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...

Is hip-hop bad for black America?

Courtney Garcia

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...

Kid Cudi to show off acting chops in 'Need for Speed'

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - Fans of rapper Kid Cudi's acting on the now defunct HBO series How to Make it in America have reason to celebrate...

Kid Cudi responds to controversy over custody battle

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - Kid Cudi's attorney Lauren Blair is calling a TMZ report her client "gave up" custody of his daughter due to a "history of violence and drug addiction" false. Blair points out her client and the daughter's mother reached an "amicable agreement" in August...

Report: Kid Cudi loses custody of his daughter

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - The rapper, who real name is Scott Mescudi, has been feuding with his daughter's mother for over a year...

Kanye drops video for 'Mercy'

Kyle Harvey

theGRIO REPORT - The G.O.O.D music family makes an appearance in the visual for their posse cut, ‘Mercy’...

Kanye West and Kid Cudi export 'emo rap' to Middle East

theGrio

Kanye West is teaming up with his fellow 'emo rapper' Kid Cudi for a music video shoot in the Middle East...

Slideshow: The top 10 potheads in hip-hop

Kyle Harvey

SLIDESHOW - Sometimes music and drugs are a combination that go hand in hand. Marijuana in particular can give artists a more creative component to their music...