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Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images for REVOLVE 3 New Hip-Hop and R&B Songs You Must Hear This Week (4/24/26)
Noisey selects three of the best new hip-hop songs and R&B records from this week’s loaded slate of releases.
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Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images T-Pain Nearly Left the Music Industry in the 2010s After a String of Bad Breaks: ‘You Were Wrong This Time’
T-Pain candidly opened up about how he lost his love for music in the early 2010s and how it launched him into a deep depression.
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Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic Usher Reveals What Working With Diddy Was Really Like (And Why He Doesn’t Regret the ‘Hardest Days’ of His Life)
Usher recalled how his early days with Diddy as a teenager in New York were ‘the hardest days of my life.’
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Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella SZA’s Record Label Forced the Release of Her Iconic Debut Album Because She ‘Kept F***ing Everything Up’
SZA opens up about the creation of her debut album ‘Ctrl’ back in 2017, admitting her anxiety nearly caused her to scrap the whole record.
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(Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images) The Weeknd Credits His Raunchiest Lyrics to One Problematic R&B Figure: ‘That’s Me Paying Homage’
The Weeknd shares some of his influences in a throwback interview, revealing how one problematic R&B artist informed some of his choices.
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Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images 3 New Hip-Hop and R&B Songs You Must Hear This Week (4/17/26)
Noisey selects three of the best new hip-hop songs and R&B records from this week’s loaded slate of releases.