Rick Ross makes his acting debut
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Rick Ross will make his acting debut in the second season of Starz television's drama Magic City...
Rapper tweets about killing himself right before alleged suicide
theGRIO REPORT - Freddy E. allegedly took his own life after he sent out a number of eerie tweets right before he was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head...
University of Arizona introduces 1st ever hip-hop minor
theGRIO REPORT - The University of Arizona has announced that it has created a 'Hip-Hop Concentration' minor under the Africana Studies department, the first of its kind for any institution, according to the school's website...
Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy killed
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy was found shot to death on Wednesday evening in a home in Austell, Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - The end of 2012 and the first few days of 2013 gave rap fans music for a variety of moods...
Angel Haze slams Azealia Banks on new diss track
theGRIO REPORT - Azealia Banks may have met her match with fellow female rapper Angel Haze...
Drake apologizes to Kobe Bryant's wife for 'Stay Schemin' line
theGRIO REPORT - Both Kobe and Vanessa Bryant did not react publicly to Drake's line until recently, when Vanessa took to social media, according to Complex...
'All My Babies' Mamas' prompts online petition
theGRIO REPORT - A new reality show about his life, children and all of his baby mamas is slated to be released in spring of this year on Oxygen TV, but thousands are already protesting the show's production...
Big Boi and Andre 3000 team up for new version of song
theGRIO REPORT - Outkast rappers Big Boi and Andre 300 are set to reunite on a new production of Frank Ocean's 'Pink Matter,' according to Hip Hop DX...
Azealia Banks drops 'trap, rave' song on New Year's Day
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Azaelia Banks posted a new song, 'BBD' on New Year's Day from her personal account onto Soundcloud...
