Rick Ross' lyrics spark protest outside NYC Reebok
theGRIO REPORT - Rick Ross has recently been under fire for lyrics in his song that many believe references date rape...
Diddy ranks no. 1 on Forbes’ list of hip-hops richest list
theGRIO REPORT - Diddy tops this year’s Forbes' list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists -- and is joined by some of the genre's other big cash kings...
Lil Wayne hospitalized after seizure
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This week found the hip-hop community arguing over MTV's annual 'Hottest MC in the Game' list...
DMX to appear on season two of 'Iyanla Fix My Life'
MADAME NOIRE - Are you super-psyched that Iyanla is going to have a chat with DMX on the next season of her new hit show on OWN: 'Iyanla Fix My Life'?...
theGrio's top 10 hip-hop artists to watch in 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In an era in hip-hop characterized by declining album sales and concentrated blog trafficking, 2012 witnessed the 'return of balance' in rap...
9-year-old Brooklyn boy raps about Sandy Hook
theGRIO REPORT - This week, Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga, a nine-year-old Flatbush-raised rapper, dedicated his latest opus 'Stop Da Violence' to the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre...
The top 10 rap lyrics of 2012
RAP GENIUS - It's been a long time coming, but the end of 2012 -- barring the Mayan apocalypse that is, at the time of this writing, still several days away -- is upon us...
Why did a white South African rap duo use blackface?
OPINION - Instances such as this demonstrate that the world has a long way to go before it will be 'post-racial'...
'Bandz a Make Her Dance' sparks school scandal
The Miami-Dade School Board is not happy with the recent release of Juicy J's "Bandz a Make Her Dance" music video.
