Hip Pop R&B

Hip Pop & R&B; is a musical genre that combines three different genres of Hip Hop, contemporary R&B; and Pop. Early on artists like Chaka Khan, Prince, and Jody Watley who were R&B; artists often used rap artists in their songs to give it a Hip Hop sound. This genre wasn't popularized until 1995 when artists such as Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige first did it. Some would say Mariah Carey started the trend with her Hip Hop/Pop/R&B; collaboration ... more
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