There’s not a ton of nostalgia for 2000s pop R&B. What critical enthusiasm the music generated tended to come from rank poptimists, who are now on to the next new sound. Meanwhile, the ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

Watching Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke dominate the VMAs and rack up hits on both pop and urban radio, it’s easy to forget that the R&B game rarely embraced white artists throughout the ’90s. But ...

Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list. What a difference 10 years can make. That was the last time Billboard ...

It's tough to gauge an artist's intentions. How can you? You don't know what they were thinking when they hopped in the booth. (And anyway, does it even matter?) That said, we here at Complex sleep a ...

Editor's note: This post was originally published in October 2019 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. The Grammy nominee had struggled with health issues since his 2019 stroke. 15 days ago ...