About Touré

Toure is a host and writer at TheGrio. He hosts the TheGrio TV show "Masters of the Game," and he created the award-winning podcast "Being Black: The '80s" and its upcoming sequel "Being Black: The '70s." He is also the creator of "Star Stories" and the author of eight books, including "Nothing Compares 2 U an oral history of Prince." He also hosts a podcast called "Toure Show." He is also a husband and a father of two.

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March 8, 2023
A speaker at CPAC said 'transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,' which sounds dangerously close to calling for…
Actors Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
March 7, 2023
The film has become an awards season favorite, notching wins with the Producers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild and the…
Actor and comedian Chris Rock wearing a gray checked jacket and pink shirt
March 6, 2023
Chris Rock's new special, "Selective Outrage" gives us his response to what happened with Will Smith, and it's polarizing.
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February 24, 2023
Don Peebles, the master of real estate, is on "Masters of the Game" on theGrioTV talking about how he built…
February 23, 2023
My son is 15 and says it was immoral and unethical for us to bring him into this world. Should…
Actor Jonathan Majors in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania"
February 21, 2023
Jonathan Majors is a star. What he did in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" shows how extraordinary an actor he…
February 20, 2023
White History Month is a bad idea because white American history is filled with violence, terrorism and slavery.
Pharrell Tiffany Collab
February 16, 2023
The style icon was just named LV's creative director of menswear, and his fashion sense gives clues to how his…
February 13, 2023
Dave Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove, of De La Soul has passed away. De La is one of the greatest…
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February 9, 2023
Being a white male means living life on the lowest difficulty setting — it's my new favorite racial analogy. Pulled…
February 7, 2023
Beyonc's album "Renaissance" should have won the Grammy for Album of the Year because it's a real album that celebrates…
Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets
February 6, 2023
Kyrie Irving's tenure in Brooklyn was chaotic and pathetic, and it reminds me of the troubled tenure of Darryl Strawberry.
January 31, 2023
I understand why many people refused to watch the Tyre Nichols videos. But what if you feel like you have…
Talib Kweli theGrio.com
January 30, 2023
Talib Kweli got kicked off a flight recently. Why? Because white unsafeness is a beast that threatens Black people.
January 27, 2023
Kenan Thompson is this week's guest on Masters of the Game on theGrioTV. He talks about what makes him a…
January 26, 2023
Dealing with the death of a parent is very hard. The mourning process never really ends. This is both bad…
Breonna Taylor shooting, Brett Hankison, theGrio.com
January 24, 2023
It isn't enough that cops can kill us with few consequences; now the GOP is using our trauma to luxuriate…
January 21, 2023
There's a generational clash in the film TAR when a young pangender person's values collide with a successful Gen X…
Meghan Markle thegrio.com
January 19, 2023
Meghan Markle is both beloved and hated. Some of the hate is related to things that lots of mixed race…
January 18, 2023
The league really did allow Black players to be deemed less intelligent than white players and paid insurance claims based…