The Heat: Today's R&B Hit Music

What You'll Hear

Today's R&B Hits from artists like Sir, Cardi B, doja cat, Ari Lennox, and Rae Sremmurd.

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The Heat Video Performances

Watch exclusive video performances from the SiriusXM studios, featuring hot R&B artists such as Jessie Reyez, Ari Lennox, and more.
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Swaggy Sie Interviews

SiriusXM’s Swaggy Sie hosts exclusive interviews with artists such as Cordae, Ty Dolla $ign, Mario, and more.
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Conversations with Dion Deezy

SiriusXM host Dion Deezy gets into what’s hot in R&B and hip-hop with exclusive interviews with artists including Keke Palmer, Usher, Karamo Brown, and others—as well as fellow radio personalities such as Isaac Carree.
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Mina SayWhat Interviews

Join Mina’s house for exclusive interviews with rappers Erica Banks, Yung Bleu, Megan Thee Stallion, and others about their songs, success, and journeys.
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Shows, Schedules & Info Featured Show

The Hotness

The Heat's weekly 35 countdown! The "Fire Department" has spoken and assembled The Heat's most popular 35 songs of the week! While we count from 35-to-1, we'll throw in a few throwbacks, new music, celebrity interviews, and more. Every week, join The Heat on our journey through the biggest Hip-Hop and R&B joints in North America – on our way to #1!

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The Heat with Mina SayWhat

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Mina SayWhat is a multi-media personality who is smart, sexy and cool. She is very outspoken, down to earth and loves to laugh. Mina is heating up your evenings with what's HOT now in R&B and Hip Hop

The Heat

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Rhythm hits blaze on The Heat! The music burnin' up the charts, or soon to be the next household name – hear Beyonce, Ty Dolla $ign, Kendrick Lamar and more.

The Heat with Swaggy Sie

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Swaggy Sie, Brooklyn born and raised so the hustle comes natural and the trends stay lit. Whether it's new music, new fashion, or some juicy celebrity tea, expect "The Heat Wave." Swaggy Sie delivers it first!

The Heat with Dion

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Dion Summers brings knowledge of and passion for hip-hop and R&B to The Heat, blazing the hottest R&B hits from artists including SZA, Miguel, The Weeknd and more.

Top Shelf

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The Heat’s “revamped” new music show, now featuring new and upcoming R&B and Hip-Hop from SiriusXM AND Pandora. Every week, hear music and artists breaking from both platforms, hosted by Pandora’s Head of Hip-Hop, J1!

Friday Nite Fire Mix Show with DJ Steel

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Every Friday Night DJ Steel brings his electric and versatile sound to the turntables! He will be mixing new records and letting you know what's HOT in the clubs.

Heat Work Out Saturdays

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Heat Workout, taking over The Heat every Saturday morning with non-stop, upbeat RnB and Hip Hop for the gym or your morning run. It's one of more than 100 Xtra channels available on the SiriusXM app. Sweat it out...Every Saturday Morning!

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Saturday Night Lit

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The newest addition to our late night line up! DJ Steel is mixing the hottest in R&B and Hip Hop and kickin it with a special guest our two. It's a lit-uation!

The Heat with DJ Steel

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A force within the dynamic New York City nightlife and party scene, DJ Steel shares the traits of his namesake, strong, dependable, cool and electric. Recognized for his insatiable mixing and scratching skills, stylish flair, good looks and a suave personality, DJ Steel easily appeals to the masses. Now he's on The Heat spinning the hottest in R&B and hip hop including Migos, Beyonce, Cardi B and more.

The Heat with Herkules

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By listening to music with his father, Herkules learned to appreciate legends like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, The Commodores, and The Ohio Players. Now he blazes today's hottest R&B hits, including Chris Brown, Post Malone, Lecrae and more.

My Hot Five

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You heard the stars do it…now you can! Listeners just like you…takin over The Heat. Steppin’ to the mic, giving shout-outs, and picking their favorite Hot RnB and Hip Hop songs!

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Mina SayWhat

Mina SayWhat is a multi-media personality who is smart, sexy, and cool. She is very outspoken, down to earth, and loves to laugh. Her show #MinasHouse can be heard nationwide evenings on The Heat.

Swaggie Sie

Listen in as Swaggy Sie keeps you trapped in all things hip-hop, from the latest fashion and what’s trending to all your social media bombshells, all while moving through your favorite hip-hop hits. Who’s dropping what? Swaggy knows…The Culture Trap delivering everything hip-hop, on Hip-Hop Nation and The Heat.

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DJ Steel

A force within the dynamic New York City nightlife and party scene, DJ Steel shares the traits of his namesake: strong, dependable, cool, and electric. Recognized for his mixing and scratching skills by young trendy movers and shakers, Steel has created a dynamic buzz and established a loyal fan base in the surrounding metro areas with his distinct style and versatile sound. Stylish flair, good looks, and a suave personality combined with his unique ability to sample music from various genres, made it easy for DJ Steel to appeal to the masses.

Herkules

""The Strongest Man In Radio" is what many have known Herkules as since he 's been on the radio. Herk is also known for just having a great time from his ""YOU BIG DUMMY AWARD"" to entertainment news to just saying things that we think but sometimes don 't say. And don 't forget to spell his name with a K!"

Dion

Don’t judge DION DEEZY! Sure, it’s quite easy to, given his questionable taste in ratchet reality television coupled with his enjoyment of a good piece of scolding hot gossip. But, he does it all for YOU…keeping his listeners up to date on who’s loving who, who’s losing who, and why. Get through your day with equal doses of BAD and BOUGIE, during the judgement-free zone we call THE DION SHOW.

Déjà vu

Joshua “J1” Raiford

Joshua “J1” Raiford has been passionate about the music business since he was a 14-year-old DJ in Harlem, NYC. After graduating from Morehouse College, J1 worked to become one of the hottest club DJs in Atlanta which helped get him a position as an on-air mixer. He quickly rose through the radio ranks, ultimately becoming a program director. After taking the station to number one, J1 was recruited by Pandora Music to be their new head of hip-hop. When he’s not working, you can find him either going on long jogs or practicing martial arts, which he’s been training in for many years.