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August 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Nas' fans are reeling from reports that the Illmatic emcee's 2008 album, Untitled, may have been ghostwritten…
August 14, 2012
ITHACA, New York (AP) - Hip hop pioneer DJ Afrika Bambaataa has been appointed to a three-year term as a…
August 14, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Common freestyled about his new movie 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'....
August 10, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch rapped that he wouldn't 'sell my songs for no TV ad.'…
August 10, 2012
RAP GENIUS - In a week where things happened that we neither ever thought would or particularly wanted to --…
July 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The IRS auctioned off Young Buck's personal items and studio equipment, while the Tennessee rapper watched from…
July 27, 2012
New reports are saying The Game and fiancee, Tiffney Cambridge, have settled differences and set a new wedding date...
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Miami rapper Gunplay, who is best known for his collaborations with Rick Ross on such tracks as…
July 23, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - One of hip-hop's more outspoken emcees, Killer Mike, is not one to bite his tongue...
July 19, 2012
RAP GENIUS - This week saw the release of one of the most anticipated albums of the year, Nas' 'Life…
July 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rap pioneer and Brooklyn native Ms. Melodie, member of Boogie Down Productions has died at 43...
July 14, 2012
RAP GENIUS - In its wake, plenty of other great music came out as well, though to less fanfare than…
July 13, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Fresh off his fourth album 'Wild Ones', theGrio recently caught with hip-house artist Flo Rida...
July 13, 2012
VIDEO - Just a little over a week after R&B singer Frank Ocean opening up about his sexual orientation, rapper…
July 12, 2012
Azealia Banks, the new hip hop artist of 2012 has released her mix tape for download...
July 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Kendrick Lamar – the rap impresario – rhymes about temptations, social struggles, disharmony in his land of…
July 10, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — They haven't performed together in over a decade, but the surviving members of Run-DMC are set…
July 9, 2012
Rapper 50 Cent has apologized for his insensitive tweets about autism and deleted them from his Twitter timeline. Several people
July 8, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Now that the city has cleaned up from its massive July 4th concert, officials are turning their…
July 6, 2012
RAP GENIUS - New music from Kanye West, Childish Gambino, Yelawolf, and M.I.A., plus one very noteworthy anecdote from Odd…