Subject: Flo Rida

• DJ Khaled's Annual Birthday Bash TONIGHT

  November 19, 2007

• Flo Rida has the #1 Song in the Country

  December 28, 2007

• Missy and Flo Rida Show Up at Sunset Place

  February 8, 2008

• Last Night: Black Chiney at Whyte Noise

  February 11, 2008

• The Party Crasher - Rick Ross Trilla Release Party at Mansion

  March 11, 2008

• Rick Ross' Trilla Debuts at #1

  March 19, 2008

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

  April 11, 2008

• MTV's Hottest MC's List Gives Florida Props

  May 20, 2008

• Last Night: Paid Dues Tour at Club Cinema

  June 9, 2008

• Girl Talk Pulls a Radiohead: Download Greg Gillis' New Mix For Free

  June 20, 2008

• Video: Lil Wayne's "A Milli" Still Shouts Out the 305

  July 9, 2008

• Rick Ross Speaks About Shooting at his Annual Be Out Day

  August 7, 2008

• MTV Hosts First Ever African Music Awards

  As I was cruising the blogosphere over the weekend, I came across an interesting story that definitely caught me by surprise. MTV, home to all things exploitive and pop, just held their first annual African Music Awards in Abuja, Nigeria this past Saturday. It's a move that could bolster more visibility for music artists on the world's poorest continent, who often complain that there are few outlets to get their music heard outside of Africa.  The big winner over the weekend was the "KoKo M

  November 23, 2008

• Q&A With T-Pain, Performing at AAA on Sunday

  Many of today's hip-hop personalities and R&B royalty would have fans believe they've got the genuine Midas touch, but few in recent years can truly back that claim up. The Tallahassee-born T-Pain, however, is one of these chosen few. It's no wonder Akon snatched him up for his own imprint, Konvict Muzik, upon hearing his rendition of the impresario's single, "Locked Up," back in 2005.  Since then Pain has put singles on the Top 40 almost faster than Billboard can get to print, thanks

  December 11, 2008

• Last Night: Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Busta Rhymes, Jazmine Sullivan and More at Cafe Iguana

  Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Brisco, Jazmine Sullivan, Busta Rhymes, and more. Tuesday, December 16, 2008Cafe IguanaBetter Than: Watching BET's 106 & ParkPower 96 does not like to be showed up. Last weekend, much attention was paid to Y-100's annual Jingle Ball concert, and their star studded line-up of pop acts like Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy, Rihanna, Katy Perry, etc. Just three days later, South Florida's favorite pop station for the people, Power 96, held their own impressive holiday jam titled,

  December 17, 2008

• Flo Rida Not Ridin' With Chris Brown For His Next Single

  Flo Rida, Carol City's muscle-bound rapper and supporter of Floridians wearing "boots with the furrr," is apparently not so hot on appearing on tracks with guys who (allegedly) beat their pop star girlfriend. The (alleged) song is called "Sweat" and though it's been bubbling on the 'net for a few weeks now, Mr. Rida won't be releasing it as his next single. He (allegedly) told Contact Music: "I recorded a great song with Chris. But I won't be releasing it now because of what's going on with him

  February 26, 2009

• Boots With the Furrr Are Completely Unacceptable Today

  April 9, 2009

• DJ Enferno

  March 19, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Cee Pee

  Kicking the soundtrack for America's Backyard.

  February 26, 2009

• Inked and Loud

  Miami Tattoo Expo features sounds besides buzzing needles.

  January 8, 2009

• Bigga Rankin Presents Brisco

  From Dade to Duval (Real Nigga Radio Edition) (Poe Boy)

  November 20, 2008

• Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs

  October 16, 2008

• The Next Hit

  Now playing.

  August 28, 2008

• Q&A: UB The Underboss, A.K.A. The Apex, Drops A Book Of Knowledge

  UB The Underboss is a South Florida hip-hop veteran and new media pioneer. I asked him 10 questions via e-mail and got back so much information I can't even call this an interview, it's the Underboss Book Of Knowledge. Check out Urban Medero's 20 years worth of insight on hip-hop culture and check him out on RapReport.com

  April 15, 2009

• Forget the PS Triple

  It’s all about the 360, baby.

  July 24, 2008

• Head Spins: Drop.D

  June 19, 2008

• Nick Catchdubs

  March 20, 2008

• Trilla, Trilla Nights

  Rick Ross proves he’s still the boss.

  March 6, 2008

• The Kingston Kid

  March 6, 2008

• Rappers' Slight

  Flo Rida and Missy Elliott at Sunset Place?

  February 14, 2008

• Jim Jonsin Is on Top of Hip-Hop

  May 21, 2009

• A Club Guide to Memorial Day Weekend 2009

  May 21, 2009

• Countown to Freestyle Invasion II: Q&A with Judy Torres

  via myspace.com/judytorresTo read yesterday's interview with Johnny O, click here. Judy Torres is the singer of the freestyle hits "No Reason to Cry" and "Please Stay Tonight." She is currently a radio host on WKTU 103.5 in New York City. And there is no doubt that she is the Queen of freestyle!José el Rey: Thanks for taking the time to speak to me, you must be the hardest working woman in show business!Judy Torres: I'm super busy,  I have lot of shows this weekend, and the radio show

  May 27, 2009

• MTV News Celebrates the M-I-Yayo With its Very Own Week

  Now that Heidi and Spencer have gotten married for realz, MTV has decided to give our fair city its very own week of in-depth musical coverage. This introductory article mentions the accomplishments of the usual suspects - Lil' Wayne, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Khaled, and Cool & Dre - and promises to give the world a look at local "legends, superstars, and upstarts. But no mention of that Spectacular dance...or equally hilarious follow-up. Keep checking here to see what MTV

  June 8, 2009

• Random Album Review: Brooke Hogan, The Redemption

  Brooke HoganThe RedemptionSoBe EntertainmentYou'll love Brooke Hogan's latest, The Redemption, if your taste in music was honed while drunkenly bar hopping on Washington Avenue. The album is about as charming  as pole dancing for an ass-grab-happy crowd during Calle Ocho. And it's as sophisticated as the cover art which would look more appropriate adorning the hood of a Honda, a Veladora candle, or an oversized T-shirt worn by a chonga at the Mall of the Americas while she's waiting in line

  June 24, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: Billy Blue mixtape, 36 Reasons

  As we embark on another hot and sweltering summer in the M.I.A., it's bound to get hotter with the release of local hip-hop heavyweight Billy Blue's new mixtape, 36 Reasons. It's a preemptive strike before his major-label debut album, The Story of My Life, due out the end of August on Poe Boy Entertainment/Interscope Records. The buzz behind Blue has been nonstop since his emergence into the grime-time Miami rap scene a year ago with his now-classic club anthem "Ball like a Dog." The track circu

  July 14, 2009

• T-Pain, Flo Rida, Ne-Yo & Akon at American Airlines Arena August 22

  ​Summerfest 2009 is going down next month at the American Airlines Arena, and it has some of hip-hop and R&B's biggest names on the bill. Ne-Yo, Akon, Flo Rida, and T-Pain are all confirmed to perform on August 22. If you're looking to get good seats, you'd better prepare to shell out a small fortune though. Lower bowl tickets are going for $349 before fees, and you can't get in the door for under $50. For fans of at least two of the acts though, you can justify the price by addin

  July 27, 2009

• Summer Fest 2009 is Postponed Due to "Weather Conditions"

  via myspace.com/brisco305Brisco was set to perform at Summer Fest​Summer Fest was an all-out megawatt concert scheduled for this Saturday at American Airlines Arena. The line-up was to feature some of the biggest names in pop, hip-hop, and R&B: Akon, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, and T-Pain, as well as locals like Flo Rida, Brisco, Black Dada, Wynter, and Casely.The show was officially postponed yesterday due to "weather conditions" -- tropical storms/depressions/whatever Ana and Bill, who already l

  August 19, 2009

• Riding with Poseidon

  August 20, 2009

• Rapper Pitbull Sued in Australia for Allegedly Punking Out on Shows

  Yesterday, rapper Pitbull won the keys to the City of Miami for his work "traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami," according to one city commissioner. via Wikimedia Commons​But for all of Mr. 305's postive-image-spreadin' "world-traveling," it's a trip he's accused of not making that's landed him in hot water. An Australian promoter slapped Pitbull -- real name: Armando Christian Perez -- with a lawsuit this month, claiming that he skipped out on three shows sc

  August 21, 2009

• Rapper Pitbull Sued in Australia for Allegedly Punking Out on Shows

  Yesterday, rapper Pitbull won the keys to the City of Miami for his work "traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami," according to one city commissioner. via Wikimedia Commons​But for all of Mr. 305's postive-image-spreadin' "world-traveling," it's a trip he's accused of not making that's landed him in hot water. An Australian promoter slapped Pitbull -- real name: Armando Christian Perez -- with a lawsuit this month, claiming that he skipped out on three shows sc

  August 21, 2009

• Around Town this Weekend

  With not a cloud in sight, it seems like the due-to-weather cancelation of tomorrow's Summerfest (featuring T-Pain, Flo Rida, and Keri Hilson, among others) was a bit premature but luckily there are plenty of other places to get your music fix tonight. From the locally cool: The Hongs, Band Number 12, and Vultures are Wolves; to the internationally cool: DJ Tim Green, Bloody Mary, and Toto la Momposina; Friday alone is chock full of sounds meant to massage your ears to the point of orgasm.

  August 21, 2009

• Bonus Free Music: New Mixtape From Shonie, Hosted by Slip N Slide DJ 5053

  ​You may remember rising local R&B queen Shonie from an episode of Prunk TV here on Crossfade from last May. Since then, she's been working on material for her upcoming debut album, to be released on Slip N Slide and Def Jam, for now titled Passionate... Pieces of Me. Recently, she scored some YouTube heat with a female-perspective response to Jeremiih's "Birthday Sex," Capitalizing on the Internet traction, Shonie's released a new mixtape, What the Game's Been Missing. It's hosted by DJ 5

  August 25, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: "Fountain of Youth" by Purple Popcorn, Playing White Room This Friday

  ​The local hard rock-rap band Purple Popcorn does, in fact, rock, but has gotten most of its recognition from stomping all over pop hip-hop. In the early days of its formation two years ago, the band pummeled both Soulja Boy's "Crank That" and Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," and in so doing added some much-needed weight to both tracks. More recently, Purple Popcorn did the same thing with Kid Cudi's "Day N Nite," though why they did so is anybody's guess. Thankfully, these days the band is after mo

  August 26, 2009

• Stargaze on Earth at LIV

  September 10, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: "Do It Like This" From Slip 'N' Slide's Newest Artist, Mike Bless

  Courtesy of myspace.com/mrsoulville​When Slip 'N' Slide Records announced their 2008 Next Big Superstar Tour, artists from all over the country answered the call. But only one, Mike Bless aka Mr. Make It Happen, could win the title. Though there's a whiff of Flo Rida's breakthrough hit "Get Low" track-wise and Bless' staccato, twang-ed out, upbeat delivery -- hopefully Bless won't abandon us for a career in straight pop music like Flo did. "Do it Like This" status as a strip club anthem

  September 11, 2009

• South Florida Hip Hop Stands Up For Haitians Seeking TPS

  If you thought all Miami hip-hop stood for was balling out, popping pills, selling crack, hitting licks, fucking hoes, and killin fools then you were wrong.The local rap game has rallied behind the cause of TPS (temporary protected status) for Haitians in the United States. TPS  is granted to "aliens in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary condi

  September 14, 2009

• Kreyol Rapper Mecca a.k.a. Grimo's Thoughts On TPS for Haitians

  Mecca aka Grimo is an American of Haitian descent who raps in English and Kreyol for Wyclef's Sak Pase Records label. Listen above for his interview with Cheryl Mizell on WEDR 99 Jamz's Community Voices show from 6 - 7 am on Saturday.Did you know that Haitians fought in the Siege of Savannah in 1779 to help America win the Revolutionary War?Join Mecca, Billy Blue, Brisco, Flo Rida, Udonis Haslem, DJ Khaled, Ace Hood and others this Friday, September 18 at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park -

  September 15, 2009

• M1 of Dead Prez People's Army Tells Obama Give Us Haitians TPS or We Gon Take It

  M1 from Dead Prez has a message for Obama; he tells it to a camera held by Buggah Da Govanah from On Point Entertainment in what looks like a suburban revolutionary cave as a means of rallying support for TPS for Haitians in the USA.M1 tells Obama that in Haiti "Human beings are subjected to the type of life that you would only wish on your worst enemy. Do you know? Do you recognize the deathHere's M1 of Dead Prez speaking out on Haitians refugess' current political status. "Do you recognize th

  September 16, 2009

• Khaled, E-Class' Live From the 305 Takes Over The Internet

  ​DJ Khaled says, "Liiiisten." He says "We the best." And he says, "We global."E-Class from Poe Boy Records says he's right and together with some of the best artists the streets have to offer they're proving it's true.Live From the 305 is a compilation album they've created that is backed by the power of some of the mainstream rappers our city has produced, and infused with the underground elements that of artists working for the big crossover.A simple Google search for Live From the 305 will

  October 15, 2009