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Rapper Lil' Wayne performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 21, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

Lil Wayne addresses US flag flap

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Lil Wayne created a firestorm on social media after a video for the rapper's new single "God Bless Amerika" leaked and it showed images of him stepping on the American flag...
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Lil Wayne's flag foul

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Footage of Lil Wayne taping the music video for his new song “God Bless America” has hit the web – and fans aren’t too happy...
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HOLLYWOOD - MAY 25: The band Lynyrd Skynyrd arrives at the American Idol Finale: Results Show held at the Kodak Theatre on May 25, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Band defends its display of Confederate flag

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT -American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, have decided, amidst backlash from their fans, to continue the use of the confederate flag...
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Black radio host criticizes Gabby Douglas for lack of patriotism

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORT - Conservative radio host David Webb prodded Olympic star Gabby Douglas suggesting that gold medal winner and her teammates aren’t displaying the appropriate level of patriotism at the Olympics...
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theGrio essay winner: The meaning of the flag

Gene Cartwright
OPINION - What does the American flag mean to me? Few questions are more thought-provoking...
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