Birdman (Rapper)

DJ Khaled's Annual Birthday Bash TONIGHT

Birdman Lands in Jail but Still Flies the Coop

Last Night: Concert for Fair Food at Bayfront Park

We'd Kiss Birdman For a Milli Too

Lil Wayne Announces Concert at American Airlines Arena

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Mother's Finest

The Brothers bring color to their music if not not their wardrobe

Sane in the Membrane

Believe it or not, Lil Wayne is cool, calm, and calculating.

Check the Credits

StreetRunner's got beats for every day of the week.

The Birdman Lands

Cash Money’s top exec comes to roost in Miami

Mazel Tov over Miami

A new label reissues a Jewish-Latin classic

From Hialeah to Heartache

Churchill's keeps South Florida rocking

Kulchur

How to win friends and influence people, el exilio style

In Clubland

Two big rock (yes, music) parties

Best Music Video

Clambake 2000

Into the Night

Clambake 2000

The CD Solution

Unsigned bands keep their local connections even as they spread their commercial wings

The Price They Pay

Even with lower manufacturing costs, CDs can be a pricey proposition for independent acts, especially those bands aiming for a professional look and sound. The studio and production expenses can be staggering.

VIDEO: Birdman & Lil Wayne "Always Strapped" Video Shoot Behind The Scenes

Here's exclusive behind the scenes footage from the Birdman & Lil Wayne feat. Mack Maine video shoot for their song "Always Strapped." The song is forthcoming on Birdman's new album, Priceless. Footage shot by the "how is he everywhere at once" hip-hop photographer Derick G. Enjoy

Tattoo U

Jose Carrera, accused of attempted murder, inked his way to fame.

New Fat Joe Album Features Beats by Palm Beach Producer Schife

 South Florida loves Fat Joe; he seems to be here so often we can almost claim him as one of our own. So it was with some interest that I read this MTV News Mixtape Daily blog post on his latest album, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2). But it was this quote that stopped me, about the trac ... More >>

Wednesday Blog Watch: Panic Bomber Calls Out Clueless Promoters, and Cassettes Still Live

Panic Bomber lays the blog smackdown, kind of.​*Richard, a.k.a. Panic Bomber, over at Atomisk calls out a clueless promoter, LOLZ ensue. No, an unpaid local opening band should not have to provide YOUR PA and backline to save money, cheapskate. Applause to Richard for calling people out on their ... More >>

Young Money Album Released Today

We are not the same, I am a martian. I recently spent a Friday night in the studios with the Cash Money Heroes as they worked on a new Kevin Rudolf song featuring Lil Wayne, Jay Sean, and Birdman. Here is some footage of Baby in the studio, and watching Sports Center. Miami loves Cash Money. I have ... More >>

PrunkTV: Cash Money Heroes, Part 2

I'd rather be pushin' flowers, than in the pen sharin' showers. Most Prunk TV episodes get like 60-200 views in a month. But, this Cash Money episode that I put up on Monday has almost 4,000 views as of this writing. People are putting up comments on You Tube like: its getting leaked sometime this m ... More >>

Guide to Recognizing Your New Orleans Saints

​"Who Dat Nation" has begun its descent on our fair city in advance of the Super Bowl, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts. Fittingly, while the Colts will stay in Fort Lauderdale, the Saints will hang out at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, and last nigh ... More >>

Prunk TV: Lil Wayne Gets Locked Up Today, Cash Money Relocating to New York

Life is a fucked up game. You're winning Grammys, performing at sold -out arenas around the world, smoking blunts all day, wearing a million-dollar watch, and living on your own planet one minute. Next thing you know, you're arrested, then sentenced, and floating down shit's creek without a paddle. ... More >>

Mixtape of the Week: Rick Ross - A Timeless Audemars Piguet Collection

​As Rick Ross preps the release of his fourth studio album, Teflon Don, Rick Ross gathers a team of DJs to collaboratively release an official mixtape that will serve as the warm-up of sorts for the album. The mixtape is interestingly titled A Timeless Audemars Piguet Collection. Presumably a play ... More >>

And Now, Deep Thoughts With Kat Stacks

​A few years ago, Karrine Steffans, AKA "Superhead," took the hip-hop gossip world by storm when she published a memoir dishing dirt on claimed former flings such as Dr. Dre, DMX, P. Diddy, Ja Rule, and Shaquille O'Neal. Now meet her heir apparent, Miami's own Kat Stacks -- a foulmouthed, bubble- ... More >>

Hip-hop groupie Kat Stacks dishes Z-list dirt

​A few years ago, Karrine Steffans, AKA "Superhead," took the hip-hop gossip world by storm when she published a memoir dishing dirt on claimed former flings such as Dr. Dre, DMX, P. Diddy, Ja Rule, and Shaquille O'Neal. Now meet her heir apparent, Miami's own Kat Stacks -- a foulmouthed, bubble- ... More >>

DJ Khaled: Still the best?

​A few years ago, Karrine Steffans, AKA "Superhead," took the hip-hop gossip world by storm when she published a memoir dishing dirt on claimed former flings such as Dr. Dre, DMX, P. Diddy, Ja Rule, and Shaquille O'Neal. Now meet her heir apparent, Miami's own Kat Stacks -- a foulmouthed, bubble- ... More >>

Rick Ross Releases Free Albert Anastasia EP For Memorial Day Weekend 2010

​We all know that the music industry isn't the same anymore for all of these artists and record labels. And in hip-hop, artists have capitalized on being able to put out free mixtapes to promote their upcoming store-bound projects. As such, Rick Ross has been preparing his Memorial Day Weeken ... More >>

Drake Says He Moved to Miami to Meet the Woman of His Dreams

Photo by Ian Witlen​When a big-budget tour starts somewhere, the talent rarely shows up early just to hang around town. Of course, you can always grant an exception for Miami, a city that every hip-hop and pop star takes every chance to visit. But it was curious when Rick Ross announced he'd be fi ... More >>

One Party United Under Hip-Hop

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take s ... More >>

No, Tea Party. Yes, hip-hop!

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take s ... More >>

Birdman's $2.5 Million Bugatti Veyron Takes Over the Streets of Miami Beach

​Bryan "Birdman" Williams is one half of the Williams brothers who own Cash Money Records, the record label responsible for bringing some of the biggest southern hip-hop artists like Lil Wayne to the world. The label was formerly based in New Orleans, but after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster, ... More >>

Rapper Birdman Says He's Close To Becoming Yet Another Minority Owner of the Miami Dolphins

​The Miami Dolphins are in the midst of a two-game losing streak. They just fired their special teams coach after they single-handedly lost the game against the New England Patriots. The starting quarterback position is in doubt. Their football czar is about to walk away, leaving a lot of question ... More >>

Birdman Was Lying About Becoming Minority Owner of the Miami Dolphins, Maybe

​Yesterday we linked to a report by the Miami Herald's Armando Salguero saying that rapper Birdman was awaiting approval from the NFL to become the latest celeb minority owner of the Miami Dolphins. Then Salguero did some followup with the league and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Turns out Birdman ... More >>

Seven Songs We Hope Lil Wayne Puts on Tha Carter IV

Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing ... Lil Wayne's release from Riker's Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison ... More >>

Lil Wayne's Homecoming: Exclusive Red-Carpet Shots With Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Tons More

Photo by Ian Witlen​See the full Lil Wayne Welcome Home Party slideshow. It had been eight months since Weezy'd seen the streets. So he wasn't gonna waste his first weekend of freedom. On Friday, the Young Money Cash Money prince made a straight shot for New Orleans to see the Hornets vs. King ... More >>

Birdman's "Fire Flame" Video: An Exhaustive Analysis

​Like a growing number of Americans, Bryan "Birdman" Williams works from home. At least, that's what we took from the Miami transplant's epic new music video, "Fire Flame", in which he spends the day conducting all of his business-- which involves the trading of a lot of briefcases-- without l ... More >>

Five Local Bands Best Served With a Gallon of Hard Liquor

via facebook.com/furiousdudesGet drunk and go party with Furious Dudes.​A great man once said, "Go big or go home." That particular philosophy applies to almost everything in life -- surfing, rocking the fuck out, and guzzling a gallon of hard liquor. In that spirit, here's a nice list to help y ... More >>

Get Down for Free With Carnaval on the Mile This Weekend

via myspace.com/thelegendaryjcsThe Legendary JC's leader Eugene Snowden.​Who says Coral Gables is stuffy? Um, just about everybody who doesn't live there. But this Saturday through Sunday, you can get down for free to some of the best local and national acts spread out across three big stages at ... More >>

Rapper Birdman's Investment Plan: A $2 Million Bet on the Heat

​In these still shady economic times, placing a bet on the Miami Heat seemed as sound an investment plan as any. At least, that's probably what rapper and Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman thought. He announced on Twitter that he made a $2 million bet on the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Suffi ... More >>

Birdman Lost His $2 Million Heat Bet but Still Parties With Mavericks

​Last night was brutal for Miamians, but considering rapper Birdman had boasted he made a $2 million bet on the Heat in the NBA Finals, we figured he'd be a bit more despondent than the rest of us. Apparently watching his team and bank account lose didn't stop Baby from having a good time las ... More >>

Mark Cuban Spent $110,000 at LIV and Then Spooned With the NBA Championship Trophy

via skindoeshoopsJust another gigantic German shotgunning $80,000 worth of champagne.​We'll give Mark Cuban this: After he ripped out Miami's heart, he at least put a little juice back into the Miami Beach economy Sunday night at LIV's back-stabbing Lil Wayne postgame bacchanalia. Fox S ... More >>

Five Weezy Slow Jams Better Than "How To Love"

​There was a period of time -- from, let's say, Tha Carter II  to the first few mixtapes after Tha Carter III -- when Lil Wayne was maybe actually for serious The Best Rapper Alive. The second Carter LP is the capstone of the early 2000s tinny, minimal, and dumb Cash Money bling-bling era. ... More >>

MTV's Giving Away Free Tickets to Next Week's Sucker Free Awards at LIV

FacebookWe hear Birdman might swing through the Sucker Free Awards.​Buried deep in the Comcast Digital Preferred package of premium pay cable, and sandwiched between MTV Hits and MTV Tr3s, channel 140 belongs to that moderately popular MTV sister station known as MTV 2. Peppered with crap televi ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>