Urban Music

*Billboard sat down with BET chairman/CEO Debra Lee for a post-mortem on Sunday’s 16th annual BET Awards, which she warned during the red carpet...

*Ludacris will spend July 4th with the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay and perform in concert for everyone except the 89 prisoners detained under the U.S....

*Newly discovered recordings made during the writing of Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk" reveal what the King of Pop really thought about his musical...

*D’Angelo was among the first set of artists announced earlier this month for the planned Prince tribute at Sunday’s BET Awards, but the singer ended up...

*Justin Timberlake has apologized after his tweet of support for Jesse Williams’ speech at the BET Awards on Sunday was met with a collective side-eye...

*Jilly from Philly is a married woman! Jill Scott, 44, married her longtime boyfriend Mike Dobson on Saturday, as revealed in videos posted to the...

*Former R&B superstar Montell Jordan stepped away from his career in mainstream music in 2010 to become a Worship Minister at Victory World Church...

*Frank Ocean penned an open letter about the mass shooting at an Orlando gay bar that claimed 49 lives. In his note which he...

*Newly wed Nakyia Whitty and her bridesmaids have become a viral sensation after Whitty’s wedding photos went viral because their au natural appeal. Whitty couldn’t...

*Drake is reportedly getting sued by producer Noel “Detail” Fisher, claiming that he was assaulted by Drake’s bodyguard. According to TMZ, Detail, who produced...

*Janelle Monáe wants folks to get one thing clear. She is not here to ignite male fantasies. No doubt Monáe is a beautiful woman. But don’t...

*Another awards show is about to shove its way onto the TV landscape. Bravo will premiere The Bravos next month as a pop-culture-infused fan awards...

*Bernie Worrell, the funk keyboardist whose work with Parliament-Funkadelic helped to stretch the genre toward new frontiers, has died at age 72 following a battle with lung...

*Erykah Badu is in front of and behind the camera for her latest project, a music video for her collaboration with jazz pianist Robert...

*R. Kelly’s ex-wife Drea, who is pushing 50 years of age, has taken to Instagram with footage of herself twerking at an event during...