Why doesn't hip-hop respect its elders?
OPINION - In today’s hip-hop landscape, pioneers are typically dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream, trotted out once a year during VH1’s 'Hip-Hop Honors' and then conveniently forgotten...
Mick Jagger's letters to black lover pull in over $300,000
theGRIO REPORT - Mick Jagger, the legendary founding member of The Rolling Stones, wrote a series of love letters in the summer of 1969 to his former African-American lover Marsha Hunt...
Hurricane Sandy 12-12-12 benefit concert being held tonight
theGRIO REPORT - As citizens along the East Coast try to recover from the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, several artists are jumping in to give a helping hand...
What's on Obama's iPod playlist?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool...
Carl Gardner, Coasters lead singer, dies at 83
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - Carl Gardner, original lead singer of the R&B group the Coasters, has died in Florida. He was 83...
