Lil Wayne, Nas, Ice Spice and more helped celebrate the genre.
He is the recipient of the inaugural accolade following three rounds of voting by his peers.
The peer-voted award allows the music industry to participate in Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players ranking of the genres’ most influential executives.
Finalist voting is now open for Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players' Choice Award.
We break down everything that went down at our R&B/Hip-Hop power players event. Our cover stars Future and SZA present awards, City Girls headlined the event with Flo Milli also performing, and more!
Flo Milli performs ‘Conceited’ at our R&B / Hip Hop Power Players event.
The City Girls perform their hit ‘Act Up’ at our R&B / Hip Hop Power Players event.
Billboard’s Executive Director of R&B and Hip Hop Gail Mitchell and Deputy Director Carl Lamarre give an introduction to R&B / Hip Hop Power Players 2022.
Blxst accepts the Rookie of the Year from our Billboard cover star Future at our R&B / Hip-Hop Power Players 2022!
SAINt JHN accepts the Impact and Excellence award at our R&B / Hip-Hop Power Players event.