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theGRIO VIDEO - Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier are more concerned with promoting racial tolerance and acceptance than setting…
NEW YORK - Rapper Lil Wayne, who is jailed on New York's Rikers Island on a weapons charge hardly makes…
SLIDESHOW - Pete Rock, CL Smooth, Money Making Jam Boys, Curren$y, Skyzoo, Fashawn and others take the celebration back to…
"Amazing" and "perfect" don't do justice describing the lyrics Lil Wayne is writing in jail...
REVIEW - In its exhilarating music and strong lyricism, 'Chico Dusty' asserts that 'hood life can go far beyond the…
The 27-year-old Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper -- already behind bars on a probation violation -- was indicted on first-degree murder…
Lauryn Hill has influenced millions in the hip-hop generation. One woman sits down with some of her fans to see…
OPINION - Being a badass, in the traditional sense, isn't appealing to consumers in the same way it used to...
theGRIO VIDEO - Health and wellness isn't the most popular topic in most chart-topping hip-hop songs. One New York emcee…
'It is a song that spoke not just to me, but every mother that has been in that situation, and…
ALL HIP HOP Q&A - We ask Drake about how he intends to appease his highly critical base and his…
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Dr. Dre and Timbaland went back to school Wednesday night. The rapper-producers shocked students when…
Though he failed to join mentor Lil Wayne in the one milli club in his first week on the charts,…
REVIEW - Going past the themes of perseverance, several of the tracks call on listeners to get up and work…
NEW YORK (AP) - The two rap titans were there for West to answer questions about a celebrity-packed Miami Beach…
OPINION - Hip-hop is more than a "Hot 16," "fresh new gear" or "swagger devoid of substance." At the end…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - LaMar Queen, 26, is now known at Los Angeles Academy as the rap teacher, but his…
OPINION - Hip-hop and Islam intersected early on in rap's history when the young poets began to embrace the teachings…
A permit for Jay-Z's performance would have been granted only if organizers could keep the show secret, but word of…