R&B

Coco Jones is having a moment. Her current single, “ICU,” advances to No. 10 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. It is her first top 10 entry on this chart.  This news follows Jones’ recent win of the Best New Artist award at the 2023 BET Awards, during which she also performed “ICU.” Before these

Notable trombonist Jeff Bradshaw has returned with his new album, Jeff Bradshaw 20, via Music Matters Entertainment/SRG-ILS Group. The 13-track project includes the previously released tracks “Carrie’s Bread Puddin‘” and “Make Some Time” featuring Eric Roberson. Both songs were released as the lead singles, the latter of which has an official music video directed by

Brian Angel of the R&B group Day26 has released a solo track titled “I Wanna See.” The Yung Lott-assisted track hears Angel singing about his desire to shower his love interest with the finer things in life. “I wanna see you wit’ a Birkin / I wanna see that you ain’t hurtin’ / Girl, I

Singer-songwriter Durand Jones has announced his headlining North American tour in support of his debut solo album, Wait Til I Get Over. The tour kicks off Sept. 19 at Old Rock House in St. Louis, Missouri. From there, Jones will make stops in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Portland, and Los Angeles, before wrapping up at 191

Mýa is still celebrating the 25th anniversary of her self-titled album. The Grammy winner has unveiled a video for “It’s All About Me (25th Anniversary Remix).” Mýa teamed up with renowned director Brian Friedman once again to direct the 2023 edition of the track. The video, choreographed by Friedman, features Mýa dancing solo in heels

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the notables who will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024. Brandy, Toni Braxton and Otis Redding are named among the 31 honorees.  Redding, known as the King of Soul, will be posthumously inducted as part of the Live Theatre/Live Performance category.

T-Pain has partnered with a new brand. Lipton Iced Tea has launched a new summer campaign with the singer/rapper reimagining “Steal My Sunshine” by rock band Len. The campaign aims to evoke childhood nostalgia among parents and to promote their new frozen treats, Pops of Sunshine, in flavors like Green Tea Citrus and Peach.  In

Victoria Monét has announced Jaguar II will release Aug. 25 via RCA Records. It’s the second and final installment in Monét’s Jaguar series; the first was released in August 2020. The announcement includes official artwork and links for pre-ordering and pre-adding on various music retailers and streaming platforms. Jaguar II will contain 11 tracks. So

Angie Stone has unveiled the video for “Love The Feeling,” which is featured on her recently released album, Love Language. The Charles West-directed video shows Stone at a grown and sexy gathering, where she is the main attraction, as couples groove to the sound of her sophisticated voice. “This video was inspired by the infectious

Patti LaBelle will honor the late Tina Turner at the 2023 BET Awards, according to BET.com. The ceremony is set to air live Sunday, June 25, at 8 p.m. ET. It has not yet been announced whether LaBelle will lead the tribute alone or be accompanied by other guests. Turner passed away at 83 due

This ‘Fresh Finds Fridays’ features Hot New R&B Releases for the week of June 16, 2023. Kiana Ledé doesn’t have any problem admitting to holding ‘Grudges,’ Phabo warns the ladies fawning over him to ‘Don’t Get Too Cozy,’ Ambré wants to know ‘Who’s Loving You?,’ and Chase Shakur finally confesses that ‘It’s Not You, It’s

Camper has a new project on the way. In an exclusive interview with Rated R&B, the Grammy-winning producer and songwriter revealed details about his upcoming compilation album titled Campilation.  “I have all the R&B artists I love that’s my family on the album together. [The album is] like what DJ Khaled did with hip-hop, but this

Last week’s Fresh Finds Fridays was a flood of new full-length albums as well as EPs. Victoria Monét even headed to the front of the line for ‘Song-of-the-Summer’ contenders. However, Chris Brown is here to put in his bid with his new single, “Summer Too Hot.”  Chris Brown – “Summer Too Hot”  Chris Brown learned

Corinne Bailey Rae has unveiled the dates for her headlining tour. The North American leg kicks off Sept. 5 in Long Island, New York, at Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University. From there, the English singer/songwriter will play in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and New Orleans. Bailey Rae will wrap up the

Ambré is everywhere. Following the release of her new EP, who’s loving you?, she visited NPR headquarters to perform for its Tiny Desk Concert series in celebration of Black Music Month. During the 18-minute set, Ambré and her band played three tracks from her 2022 EP, 3000°, which included the No. 1 single “I’m Baby.”

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has unveiled the honorees for its 46th Kennedy Center Honors, set for Dec. 3 in Washington, D.C. Music icon Dionne Warwick is among the five recipients to be celebrated at the annual event. Highlighting notables across entertainment fields who’ve had lifetime artistic achievements, the 2023 class

R&B singer SiR has teamed up with rapper D Smoke for a new bop titled “Work Hard Play Hard.” Arriving just in time for the summer season, “Work Hard Play Hard” is a fresh anthem that hears the SiR and D Smoke celebrating the fruits of their labor — and they encourage everyone else to

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and Darhyl Camper, eponymously known as Camper, is happily celebrating his fourth consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with Coco Jones’ breakout song “ICU.” He produced the piano-laden track for her debut EP, What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe), released in 2022. While working on “ICU,”