Beyoncé is shown in promotional imagery for “Cowboy Carter,” the country-influenced album and tour era that helped propel her to billionaire...

Don Bryant poses for a press photograph during the promotion of his 2017 comeback album “Don’t Give Up on Love.” The Memphis soul singer and...

The album cover for “Let God Sort Em Out,” Clipse’s first full-length release since 2009, produced entirely by Pharrell Williams and cited a...

Big Sean poses in Detroit Pistons gear in a promotional image shared on Instagram. The Detroit native was recently named the franchise’s cre...

Wiz Khalifa performs during a live concert in 2023. The rapper was later sentenced by a Romanian court in connection with cannabis use durin...

Kay Flock, born Kevin Perez, is shown in a photo shared on social media. The Bronx drill rapper was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal...

Donna Summer performs during the inaugural gala at the Washington Convention Center on Jan. 19, 1985, in Washington, D.C. Long remembered as...

Lizzo performs on President James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute during a visit to the Library of Congress in Washington on Sept. 26, 2022. Th...

Carl Carlton on the cover of his 1981 self-titled album, which featured the Grammy-nominated hit “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s ...

Lil Jon rides the Toys“R”Us float during the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. His viral “Turn Down for What” moment has sinc...

Tyrone “Fly Ty” Williams, the pioneering founder of Cold Chillin’ Records and one of hip-hop’s first major-label executives, in an undated p...

Phil Upchurch, a Chicago-born guitarist and composer whose six-decade career bridged jazz, soul and R&B and included collaborations with...