Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the 21st Century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The category ranks the best-performing acts in that span ...

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in March 2020 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Last weekend, Drake released “When To Say When,” an introspective track that utilized the ...

In 2001, Just Blaze, the producer of “Song Cry,” made a soul sample. In 2020, JuneTheJenius, the producer of “When To Say When,” made a rap song sample. Junius retweeted a supporter who beamed, “‘Song ...