Few interviews, no rollout and no tour until now. Cleo Sol's Gentlewoman Tour puts her in seven arenas in 2027, and the Inflo and SAULT playbook explains how she got there.

After the grown-man reflection of "Mileage," B2K head straight for cuffing season with "Lil Freak," the second single from Eclipse, out November 6 via BPC Music Group.

Nia Long is the latest name on Teyana Taylor's directorial debut, a Paramount film about the Harlem subway dance New York police were arresting dancers for twelve years ago.

Luther Archer says six songs of a posthumous D'Angelo album are done. We mapped what is known to sit in the vault, from a Linwood Rose record to a shelved 2014 session with Michael Jackson and Mary J. Blige.

MMMG Inc., the company behind Art@War, has sued Cordae, EMPIRE, APESHIT and Mass Appeal in Manhattan federal court and wants the Anderson .Paak collaboration blocked before its Friday (Oct 23) release.

Tinashe will bring Popstar to 18 North American cities on The Show Must Go On Tour, beginning April 14 in Dallas and closing May 15 in Los Angeles.

Universal's Delaware complaint targets the distributor, not the uploader, over sped-up, slowed and copycat tracks. Here is what it alleges, what it leaves out, and what it means for independent rap and R&B artists.

Gucci Mane's Against All Odds and Nao's Autumn both went live on Friday (Oct 16). Here is the weekend catch-up, from Meek Mill's five-minute single to Fireboy DML's fifth album.

HABIBTI jumped 35-1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, breaking a tie with Future and The Temptations, whose record dated to July 1966.

A day after his 60th birthday, Eric Benét released "Heaven" and announced We Need Everybody, a live-band album due this fall on the label he owns.

Angie Stone's Mahogany Soul turns 25 today, the first milestone without her. Its staying power came from "Brotha" and a club anthem she almost refused to record.

Nas confirmed he is recording and posted a statement about an industry that does not pay the people who built it. Hit-Boy says their run is over, and no title or date has been announced.