Anthony Hamilton on fatherhood: 'I've seen it all'
theGRIO REPORT - To millions, Anthony Hamilton is recognized as an award-winning singer with a soulful voice and arresting vocals – but to his six children, he is simply 'dad'...
Director Aristotle on the art of making music videos
VIDEO - Growing up, music video director Aristotle Torres didn’t have dreams to become one of hip-hop culture’s premier filmmakers. The Bronx native believed he’d be an attorney...
theGrio's top 10 most relevant rappers
SLIDESHOW - For every mainstream artist name dropping Molly in every rap track, they’re artists that are still trying to push the culture forward with detailed lyricism that the right amount of ears aren’t hearing...
BET awards nominations announced
theGRIO REPORT - Artists Kendrick Lamar and Tamar Braxton announced the nominees for this year’s annual BET Awards earlier today...
Slideshow: Hip-hop's best '4/20' high points
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - In honor of the unofficial holiday that is '4/20' (a.k.a. Marijuana Day), theGrio listed some of the more memorable cuts dedicated to the sticky icky...
Jay-Z announces festival returning to Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jay-Z says his 'Made in America' festival is coming back to Philadelphia...
Is hip-hop bad for black America?
theGRIO REPORT - Kendrick Lamar. Nicki Minaj. Childish Gambino. Chief Keef. From the profound to the profane, these rap artists represent the scale of hip hop’s status quo, inheriting the reign of one of America’s most authentically black art-forms, for better or for worse...
Drake drops new single '5am In Toronto'
theGRIO REPORT - While you were sleeping last night , Drake dropped a single for your listening pleasure. The track is called '5AM In Toronto' and yes, it’s a banger...
theGrio goes backstage at the Grammy Awards
theGRIO REPORT - As expected, the Grammy Awards gave a lot of love to Jay-Z, Kanye West, Adele and Frank Ocean, who marked a breakthrough year with six nominations, two wins, and his debut awards performance...
Listen: Drake's new single 'Started From The Bottom'
theGRIO REPORT - After more than a year without a real album, Drake is back with a proper single...
