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Connecticut’s longest-running hip hop and R&B radio station celebrates 25 years on air

WZMX‑FM Hot 93.7 has marked 25 years since the station switched formats and began broadcasting hip hop and R&B across the ...
RBR

Audacy Reorganizes Its Hip-Hop, R&B Station Leadership

As Audacy Inc. works through its prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization in a Houston federal bankruptcy court, the Philadelphia-headquartered company on Thursday unveiled “new organization and ...
Essence

How Did Hip-Hop And R&B Become One Genre?

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

T.I. Tops Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart for First Time Since 2013’s ‘Blurred Lines’

T.I. wraps a nearly 13-year wait to lead the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart again. "Let 'Em Know, from his last album, Kill the King, reigns.
Indy Week

DURM Hip Hop Summit & K97.5: Why can’t local rap and radio get it together?

Local hip-hop radio could learn a lot from the shopping mall. In recent months, The Streets at Southpoint, the sprawling 1.3-million-square-foot emporium a dozen miles from downtown Durham, has ...