Why rapper Macklemore’s indie rise is a simple white lie
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Listen: Drake's new single 'Started From The Bottom'
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Lil Wayne drops f-bomb after losing pre-Super Bowl game
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Review: Rapper Pusha T goes biblical on 'Wrath Of Caine'
REVIEW - After weeks of promotion, the bully of G.O.O.D. music, Pusha T, released his highly anticipated mixtape, 'Wrath of Caine'...
Nicki Minaj isn't sweating lack of Grammy nods
NEW YORK (AP) - Despite having a big year in music, Nicki Minaj didn't receive any Grammy nominations. Not a problem, she says...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - We at Rap Genius spent most of this week waiting with baited breath for Pusha T's new mixtape (no, really, we had an office-wide countdown!), and were not at all disappointed...
Police: Shots fired, rapper Rick Ross crashes Rolls
VIDEO - On the morning of his 37th birthday, rapper Rick Ross may have been involved in a car crash that stemmed from a shooting...
LL Cool J talks troubled youth with Oprah
theGRIO REPORT - In a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey for an upcoming episode of Oprah's Next Chapter, the rapper-turned-actor opened up about a friend of his mother savagely beating when he was a young child...
The Roots and Elvis Costello to release album together
theGRIO REPORT - One of hip-hop's greatest bands are collaborating with a rock music legend...
John Legend, 2 Chainz, MC Lyte honored at Hip-Hop Ball
John Legend believes hip-hop played its part in helping Barack Obama become president, and he's proud at how the genre has matured....
