Why do male R&B singers hardly collab?

[n0ne 13,105]

This randomly popped up in my head; the fact that there is hardly any male R&B collabs.

You'll see a male R&B artist collab with a female/male rapper or a female R&B/Pop artist but rarely see a collab between 2 male R&B artists.

Why is that?

Do you think it's because male R&B artists have this sense of hyper masculinity they want to protect and showcase; And are worried about a perception of them that could from singing on track with another man?

Could it derive from what The Weeknd said,"All these R&B ni**** be so lame"? The fact that male R&B singers are known to feud with each other and dislike each other. So they don't really work with each other because most of the time they think other male R&B artists are wack?

Or do you think it's something else?

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[FfFfFfFF 54,893]

Stereotypically black male singers are associted with hip hop and black women with R&B so I don't think there are a lot of R&B males (and even so the majority of them could be a hip hip - R&B crossover).

On the other hand collabs between hip hop guys are common. 

[n0ne 13,105]

3 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

 

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2 minutes ago, lilmonster93 said:

I pointed about R. Kelly and his infamous collab. 

[LuvitLevit 639]

I believe it's newer males in R&b.  This was not the case in the 90s and early to mid 00s.  We had more r&b collaborations, like Gerald Levert and Johnny Gill, and 112 and Usher, and so on.  Perhaps it's generational, but it will come back.  I miss it too.

[Pacify Him 9,073]

Masculinity problems

[Jenny Review 67]

Simply because pop music is dead and urban is taking over !

so now every pop artist wants a rapper or an R&B singer for radio play

in the past years R&B acts were influenced by pop like beyoncé and rihanna and chris brown

So now every R&B singer wants a rapper for the same reason or trying more urban stuff