Has Virginia 'banned' Waka Flocka?
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Waka Flocka Flame announced on his Twitter page last night that his upcoming shows in Norfolk and Richmond are cancelled due to the state banning him...
Fan apologizes for tweet about NFL player's dead brother
BALTIMORE - A Twitter user has issued a formal apology after tweeting an insensitive joke about Baltimore Ravens' receiver Torrey Smith's slain brother...
Rihanna tweets support to Chris Brown: 'I'm praying for you'
theGRIO REPORT - Rihanna tweeted words of support to her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown before his probation hearing yesterday...
Louis Farrakhan to host live social media town hall
theGRIO REPORT - Have a question for the Honorable Louis Farrakhan? Just hash tag #AskFarrakhan...
D.L. Hughley rips Lupe Fiasco over his reluctance to vote
Lupe Fiasco is taking on a new adversary in D.L. Hughley. The rapper was criticized by the comedian after expressing his disinclination to vote in the November presidential election...
Bobbi Kristina's 'boyfriend' tweets pic of himself with gun
theGRIO REPORT - Bobbi Kristina’s alleged boyfriend, Nick Gordon, is back in the news, this time because he put up a picture of himself on Twitter wielding a gun...
Stephen A. Smith takes 'Onion' article too seriously
theGRIO REPORT - ESPN's 'First Take' host Stephen A. Smith furiously took to his Twitter account yesterday to dispute an article published by The Onion, not knowing the article was fictional.
DC launches transgender respect campaign
theGRIO REPORT - Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) have launched an anti-discrimination ad campaign for members of the transgender and gender-non-conforming communities...
Rapper dies in car crash after tweeting about drunk driving
theGRIO REPORT - Ervin McKinness, a 21-year-old aspiring rapper, tweeted about driving drunk minutes before dying in a one car crash that killed four others and himself...
Derrick Rose 'prays' Chicago teachers strike ends soon
theGRIO REPORT - Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose has weighed in on the current teacher's strike affecting more than 350,000 students in his native city...
