Rapper Lorenzo Asher on ghostwriting in hip-hop
theGRIO REPORT - Growing up, singer songwriter Lorenzo Asher knew music was his calling at a very young age. It’s something that’s been a part of his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio...
Eve: 'My biracial kids will be color-blind'
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Eve has been opening up about raising biracial children with her longtime Brit boyfriend Maximillion Cooper...
Chris Kelly, Kris Kross, and losing our idols
OPINION - When I heard about the death of Kris Kross member Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly, I instantly recalled the first time I saw the video for their smash 1992 single 'Jump'..
Lil' Kim takes in her estranged father
When Lil’ Kim, whose birth name is Kimberly Jones, learned that her estranged father Linwood Jones was battling Alzheimer’s Disease the legendary hip-hop icon took him in, OK! magazine reported...
Nicki Minaj: I'm surprised that kids like my music
NEW YORK (AP) - Nicki Minaj loves the kids, but she's not ready to completely clean up her image for her young fans...
Michael Jackson's doctor convicted in star's death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors depicted Murray as a reckless physician who abandoned Jackson while he was under the effects of the powerful anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009...
White rapper Kreayshawn defends use of the n-word
theGRIO REPORT - The 21-year old Oakland native justifies the use of the word by saying she grew up in a low income community...
Is Ashley Judd right about hip-hop's 'rape culture'?
OPINION - We may not like the message and may well regard and disregard the messenger as not 'one of us'. But, without question, hip-hop has changed...
Black teen accused of attacking white man for listening to rap
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) - Police took the 14-year-old Palm Bay boy into custody late Monday and charged him with battery...
New Orleans gender-bending rap music
New Orleans is home to underground rap variety known as 'sissy bounce'...
