With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from ...

After ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest reached a four-year ratings high by treating viewers to performances by stars ranging from Chance the Rapper to Diana Ross, The ...

Christmas is just ten days away, but the worlds of hip-hop and R&B haven’t closed up shop just yet! On the other end of the hip-hop spectrum, Nas and DJ Premier finally dropped their Light-Years ...

Thanksgiving Weekend is normally a quiet time for new releases - but that doesn't mean the worlds of hip-hop and R&B stopped spinning. On Thanksgiving (Nov. 27), R&B singer Ray J was taken into ...

Most independent rappers don’t fail because the music is bad. They fail because they don’t understand the first 24 hours.