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Tekashi 6ix9ine
September 26, 2019
We know that snitching is bad, but writer Nicole Duncan-Smith tries to evaluate how the rise and demise of Tekashi 6ix9ine may have changed hip-hop forever.
Killer Mike
September 24, 2019
Killer Mike weighs in on the impending Supreme Court case between Comcast and Entertainment Studios that could determine the future of Black business.
Civil Rights Act thegrio.com
September 13, 2019
In this brief history of the Civil Rights Act, see how native Americans were not included and how the Supreme Court has expanded the definition.
Supreme Court thegrio.com
September 12, 2019
Check out five things that the average person should know about The Civil Rights Act of 1866, which has been protecting Americans for the last 153 years.
September 11, 2019
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Such is the sentiment about President Donald Trump and the media giant Comcast.
Nipsey Hussle thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Nipsey Hussle “Victory Lap” album re-enter the Billboard 200 chart, for a new high of the number two album, it originally debuted at the number four slot.
Rare Essence go go band thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Fans of go-go music in D.C. get support from John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, after new residents near a community Metro PCS store filed noise complaints.
Kim Kardashian thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Kim Kardashian-West is the cover star for the May issue of Vogue and details that she has ambitions to take the bar exam and become a lawyer in 2022.
Big Sean thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Big Sean partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Ally Financial, Inc., to host an entrepreneurship competition among students from HBCUs.
Lori Lightfoot
April 10, 2019
Despite more African-American women and men in powerful political offices, there are other factors at play and many are looking to move out of Chicago.
Oprah Apple thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Media Maven Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are tag-teaming to bring a documentary series focused on mental health to Apple TV.
Beyoncé thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Trap and Country star Lil Nas gets stung by R&B superstar Beyoncé fans for trolling their queen, and later apologizes on Twitter.
Racism thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Survey reveals 76% of Black citizens have had an experience, opposed to the 67% of white Americans who stated they have not.
Kodak Black thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
After a few days T.I. reprimanded Kodak Black disrespectfully flirting with Lauren London, Black says that the “Grand Hustle” boss wants London for himself.
Marcia Fudge thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
Secretary Betsy Devos has opposition from Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio due to the mishandling of maintenance of charter schools and student loan companies.
Baltimore Police thegrio.com
March 3, 2019
The husband and stepdaughter of a Baltimore woman that was fatally stabbed in December have both been charged in her death.
Bloody Sunday
March 3, 2019
To commemorate the 1965 civil rights march, politicians and civil rights leaders gathered in Selma Alabama remember the horrors of “Bloody Sunday.”
Ronna Romney McDaniel thegrio.com
March 3, 2019
The Republican National Committee is aiming to win over Black voters ahead of the 2020 presidential campaign season by doing outreach.
Rep Ilhan Omar thegrio.com
March 3, 2019
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar found herself on an anti-Muslim poster at the West Virginia GOP’s “Republicans Take the Rotunda” event on Friday.
Janice Freeman thegrio.com
March 3, 2019
The jaw dropping contestant from the 13th season of The Voice, Janice Freeman, died Saturday from an apparent blood clot.