Black music by the decades. Each season will deconstruct the most popular Black music of the decade, including what was happening in... more
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theGrio Black Podcast Network is proud to announce that Being Black: The '80s has received a Lovie Awards nomination. Click... more
Being Black: The '80s has been nominated for a Signal Award! Help us win the People's Choice award for best... more
Star Stories with Touré is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the... more
NWA's Ice Cube talks about the influence of crack on their hit song “Dopeman” and the contradiction of how drug money... more
Star Stories with Toure` is an animated series about the unpredictable and sometimes unbelievable backstage interactions with some of the... more
Tracy Chapman became one of the biggest musicians in the world thanks to two critical 80s concepts—affirmative action and the... more
"My Brother’s A Basehead” is a true story. Posdnous from De La Soul had an older brother who had a... more
N.W.A’s “Dopeman” Is one of the illest songs ever made because it takes you deep into the drug dealer’s perspective... more
“Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos” is Public Enemy’s look at prison and mass incarceration. In this episode, we... more