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 - Whether it's 2 Chainz beating us into submission with the word "work," Jim Jones acting like a Borscht Belt comic, Sheek Louch reminding us of lazy TV-watching afternoons of our childhood, or Chance the Rapper imagining a baby born full-grown, a bit of humor goes a long way..
Police investigate 9-year-old rapper Lil' Poopy's music videos
BROCKTON, Massachusetts (AP) - A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos is criticizing authorities' decision to investigate whether the boy is the victim of possible child abuse or neglect...
Stevie Wonder not happy with Lil Wayne's Emmett Till lyric
ATLANTA (AP) - Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne's vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black U.S. teen whose murder in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman changed the national conversation on race and civil rights...
Emmett Till’s family reacts to Lil Wayne lyric
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A cousin of the late Emmett Till wonders if Lil Wayne understands just how damaging it was when he rapped a vulgar reference to the black U.S. teen...
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...
Lil Wayne's Emmett Till lyric offends, gets pulled by Epic label
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Epic Records says it is making "great efforts" to take down a new Future remix with a vulgar Lil Wayne lyric that has offended the family of a black U.S. teenager whose murder in the 1950s for whistling at a white woman helped to change the national conversation on race...
theGrio’s 100: Kendrick Lamar, keeping hip-hop fresh and authentic
theGRIO's 100 - Kendrick Lamar rhymes about the temptations, social struggles, disharmony and the heartbeat of his hometown in Compton, California....
A look back: 50 Cent's 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 10 years later
theGRIO REPORT - This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the classic debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson released on Shady/Aftermath records...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - NYC (with a little boundary-stretching to include Long Island and New Jersey) was strongly represented, but New Orleans got its fair share of great lines in as well...
