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Timbaland partner and rapper Magoo dead at 50
Timbaland is mourning the death of rapper Magoo, his childhood friend and longtime collaborator, who has passed away at age 50.
/ August 14, 2023
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony street sign
A Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony street sign has vanished from its new post in Cleveland, just two days after its dedication.
/ August 14, 2023
Premiere Of Netflix's "The Black Godfather"
Clarence Avant, the celebrated music and entertainment mogul known as the “Black Godfather,” is dead at 92.
/ August 14, 2023
Rolling Stone Live Big Game Experience
Tory Lanez has spoken out after being sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for shooting and wounding Megan Thee Stallion.
/ August 11, 2023
DJ Spinderella
theGrio’s Eboni K. Williams talks to the one and only DJ Spinderella, a third of renowned group Salt-N-Pepa, about hip-hop turning 50.
/ August 11, 2023
Block parties and the various elements of hip-hop served as an outlet for creativity and an escape from the hardships of daily life.
/ August 11, 2023
From The Sequence releasing the first rap record by an all-female group, called “Funk You Up” in 1979, to MC Sha-Rock’s iconic performance…
/ August 10, 2023