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Hip-Hop Culture

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Benzino, Former Source Magazine Co-Owner, Arrested in Miami Beach

    ​The last time rapper and former co-owner of The Source magazine Benzino was arrested in Miami Beach in 2001, he threatened to boycott the city. Of course, he didn't, and Benzino (AKA Raymond Scott) was back in SoBe last week and was arrested for erratic driving. Police also found in his car a spe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    Pop Goes the Crunk

    ​The last time rapper and former co-owner of The Source magazine Benzino was arrested in Miami Beach in 2001, he threatened to boycott the city. Of course, he didn't, and Benzino (AKA Raymond Scott) was back in SoBe last week and was arrested for erratic driving. Police also found in his car a spe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Dance It Off

    ​The last time rapper and former co-owner of The Source magazine Benzino was arrested in Miami Beach in 2001, he threatened to boycott the city. Of course, he didn't, and Benzino (AKA Raymond Scott) was back in SoBe last week and was arrested for erratic driving. Police also found in his car a spe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2010

    Slip-N-Slide's Ted Lucas Says Stop the Violence and Dance

    Trina needs a new video star and it's audition time.​Slip-N-Slide founder Ted Lucas says: "I remember when we had breakdancing. We used to go to the youth fair and go have a real breakdancing contest." So he used to be a breakdancer? "I did a little something, man. I ain't saying I was a professio ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Nipsey Hussle

    Trina needs a new video star and it's audition time.​Slip-N-Slide founder Ted Lucas says: "I remember when we had breakdancing. We used to go to the youth fair and go have a real breakdancing contest." So he used to be a breakdancer? "I did a little something, man. I ain't saying I was a professio ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Pop Goes the Easel

    Trina needs a new video star and it's audition time.​Slip-N-Slide founder Ted Lucas says: "I remember when we had breakdancing. We used to go to the youth fair and go have a real breakdancing contest." So he used to be a breakdancer? "I did a little something, man. I ain't saying I was a professio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    P.A.T.H. Hip-Hop Summer Camp Returns This Year, Registration Open Until Friday

    It seems like just yesterday Crossfade was hanging out at the Miami Light Project, basking in the feel-good glow of P.A.T.H., the annual hip-hop summer camp spearheaded by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. In a throwaway culture saturated with negativity, and in a world of "hip-hop" populated by the like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Remembering Guru: Photos of Gang Starr's Last-Ever Miami Show, Official Statements From His Family and DJ Premier

    photo by William HernandezGang Starr headlining the 2003 Soulfrito Festival in Miami. ​My first memory of Gang Starr, the legendary duo of MC Guru and DJ Premier, comes from mid- to late 1992. I was living in Colombia and had a friend with a satellite TV who recorded hip-hop videos from BET's Rap ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    The Empress of Hip-Hop

    photo by William HernandezGang Starr headlining the 2003 Soulfrito Festival in Miami. ​My first memory of Gang Starr, the legendary duo of MC Guru and DJ Premier, comes from mid- to late 1992. I was living in Colombia and had a friend with a satellite TV who recorded hip-hop videos from BET's Rap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    "Empress of Hip-Hop" Soulflower Hosts the Electric Mothership Cruise This Saturday, May 30

    If you like your local music smart, conscious, uplifting, and all kinds of other complimentary adjectives, then you've probably heard of Soulflower. If not, get with the program -- she's one of the few visible female MCs in the local underground circuit, and is dedicated to getting more women partic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Pop, Lock, and Rock

    If you like your local music smart, conscious, uplifting, and all kinds of other complimentary adjectives, then you've probably heard of Soulflower. If not, get with the program -- she's one of the few visible female MCs in the local underground circuit, and is dedicated to getting more women partic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Body Rock Is in the House

    If you like your local music smart, conscious, uplifting, and all kinds of other complimentary adjectives, then you've probably heard of Soulflower. If not, get with the program -- she's one of the few visible female MCs in the local underground circuit, and is dedicated to getting more women partic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Spongebob Pajamapants

    If you like your local music smart, conscious, uplifting, and all kinds of other complimentary adjectives, then you've probably heard of Soulflower. If not, get with the program -- she's one of the few visible female MCs in the local underground circuit, and is dedicated to getting more women partic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: MC Breed "Ain't No Future in Yo Frontin'"

    Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early '90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It's a death that caught a lot of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Last Night: Talib Kweli, David Banner, and B.O.B. at Revolution

    Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early '90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It's a death that caught a lot of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2008

    Break from the Norm

    Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early '90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It's a death that caught a lot of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Last Night: DJ I-Dee and Q-Bert at Studio A

    Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early '90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It's a death that caught a lot of ... More >>

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Ed Rush

    Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early '90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It's a death that caught a lot of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    We Love the Eighties

    Just the Funny’s gigglefest will be, like, totally awesome

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Poppin Hyun Joon--Just Watch It!!

    Just the Funny’s gigglefest will be, like, totally awesome

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Brother Reade

    Rap Music (Record Collection)

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Know Your Amens From Your Apaches??

    Rap Music (Record Collection)

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Aceyalone

    Magnificent City (Project Blowed)

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Rise Up

    The urban music community responds to Katrina and the aftermath

  • Music

    September 22, 2005

    Cage

    Hell's Winter (Def Jux)

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    The Free Design

    The Now Sound Redesigned (Light in the Attic)

  • Film

    June 23, 2005

    Dance, Dance, Revolution

    Hip-hop, clowns, and war dances meet on the street in Rize

  • Music

    June 9, 2005

    The Black Eyed Peas

    Monkey Business (A&M)

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    Let's Get Physical

    Monkey Business (A&M)

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Buying In

    Monkey Business (A&M)

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Knight Ridder Follies

    Monkey Business (A&M)

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Basshead

    Whose Culture?

  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Basshead

    The Future

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Afrika Bambaataa

    Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light Tommy Boy

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    Rock For Light

    Every Miami youngster has a little bit of Uprokk in them

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of July 01, 2004

    Every Miami youngster has a little bit of Uprokk in them

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004
  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 2004
  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST LOCAL 'ZINE

    Urban America

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004
  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Mind Games

    Can hip-hop music be saved? The students of Booker T. Washington High School say yes

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    The Me Country

    For some, 9/11 was life-changing; for others, it was just another bad day

  • Shops and Wares

    May 15, 2003
  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    The X-ecutioners

    Built From Scratch (Loud Records)

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Catch It Live

    The Funk Jazz Lounge

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Infinite Drama

    Daisy Dukes jiggle while Cuban Link heals hip-hop violence

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of July 26, 2001

  • Calendar

    May 18, 2000

    Dracula's Dance

    Dance Esaias presents the world premiere of Unsheathed: A Gothic Tale

  • Music

    March 30, 2000

    Jungle Story

    The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    In Clubland

    Jam Master Jay and the Marlin keeps it surreal

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