Jill Scott has been in the news for both career milestones and setbacks: she was inducted into the R&B Hall of Fame at a Billboard event and is among the artists featured in a crowded R&B album category at the 2027 Grammys, while her South African tour finale was canceled weeks before the shows and she postponed the rest of her U.S. tour after testing positive for COVID. She has also spoken about going independent and the resulting $19M record label lawsuit, and continues to describe her career as a mission rather than a job.