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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Super Bowl XXXVIII: Panthers v Patriots
November 24, 2021
In the separate nation called Black America, throughout the Super Bowl fallout, Janet Jackson remained a beloved superstar in good…
King Richard thegrio.com
November 22, 2021
King Richard gives the epic rise of the Williams sisters a Disneyified gloss, although there’s some hurdles in this story…
Charlottesville neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march
November 22, 2021
Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was a massive, planned show of White nationalist force meant to intimidate, silence, and…
November 19, 2021
Rittenhouse’s Whiteness shaped how the judge and jury saw him, and gave him a sense of righteousness and innocence Trayvon…
Travis McMichael Kyle Rittenhouse
November 17, 2021
TV News data on how CNN, MSNBC and Fox News are reporting about the Rittenhouse and McMichael/Bryan trials is eye-opening.
FW de Klerk
November 11, 2021
Touré writes that De Klerk was no hero who was a leader of the most racist governments in modern history,…
Kanye West
November 10, 2021
OPINION: In his sit-down with N.O.R.E., Kanye West wildly lashes out at hip-hop stars and insults Black history.
Colin Kaepernick stars in Netflix's Colin in Black and White.
November 4, 2021
Colin Kaepernick is far from the first person to make the analogy, but the league is obviously 180 degrees away…
Glenn Youngkin Campaigns In Final Days Of Virginia Gubernatorial Election - theGrio.com
November 3, 2021
Youngkin's use of CRT as a wedge issue in Virginia is part of a long used playbook by Republicans to…
November 2, 2021
As Biden weighs paying families separated by Trump's zero tolerance policy, it begs the question if Black people will receive…
Crime Scene
October 27, 2021
The murderers of white people are overwhelmingly white — every year about 85% of white victims are killed by white…
October 22, 2021
Touré writes, “we are debating whether we should teach children real American history or lie to them and protect their…
President Obama and Colin Powell
October 19, 2021
Touré writes that it was a little easier to see Obama in the White House because America already conjured the…
Jon Gruden
October 14, 2021
Touré writes that the NFL/Gruden controversy is a reminder that Black people must learn to ascend in spaces where Grudens…
George Floyd Statue
October 8, 2021
OPINION: After a George Floyd statue is defaced in New York City, writer Touré asks: "Hasn't George suffered enough?"
immigration activist
September 30, 2021
OPINION: Touré writes about the need for the United States to embrace undocumented immigrants -- not shun them.
R. Kelly Returns To Court For Hearing On Sex Abuse Allegations
September 28, 2021
Writer Touré says he takes no joy in watching a Black person go to prison, but some people who are…
Larry Elder, theGrio.com
September 13, 2021
Larry Elder’s positions are right-wing mumbo jumbo you’d hear from Fox News, but it’s more pernicious when it comes from…
Jay-Z attends 2020 Roc Nation brunch, theGrio.com
September 13, 2021
Writer Touré weighs in on the online debate of whether it's better to receive a half million dollars or earn…
Singer R. Kelly, theGrio.com
September 8, 2021
Writer Touré recalls his 2008 BET interview with R. Kelly, in which he asked the singer if he liked teenage…