Singer, dancer Big Freedia to star in TV show
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The singer and dancer known as Big Freedia is taking his hypersexual, booty-shaking moves from the streets of New Orleans to cable television with a reality show in the Fuse network...
AEG CEO describes Michael Jackson as forceful businessman
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The CEO of AEG Live LLC told jurors he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman, not the drugged-up performer who's been described throughout a civil trial...
'Incredible' Kanye quotes from NYT
SLIDESHOW - Whether its crashing Taylor Swift's Video Music Awards speech or clashing on live TV opposite Matt Lauer, the guy knows how to create a viral media moment...
5 things we want from 'Yeezus'
OPINION - Call him ridiculous or call him brilliant, there is no doubt that Kanye West is one of the musical geniuses of Generation Y...
Amanda Bynes asked to join hip-hop record label
theGRIO REPORT - Fans of the former Nickelodean star may actually have a chance to hear her rap.
Waka Flocka fan chooses concert over marriage
theGRIO REPORT - Music can influence many things -- but in the case of 53-year-old Dianne D. from South Florida, it ended her three-year marriage...
theGrio's top black music moguls
SLIDESHOW - The music industry has produced many artists who have earned big bucks inside and outside of the studio...
Flight passengers sing R. Kelly hit while stuck on tarmac for hours
Passengers grew impatient Sunday after their Allegiant Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix was delayed and decided to sing an R. Kelly hit to kill the time.
Is Kanye's new music blasphemous?
OPINION - Would I have used the word “God” to describe my dominance in my field of work? No. But that’s what makes Kanye, well, Kanye...
Ciara gets served legal papers in middle of concert
VIDEO - The singer, who was headlining the 2013 Los Angeles Gay Pride Festival, was in the middle of performing her hit song 'Body Party' when an audience member made it to the front of the stage and placed legal papers into her hand...
