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    This Is Why R&B Music Still Matters

    "I feel like I can be everything I am musically inside of that genre."

    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

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    Bryshere Y. Gray

    Estelle

    Mali Music

    Bilal

    Luke James