R&B: Last News

Jhené Aiko have both announced they’ll be performing at the Super Bow LVI pre-game show.Guyton will be performing national anthem ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’, while Aiko will be singing ‘America The Beautiful’.

India.Arie says she will remove her music and podcast SongVersation from Spotify, making the R&B songwriter the latest musician to leave the streaming platform over comments made by Joe Rogan on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. "Neil Young opened a door that I MUST walk through," India.Arie wrote on Instagram, referring to Young's decision to leave Spotify over vaccine misinformation on Rogan's podcast.

India.Arie is leaving Spotify, citing their exclusive hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast and his “language around race” as the reason she pulled her music.In an announcement on her Instagram last night (January 31), she shared the details behind her decision to leave the streaming giant – following on from Neil Young’s exit due to Rogan spreading “misinformation” about COVID-19.“I have decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify,” she shared. “Neil Young opened a door that I must walkthrough.

The third season of the popular livestream competition series Verzuz will begin on February 15 with R&B stars Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild facing off.

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Nija has released her debut solo project, Don't Say I Didn't Warn You. The New Jersey-born artist's 10-song offering was executive produced by Jack Rochon (6LACK, Shelley FKA DRAM) and features previously released singles "Ease My Mind (Come Over)," "Finesse," and "On Call." Stream Don't Say I Didn't Warn You below.

Ella Mai has returned with a slow-burning new single, ‘DFMU’ – listen to it below.Back in October, Mai released her first solo track in two years, in the form of new single ‘Not Another Love Song’.It came after Mai announced her return to music in October too, where she shared a photo of herself in the studio.Listen to her next and latest offering here:Speaking about the new song to Zane Lowe, Mai said: “This song in this process was very, very hard for me because it was like my life in real time. So it was almost a therapy session. But I think that’s the best way.“All the people that I grew up listening to are always very, very honest.

Chris Brown is being sued for an alleged incident of drugging and raping a woman, TMZ reports. The alleged attack reportedly took place on December 30, 200 on a yacht docked at Diddy’s home in Miami, Florida.

Philly alt-R&B artist Ivy Sole is out with a new project next Wednesday. CANDID will feature "Call Me," the Lil Wayne-interpolating single full of catchily articulated and all-too-relatable relationship drama, and "Bamboo," their latest single out today.

Dancer and activist Taja Riley is encouraging professional dancers to assert their value after allegations emerged last week that the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show made a casting call for "volunteer" dancers. Riley's post, shared on January 19, prompted a fierce response from the dance community.

Jazmine Sullivan has announced that a deluxe version of her stellar Grammy-nominated EP Heaux Tales is on the way. Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe will be released on February 11 via RCA Records.

Mary J. Blige has unveiled the tracklist for her upcoming new album, ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ – see it below.The legendary R&B singer announced her 14th studio album last month, alongside the release of two new singles, the DJ Khaled-featuring ‘Amazing’ and the LP’s title track.The album – which Blige wrote with D’Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas – is made up of 13 tracks and features the likes of Anderson .Paak, Usher and Fivio Foreign.Another collaboration sees Blige team up with Harlem rapper Dave East, who appears on the track ‘Rent Money’. Produced by D’Mile, the track hears the singer get a few things off her chest about a former lover she’s ready to walk away from.“I spent everything on ya/ Spent my energy on ya/ Put that loyalty on ya/ I ain’t got nothing left/ I’m in over my head/ Now I’m barely breathing/ You know you the reason/ Just tryna break even/ You must be used to me spending,” she sings on the track.You can listen to ‘Rent Money’ below:1. ‘No Idea’2. ‘Love Will Never’3. ‘Here With Me’ (Feat. Anderson .Paak)4. ‘Rent Money’ (Feat. Dave East)5. ‘Amazing’ (Feat. DJ Khaled)6. ‘GMG Interlude’7. ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’8. ‘Come See About Me’9. ‘On Top’ (Feat. Fivio Foreign)10. ‘Love Without The Heartbreak’11. ‘Failing In Love’12. ‘Enough’13. ‘Need Love’ (Feat. Usher)‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ is set to be released on February 11, two days before Blige takes part in this year’s star-studded Super Bowl Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. She’ll perform alongside Dr.

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Rosa Lee Hawkins, the youngest founding member of the celebrated New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, died in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, January 11 of internal bleeding caused by complications from surgery, The New York Times reports. She was 76.

Mariah the Scientist and Young Thug are married, according to a new (most likely fictional) video from the duo's summer 2021 jam, "Walked In." The track comes from Mariah's sophomore album, Ry Ry World, released last July. The new video, in which the alleged couple celebrate their (probably pseudo) matrimony in an extremely Atlanta reception, features Gunna as Thugger's (apparently fake) best man.

Frank Ocean has shared a new song that is almost nine minutes long on the latest episode of his Apple Music show, Blonded Radio.The star’s Christmas special of the ad hoc programme aired yesterday (December 25) and featured Ocean speaking with Wim “The Iceman” Hof, a Dutch motivational speaker and athlete.“Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief and I remember marbling afterwards at how his energy blasted through the phone,” Ocean wrote on his Instagram Story. “So much vim in this Wim.

Dijon has released a short film companion to his November debut LP, Absolutely, The FADER's third-best album of 2021. The 25-minute video, also titled Absolutely, is set in a living room where Dijon and five of his album collaborators — Mike Gordon, Henry Kwapis, Brad Oberhofer, Ryan Richter, and Gabe Noel — have gathered to join creative forces.

Ed Sheeran has collaborated with Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML on a forthcoming remix of the latter’s hit song, ‘Peru’, in which Sheeran sings in the Niger-Congo language Yorùbá.Fireboy DML – the stage name of Adedamola Adefolahan – tweeted a snippet of the song alongside a screen grab of his phone on December 21, revealing Sheeran’s input on the track.

The juxtapositional idea of being sad beneath the lights of a joy-filled dancefloor has become a popular trope in recent years, employed by everyone from Ariana Grande to Mitski to Mark Ronson, who made a (very good) album of "sad bangers'' called Late Night Feelings. This recent wave of a timeless concept can most likely be traced back to Robyn's 2010 hit "Dancing On My Own" and runs the risk of becoming, if not a cliche, a crutch as the odd one out scenario becomes something approaching default.

Ten years ago today, The Weeknd shared his mixtape Echoes of Silence, the third full-length project in the now-legendary hat trick from the then-underground Toronto R&B artist. Today, Abel Tesfaye is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, so he can afford the very fancy-looking video for the Echoes of Silence title track, streaming above.

The BRIT Awards 2022 has been criticised by a number of artists, music industry insiders and fans for not including any R&B artists in its Best Pop/R&B Act category.Last month, four new genre categories were introduced to the annual award show: Alternative/Rock Act, Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dance Act and Pop/R&B Act.After news of the new categories was announced, it was heavily criticised by artists, music experts and fans on social media, many of whom wondered why R&B was being merged with pop.“Putting pop and R&B in the same category is really nuts to me. And proves that the powers that be once again just do not get it,” R&B singer-songwriter Mahalia tweeted.