The 1980s gifted us with amazing music, especially R&B. Many of us can recall the smooth vocals and catchy beats that defined the era. These male singers created hit songs and influenced the entire ...

DJ Cassidy has been your new quarantine best buddy in 2020, if you have any affinity at all for the classic R&B that came between the Motown era and the turn of the century, or for early hip-hip. In ...

Legendary ’70s and ’80s R&B soul-funk singer Teena Marie has died at 54. Her rep, Lynn Jeter, tells TMZ that Marie passed away last night in her sleep and was found by her daughter today. Though it’s ...

DJ Cassidy’s popular “Pass the Mic” webcast series is going to TV on Thanksgiving weekend… and going totally ’80s. BET’s Nov. 29 broadcast of “The Soul Train Awards” will be immediately followed by a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 1970s and ’80s R&B singing group Switch will perform 8 p.m. Saturday at the Goodyear Theater in Akron. The show at Karamu House tonight is closed to the public. Greg Williams, a ...

*It’s been seven years since Don Cornelius was found dead in his home of an apparent suicide, and the memory is still horrifically fresh for his protégé, 80s R&B star O’Bryan. The singer behind such ...

Pharrell and Jimmy Fallon spent some time reminiscing about their favorite (completely fake) R&B duo from back in the day–“Afro & Deziak.” The two teamed up for some new classic hits like, “Girl, I’m ...

The moment “Love Come Down” plays, you already know what it is. Get ready to do the Smurf or the wop dance. King had already blown up with the release of her disco-era song titled “Shame,” when “Love ...

Pharrell and Jimmy Fallon sure look stylin' in those shiny blazers, huh?! The Grammy-winning superstar and Tonight Show host took us back to the '80s last night performing as the fictitious R&B duo ...

Not sure what Casino del Sol was thinking when it booked 1980s R&B producer Stevie B’s “Spring Love Music Festival” on the final weekend of summer. The title is a little optimistic when you consider ...

A founding member of the popular ’80s British band Loose Ends has been detained by ICE. Singer Jane Eugene has been detained for “overstaying” her visa, according to a GoFundMe page set up for her.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about underrated voices in R&B, Tony Terry is always one of the first names that comes to mind. His voice has this rare blend of tenderness and control—a kind of soulful ...