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January 30, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Former NFL linebacker. Author. TV show host. Entrepreneur. It's hard to describe 33-year-old Dhani Jones in one…
January 30, 2012
We shouldn't expect to hear a response from Drake after Common's most recent diss...
January 28, 2012
RAP GENIUS - While the Drake/Common war of words may have reached a detente recently, Drizzy continues to inspire...
January 27, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Cleveland rapper Chip Tha Ripper is juggling fatherhood, a promising career and his newest project 'Tell Ya…
January 27, 2012
CLUTCH - Drake once said that he wanted to play Barack Obama in a movie but most people just shrugged…
January 25, 2012
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop's latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake…
January 25, 2012
If hip-hop were high school, then the personal relationships of some of its biggest names would make for some interesting…
January 23, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The hip-hop sound -- first recognized at the 1989 Grammys -- has seen numerous prestigious nominations…
January 23, 2012
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - The rap group that created controversy in the early 1990s with songs like 'Me So…
January 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Comedian Stephen Colbert and ex-GOP candidate Herman Cain joined together for perhaps the most bizarre event of…
January 18, 2012
Let's not kid ourselves here, Common can and will rap circles around Drake. In an even test of skills and…
January 18, 2012
A bevy of reports stated that a poem written by Jay-Z in honor of his daughter's birth was released in…
January 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Fatherhood seems to have changed Jay-Z. After welcoming a baby girl, Blue Ivy Carter with wife Beyoncé…
January 16, 2012
VIDEO - According to a newly unearthed video of a 19-year-old Kanye West performing in his native Chicago, he was…
January 13, 2012
Thanks to Lyndon Baines Johnson and his Freedom of Information Act, this week the FBI profile of deceased rapper Ol'…
January 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - More than eight years after his death, ODB's FBI 94-page file has become available, revealing the organization's…
January 10, 2012
From TMZ: Law enforcement sources tell us...Tyga -- real name Michael Stevenson -- was initially flagged on a routine traffic…
January 10, 2012
OPINION - Somehow against the odds Common has pinned Drake in his crosshairs as a fortuitous enemy to hip-hop at-large,…
January 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Jay-Z released a new song dedicated to his newborn baby girl Blue Ivy...
January 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Referring to Drake as Canada Dry, sweet, and as the "rapper of the moment", Common takes it…