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Rick Ross and MMG Tour With Meek Mill and Wale at Fillmore Miami Beach, December 5

Rick Ross With Meek Mill and Wale Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Better Than: A Wednesday night devoted to making nonstop prank calls in which you pretend to be DJ Khaled. See also: -Becoming the Bawse: Eight-Part History of Rick Ross -Rick Ross Officially Recognized as "Bawse o ... More >>

DJ Khaled and Lil Wayne's "Bitches & Bottles": The Most Expensive Vodka Commercial Ever

If we've learned anything from all the 30 Rock we've been watching, it's that product integration is the future of successful American capitalism. This is a lesson echoed with superb execution in the modern rap community, most members of which have a variety of products their hocking at any given t ... More >>

DJ Khaled Announces "The Temple Birthday Bash" at LIV Miami on November 25

Listen ... DJ Khaled has been a prominent member of Miami's hip-hop community for years, making dope albums, collaborating with the nation's best artists, laying down fat beats on 99 Jamz, and giving the air horn a reason to exist. So we think it's time that the MIA gave back to the man who puts ... More >>

DJ Khaled's Kiss The Ring Strip Club Party at King of Diamonds in Miami Tonight

Fuck a bitch named Isaac. Tonight, DJ Khaled's gonna make it rain hundies and platinum hits all over King of Diamonds. And he so serious. According to the official hype, "the whole world will be in the building" for the Miami-based hip-hop heavyweight as he pops bottles in honor of his new album, ... More >>

DJ Khaled, Kanye, Rozay, and Kim K's Video Clusterf#$%: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

See also "DJ Khaled's 'I'm On One': Five Reasons Why It Was 2011's Most Miami-Tastic Music Video." DJ Khaled keeps making hits and filling them out with his bestest friends. In fact, he's turning 'em out so fast that we just got a two-for-one special. Maybe Khaled saved some cash by hiring Hype Wi ... More >>

Ace Hood's Fisker Karma and Seven Other Hip-Hop Eco-Whips

Recently, Ace Hood was back in town shooting the video for his feature on DJ Absolut's "Untouchable." And like most ballers, Ace was driving a sick whip. But what's notable is he was driving a Fisker Karma, a hybrid that can get 52 miles per gallon. Between money and marijuana, hip-hop was already ... More >>

DJ Khaled Revealed: Bad at Peek-a-Boo? and Five Other Early Titles for His New Album

How down in the dumps must a member of the Terror Squad be to have a Ring Pop on his finger and still have a frown on his face? Only DJ Khaled knows. In advance of his set at this weekend's Best of the Best, DJ Khaled has released the cover art for his upcoming album, Kiss the Ring , which drops Au ... More >>

DJ Khaled and French Montana's Memorial Day 2012 Party at Cameo Miami, May 24

DJ Khaled and French Montana Cameo Miami Thursday, May 24, 2012 Better Than: We want to say anything, because "We da best!" and all. But we would have much preferred to see Khaled do work. Yeah, Memorial Day weekend is upon us. And last night, we were all pumped up and ready to pop bottles at Came ... More >>

Best of the Best 2012 at Bicentennial Park May 27

Best of the Best 2012: A Five-Part Guide

Since the mid-'90s, Miami Beach has welcomed some of hip-hop's biggest names during Memorial Day Weekend for an alcohol-fueled, four-day throwdown, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week. It began as a South Beach fashion event and eventually became an intercity celebration of black culture, com ... More >>

DJ Khaled's "I'm On One": Five Reasons Why It Was 2011's Most Miami-Tastic Music Video

The Metromover's THE BEST!​Pitchfork just declared "I'm On One"-- DJ Khaled's melancholy baller anthem featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross -- one of the ten best tracks of 2011. That's fine. But how could they not mention the video? As Miamians, when we watched this vid, we felt as if our ... More >>

DJ Khaled's Birthday Bash at Mansion November 25

DJ Khaled Celebrates 36th Birthday at Mansion, 210 People on Facebook "F---ing Hate Him"

​Khaled bin Abdul Khaled -- DJ Khaled for short -- is turning 36 this month, and the legendary radio personality, label executive, and accomplished music producer will be celebrating the date of his birth in prime Washington Avenue style. Hosted by 99 Jamz's Felisha Monet, Khaled's birthday bash ... More >>

Ace Hood's Blood, Sweat Tears Release Party Hits Mansion August 11

​Ace Hood's career is the stuff of rap legend. A few years back, the Broward boy handed a demo to 99 Jamz's DJ Khaled in the hopes of performing at his birthday bash. Soon enough, he was the first artist to be signed to Khaled's We The Best label, distributed through Def Jam Records. That encou ... More >>

Ace Hood Talks Hustlin', Best of the Best, and Memorial Day Weekend in Miami

​Born and raised in Broward County, Ace Hood knows hard times. But he knows all about winning too. It's pretty simple. Like he barks on his latest hot hit track: "Same old shit, just a different day/Out her tryin' to get it, each and every way/Momma need a house/Baby need some shoes ... Guess w ... More >>

Will Castro and Unique Autosports: DJ Khaled and Miami's One-Stop Shop for Celebrity Rides

​Will Castro and Unique Autosports are both brands in themselves. Unique, once based in New York and now Miami, encompasses a car customization business as well as cable TV titles for the Speed Network and Spike TV. Boasting celebrity clients like Diddy, the cast of the Jersey Shore, 50 Cent, and ... More >>

305 Live: DJ Khaled signs to Cash Money, Rick Ross & Slim Thug seem to now have beef, and more in our Local Hip Hop News

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- Apparently, DJ Khaled's contract with E1 Records (formerly KOCH Records) expired after the release of his latest album Victory, which spawned the ultra successful single "All I Do Is Win". Well, after bring affiliated with them for years, it seems that DJ Khaled h ... More >>

Mixtape Of The Week: Rich Kidd - We Don't See 'Em (Hosted by DJ Khaled)

​DJ Khaled's We The Best empire seems to be growing slowly but surely. Khaled is currently working on his 5th studio album, We The Best Forever - which is not to be confused with his previous album similarly titled We The Best, which spawned the name of the record label and studios of the same na ... More >>

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DJ Khaled's Fourth of July Bash at Sobe Live Features "the Whole World?"

​We just received this invitation for a DJ Khaled Fourth of July event at Sobe Live and noticed this incredible boast: "Featuring Appearances by THE WHOLE WORLD!" Either the Whole World is a new R&B group, or this place is gonna be packed!I mean, seriously, Khaled? The entire friggin planet is ... More >>

DJ Khaled Dissed by Jacki-O: More Ridiculous Local Rap Beef

The cover of Jacki-O's forthcoming new mixtape.​We want to like Miami rapper Jacki-O. We dig her tattoos, her spitfire raps, and her scrappiness in her attempts to bounce back from a checkered past that includes a shoplifting charge and personal bankruptcy. And though she was once poised to b ... More >>

Concert Review: Best of the Best 2010 at Bicentennial Park, May 30

photo by Ian WitlenKhaled, Ross, and Diddy all took to the stage together for a group appearance.​Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the concert.Best of the Best Concert With Gyptian, Barrington Levy, Capleton, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Diddy, and othersBicentennial Park, Miami ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Mr. Vegas

One of the biggest stars of current urban Jamaican music, Mr. Vegas was among young artists leading the charge in the '90s to take dancehall in a more American-influenced direction. His smash hits fused sparse riddims with plenty of hip-hop swagger and R&B melodic flavor, and his recent synth-he ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Cocoa Tea

Born Calvin George Scott, Cocoa Tea hails from Kingston and carries on the island's reggae tradition. The early/mid-'80s saw him flirting with early dancehall stylings on chilled-out songs like "I Lost My Sonia" and "Too Young." But when dancehall veered into more aggressive, hip-hop-influenced terr ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Capleton

The mere mention of Capleton anywhere fans the Internet flames, as the reggae legend has been accused, on and off, of homophobia - or, rather, for refusing to co-sign on, or about-facing from, various anti-homophobia efforts in dancehall. His defenders, however, claim that he's moved past all that a ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Serani

The 27-year-old Serani's 2008 single, "No Games," with its sped-up, hiccuping beat and indelible chorus, was everywhere that year. A debut album of the same name followed in 2009, but since then, he's been working to prove he's no one-hit wonder. Newer songs like "When It's Cold," "Naked," and "Roma ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Barrington Levy

Barrington Levy has had two musical lives, it seems, in the past few decades. There was his first one, as a wildly popular singer of reggae and a splash of early dancehall, a career which began in the '70s and netted him hits like "Collie Weed" and "Under Mi Sensi." His second musical life, though, ... More >>

305 Live: Local Hip-Hop News from Adela, Pitbull, DJ Khaled and more

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- DJ Khaled continues to ride the wave of success that his song "All I Do Is Win" has garnered. Since releasing the song, he's received tons of iTunes downloads for it. So I guess as a thank you of sorts, Khaled recruits pretty much all of the most relevant rappers of ... More >>

DJ Khaled: Still the best?

Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Capleton, Barrington Levy, and Others Added to Best of the Best Lineup

CC by 2.0, via xxmisa on Flickr​Over the past 15 years or so, Jamaican dancehall has been fusing more and more with American urban music. It's really been reflected in the last few in the lineup of Best of the Best, the biggest dancehall-centric concert of the year in South Florida. Hip-hop artist ... More >>

New Track by West Palm's Karbeen Mafia, Featuring Schife and Toedown, "Getting to the Money"

Props to Crown the South for pointing out a new song from West Palm's own Karbeen Mafia, "Getting to the Money," that popped up over the weekend. Karbeen frontman Schife, whose production work with Fat Joe caught Crossfade's attention in the fall, has also cooked tracks recently for Trina, Rick Ross ... More >>

DJ Khaled and McDonald's Whipped Cream on His Nose: A Love Story

Miami transplant, part-time rapper/producer and full-time nonsensical screamer DJ Khaled is the master of extolling the virtues of shit most people find worthless and/or despicable. Such as his own musical prowess: who but DJ Khaled could scream, with great frequency and without irony, that DJ Khale ... More >>

DJ Khaled Nearly Convinces us that We Want a McCafe Hot Chocolate

Miami transplant, part-time rapper/producer and full-time nonsensical screamer DJ Khaled is the master of extolling the virtues of shit most people find worthless and/or despicable. Such as his own musical prowess: who but DJ Khaled could scream, with great frequency and without irony, that DJ Khale ... More >>

Wednesday Blog Watch: Heat_R Photos and Hip-Hop MP3s

via lividrecords.comThe Crumbs are recording a new 10" for Livid Records.​*The party Heat_r is back up and running, bringing indie electro back to Fort Lauderdale, now at Exit 66. We heard it was pretty well-attended. The party's ostensible web site, though, which was at heatrparty.com, seems to h ... More >>

Prunk TV featuring DJ Khaled

When Lil Wayne said, "Miami is my home. I'm home, bitch.," it felt really good. I am a Miami native, born here. When Khaled mentioned that he had seen me on WSHH in the studio with Mack Maine and Kevin Rudolf, I felt like I just won a certificate of eligibility.    I love Miami and I lov ... More >>

A Club Guide to Memorial Day Weekend 2009

The Name Says It All

DJ Khaled Has Not Been Killed in a High-Speed Bentley Chase, DJ Khaled Claims

In one of the more outrageous celebrity-death rumors we've heard (FYI: Eminem, Blossom, and Doogie Howser are indeed alive) various blogs have been reporting that Miami pseudo-star DJ Khaled led cops on a three-hour Bentley chase through Los Angeles streets before killing himself. A white-Bentley- ... More >>

Beyond the Hood

DJ Khaled drops We Global.

DJ Khaled Album Out Today; Does In-Store at Best Buy in Pembroke Pines

The Party Crasher - Khaled and Ace Hood Celebrate We The Best Records

The Party Crasher – DJ Khaled’s Annual Birthday Blowout at Mansion

DJ Khaled's Annual Birthday Bash TONIGHT

The Party Crasher - Lil Wayne's Birthday Bash

Monday Night: OZONE Awards at the James L. Knight Center

DJ Khaled Wilding Out!!!

DJ Khaled

"Holla at Me" (Koch)

Hip-hop Honeymoon

This Memorial Day Weekend, R&B songbirds soothe the ruffneck rabble