Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. News of D'Angelo's death has rattled the world of music. The neo-soul trailblazer, who was only 51, had been privately battling ...

Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul. Where for arte thou, Neo-Soul? With all due respect to R&B/Soul’s subgenre, Neo-Soul never really left, but became an acceptable addition to the R&B family (sans title). Kedar ...

R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer D'Angelo died Tuesday at 51 years old after a fight with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from his family. While the four-time Grammy winner is most widely ...

(Reuters) -Grammy-winning R&B artist D'Angelo, a pioneer of neo-soul music, died at the age of 51 on Tuesday "after a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer," his family said in a statement. "We ...

In the latest installment of our Retro Neo series, R&B singer Q describes how neo-soul is the identity of the Black community. The East London singer is the latest artist featured in Okayplayer’s ...

“[Neo-soul] made it cool to speak your truth in music. A lot of times R&B sounded like a fantasy," WPNOFLOVE said. "But, when you listen to [Anthony Hamilton’s] ‘Charlene,’ you’re like, 'this is real.

Black History Month is a time to celebrate the strength and resilience of Black leaders across the nation — moreover their achievements and impact on society, culture and history One especially ...

Self-taught on the drums at the age of 6. Raised on a mix of A Tribe Called Quest, Chuck Berry, and Lauryn Hill. Taking meetings with Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation before her debut release even ...

Angie Stone, neo-soul singer and member of the pioneering all-female hip-hop group the Sequence, has died at the age of 63. The singer’s rep Deborah R. Champagne told TMZ that Stone died in a car ...

While most students’ first exposure to instruments and music is through plastic recorders and toy bongos from their elementary school days, Austin Moore-Farrow was surrounded by a guitar — and an ...

Roy Ayers, the jazz and R&B musician known as the "godfather of neo-soul" music, has died following a "long illness." He was 84. The news was shared Wednesday night to Ayers' social media accounts, ...