Music

Rhiannon Giddens, The Kennedy Center, Black country artists, Black musicians, Trump Administration, theGrio.com
February 28, 2025

Singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens calls off Kennedy Center show, citing Trump takeover

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thegrio, shaboozey, bar song tipsy, beyonce
February 27, 2025

Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ is now the longest running Hot Country No.1 song by a single artist — Happy Black History Month

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thegrio, michael jackson, thriller, rolling stone, the girl is mine, music journalism
February 25, 2025

Dear Rolling Stone, ‘The Girl Is Mine’ was RIGHT there for your terrible song on a good album list

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thegrio, roberta flack, hip-hop, donny hathaway, Black music
February 24, 2025

5 songs by Roberta Flack that every hip-hop head should know

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thegrio, jaguar wright, american future, michael flynn, mar-a-lago
February 21, 2025

5 totally serious questions I have about Jaguar Wright being awarded a Defender of Freedom Award at Mar-a-Lago

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thegrio, beyonce, blue ivy, kendrick lamar, naacp image awards
February 20, 2025

Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Doechii among early winners of NAACP Image Awards handed out in pre-live show virtual ceremony

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thegrio, roots picnic, questlove thompson, the roots, black thought
February 18, 2025

The Roots Picnic 2025 lineup dropped with D’Angelo, Meek Mill and Lenny Kravitz set to headline

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thegrio, kendrick lamar, super bowl, Billboard, hip-hop
February 18, 2025

Kendrick Lamar becomes first hip-hop artist to land three albums in Billboard Top 10 at the same time

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thegrio, gene groove allen, house party, groove b chill
February 14, 2025

Pioneering MC and actor, Gene ‘Groove’ Allen, passes away at age 63

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thegrio, drake, partynextdoor, Some Sexy Songs 4 U
February 14, 2025

7 thoughts about Drake and PartyNextDoor’s ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ collaboration album

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thegrio, boyz ii men, american fair music act, capitol hill
February 13, 2025

Boyz II Men, backed by hundreds of artists, delivers letter to lawmakers pushing for passage of American Music Fairness Act

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thegrio, golden state warriors, e40, too short,P-Lo, golden state entertainment hip hop
February 13, 2025

Golden State Warriors change the game with record label and first album release, ‘For The Soil’

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thegrio, kanye west, north west, parent, bianca censori
February 12, 2025

Kanye West is a terrible parent

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thegrio, r kelly, convictions, prison sentence
February 12, 2025

Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly’s convictions and 30-year prison term

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thegrio, Diddy, sexual assault, documentary
February 12, 2025

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sues NBC over new documentary as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges

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thegrio, outkast, chubby checker, mariah carey, rock & roll hall of fame
February 12, 2025

Outkast, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker get Rock Hall nominations

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Ashanti Irv Gotti, Ashanti Irv Gotti relationship, Wht happened between Ashanti and Irv Gotti, Ashanti Irv Gotti drama, Irv Gotti death, Irv Gotti dead theGrio.com
February 11, 2025

Ashanti reflects on her complicated relationship with Irv Gotti: ‘I can’t believe things ended like this’

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thegrio, kendrick lamar, sza, super bowl lix, half time, drake
February 10, 2025

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was perfect 

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thegrio, kendrick lamar, super bowl, sza, halftime show
February 7, 2025

8 things that we might see (or hear) during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show

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February 7, 2025

Kanye West drops controversial Sean John collab backing Diddy—’PUFF WE LOVE YOU’—as Diddy responds from jail

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