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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Chicago police have arrested and charged Kenneth Anderson, 46, for robbing and attempting to rob 11 banks in the city’s downtown Loop since October, according to the Chicago Tribune…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP- A court date has been set for next week to discuss a New York City hotel maid’s sexual assault lawsuit against former International Monetary Fund leader…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 3, 2012
VIDEO – Janet Jackson speaks on HIV and AIDS in America and how over 1 million Americans are infected with the HIV disease and one in five don’t even know it…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Robin Russell, the mother of slain Chicago up-and-coming rapper Lil JoJo, blames rapper Chief Keef for her son’s murder…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – A week ago singer Chris Brown deleted his Twitter account after a heated exchange with female comedian and TV producer Jenny Johnson…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 3, 2012
BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore police have arrested a 20-year-old Washington man in the shooting of a Morgan State University football player…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Jovan Belcher and girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, had been separated for over two weeks before the murder-suicide that occurred last Saturday, according to Deadspin…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Former Attorney General of Alabama Bill Baxley wrote a short and direct letter to the Ku Klux Klan back in 1970 after receiving a threatening letter of protest…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – The New York-based company has teamed up with Washington, D.C.-based mobile-app development firm Clearly Innovative to create this app that aims to ’empower and support black-owned businesses’…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Supermodel Selita Ebanks has possibly participated in her last Victoria Secret’s Angel campaign, according to Starpulse…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – The NAACP is stepping up its fight to end the death penalty in the state of Maryland by vowing to mount its largest-ever effort in a state…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Pop star Rihanna posted a picture to Instagram and Twitter last night of her kissing fellow singer Chris Brown…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
VIDEO – LeBron James is not the only talented basketball player in his family after all…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – NBA star Andrew Bynum has sued his next door neighbors, claiming they are both violent and racist…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – On this past Black Friday 45-year-old man of Girard, Kansas decided to dress up as Madea and rob a bank, according to News Channel 3 Memphis…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – R&B singer Mary J. Blige and her husband face a $2.2 million dollar lawsuit stemming from a defaulted loan from Signature Bank, according to Reuters…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Michael Jordan was recently kicked out of an exclusive Miami Beach country club because he did not follow club dress code, according to the New York Post…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
SLIDESHOW – Madame Tussauds in London brought together waxwork figures of singer Rihanna, President Barack Obama and actor Morgan Freeman along with actor Geroge Clooney for a Thanksgiving…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Rapper Nicki Minaj received an apology from rocker Steven Tyler over comments he made about her in a recent MTV News interview…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 28, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Colin Kaepernick will start at quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at St. Louis….