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June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chad Ochocinco was recently released from the New England Patriots, which explains his 'UNEMPLOYED BLACK GUY' Twitter…
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June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A few weeks back Lakers small forward Metta World Peace was competing for an NBA championship in…
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June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Nas has joined the recent list of celebrities, which includes The-Dream and Russell Simmons, who have come…
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June 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Boxer Timothy Bradley beat Manny Pacquiao in a controversial match over the weekend at the MGM Grand…
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June 11, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Robin Roberts is facing a new medical challenge that will require her to start chemotherapy and…
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June 8, 2012
The exit of actors Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall, who play Melanie and Derwin in the show ​The Game​, have…
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June 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Despite being the largest city in the state of Oklahoma, OKC has grown in stature thanks to…
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June 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In this week's show the media mogul interviewed rapper 50 Cent at his grandmother's home in New…
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June 7, 2012
VIDEO - The Django Unchained movie trailer was released late last night and the movie is expected to be another…
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June 6, 2012
Wade Davis is a former NFL player who briefly played on three teams, including the Titans, Seahawks and Redskins. In…
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June 5, 2012
VIDEO - 'Biggie, Biggie, Biggie...Can't you see...' Notorious B.I.G. is back! Oh wait, no it's just the Kardashians. This time…
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June 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Coach Jay Hopson was announced last Monday as Alcorn State's new head football coach. The hiring of…
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June 5, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Grace Jones, 64, has been performing and acting for decades. This makes the fact that last night's performance…
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June 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Shannon Cooper was as excited as any mother would be as her daughter walked across the stage…
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June 4, 2012
Last night's biggest performance at radio station Hot 97's Summer Jam concert could have come from female rapper Nicki Minaj…
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June 4, 2012
Ashton Kutcher returned to his throne as the king of ​Punk'd​ last night when he Punk'd rap phenomenon Drake before…
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June 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Lil Wayne was denied from getting into the Thunder-Spurs game last night. After getting turned away at…
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June 1, 2012
June is Black Music Month. On June 7, 1979 President Jimmy Carter pronounced June as the month when black music…
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June 1, 2012
On Monday Alcorn State, an HBCU, hired Jay Hopson as their new head football coach. The news of the hiring…
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June 1, 2012
Last night on Twitter the rapper Drake was acting in his typical manner "flossing-by-way-of-complaining" about his money and the hard…