theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

Rappers

Rapper Rick Ross performs at BET's Rip The Runway 2013:Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 27, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for BET's Rip The Runway)

Rick Ross' lyrics spark protest outside NYC Reebok

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Rick Ross has recently been under fire for lyrics in his song that many believe references date rape...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Sean Combs attends the 'Killing Them Softly' Premiere during 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2012 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Diddy ranks no. 1 on Forbes’ list of hip-hops richest list

Lilly Workneh
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...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Rapper Lil Wayne watches the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Kentucky Wildcats during the 2012 State Farm Champions Classic at Georgia Dome on November 13, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Lil Wayne hospitalized after seizure

Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Entertainment Writer
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Ghostface Killah of The Wu-Tang Clan performs at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 24, 2011 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Fergus McDonald/Getty Images)

The top 5 rap lyrics of the week

Shawn Setaro, Rap Genius
RAP GENIUS - This week found the hip-hop community arguing over MTV's annual 'Hottest MC in the Game' list...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
DMX and Iyanla Vanzant

DMX to appear on season two of 'Iyanla Fix My Life'

Brande Victorian, MadameNoire.com
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'?...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
A$AP Rocky performs at BET's '106 & Party' 2013 New Years Eve party at BET Studios on December 17, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/FilmMagic)

theGrio's top 10 hip-hop artists to watch in 2013

Chaz Dawson
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...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Amor “Lilman” Arteaga in "Stop Da Violence"

9-year-old Brooklyn boy raps about Sandy Hook

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
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...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Kendrick Lamar performs at the Heineken Red Star Access Atlanta featuring Trey Songz, Kendrick Lamar and DJ MLK hosted by Affion Crockett at Opera Nightclub on August 26, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Heineken)

The top 10 rap lyrics of 2012

Shawn Setaro, Rap Genius
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...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Fatty Boom Boom by Die Antwoord

Why did a white South African rap duo use blackface?

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
OPINION - Instances such as this demonstrate that the world has a long way to go before it will be 'post-racial'...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Juicy J and Lil Wayne in the "Bandz a Maker Her Dance" music video (Source: TheJuicyJVEVO YouTube page)

'Bandz a Make Her Dance' sparks school scandal

Ugonna Okpalaoka
The Miami-Dade School Board is not happy with the recent release of Juicy J's "Bandz a Make Her Dance" music video.
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
  • Page 1 of 5
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • >
  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More
  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP