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Meek Mill, Fistfighting Strippers, and KOD's Renovation: A Six-Photo Recap (NSFW)

What's the best way to spend a Monday in Miami? Hurling bricks of cold, hard American cash at fistfighting strippers. As a member of Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group and an adopted 305-er, Meek Mill is a big fan of this particularly Floridian recreational activity. So it's only obvious that he'd ho ... More >>

Of Montreal Announces 2013 U.S. Tour, Coming to Grand Central Miami

Like some kind of rabid half-human, half-beaver freakshow cooked up in the laboratory of Dr. Moreau, Of Montreal is plowing through the second decade of the new millennium with a psychedelic skill set that employs the best of seemingly disparate gene pools. Of course, the crux of the band's geneti ... More >>

Future, T.I., and New Year's Eve 2013 at Cameo on South Beach

Future With T.I. and B.o.B. Cameo, Miami Beach Monday, December 31, 2012 Future was slated to go on at midnight. But Cameo is a long way from Pluto so his landing got delayed. In the meantime, Baltimore club legend DJ Class's "I'm the Shit" remix dropped over the club speakers, with Kanye braggin ... More >>

Mystikal Contemplating XXX Career, Might F#$% Wit Porn Star Pinky for Free

It's been more than a decade since Mystikal had a hit, but he can still hit it from the back. At least, that's what porn star Pinky said when she heard the out-of-jail rapper would choose her to take his XXX virginity. Basically, if Mystikal can't make another hit record soon, he's going to whip i ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties in Miami This Weekend

While the rest of the country has been putting on hoodies and celebrating the first cold-fronts of autumn, we've been down here slaving away through the endless summer of our SoFla lives. Isn't it time we got a little refreshment? Well, it's the beat-freakin' weekend. And we're about to have us som ... More >>

Flosstradamus Brings Chicago Deep-Dish Electro to Grand Central on October 12

Had Mannie Fresh heard womp-womp "from the amplifiers" instead of boom after "the truck went uh-uh" in "Still Fly," Big Tymers' Hood Rich would've been a completely different record 10 years ahead of its time. We're glad he didn't. Producing electro beats with enough swag to effortlessly pump thro ... More >>

Top Ten Rap Brawls Ever! From 2Pac to Diddy's Gun and Juggalos vs. Headbangers

The most recent edition of the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards was less trophies-and-speeches and more WWE Monday Night Raw. First and foremost, the Bawse Ricky Ross stirred up some seriously harsh vibes when he and Young Jeezy got into a spitty spat that resulted in the senseless smashing of a mirror. ... More >>

Chris Brown's Rihanna Neck Tattoo and the Six Most Ratchet Rapper Tats Ever

When you really love someone, you tattoo their face on your neck to prove it. But when you've been in the news for beating up your beloved and everyone judges you for being a dick, then you get a tat that sort of looks like them and deny the resemblance. That's what Chris Breezy did. Look at him n ... More >>

Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin' at Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Show in Miami

See the full 34-photo Nicki Minaj at James L. Knight Center slideshow -- plus Nicki Minaj's Top Seven NSFW Moments. If you need a bad bitch ... Call Nicki Minaj. After officially confirming via Twitter that she's a "pop star" who "fuk'em like I'm still hood," Ms. Minaj rode into the MIA yesterday ... More >>

Top Ten Rap Felons: Shoot Outs, Beat Downs, and Face Eating

In the gritty rap game, honor is everything. And honor usually means a bag full of automatic weapons at an airport. Alright, not every rapper's got a rap sheet. But if you talk the talk, you're expected to do the time. A mean MC with a big mouth is just a poser without a felony charge. And getting ... More >>

Scott Storch's Top Ten Cocaine Bangers and Blow Ballads

​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on prolific pop/rap producer Scott Storch's recent arrest for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas hotel. The story was simple: Homeboy didn't want to pay his bill (probably because he spent all of his money on coke) and when the cops rolled up they found a few grams le ... More >>

Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 13

Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter IV

Raekwon the Chef and Ghostface Killah Cook Up Classic Gangsta Rap at Rock the Bells Miami

​The Wu-Tang Clan has never been modest about its skill set. With hundreds of releases tied to the Wu-Tang brand, this now-legendary '90s gangsta rap collective has always been upfront about what it brings to the table. If you know your Wu, you know nobody else cooks, serves, and keeps 'em coming ... More >>

Lil B Acts Swag and Raps Over Pre-Recorded Tracks at Eve, June 12

Teresa LiberatoreLil B rocking the LeBron look.Lil B With O'Grime and YNG June 12, 2011 Better Than: The outcome of the NBA Finals. Last night, hip-hop cult sensation Lil B performed to a small crowd at downtown nightclub Eve. The event was announced the day before, promoted almost exclusively on ... More >>

Jason Terry's tattoo shows he has more balls than brains

Luther Campbell: Still nasty, an excerpt from Ben Westhoff's new book, Dirty South

Keyshia Dior Dishes About Penis Size, Working With Lil Wayne, and Coconut Cîroc

Keyshia Dior!​Keyshia Dior has been in music videos with Weezy, Jeezy, Gucci, Plies, Timbaland, and now ... Prunk! "You can't have a small penis and expect to please your girl," she said. I wiped the sweat from my brow as she continued, "It doesn't have to be big like a donkey. But it needs to be ... More >>

Halie305: Miami Video Vixen and Chad Ochocinco's Ultimate Catch

2 Starz Studio​If you've paid attention to recent hip-hop videos or maybe even watched VH1, then you've probably seen Halie, AKA Halie305, AKA Heather from The Ultimate Catch. A curvaceous 36-25-41 beauty from Miami, Halie's appearance (as Heather) on VH1's summer reality dating series s ... More >>

The Origins of DJ Kitty Are a Mysterious Thing

When we first heard of the mystical being that is the Tampa Bay Ray's DJ Kitty we gave maybe a little too much praise to the team's marketing department. Turns out that the in-stadium video of a DJing cat that went viral was actually the idea of the team's players. Besides that thought little is kno ... 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 >>

Video and Q&A: Maybach Music's Gunplay, of Triple C's, Talks "Cigar Fare & Hardware"

Rick Ross's homie, Maybach Music's Carol City Cartel member Gunplay a.k.a. Don Logan, takes his name seriously. Just watch this new Dre Films video production to confirm the dude's firepower, which includes "two Kalashnikov AK-47s, one with a 100-pound drum and red beam, the other with the fli ... More >>

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010: Five Things to Look Forward To During Tonight's Broadcast

via facebook.com/AsherRothSorry, but Asher Roth does NOT belong on this show, and we're waiting to see if he gets booed.​This year's annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards show seems to be one of the most contentious to date, thanks to its focus on "Honoring the Dirty South." On one hand, you've got maj ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Radamas

Head Spins: DJ Radamas

​It's 2 a.m. on a Saturday night at Space. College kids and club crawlers, thugs and lovelies, Latinos, Key rats, and tourists from every country with an airport are all losing themselves en masse to the thunder of DJ Radamas. "I love this," shouts Radamas over a wicked mix of vintage Biggie. "Nob ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Baby Cham

While he tried to grow up and become just Cham, he'll perhaps forever be known to fans as "Baby Cham." It's a sign of affection, though, because even though his studio albums are few and far between, Cham remains a popular live performer. He also makes his bones as a frequent crossover guest star on ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010 Spotlight: Rick Ross and Magazeen

Rick Ross needs little introduction in this town, but whats curious is that he's billed here alongside a new protege. Meet Magazeen, a Miami-based dancehall artist who's a new signing to Ross' own label, Maybach Music. You may have heard him on a remix to Ross' single "Here I Am," and the two recent ... More >>

Best of the Best 2010: Diddy Hosts, Performs With "Friends"

Over the coming days, leading up to Sunday, May 30, we'll be taking a look at all of the main artists performing at the huge Best of the Best concert that day. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, do so soon. General admission right now is $54, and VIP is $100 (plus service fees), and the prices ... More >>

Head Spins: Sire Esq.

DJ Supersede Broadens His Reach with Lincoln Road Records

Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.​At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida's most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year's Best of Miami; ... More >>

Head Spins: Sire Esq. (With New DJ Mix for Artist Related!)

​The best DJs dig deep into the sounds they're spinning. And that doesn't mean just the the components of a given track - the structure of the beat, the motion of a melody, the drive of a bassline, and so on. No, the best want to know where a song comes from, be it who did what and why, or the whe ... More >>

Scott Storch raked in hip-hop millions and then snorted his way to ruin

Head Spins: DJ Meta 4, Club Space's hip-hop heavyweight

Head Spins: DJ Meta 4, Spinning at Space on Saturdays

​You want cool? Try this on for size. In a town and a time where everyone works every angle and drops every name, here comes a cat who, in this Head Spins interview, didn't mention the fact that we both knew each other in the old-school days of Jessie's and Rose's and Brandt's Break and Chili Pepp ... More >>

À la Chart

Use both hands and both ears to sample 2005's auditory offerings