David Banner

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August 30, 2022

Yes, David Banner, HBCUs are a treasure but not always an option for a lot of Black students

We live in a world where facts matter, and there are simple facts that could help explain why a Black…
October 23, 2020

David Banner says Black students belong at HBCUs

David Banner says Black students belong at HBCUs. Banner and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund are raising funds for the…
November 10, 2016

David Banner: Trump election ‘may be best thing to happen to blacks’

David Banner hopes this election will serve as a wake-up call to blacks everywhere and is hopeful that Trump's win…
November 11, 2015

David Banner supports black women in new song 'Marry Me'

Respect our Black women! That is the message David Banner hopes gets across in his new song, "Marry Me."
October 12, 2015

Hundreds rally against Confederate sign on Mississippi flag

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Civil-rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams, Mississippi-born rapper David Banner and a prominent South Carolina lawmaker are calling…
September 22, 2015

David Banner questions N-word use by white and biracial rappers

David Banner took to Instagram to ask the world why white and biracial rappers still use the N-word...
May 1, 2014

Rev. Lennox Yearwood: HBCU's reward the wrong rappers

theGRIO REPORT- Reverend Lennox Yearwood is a man of faith that's been in hip hop's corner since it's inception...
October 17, 2013

Rapper Lecrae talks southern hip-hop and the church

theGRIO VIDEO - Christian rapper Lecrae was the first ever rapper to win a Grammy for Best Gospel Album earlier…
April 25, 2012

David Banner talks Hip-Hop and social activism

theGRIO VIDEO - Since Trayvon Martin's shooting, rapper David Banner has been one of the voices that has brought awareness…
January 19, 2011

David Banner inducted into Mississippi musicians hall of fame

In a private ceremony to be held tonight in downtown Jackson, David Banner will be among the new musicians inducted…
June 17, 2010

David Banner: Hip-hop must evolve or die

OPINION - If we don't find a way to show that we are marketable and that people from urban situations…