a provoking delivery. As another emerging ...
On August 13, Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson will grace theaters worldwide as Aretha Franklin in the Respect biopic. The film’s companion soundtrack will be released the same day via Epic Records. The first single, “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” ...
Love can be quite the gamble when it grows from a previous friendship. Jon Vinyl discusses how this risk can cause unsettling feelings in his new song “Stacy.” Faced with a dilemma in his bond with a woman of the ...
One night in 1994, Donnie Johnson, simply known as Donnie, was invited to attend Yin Yang Café, a supper club in Atlanta. During his visit, the Kentucky-born singer performed an original song called “You Got A Friend.” (It later appeared ...
For many, intimacy is an essential factor in a healthy relationship. On Leon Bridges‘ new guitar-laden song “Why Don’t You Touch Me,” he uses an earnest tone to languish about his partner withholding affection in their relationship. “Can you be ...
Emerging group The Shindellas return with the impactful new single “Volcano Love”. While the temperature outside is rising, the Shindellas also turn up the heat on this song that stands as an ode to the 90’s with its impressive vocals ...
Gospel duo Dawkins & Dawkins most recently released their new single “In My Feelings” after a decade long hiatus from the industry. The single has a progressive R&B sound to it, so some people have speculated that they are moving ...
Only 6% of music industry execs are Black. That system fails artists, say the founders of 0207 Def Jam, whose uniquely diverse boardroom aims to change the culture – for good Rick Rubin’s initial ambitions for Def Jam were modest. ...
The self-proclaimed King of R&B Jacquees has linked up with Queen Naija for the new single “Bed Friend”. No word on whether this single is part of an upcoming project from Jacquees, but we do know that he’s been locked ...