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Daddy Yankee, Openly Not Gay Reggaetonero, Announces May Concert in Miami

Openly not gay Puerto Rican reggaetonero Daddy Yankee and two male friends, fellow countryman J Alvarez and "Cubatón" pioneer Osmani Garcia, recently announced their upcoming three-way at Miami's Fuchs Pavilion at the Dade County Youth Fair and Expo grounds. And they're encouraging others to come w ... More >>

Daddy Yankee Comes Out as Gay Not Gay

There are few things manlier -- and in a woman's case, womanlier -- than stepping out of "the closet" and letting the world know you're gay. And you'd be an asshole not to respect someone with that kind of courage. But you'd be an even bigger culo to issue a bilingual press release refuting rumors ... More >>

Chris Brown Admits Punching Ladies Is "Absolutely Wrong"

Usually when C. Breezy visits a morning talk show for a lil' chit-chat about domestic violence, all the windows get smashed. This morning, though, an uncharacteristically sedate Chris Brown visited with NBC's Matt Lauer on the set of the Today Show to discuss a new single, "the Quincy Jones approac ... More >>

Twitter Thinks New Dolphins Logo Likes To Have Sex With Logos of the Same Gender

Though it's been the worst kept secret in sports for a few weeks now, the Miami Dolphins officially unveiled their new logo today. The public intellectual trust that makes up Twitter users have basically fallen into two camps: that it looks like a sign for an aquarium or, oddly, that it appears to e ... More >>

Chris Brown Graffitis Miami Building: Five Reasons for Breezy to Quit Music for Street Art

We know Chris Brown can dance, and we know he's moody, but now we can say without a doubt that he's a "true artist." Not only is he gifted in the realm of hip-shaking and heart-breaking, he can really strut his stuff with a spray can. He came down to our home turf to show off his skills for kids an ... More >>

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds at Jazz in the Gardens March 16 and 17

Babyface on Current R&B: "We've Gone for the Trend... Just Keep Giving the Same Thing"

From jamming with funk forefathers to helping break New Jack Swing and cofounding legendary '90s R&B label LaFace Records with partner Antonio "L.A." Reid, the man known as Babyface has spent three decades creating and shaping pop music. Now 53, Kenneth Edmonds is working on a new album by Are ... More >>

Chris Brown Kills Rihanna in Law & Order: SVU Episode

Our nation loves a good cause, and we seem to have made Rihanna one of them. This whole country is just one bad-gal Instagram photo away from a million-man march to raise awareness and call for an end to the singer's tumultuous relationship with Chris Brown. Never mind that the pair is "in love" an ... More >>

Rihanna and Chris Brown Getting Married? Couple Allegedly Planning Fire-Breathing Wedding with "a Near-Naked Waitstaff"

Oh girls, we never learn. We always love the assholes who treat us like garbage. As long as they give us just enough to feel like "this time is different." Well, this time it is different, because it's not just on-again-off-again rumors of dating and instakissing. It's full-on marriage on the horiz ... More >>

F#$% Valentine's Day! Top Ten Anti-Love Songs

Valentine's Day really blows. If you're single, lovey-dovey shit will be rubbed in your face at every turn. And if you're not single, you've got to come up with some kind of sappy, cheesy display of affection or else end up in the dog house. And why? Because Hallmark and the damn chocolate compan ... More >>

Ten Reasons the Grammys Actually Didn't Suck

We're experiencing a lot of weird feelings right now. We're not exactly sure how to cope with these emotions. But they say the first step to getting over your problem is admitting you have one. So deep breath ... Here we go. We actually enjoyed the 55th annual Grammy Awards. OMG, please don't ju ... More >>

Chris Brown Feels Victimized: "A Day in My Shoes Is a Day in Hell"

Poor Chris Brown. After beating his gorgeous girlfriend in 2009, going ape-shit on the set of Good Morning America in 2011, brawling with Drake's posse at a New York City nightclub in the summer of 2012, insensitively dressing up like a terrorist for Halloween last year, and probably calling Frank ... More >>

Chris Brown Faked Community Service, (Probably) Called Frank Ocean a "Faggot"

The Breezy wire is goin' beserk. Oh, it's just the alert system that we here at Crossfade rigged up in order to receive prompt notification of Chris Brown's next massive fuck-up. And last week, it almost whirred itself to death when Brown punched Frank Ocean over a parking spot. Or as Ocean tweete ... More >>

Rihanna on Getting Hit by Chris Brown: "We Don't Have Those Arguments Anymore"

While an alleged scuffle with Frank Ocean and a highly publicized brawl with Drake suggest otherwise, Chris Brown is a changed man. At least that's what his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna tells Rolling Stone. "I decided it was more important for me to be happy," the singer says in the la ... More >>

Chris Brown Turns to Jesus, Frank Ocean Wants to Press Charges

Chris Brown's "not working on negativity" anymore. Instead, the Grammy-nominated hothead says he's turning to Jesus and Michael Jackson for inspiration to help get him through his latest public display of douchebaggery: Sunday's parking lot scuffle with Frank Ocean. However, Brown may also need h ... More >>

Chris Brown Punches Frank Ocean Over Parking Spot

It'd been a while since Chris Brown acted up. But it's Grammy season, and that means Breezy's in fight mode! According to TMZ, Brown allegedly "jumped" R&B crooner Frank Ocean last night outside of Westlake Studio in Los Angeles after the Grammy-nominated Odd Future crewman reportedly blocked ... More >>

Miami's Top Albums, EPs, and Singles of 2012

Miami's Best Albums, EPs, Singles of 2012

Heavy bass, ear-shredding distortion, booty beats, syrupy synths, and prime rhymes. Even though the 305 is a sunny city, it's definitely got a weird, dark, and dirty side. So while this year's top local releases were often sexed-up and fun-obsessed, they were also experimental, X-rated, drugged-ou ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

Ten Gay Rappers Breaking Down Barriers and Bringing Dat Heat

Hip-hop has rarely been heralded for its acceptance of the gay community, but all things must change with time. Lots of rappers and hip-hoppers are speculated to be gay. Lil B seemed like he was coming out when he dropped a mixtape entitled I'm Gay (I'm Happy), but denied it. Meanwhile, Frank Ocean ... More >>

Does the Looming '90s Revival Presage a Nirvana-Style Breakthrough?

Lil Wayne's Totally Insane Lawsuit Deposition: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Lil Wayne cannot recall a goddamn thing. From his time behind bars on Rikers Island to selling the most records of any musician in 2008, the YMCMB mastermind has plum forgotten his whole life. At least, that seems to be his go-to response in recently released deposition videos, recorded during hi ... More >>

Lil Wayne's "No Frank Ocean" Slur Is the New "No Homo"

See also "Frank Ocean Is Gay: A Ten-Point History of Coming Out in Music, From Bowie to Lance Bass." There's a new way of declaring "no homo" before complimenting another dude's ridiculous abs or quipping that homie's butt sags in JNCO jeans. His name is Frank Ocean. Lil Wayne has reduced the Od ... More >>

MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers

If, last night, you shouted, "Screw crappy pop!" and chose Barack, then you've probably got no effing idea who won and lost at the MTV Video Music Awards. Luckily, we here at Crossfade own a DVR. So while watching Obama goin' hard at the Democratic National Convention, we were also keeping track of ... More >>

MTV VMAs 2012: Seven Things That Sucked and Seven Things That Didn't Totally Suck

See also "MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers." Last night, America's pop culture elite came together in Los Angeles to celebrate almost 30 years of Moonmen. It was the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards, and it coulda been worse. For one, Chris Brown and Drake didn't ... More >>

Miami's Steven A. Clark Announces F.U.C.K. Release Date, Drops "Don't Have You" Video

See also Crossfade's feature story: "Steven A. Clark Is a 'Superhero' and He's Here to Help Save R&B." What is Future RnB? Well, as Fayetteville-via-Miami singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark once told Crossfade over a croissant sandwich: "It ain't just, 'I want to make love to you and make you m ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012: Four Reasons EDM Is the New Summer Music Festival Staple

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." With every year that passes, it feels li ... More >>

Top 25 Kooky Lollapalooza 2012 Moments in Animated GIF!

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." Ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osb ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED" and "Lollapalooza 2012, Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others." What have we learned following Lollapalooza 2012? Not only do reunions ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012 Stopped by Rain Storms, Returns as 90,000-Person Mud Party

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" and "Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED." The 2012 installment of Lollapalooza has thus far brought the requisite extremes, in terms of performances and potent weather. A two-hour delay cut through the ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED." The second day of Lollapalooza could not have been more different than the first. A bunch of noted cancellations -- B.o.B, Alabama Shakes, etc. -- subtracte ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012." The first of three days of music in the hot cauldron of Grant Park in Chicago is now one for the history books. Black Sabbath (or at least three-quarters of them) got back together; M83 lit up the skies and our hearts; and the lines at the water ... More >>

MTV Announces Video Music Awards Nominees, Snub Rick Ross

Like the History Channel, MTV is lying about itself. Despite their respective names, programming is anything but historical or musical. For example, Teen Mom and Snooki and JWoww are reality-ish shows, and they're light-years away from MTV's traditional business model built around a 24-hour music ... More >>

Frank Ocean Is Gay: A Ten-Point History of Coming Out in Music, From Bowie to Lance Bass

Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean recently opened up on Tumblr about falling in love with a man, and the blogosphere is buzzing with stories about gay Franky. But we're stuck on how modern this whole coming-out ceremony has become. Gays, bisexuals, and lesbians have been a big part of the music indust ... More >>

Don Henley Threatens to Sue Frank Ocean and Six Other Ridiculous Musical Lawsuits

​Underground R&B sensation and Odd Future fellow Frank Ocean is catching some static from the Eagles' Don Henley. The singer isn't feeling Ocean's "American Wedding," which samples the old classic "Hotel California." Henley threatened to sue Ocean if he performs it again, and now the performa ... More >>

Miami R&B singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark on Stripes, his upcoming album, and being a hungry, semi-employed artist

Miami's Steven A. Clark Is a "Superhero" and He's Here to Help Save R&B

​Last year, when Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra and The Weeknd's House of Balloons dropped within weeks of each other, critics and music fans celebrated the arrival of a fresh movement in R&B. Though the moods of those recordings differed considerably, they were both remarkably self-assured an ... More >>

Odder Future: A Deep and Weird Look at the OFWGKTA Discography

Tyler the Creator isn't the limit of OFWGKTA.​With the formal release of Tyler the Creator's first non-self-released full-length record, Goblin, the MC has been the focus of all the hype surrounding Los Angeles-based (and young as hell) hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. But ... More >>