Music·Posted on Jul 8, 2016This Is Why R&B Music Still Matters"I feel like I can be everything I am musically inside of that genre."by by Michael BlackmonBuzzFeed Staff, by Sylvia ObellBuzzFeed News ReporterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail In recent years, there have been several discussions about where R&B is headed as a genre. Some fear that it's disappearing. So we decided to ask artists why R&B is still important today at this year's Essence Festival. Heres what they had to say: Kelly Price Tweet Bryshere Y. Gray Estelle Mali Music Bilal Luke James