The Grios 100

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February 2, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Since 2005, Rihanna's distinctive voice and knock-out looks have made her one of the world's biggest-selling musicians...
February 2, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Isaiah Mustafa is the face -- and chest -- behind "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like,"…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - More than 1.5 million Texans depend on Jason Few to keep their homes cool during boiling Southwest…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Most professional musicians dedicate at least a decade to their instruments before being invited to perform at…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Joshua Bennett is no stranger to house shows. But his work found a bigger stage recently at…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In 1993, Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter, a multimillion-dollar beauty business, with $100 and a homemade lotion…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Badass Barbie Nicki Minaj was breaking hearts and Billboard records even before her debut LP, Pink Friday,…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This Nigerian-American professor at California Institute of Technology is making waves with his research on jellyfish locomotion…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Right-fielder Jason Heyward had a stunning MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves this year, hitting a three-run…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - The 28 points he scored in the final game against Turkey last summer gave the United States…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Thursday night NBC sitcoms are the major leagues of TV comedy, and Donald Glover knows how to…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Now a world-class gymnast with a 2010 silver world medal, the 18-year-old hasn't lost her knack for…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Edwidge Danticat writes novels to convey the deep and troubled history of her home, Haiti: a culturally…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With an average golf score of 73.53 and a 3.96 grade point, 16-year-old Maria Stackhouse is drawing…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As America's first female African-American transplant surgeon, Velma Scantlebury wants to see more people of color in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This high school senior from Long Island, New York was motivated by her mom's battle with breast…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lisa Newman's 16-hour journey to Ghana from her Michigan hospital is only a step in the surgeon's…