At just 10 years old, Christopher Brent Wood’s ­metamorphosis into indie disruptor Brent Faiyaz began. As he collected CDs by D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill and Joe, among other R&B/hip-hop artists ...

If there’s one thing that can be said for Brent Faiyaz, it’s that he has a loyal following. Fans packed the sold-out, 5,509-seat MGM Music Hall at Fenway Wednesday night, ready to belt out ...

Fast-rising R&B star Brent Faiyaz has struck a wide-ranging partnership with Steve Stoute’s company UnitedMasters that spans a recording partnership and a creative agency. UnitedMasters CEO and ...

New releases from Brent Faiyaz and Muni Long show how the genre has evolved in recent years. By Jon Caramanica There’s a beautiful, crabby song in the middle of “Wasteland,” the new album by ...

The billboards belonged to 26-year-old singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz; the album in question was “Wasteland,” a cautionary, R&B-trap opera deriding fame in a time of social and political upheaval.

Brent Faiyaz surprised fans with the news of a new record early Thursday morning. Dubbed “Larger Than Life,” the 14-song collection serves as the follow-up to 2022’s “Wasteland,” which ...

On wax, Brent Faiyaz often comes off as laconic and over it, qualities that have made his moody brand of so-called “toxic” R&B one of the genre’s most exciting prospects in years.