Akon, Ludacris, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Talib Kweli, BeBe Winans, Three 6 Mafia, Jermaine Dupri, Scott Storch and Jamie Foxx are among the host of artists and producers paying tribute to Quincy Jones on “Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.”

Check out the police photographic stylings of stars from Lil Wayne and Akon to Jim Morrison and John Mayer. The dapper, the demented looking, and the just damn angry.

Check out the police photographic stylings of stars from Lil Wayne and Akon to Jim Morrison and John Mayer. The dapper, the demented looking, and the just damn angry.

Readers discuss “Contra,” songs that have peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, including (so far) “Bad Romance” and an R&B legend.

Enrique Iglesias, the Latin artist who has most consistently released hit albums and singles in both English and Spanish and the artist with the most No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart (20), is putting the finishing touches on an album split evenly between both languages.

R&B/hip-hop. Pop. Rock. Reggae. Brazilian rhythms. And, of course, crunk.