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Ja Rule

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Happy Birthday, Uncle Luke! The Funniest and Filthiest Moments From Luther Campbell's 2011

    ​Can a columnist get a table dance? One-time 2 Live Crew capo and Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate Luther Campbell celebrated his 51st birthday last week. But the New Times contributor isn't calling it quits just yet. Tomorrow night, Uncle Luke's hosting an NYE weekend birthday bash alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    B2K's Lil' Fizz Arrested For Pot Shop and the Five Wildest Rapper Weed Busts of All Time

    Lil Fizz is wildly weedy. ​Aside from your standard Gucci Mane flareup, the world of hip-hop arrests has been pretty boring lately. Who cares about Ja Rule's back taxes? Thankfully, early 2000s R&B boy band vocalist Lil' Fizz (AKA Dreux Pierre Frederic) is bringing some flair back to notable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Ja Rule's Back Taxes and the Five Other Wimpiest Rapper Arrests Ever

    ​Yesterday, Top 40 hip-hop megastar and occasional actor Ja Rule was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to file his taxes. Remember the good old days when rappers were taking each other out on their records and in real life? Or they wrote verses about crackhouses from inside crackhouses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Five Predictions for Drake's New Year's Eve Party at WALL Lounge

    Photo by Ian WitlenDrake on tour in Miami. ​It's Drizzy, baby! and he's declared Miami his new home. He opened his tour here, celebrated his 24th birthday at Arkadia and King of Diamonds, and now he's hosting a New Year's Eve Party at WALL Lounge. It's been a hell of year for everyone's favorite b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    DMX Disses Plies, Calls Him "One of the Worst Rappers Out There"

    ​Stop, drop, shut 'em down, and open up shop: We all remember jamming to a little DMX back in the day. He's no stranger to drama, and loves himself a little controversy. Stints in jail, feuds with Ja Rule, and his latest: Picking on our local Florida talent. DMX spoke with St. Louis radio station ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Hip-hop groupie Kat Stacks dishes Z-list dirt

    ​Stop, drop, shut 'em down, and open up shop: We all remember jamming to a little DMX back in the day. He's no stranger to drama, and loves himself a little controversy. Stints in jail, feuds with Ja Rule, and his latest: Picking on our local Florida talent. DMX spoke with St. Louis radio station ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    The Top Ten Scott Storch Productions

    This week, New Times slogged knee-deep into the messy world of Scott Storch-- the coke, the family he ditched, the fortune he blew in spectacular fashion, it's all in there in unprecedented detail. But before he was a prime candidate for the best VH1: Behind the Music ever, Storch was a massive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    And Now, Deep Thoughts With Kat Stacks

    ​A few years ago, Karrine Steffans, AKA "Superhead," took the hip-hop gossip world by storm when she published a memoir dishing dirt on claimed former flings such as Dr. Dre, DMX, P. Diddy, Ja Rule, and Shaquille O'Neal. Now meet her heir apparent, Miami's own Kat Stacks -- a foulmouthed, bubble- ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ J Felix

    An omnipresent club fixture from South Beach to Fort Lauderdale.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Rick Ross versus 50 Cent: What's Beef?

    Forgive us Miami. For the past few days, a Rick Ross/50 Cent war of the words has been all over the internets and we're just getting around to reporting on it. Blame it on the fact that a headline containing "Curtis Jackson" and "beef" made us think that it was 2001, Dubya was back in office, and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Attn. All Local "Thugs": MTV Wants To Turn You Into A Dandy

    Forgive us Miami. For the past few days, a Rick Ross/50 Cent war of the words has been all over the internets and we're just getting around to reporting on it. Blame it on the fact that a headline containing "Curtis Jackson" and "beef" made us think that it was 2001, Dubya was back in office, and w ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Shooting Stars

    Wisin & Yandel aim for crossover staying power.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Over the Weekend - Paul Mooney, Absinthe, Wynwood Art Walk and more

    Wisin & Yandel aim for crossover staying power.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2008
  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007
  • News

    September 20, 2007

    John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

    He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2007

    The Stars Come Out for Miami Live

    He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    A Good Rap

    Reggaetoneros Wisin and Yandel have conquered Miami; now it's on to the rest of the nation

  • Music

    December 14, 2006

    Cred Sheet

    Reggaetoneros Wisin and Yandel have conquered Miami; now it's on to the rest of the nation

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    Cadillacs and Basketball

    Money Malc is the Heat's number one fan

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    Calle Blowup

    What's going down is Signature Sound

  • Music

    January 5, 2006

    Wisin y Yandel

    Pa’l Mundo (Universal Machete)

  • Music

    January 5, 2006

    CD Reviews

    Pa’l Mundo (Universal Machete)

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    À la Chart

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

  • Music

    November 24, 2005

    Hip or Hop?

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

  • Music

    August 11, 2005

    The Roots of Change

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

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2005

    Hip-Hop Hoops

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

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Social Promotion

    Empire Events parties attract the high rollers and boldface names who are the life force of clubland

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Cotton Candy

    Empire Events parties attract the high rollers and boldface names who are the life force of clubland

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Set List

    DJ Iceberg

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    DJ Entice

    DJ Iceberg

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    States of Denial

    The Miami Herald ignited a firestorm over police spying and got burned in the process

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Mind Games

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

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    Wake Up!

    A year-end rant or rave for the rap music industry

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2003

    Glam-Dunk

    Hip-hop hoops it up

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Still in the Hood

    Can Ray "Benzino" Scott's new hip-hop club survive his reputation?

  • Music

    April 17, 2003

    Detritus

    The world turns around 50 Cent

  • Music

    March 20, 2003

    King Britt

    Adventures in Lo-Fi BBE/Rapster

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    Money for Nothing

    50 Cent gets by on personality alone with Get Rich or Die Tryin'

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Over-the-Top Hip-Hop

    That well-publicized death threat? It's called marketing

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Hip-hop Treasure Hunt

    South Florida's radio war is all about the Benjamins

  • Music

    October 31, 2002

    Ruggish-N-Real

    The air might be a little hazy, but Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's voice is clear

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Dancing for Dollars

    You've seen them at the clubs. Flamboyantly costumed, gyrating up there on a platform. Chances are good they're working for Pamela Canellas.

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Smooth Operators

    Miami Beach and urban hip-hop make up for last year

  • Music

    May 23, 2002

    Hip-hop Honeymoon

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

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Can't Knock the Hustle

    Hip-hop is South Beach's new problem child -- culturally potent and very, very profitable

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    He Ain't Guilty, He's My Partner

    Hip-hop mogul David Mays talks about Raymond Scott, journalistic ethics, and Miami Beach cops

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Shake

    Clothes don't make the MIA

  • Music

    February 8, 2001

    A Dollar & a Dream

    For the Rawlo Boys, it's sex, rap, and civil rights

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Kulchur

    How low could you go in 1999?

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