Is hip-hop bad for black America?
theGRIO REPORT - Kendrick Lamar. Nicki Minaj. Childish Gambino. Chief Keef. From the profound to the profane, these rap artists represent the scale of hip hop’s status quo, inheriting the reign of one of America’s most authentically black art-forms, for better or for worse...
Beyoncé: 'Bow Down'
theGRIO REPORT - Taking the music world by surprise, Beyonce stirred up social media frenzy after releasing her latest track “Bow Down/I Been On” on her website Sunday night.
Prince delivers funk-filled SXSW finale
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll?
10 R&B albums you may have missed while waiting for Timberlake
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - With tomorrow's new release from crooner Justin Timberlake (The 20/20 Experience), who's been championed as the savior of R&B, we at theGrio want to highlight a few albums within the past seven years that deserve more recognition....
Tone Loc collapses on stage in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Loc, whose real name is Anthony T. Smith, collapsed after finishing a song during a Saturday night concert on a bridge in downtown Des Moines...
Lil Wayne hospitalized after seizure
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
Marcus Canty makes his mark on R&B
theGRIO VIDEO - You may have seen him compete on the singing competition X-Factor, but Marcus Canty's journey didn't stop there...
Child prodigy set to take classical music by storm
theGRIO REPORT - Malik Kofi is extraordinarily talented; a child prodigy, musical genius, awe-inspiring orator, with intellectual gifts well beyond his years...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This past week found the hip-hop community commemorating one of its saddest anniversaries -- the March 9, 1997 murder of Biggie Smalls....
Singer Bilal is not a fan of the term 'neo-soul'
theGRIO VIDEO - Philly-based soul singer Bilal is a veteran artist who's collaborated with musicians and emcees from multiple genres...
