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Biggie would have been 41 today

Kyle Harvey
SLIDESHOW - On what would have been Biggie Smalls' 41st birthday, check out theGrio's 15 favorite Notorious B.I.G. songs...
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Chris Brown and Rihanna attend the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

Chris Brown 'can't be focused on wife-ing' Rihanna

Bruna Nessif E! Online
E! ONLINE - The signs were there, but now Chris Brown has laid all the facts out on the table...
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Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon renew vows in Disneyland

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon renewed their vows during a fairytale ceremony in Disneyland Tuesday evening...
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Google celebrates the late Ella Fitzgerald's birthday with doodle

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Today Google is commemorating the "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald's birthday with a Google Doodle on its search screen.
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Thieves steal $340K in jewelry from Chris Bosh's home

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Thieves made off with an estimated $340,000 in jewelry from Miami Heat star Chris Bosh's home while he was out celebrating his birthday.
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Music producer and Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient Quincy Jones attends the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees announcement at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Happy 80th birthday Quincy Jones!

Donovan X. Ramsey
SLIDESHOW - Legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones was born 79 years ago today. Jones, known as 'The Dude' or sometimes simply as 'Q,' is an American music impresario...
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Bob Marley’s granddaughter Donisha Prendergast, right, dances to reggae music during the celebration of Marley's 68th birthday at the yard of his Kingston home, in Jamaica, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Marley's relatives and old friends were joined by hundreds of tourists to dance and chant to the pounding of drums to honor the late reggae icon who died of cancer in 1981 at age 36. (AP Photo/ David McFadden)

Fans mark Marley's b'day in Jamaica

Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hundreds of tourists have joined Rastafarian priests and reggae musicians at Bob Marley's old house in Jamaica to mark the 68th anniversary of the late reggae icon's birth...
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Trayvon Martin's mom: His birthday a day to act

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - On the night before what would have been her son Trayvon Martin’s 18th birthday, Sybrina Fulton was focused on the full schedule ahead of her...
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The Rosa Parks commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service honoring of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is unveiled February 4, 2013 at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. The stamp went on sale February 4, 2013, what would have been Rosa Park's 100th birthday. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

US Postal Service issues special Rosa Parks stamp

Mike Householder, Associated Press
DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service has issued a special Rosa Parks stamp on what would have been the late civil rights icon's 100th birthday...
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Director Tyler Perry (L) and Oprah Winfrey arrive at the screening of 'Precious: Based On The Novel 'PUSH' By Sapphire' during AFI FEST 2009 held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 1, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)

Tyler Perry: Oprah 'strained her back' picking up flowers I sent

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Tyler Perry sent his close friend Oprah Winfrey such a large floral arrangement for her birthday that she 'strained her back picking it up'...
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