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Waka Flocka to pay over $500,000 for North Carolina shooting

theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka has been ordered to pay $501,000 for a North Carolina shooting that happened last year...

Rising rap star A$AP Rocky: 'I come from the underground'

Kyle Harvey

theGRIO VIDEO - Harlem emcee A$AP Rocky has used his first single on his upcoming label debut LongLiveA$AP to showcase this generation’s talent...

Rapper AP .9 allegedly shopping naked photos of Coco

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - The pictures that surfaced of Coco and rapper AP .9 cozying up together in Las Vegas a couple weeks back stirred up some trouble for husband and wife Ice-T and Coco...

Hip-hop community responds to Sandy Hook tragedy

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop artists have oftentimes been criticized for glamorizing gun violence, with some rappers even brandishing guns in music videos or posing with weapons in ad campaigns...

Rapper 'Fat Joe' admits tax evasion in NJ court

Samantha Henry, Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The rap artist 'Fat Joe' pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to pay taxes on nearly $3 million in income he earned over two years for performances and music royalties...

The top 10 rap lyrics of 2012

Shawn Setaro, Rap Genius

RAP GENIUS - It's been a long time coming, but the end of 2012 -- barring the Mayan apocalypse that is, at the time of this writing, still several days away -- is upon us...