One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

R &B classics singers are coming to the Miramar Cultural Center on Friday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. The trio After 7 will be joined ...

Although mum on most participants, Cassidy is proud to have three all-female groups from the era — TLC, En Vogue and SWV — joining a lineup he says will be full of surprises Tuesday night. “I haven’t ...

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 ...

When it comes to music, the ‘80s and ’90s had it all — from bubblegum pop songs to boy band ballads to R&B hits. Now, you can relive the beloved decades with some of DJ Cassidy’s favorite hits. “[This ...

This sea change opened the door to R&B artists finally doing collaborations with rappers. Many of black music’s gatekeepers weren’t fond of rap, including Don Cornelius, Frankie Crocker, and Donnie ...

The R&B world has been hit hard by tragedy and heartbreak in 2025. News broke earlier this month that iconic Atlantic Starr frontman Wayne Lewis died at the age of 68. That makes at least 16 notable ...

*Twenty-three years ago today, R&B singer Jermaine Stewart died of AIDS-related liver cancer at the age of 39. In honor of his unacknowledged contribution to 80s R&B and dance music, we’re celebrating ...

It has been a brutal year for the R&B world with several talented singers having already lost their lives in 2025. Sadly, Randy Brown joined that list on March 5, according to multiple reports. He was ...

Wayne Lewis, founding member of the platinum-selling R&B group Atlantic Starr, has died. He was 68 years old. Lewis died on Thursday, June 5, according to a Facebook post from Atlantic Starr on Friday ...

In the ’80s, while bands such as The Smiths and Frankie Goes to Hollywood were putting out songs with queer-coded lyrics about the forbidden love that dare not speak its name like “Hand in Glove” and ...

Chico DeBarge, an R&B singer whose musical career peaked in the 1980s and 1990s, was arrested in Burbank for drug possession, police confirmed with NBC Los Angeles Wednesday. The Burbank Police ...