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Jay-Z attends the grand opening of the 40/40 Club at Barclays Center on September 27, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Jay-Z: Bringing Nets to Brooklyn an American dream

John Carucci, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z has accomplished a lot in his career, but his latest feat has him feeling that like he's living the American dream...
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"Hard Knock Life"

theGrio's 20 greatest Jay-Z jams

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SLIDESHOW - Check out our list (in no particular order) of the 20 greatest Jay-Z jams of all time and let us know -- did we pick the best of the best?...
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Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jay-Z opens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the team's co-owner, Jay-Z, christened the venue Friday night in uniform...
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Jay-Z attends the grand opening of the 40/40 Club at Barclays Center on September 27, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Jay-Z readies 1st show at Barclays

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Call it his official homecoming: Jay-Z will perform the first of eight shows at the newly built Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night...
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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 05: The Barclay Center, a sports arena and future home of the the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets, is seen under construction on March 5, 2012 at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The stadium is scheduled to open September 28, 2012; the New Jersey Nets will be renamed the Brooklyn Nets. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Decades later, Brooklyn has its own pro team again

Meghan Barr, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - After decades without a professional sports team, New York City's ascendant borough is hitting the major leagues again on Friday when the Brooklyn Nets' new arena opens to the public...
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Amor Lilman - Pull Ya Pants Up

9-year-old Brooklyn boy raps against sagging: 'Pull Ya Pants Up'

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - One young man in Brooklyn is especially tired of the continuing pants sagging trend. Nine-year-old Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga of Flatbush, Brooklyn is so irate over seeing trousers slung below the hips that he wrote a rap about it -- aptly titled 'Pull Ya Pants Up'...
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Yvette Clark on the Colbert Show

NY Congresswoman thinks there were slaves...in 1898

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Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who represents New York's 11th district in Brooklyn, had a chat with Stephen Colbert in her office and the two discussed about rap, time machines, and history...
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Ben Akselrod (courtesy of his campaign website)

NYC Democrat's mailer decries crime rise in 'negrohood'

Craig Stanley
theGRIO REPORT - Brooklyn Democrat Ben Akselrod is apologizing after his campaign literature -- which used the term 'negrohood' instead of 'neighborhood' -- circulated in the Sheephead Bay community.
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Erykah1

Afro Punk festival transcends to new heights

Craig Stanley
theGRIO REPORT - After last year’s cancellation due to Hurricane Irene, the Afro-Punk Festival returned this year with an evolved identity, catering to a cultural amalgamation of young folks...
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Ronald Wallace Jr. was shot once in the back at the corner of Tapscott Street and Blake Avenue in Brownsville, according to police

Brooklyn boy, 13, dies after being shot in back

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NEW YORK - Police say a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Brooklyn early Friday...
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