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Barack Obama's celebrity 'wish list' for campaign 2012 revealed

By theGrio

4:41 PM on 01/13/2012

SLIDESHOW - President Barack Obama is looking to add a whole lot of star power to his 2012 re-election campaign. Here just a few of the famous faces being recruited for team Obama...
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Will.I.Am launching car company called IAMAUTO

By theGrio

8:30 AM on 01/06/2012

Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas is another MC working his way toward billionaire status on the low...
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Celebrities cover 'Too Legit to Quit' for San Francisco candidate

By theGrio

2:00 PM on 10/27/2011

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is getting some big-name sports, music and political celebrities on board for his election bid in a new music video that remakes an MC Hammer song...
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Will.i.am teams up with State Dept. for China concert

By theGrio

5:39 PM on 07/29/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Details about the other performers, date and specific venue of the concert were not immediately available...
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Will.i.am forgets lyrics, but cell phone saves his 'Party' verse

By theGrio

11:11 AM on 06/13/2011

Imagine being a superstar, performing on stage in front of thousands nightly. You'd probably want to know the lyrics to your tunes like the back of your hand, right?...
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This week in entertainment: Beyonce sued for millions, J-Hud still carries 'the weight'

By Chris Witherspoon

8:03 AM on 04/29/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We've got all the black entertainment news from the week that was...
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Slideshow: The greenest black people we know

By Dexter Mullins

5:20 AM on 04/22/2011

SLIDESHOW - For Earth Day, theGrio is highlighting some people in our community who are already working to sustain the planet...
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Will.i.am lives out young dream at pre-Grammy show

By theGrio

12:48 PM on 02/11/2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Black Eyed Peas leader will.i.am lived out a childhood dream Thursday night: He performed with Bobby Brown...
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Pea's Will.i.am says cell service stopped tweets

By theGrio

5:13 PM on 02/07/2011

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - His Twitter handle was silent until after the game, when he sent out a series of tweets beginning with: "Att crashed ... ahhhh!!!! The worse."...
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Halftime gig 'dream come true' for Black Eyed Peas

By theGrio

5:10 PM on 02/03/2011

DALLAS (AP) - The Black Eyed Peas aren't revealing their set list, but they say they're ready to give an energy-packed performance at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime...
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Teddy Riley takes shots at Quincy Jones over Michael Jackson album

By theGrio

3:33 PM on 12/14/2010

As the new Michael Jackson album hits shelves today more than a year after his death, drama continues to erupt as Teddy Riley is the latest to speak on the controversy...
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Collaborators say new MJ album honors legacy

By theGrio

9:48 AM on 12/10/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - "Michael," to be released Tuesday, contains 10 songs, most of which Jackson was working on when he died in June 2009 at age 50...
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Will.i.am sings out for Oprah's new TV channel

By theGrio

10:10 AM on 12/03/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Starting Friday, a song written by the Black Eyed Peas member will be heard as part of nationwide theater advertising for the OWN channel...
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Black Eyed Peas score Super Bowl halftime show

By theGrio

9:12 PM on 11/25/2010

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Since forming in 1995, The Black Eyed Peas have sold more than 28 million albums worldwide and nearly 31 million digital tracks...
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Somalian-born K'naan still tied to his homeland

By theGrio

11:03 AM on 10/22/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The rapper suffers from survival guilt, and he finds it hard to reconcile the life he is living now compared with friends and family still suffering in Somalia...
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Will.i.Am defends 'blackface' costume at VMAs via Twitter

By theGrio

1:58 PM on 09/13/2010

"1st. just because I where all black including head mask as expression and emphasize my outfit, it shouldn't be looked at as racial...," he tweeted...
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Foul racial 'humor' can't spoil Kanye comeback at VMAs

By Ronda Racha Penrice

9:04 AM on 09/13/2010

OPINION - Based on Kanye West's return to music glory, more than all seems forgiven or, at least tolerated...
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Barbershop Buzz: Is it to soon for a new MJ album?

By Terrence Romney

4:00 PM on 08/05/2010

VIDEO - Michael's influence on the world of pop music is unmatched. Is it disrespectful to distribute his music after his death?...
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Will.i.am doesn't support new Jackson album

By theGrio

10:05 AM on 08/03/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - 'I don't think that should ever come out. That's bad,' he said. 'He was a perfectionist and he wouldn't have wanted it that way.'...
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Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6M downloads

By theGrio

10:21 AM on 07/30/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. For the group's leader, will.i.am, the moment is about much more than the song...
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