Mary J. Blige

It’s all too common to play a sultry, bluesy ballad that oozes sweet nothings to your significant other on St. Valentine’s Day. Sure, R&B songs make great for holding hands at recess, but there’s nothing like the perfect verse over a tight beat. Although propagandiz...

You can always tell when its Thursday by the amount of throwback pictures you see on your Instagram timeline. The G.O.A.T. of throwbacks is by far Diddy. Puffy has hanged out with just about every big time rapper since he rose to fame in the 90s...

The film and musical, Black Nativity, is packed with a major star-studded cast and, with the exception of Tyler Perry’s upcoming A Madea Christmas, is one of few holiday options this season. While musicals aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, Black Nativity, an adaptation of Langston Hughes’ famous retelling of the birth of Christ, is a mashup between the old and the new. Rather than dating ...

Ja Rule is finally out of jail, and we’re finally getting some new releases from him. In addition to releasing new tracks like "Eerrthang," Ja Rule recently made headlines with Irv Gotti by talking about resurrecting the Murder Inc. name...

XXL spoke with Busta Rhymes last week and he offered some details about his upcoming album, Extinction Level Event 2, the sequel to Busta's 1998 classic, Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front. Busta is planning some major collaborations for the album. "I de...

Earlier this week, Queensbridge rhymer Nas made headlines by appearing on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and joining in on a roundtable discussion about the Trayvon Martin case and about racism in America. While Nas had plenty of interesting insights to share in his time on the show, this wasn't the first time a rapper has gone on a nationally-televised news program to speak about the current state of

Mary J. Blige is deep in financial problems. Back in February, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was order to pay around $900,000 tax lien to the State of New Jersey. To make matters worse, TMZ has obtained new documents saying she owes the IRS $3...

Hey, R&B: Get your own.

R. Les breaks down his new rap album...

Armstrong seeks on always bringing the real in his music, check him out here...

50, Diddy, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott and more remember Chris Lighty, the Violator Management founder who was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Bronx apartment yesterday...

When comedian Mike Epps and the group Mindless Behavior poked fun at Hill's tax evasion, B defended her name...