Heran Mamo is a senior R&B/Hip-Hop/Afrobeats writer at Billboard. She specializes in profiling both emerging and established stars in the R&B and hip-hop genres, while also overseeing Billboard's African music coverage and advocating for diverse storytelling within the industry. Heran's work has been featured in Yahoo News and Billboard.
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Heran's focus is primarily on entertainment news, particularly within the music industry. Her coverage includes a mix of event coverage, private sector announcements, and press releases related to pop music, R&B, concerts, albums, artists, and music festivals. Given this focus and her high percentage of private sector announcements in her coverage attributes suggests that she may be open to receiving pitches regarding new album releases or artist collaborations.
She seems receptive to covering trending topics such as pop music events like concerts or festivals. If you have information about upcoming events or exclusive insights into the behind-the-scenes details of major releases by popular artists in these genres, it would likely resonate with her interests.
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Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre dropped their Missionary album on Friday (Dec. 13) via Death Row Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
By: Hannah Dailey, Katie Bain, Heran Mamo, Leila Cobo, Katie Atkinson
Gracie Abrams, A. G. Cook, Victoria Monét and more acts reflect on their music victories in 2024.
Grammy-nominated musician and producer Alissia started the Studio 54-inspired series last year.
By: Damien Scott, Angel Diaz, Gail Mitchell, Kyle Denis, Carl Lamarre, Heran Mamo, Michael Saponara
Billboard staff combs through the 20 best rap albums of 2024 ranging from Future to Kendrick Lamar to Megan Thee Stallion and more.
By: Heran Mamo
Burna Boy announced that he will be releasing his eighth studio album 'No Sign of Weakness' next year, and also dropped a new single.
By: Damien Scott, Angel Diaz, Kyle Denis, Gail Mitchell, Heran Mamo, Carl Lamarre
Billboard staff selects the top best R&B albums of 2024 including Leon Thomas, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Bryson Tiller and more.
By: Heran Mamo
The Weeknd performed for over 1,000 fans at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar Tuesday night (Dec. 17) during Spotify's first Billions Club Live concert.
On Wednesday (Dec. 18), SZA unveiled the album artwork for Lana , the long-awaited deluxe edition of her blockbuster album SOS
By: Heran Mamo
Mavin Global's Rima Tahini Ighodaro has played an instrumental role in Rema and Ayra Starr’s careers since they signed to the label in 2019.
SZA has released 'Lana,' the long-awaited deluxe edition of her blockbuster album 'SOS,' on Friday (Dec. 20) via TDE and RCA Records.
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