Malcolm X's grandson reportedly slain in Mexico
theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, the 27-year-old grandson of the late Malcolm X, is dead, the Amsterdam News reported Thursday...
After recent deaths, health is new priority in rap
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes.
Overdose suspected in death of Kris Kross rapper
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report...
Remembering Kris Kross' Chris Kelly, and the power of 'Jump'
LA TIMES - Dupri's vision was simple: a kid rap group. But it was the execution of 'Jump,' and most of their debut, that was brilliant//
Angela Davis lawyer Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend radical Angela Davis in a sensational 1972 murder case, has died. He was 91...
Why Richie Havens will be missed
OPINION - Havens more than showed that with his music and his never tiring dedication and passion to the cause of peace and civil rights. He was truly the universal man...
Woodstock folk singer Richie Havens dead at 72
NEW YORK (AP) - Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He returned to the site during the 40th anniversary in 2009...
Will 'Rainbow Nation' die once Mandela is gone?
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Discussing what will happen to the country once its iconic leader Nelson Mandela dies has long been a culturally and politically taboo subject in South Africa
Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the jailing of Nelson Mandela...
Black Britons have mixed feelings about Margaret Thatcher legacy
theGRIO REPORT - In Britain, Thatcher was a divisive force, who you either loved or loathed...
