Jay-Z: Bringing Nets to Brooklyn an American dream
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...
theGrio's 20 greatest Jay-Z jams
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?...
Jay-Z opens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love
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...
Jay-Z readies 1st show at Barclays
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...
Decades later, Brooklyn has its own pro team again
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...
9-year-old Brooklyn boy raps against sagging: 'Pull Ya Pants Up'
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'...
NY Congresswoman thinks there were slaves...in 1898
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...
NYC Democrat's mailer decries crime rise in 'negrohood'
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.
Afro Punk festival transcends to new heights
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...
Brooklyn boy, 13, dies after being shot in back
NEW YORK - Police say a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Brooklyn early Friday...
