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December 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In the midst of New York City’s first seasonal snowstorm, international rap star A$AP Rocky and media…
December 4, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Gucci Mane is facing federal firearms charges after authorities say he possessed guns on two occasions…
November 8, 2013
OPINION - Recently, it was announced that N.W.A., pioneers of what the media would tag 'gangsta rap' has been nominated…
October 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This is the the third straight number one album for the Canadian and will be the second…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - 'When you think hip-hop, you think Nicole Richie, so it's obviously time for Nicole to launch her…
August 23, 2013
TODAY - In a recent issue of Rolling Stone, Macklemore's Ben Haggerty acknowledged that the band's success has partly come…
August 22, 2013
SLIDESHOW - Drake's highly anticipated third official album, Nothing Was the Same, is due out on September 24th, but he's…
August 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A new Kmart back-to-school commercial has been creating backlash for the superstore, with some viewers calling them…
August 8, 2013
OPINION - It is a catastrophe that violent rap imagery has become the dominant portrait of African-American masculinity, and that…
August 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Darryl McDaniels, widely known as DMC from the popular 80's hip-hop group Run-DMC, voiced his opinion on…
August 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORTS - Former Los Angeles Laker, current New York Knick Metta World Peace released a new song.
July 30, 2013
Kansas City, Missouri rapper Tech N9ne commands one of the most devoted fan bases in the music industry...
July 17, 2013
OPINION - As mainstream rap music and white women fade color lines with mutual exploitation, who is really winning?...
July 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Nicki Minaj poses for the August cover of Marie Claire and in doing so, she became the…
June 19, 2013
OPINION - Kanye West’s new album Yeezus is full of explicit, sexual braggadocio just like all of his other albums…
June 18, 2013
REVIEW - This time around, West forgot about us. He forgot about the fans, forgot about proper album promotion protocol…
June 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Footage of Lil Wayne taping the music video for his new song “God Bless America” has hit…
June 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Fans of the former Nickelodean star may actually have a chance to hear her rap.
June 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Music can influence many things -- but in the case of 53-year-old Dianne D. from South Florida,…
June 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Jimmy Fallon played a mashup of NBC News anchor Brian Williams rapping Snoop Dogg During last night's…