Hip Hop and Black America

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March 22, 2013
OPINION - Sometimes I think rappers are deliberately trying to get kids killed out here...
March 21, 2013
OPINION - This is hip-hop's Studio 54 era. The real test of the culture will be how it comes out…
March 20, 2013
OPINION - Is hip-hop destroying black America? To answer this question fairly, we must first discard the distorted image of…
March 19, 2013
OPINION - In today’s hip-hop landscape, pioneers are typically dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream, trotted out once a year…
March 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Kendrick Lamar. Nicki Minaj. Childish Gambino. Chief Keef. From the profound to the profane, these rap artists…
February 26, 2013
BROCKTON, Massachusetts (AP) - A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos…
February 14, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A cousin of the late Emmett Till wonders if Lil Wayne understands just how damaging it…
January 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - According to recently released police reports, Chicago police officers fired at Chief Keef after he pointed a…
January 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Shawty Lo has been in the news recently about his extraordinary family condition more than for…
December 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chicago-born rapper Chief Keef is frequently chastised for the violent nature of his songs...
September 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One of Lil Mouse’s managers, Dough From Da Go, insists that ‘Get Smoked’ is just one song…
September 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When most 13 year olds are getting ready to begin eigth grade this fall, Lil Mouse is…
September 13, 2011
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A police report said Davis pushed 36-year-old Diana Graham out of his Hummer as it rolled…
May 13, 2011
OPINION - The guy who was once the definition of cool has been diminished to working with TMZ stars...