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OPINION - In today’s hip-hop landscape, pioneers are typically dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream, trotted out once a year…
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Senator Marco Rubio quoted the 'modern day poet[s]' Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z in an effort to…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K'naan will take center stage in an unexpected place next…
RAP GENIUS - Whether it's 2 Chainz beating us into submission with the word "work," Jim Jones acting like a…
BROCKTON, Massachusetts (AP) - A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos…
ATLANTA (AP) - Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne's vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black U.S.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A cousin of the late Emmett Till wonders if Lil Wayne understands just how damaging it…
RAP GENIUS - This week saw the Grammys snub both Nas and Frank Ocean, in one of the biggest miscarriages…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Epic Records says it is making "great efforts" to take down a new Future remix with…
theGRIO's 100 - Kendrick Lamar rhymes about the temptations, social struggles, disharmony and the heartbeat of his hometown in Compton,…
theGRIO REPORT - This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the classic debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin by…
RAP GENIUS - NYC (with a little boundary-stretching to include Long Island and New Jersey) was strongly represented, but New…
RAP REHAB - In the music industry what sounds like a great story is often just great fiction...
theGRIO REPORT - The college kid-turned rapper adds another fresh perspective to a label that prides itself on versatility...
RAP GENIUS - Cam revisited his love affair with the Midwest, MC Eiht took us back to the old school,…
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Rick Ross will make his acting debut in the second season of Starz television's drama Magic…
theGRIO REPORT - Freddy E. allegedly took his own life after he sent out a number of eerie tweets right…
theGRIO REPORT - The University of Arizona has announced that it has created a 'Hip-Hop Concentration' minor under the Africana…
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy was found shot to death on Wednesday evening in a home in Austell,…