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theGRIO REPORT – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis recently performed in their hometown of Seattle, Washington over the weekend, but the Grammy awarding duo is facing backlash for what Macklemore wore on stage while performing “Thrift Shop”…
Troubled singer Chris Brown, is reportedly sharing the same cell block with another r&b act in LA…
theGRIO REPORT – TheGrio.com caught up with John Holland, a writer for the upcoming WSHH TV project, to get a better idea of what fans can expect from the pilot…
theGRIO REPORT – Drumline, the 2002 movie that launched Nick Cannon’s acting career and shed light on the black college experience, will return to the small screen for a sequel later this year…
theGRIO REPORT – In another twist to the Donald Sterling saga, an aspiring rapper has come forward claiming he helped the Clippers owner date and have sex with women…
theGRIO VIDEO – With a little help from L.A. Reid and Timbaland, fans were treated to a brand new Michael Jackson album, Xscape this week…
theGRIO VIDEO – Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Kelly Price is at a point in her career where she’s feeling reflective…
theGRIO VIDEO – Last week it was reported reality star Apollo Nida was facing serious jail time for multiple charges that included mail, wire, and bank fraud…
theGRIO VIDEO – Last week, the Financial Times broke the news that Beats Entertainment, the headphones and music service, owned by Dr. Dre and business partner, Jimmy Iovine, were in the process of being acquired by Apple for the sum of 3.2 billion dollars…
ATLANTA (AP) — Pepsi is pairing singers and filmmakers to release a visual album that celebrates football during the World Cup…
theGRIO REPORT – Last week, LL Cool J received an honorary doctorate degree from Northeastern University. The moment became even more special because he shared the experience with his daughter, Italia Smith who also graduated.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is orchestrating a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, the headphone maker and music streaming distributor founded by hip-hop star Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine, according to a published report…
theGRIO VIDEO – Earlier this week, hip hop magazine, XXL released its highly anticipated annual ‘Freshman Class’ list where the XXL staff shed light on who they believe will be the next biggest stars in the rap game…
theGRIO REPORT – The mother of shooting victim, Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton has set her sights on helping to heal other mothers who have loss a child to senseless gun violence…
theGRIO VIDEO – If there were any doubts that Xscape wasn’t in the capable hands of Timbaland, the second track may make the most skeptical of MJ fans breathe a sigh of relief…
theGRIO REPORT – While soul singer Aloe Blacc has been a musician for ten plus years, his journey to mainstream stardom was an unlikely path…
theGRIO REPORT – With Def Jam and its Universal Music Group imprint currently crumbling, one of it’s major artist is reportedly jumping ship…
Nicki Minaj warned her fans on “Chiraq” that she had some tricks up her sleeve before the release of the Pinkprint and as promised the leader of the ‘barbz’ reached out to an unlikely source for her latest track…
A New York based web designer and data analyst, Matt Daniels , took up the ambitious task of comparing hip hop’s best emcees to see if their vocabulary stacked up against some of classical literature’s greatest authors.
theGRIO REPORT – Pharrell’s internationally-loved single “Happy”, was originally meant for rapper Cee Lo Green…