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Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbia and Indianapolis are off the R&B Tour. They are the four first-time cities added in August, and Brown is due to be sentenced in London on Oct. 26.

A judge cut Chris Brown's dog-attack verdict to $9.5 million, Jay-Z's accuser swore she never met him, and Finesse2Tymes put a price on leaving Mob Ties. Here is what each case means next.

Eight new dates take The R&B Tour to 59 shows, and four of them are markets stadium tours skip. Columbia, South Carolina on a Thursday in October is the number worth reading.

One sentence from Lionel Richie's Phoenix show went everywhere. The part about Instagram and TikTok did not, and it was the part that explains the joke.

Chris Brown pleaded guilty to affray in a 2023 London nightclub case, two months after an honorary doctorate. HitsCulture weighs the full record: the music, the family, and the legal history that never quite closes.

Apple Music just crowned Drake its most-streamed artist ever, atop a top 20 dominated by hip-hop and R&B. Why the viral red graphic is really a Black Music Month story about who built the sound, and who still owns it.

New Music Friday lands on Juneteenth weekend with full-lengths from YG and Key Glock, a Tierra Whack project, Chris Brown, a Ne-Yo 20th-anniversary reissue, and a deep singles run, all the morning after the culture lost Grammy-nominated Memphis super-producer Tay Keith at 29. Here is everything worth your stream.

When a present father gets pushed to the margins of his child's life, there is almost always a motive or a hurt underneath. Inside the Chris Brown custody story, the myth of the absent Black father, and what the research says it costs the child.

Chris Brown received an honorary Ph.D. in Visual and Performing Arts from Harvest Christian University on May 23, 2026, joining a growing list of R&B and hip-hop icons including Busta Rhymes, T.I., and Tank who have been recognized by the Dallas-based institution.

Drake drops three albums at once, Givēon expands Beloved with Act II, Chris Brown and Usher announce their massive R&B stadium tour, Mariah the Scientist stays hot, and veteran soul stars remind everyone why the classics still win. Here is everything that happened in hip-hop and R&B this week.

A$AP Rocky kicks off in two weeks. Usher and Chris Brown hit stadiums this summer. Doja Cat owns the fall. Here's your fan-first guide to every major hip-hop and R&B tour you can still get tickets to in 2026.

"Please tell me who / Who's getting all my love? (Love) / Who's getting all my love? / Tell me who, Who's getting all my time?