Jermaine Dupri told USA TODAY that he plans to execute the "tribute of all tributes" at Essence Fest in New Orleans on July 6 ...

On Sunday, Dupri will lead a tribute to Jones as part of a new “Essence Flowers” series at the festival. The show will feature Tyrese, Robin Thicke, Al B. Sure, Xscape, MC Lyte, The Pharcyde, Mobb ...

To read about the polymath was to marvel at how much he was venerated by the best and seemingly brightest. As no less than Oprah Winfrey once said, Nichols was the individual that everyone wanted to ...

Sixteen years after pop icon Michael Jackson's death, his influence still shapes music and culture, proving the lasting power ...

Musician collaborations are always a tricky topic. They are usually done from a commercial perspective or lack the impact ...

Toto’s David Paich on the sessions he still can’t believe became hits, from “Africa” to Boz Scaggs’ “Lowdown.” ...

A Yacht Rock duet? Patti Austin and James Ingram proved how it could be done on the sultry "Baby, Come To Me".

British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier performing before an audience of Sydney Conservatorium ...

The reading list in Rock Music Menu’s Summer Essentials. (Courtesy of, clockwise from top left, Akashic Books, Akashic Books, Jawbone Press, Enemy Books, Motorbooks, St. Martin’s Press, Jawbone Press.

That was the last time Billboard tackled the monumental feat of ranking the top R&B artists, dating back to the ‘50s. Michael ...

Michael Jackson first rose to fame in the early ‘70s as the pint-sized frontman of Motown’s Jackson 5. But Jackson became a bonafide superstar with his first solo album for Epic Records, Off the Wall, ...

Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones at the 1984 Grammy Awards. Jackson had a preternatural ability to sing, dance and write, while Jones had an alchemical ability to turn it all into pop gold.