"It's still a shock to me that anybody knows, loves and appreciates my music," she said at Billboard House.
Jill Scott at the Billboard House: R&B/Hip-Hop 2026 panels held on September 9, 2026 in New York City, New York.
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Jill Scott received all of her flowers during Billboard‘s 2026 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players celebration on Wednesday (Sept. 9).
The Grammy-winning R&B icon graced a panel at Billboard House — a series of artist-forward talks hosted at Ludlow House — moderated by Billboard staff writer Kyle Denis. Throughout the half-hour conversation, Scott reflected on her first stab at songwriting with 1999’s seminal “You Got Me,” the most important lessons she learned from her Who Is Jill Scott? debut album cycle, the harshest realities of touring in 2026 for her new To Whom This May Concern LP and the newly released third installment of the Why Did I Get Married? franchise. Later that evening, Scott was formally inducted into Billboard‘s R&B Hall of Fame.
