Black male R&B singers

In this week's "My First Time," R&B singer Sammie gives us the story of how an inaugural run-in with viral fame in 2016 changed his career.

R. Kelly has been accused by multiple women of knowingly infecting them with an incurable STD, and now the Feds seem to be supporting these accusations. According to Bossip, investigators have come through with receipts: In an Aug. 15 letter to Kelly’s lawyers, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Geddes said her office had Kelly’s health and medical records from […]

Brian McKnight has quickly responded to his adult children’s, Brian McKnight, Jr. and Briana McKnight, claims that he has abandoned them.

It’s often said that stardom and fame come with a price. That can definitely be said about singer/songwriter/producer Brian McKnight. Apparently, the price McKnight paid was basically abandoning his children to the point where the oldest of his two sons and his daughter both took to social media to accuse their father of being a […]

In the second part of R. Kelly’s emotional interview with CBS This Morning host Gayle King, the R&B singer addressed his failure to pay child support and blamed ex-wife Andrea Kelly’s “lies” about his abuse as the reason he can’t pay her. Sources close to the situation are calling BS on some of Kelly’s claims in the […]

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly grew up in a public housing project in one of Chicago’s toughest South Side neighborhoods and built a worldwide musical brand that earned tens of millions of dollars over a nearly 30-year career. But tax and legal issues — including recently filed charges that he sexually abused three girls and […]

Now that the full R. Kelly interview with CBS’ Gayle King has happened, most people recognize the levels of denial he appears to be in. Not only did Kelly refer to his “past” without directly admitting to sex with underage girls, he also, at one point, cried and then stood up and over Gayle as […]

Earlier today (January 29), James Ingram, the celebrated singer-songwriter who co-wrote Michael Jackson‘s “P.Y.T.” and twice won Grammys passed away. Ingram, 66, passed after a battle with brain cancer. He collected Grammys for “One Hundred Ways” in 1981 and his duet with Michael McDonald on “Yah Mo B There” won in 1984. Collaborators and friends […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials say a concert in Springfield that was to be hosted by R. Kelly cannot take place in the wake of new sexual misconduct allegations against the R&B star. Illinois Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Denise Albert told the Chicago Tribune that the application for the Spring Break Jam in April […]

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer representing a couple who appeared in a recent documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly said prosecutors in Georgia have reached out to him. Atlanta-based lawyer Gerald Griggs represents Timothy and Jonjelyn Savage, who have said repeatedly that Kelly has kept their daughter from contacting them and has brainwashed […]

Tyrese and his wife Samantha have welcomed their baby girl. Tyrese’s second daughter and his first with his current wife, was born on October 1, according to his Instagram post. Soraya joins Shayla, Tyrese’s 11-year-old daughter with his first wife, who you may remember, was the subject of a bizarre custody battle last year, much […]

The pair walked down the aisle in Los Angeles in front of 200 friends and family.