The Roots' Black Thought talks brief rap beef with Nas
theGRIO REPORT - The Roots, the legendary rap crew, have avoided beef with their fellow artists for the majority of their decades-long career...
Black stars in the red: Infamous tax cheats
theGRIO REPORT - In honor of 'Tax Day' we put together a slideshow of celebrities who have infamously found themselves in tax trouble.
Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K'naan will take center stage in an unexpected place next year: as part of next season at the Kennedy Center in Washington...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This week saw the Grammys snub both Nas and Frank Ocean, in one of the biggest miscarriages of awards-season justice since RIAA declared Jethro Tull more metal than Metallica...
Nas released after being hospitalized for vertigo
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Nas has been released from a New York City hospital, after being admitted Friday for severe vertigo...
theGrio's top 10 albums of 2012
SLIDESHOW - As the year comes to a close and the industry gears up for the upcoming Grammy Awards, take a trip down memory lane with us as we countdown the 10 best albums of the year...
Nas reportedly sued for $10 million over 'kidnapping'
theGRIO REPORT - The hip-hop icon was supposed to perform in Angola that month, but backed out, costing Allocco roughly $300,000 in fees...
Nas and his dad featured in Gap ad
theGRIO REPORT - The Gap reached out to rapper Nas and his father, Jazz musician Olu Dara, for their 2012 holiday campaign...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - From chewing gum to condiments, from dogs to liquor bottles, rappers took everyday items and used them to bring us to strange new places..
Life is good? Nas loses Georgia home to foreclosure
theGRIO REPORT - While he's still riding the success of his acclaimed 10th album, Life Is Good, the Queensbridge rapper recently lost his Georgia house to foreclosure...
