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March 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Soul singer India.Arie took to Twitter on Friday to answer questions about whether she bleached her skin...
March 26, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Singer Dionne Warwick owes nearly $10 million in back taxes and has filed for bankruptcy...
March 26, 2013
OPINION - Timberlake’s re-emergence provides the chance to revisit a dicey topic: namely, the current state of R&B...
March 26, 2013
BELLINGHAM, Washington (AP) — Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a hospice at age 68.
March 22, 2013
NBC New York - A new after school program at a Brooklyn elementary school is taking a modern approach to…
March 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Unbeknownst to most, in the 1960s, a group of aboriginal Australian singers took the initiative and inspiration…
March 19, 2013
REVIEW - Touré presents an informed and profound portrait of Prince in his prime and puts this enigmatic figure in…
March 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Taking the music world by surprise, Beyonce stirred up social media frenzy after releasing her latest track…
March 17, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Loc, whose real name is Anthony T. Smith, collapsed after finishing a song during a…
March 15, 2013
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
March 15, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - You may have seen him compete on the singing competition X-Factor, but Marcus Canty's journey didn't stop…
March 15, 2013
VIDEO - The TODAY anchors take a look at some of the highlights of Justin Timberlake’s week of guest-starring on…
March 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malik Kofi is extraordinarily talented; a child prodigy, musical genius, awe-inspiring orator, with intellectual gifts well beyond…
March 14, 2013
SLIDESHOW - Legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones was born 79 years ago today. Jones, known as 'The Dude' or…
March 12, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - The children of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. will star in an animated series about maintaining the…
March 11, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - Two performers who say their songs have been used in Baauer's No. 1 hit 'Harlem Shake'…
March 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Lion, has shifted from the grim realities of hip hop to the positive vibrations of reggae…
March 8, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next — and by his own admission, last — major…
March 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K'naan will take center stage in an unexpected place next…
February 27, 2013
RAP GENIUS - Whether it's 2 Chainz beating us into submission with the word "work," Jim Jones acting like a…