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theGRIO REPORT - After last year’s cancellation due to Hurricane Irene, the Afro-Punk Festival returned this year with an evolved…
theGRIO REPORT - Singer Janelle Monáe is the latest addition to the gorgeous legacy of Cover Girl spokeswomen...
Last week, Jay-z announced the “Made in America” music festival to take place in Philadelphia Labor Day weekend. Now the
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé attended the annual Met Costume Institute Gala on Monday evening, and created quite a stir in…
theGRIO Q&A - It's been four years since British R&B singer Estelle dropped her U.S. debut 'Shine'. Today, she's releasing…
SLIDESHOW - For all their individualism, creative genius, and yes, swag, we chose the following artists who epitomize hipsterism...
NEW YORK (AP) - The 25-year-old Janelle Monáe says because of her musical style, she's able to go on the…
TheGrio's 100 - The tuxedo-clad, perfectly coifed artist burst onto the Billboard charts with the funky single "Tightrope"...
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - Whitney Houston, the evening's last performer, also got a reverential response from the audience as…
SLIDESHOW - Take a look at some of the victories and performances by black artists from this year's Grammy Awards...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even if Janelle Monae goes home empty-handed after Sunday's Grammys, she'll already have at least one…
Remember 2010? It seems so long ago now, but the year in music is never completely over until the Village…
OPINION - With all of his purple-infused eccentricities, it's easy to forget how incomparably brilliant a musician Prince truly is...
SLIDESHOW - Check out our picks for the most enjoyable and exciting music of this past year...
OPINION - The Recording Academy took another step away from its, sometimes awkward, history with black music...
NEW YORK (AP) - New mom Alicia Keys has something else to celebrate: She's been nominated for four Soul Train…
NEW YORK (AP) - Prince says the shows will feature funk, R&B and jazz artists including Maceo Parker, Janelle Monae,…
OPINION - Monáe's superlative debut not only transcends genres -- but mediums of art...