White House honors Memphis soul

Darlene Superville, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is celebrating the history and sound of Memphis soul music...

'Accidental Racist': The worst song ever?

Demetria Irwin

OPINION - This song would be more accurately titled 'White Privilege and an Unfortunate Middle-Aged Rapper...'

Rick Ross' lyrics spark protest outside NYC Reebok

Lilly Workneh

theGRIO REPORT - Rick Ross has recently been under fire for lyrics in his song that many believe references date rape...

The top 5 rap lyrics of the week

Shawn Setaro, Rap Genius

RAP GENIUS - The past seven days found Styles P calling out fakers, Action Bronson taking it back to the (extremely) old school, Spice 1 hanging with a legend, Honors English rebelling against fashion rap, and Ab-Soul doing, well, a whole bunch of different stuff...

What it's like for women to cover rap

Kyle Harvey

theGRIO VIDEO - Hip-hop is still a boys club and for aspiring journalists that want to cover the 30 year old culture that are women, it can be difficult at times...

Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' video banned from YouTube over nudity

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Robin Thicke's new music video is too hot for YouTube...

Chris Brown: 'I can't make everybody like me'

Lilly Workneh

VIDEO - Appearing on 'The Today Show' this morning with host Matt Lauer, Brown opened up about how he has matured - saying that the last few years have been 'a learning process'...