Lauryn Hill

Cuba's Danay Suarez and DJ EFN at Blackbird Ordinary May 26

Cuba's Danay Suarez Coming to Miami's Blackbird Ordinary for First U.S. Show

Cuba. It's the largest island in the Caribbean, a true paradise for over three million people from around the world who visit each year. Yet tragically, few Americans have ever set foot on the island nation despite its proximity to the United States. And even fewer are learning about the island's ... More >>

Rock 'n' Roll's Seven Baddest Chicks

Rock 'n' roll is dirty business. It's made of spit and blood and piss and drugs, smeared lipstick and dirty laundry and stale beer. When you're a rock 'n' roller, your hair gets sticky, you smell bad, and you can't remember what day it is. Some would say it's no place for girls, but some would be s ... More >>

Ne-Yo and Monica Added to Lineup for Jazz in the Gardens 2013

Got your "I Love JIG" tees? Well, looking deliver on their promise of an "an all the way live weekend," Jazz in the Gardens and mayor Oliver Gilbert have just added human "Stress Reliever" and pop-hop loverboy Ne-Yo as well as R&B diva Monica (AKA "Miss Thang") to JIG's 2013 lineup. Check the ... More >>

Killing Him Softly

Wyclef Jean: "Lauryn Hill Led Me to Believe the Baby Was Mine"

Wyclef Jean is baring his soul in the upcoming autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant's Story. And he's including all the dirty details. For more than a decade, fans of epic rap group The Fugees have been fascinated with the details of the band's demise, the sexual relationship between Lauryn Hill an ... More >>

Top Ten Female Rappers, From Trina to Lauryn Hill

Top Ten Female Rappers Ever: From Trina to Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, and Lauryn Hill

The rap game is tough. Some might say it's no place for a lady. But those people would be chauvinistic douche popsicles. The truth is it takes a tough lady to top the charts. At the top, it doesn't matter if you're sexy. You're judged by the content of your lyrics and the freak of your flow. Only ... More >>

Five '90s Trends That Should Stay in the '90s

​Most of us remember the '90s as a magical time. It's partly because we were younger then, and we don't like this whole "aging" thing. But it's also because the last decade of the 20th Century was hella off-the-chain, dawg. Back then, most people had jobs and money; we had a horny, saxophone-playi ... More >>

Ten Classic Breakup Songs for Ringing in a New Year of Heartbreak

​As the dolled-up, sweaty, rip-roaringly drunk revelers counted down the final seconds of 2011, you were standing by the punch bowl (actually, it was a mop bucket) full of vodka water, frantically scanning for your boo-boo, lest you and shawty miss out on that absolutely essential stroke-of-midnig ... More >>

LeBron James Proposes to Girlfriend Before Lauryn Hill's South Beach New Year's Eve Bash

Photo by Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.comMs. Lauryn Hill and Nas serenading the James.​After two kids, a decade-long courtship, and zero NBA championships, LeBron James has finally asked high-school sweetheart Savannah Brinson for her hand in marriage. Having turned 27 years old approximately 24 ho ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Announces New Year's Eve 2012 Party at Shelborne South Beach

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezDrop the ball on 2011 with Ms. Lauryn Hill.​At the height of her late-'90s and early-2000s exile from the weird world of popular music, there were rumors (and even media reports) about ex-Fugees frontwoman and queen diva Ms. Lauryn Hill living out of a massive Miami ho ... More >>

Kenny G, Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle: Jazz in the Gardens 2012 Lineup Needs Divas and R. Kelly

​Are you kidding? Kenny effing G! Wow, we here at Crossfade can't wait for the 2012 edition of Jazz in the Gardens. The hair will be long, luxurious, and kinky. "The Moment" will be sweeter than a soprano on a sugar high. And there's gonna be so much smooth sax in the air that it'll be a shock i ... More >>

Wyclef Jean at Sun Life Stadium, September 3

via Facebook.com/Wyclef​Wyclef Jean Sun Life Stadium September 3, 2011 Better Than: Being president of Haiti. Or at least, that's what Wyclef tells himself. The last Super Saturday concert I went to after a Florida Marlins game at Sun Life Stadium, the lead singer of KC and The Sunshine Band pul ... More >>

Rock the Bells Brings Ghostface, Raekwon, and Mobb Deep to the Fillmore September 13

​We all know hip-hop was better back in the day (namely the mid '90s) before MCs and beatmakers-for-hire became obsessed with their cellphones and started writing ringtones instead of blratt-blratt rap tracks. Thankfully, the Rock the Bells Festival Series is hustling hard to preserve the days - ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Slayed the Haters With Her Moving Target Playdate at Grand Central Last Night

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezHaters, you shoulda seen Ms. Lauryn Hill at Grand Central.​Lauryn Hill's Moving Target Intimate Playdate Series Grand Central Sunday, March 20 Better Than: Hill's Saturday set at Jazz in the Gardens. At 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Crossfade broke the news about Ms. Lauryn Hi ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Announces Last-Minute Miami Show at Grand Central Tomorrow Night

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezMs. Lauryn Hill at Jazz in the Gardens 2011.​Just 30 minutes ago, Ms. Lauryn Hill wrapped her only officially announced Miami set of the weekend at the first night of Jazz in the Gardens music festival. After 15 songs, including deeply reworked Fugees cuts, old solo h ... More >>

Troy Roberts, an Aussie With Tropical Sensibilities Hits the Van Dyke This Thursday

​Troy Roberts is a jazz musician who followed his heart's lead from Perth, Australia to the sunny promise of South Florida. His weapon is the saxophone. He's currently on the part-time staff at the University of Miami. And his accolades stretch from the Great Down Under to the continental USA. Tho ... More >>

Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant of New Edition Added to Jazz in the Gardens

Bobby Brown gonna get jazzy.​Last month, Crossfade reported the massive news that Ms. Lauryn Hill would be headlining the two-day Jazz in the Gardens festival at Sun Life Stadium -- and only a few months after the former Fugees frontwoman laid down one of Miami's best concerts of 2010 as part of U ... More >>

Lauryn Hill at the University of Miami Homecoming, November 5

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezIs Ms. Lauryn Hill back for good?​As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010. Ms. Lauryn Hill November 5, 2010 The University of Miami She's a legend and you should call her ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Headlines Jazz in the Gardens at Sun Life Stadium March 19

​It was billed as a "private" performance. But unless you're one of those rule-watching wimps with way too much respect for authority, you snuck onto the University of Miami campus to see November 5's free homecoming concert starring Lauryn Hill. We did. And we brought back a recap, some photos, a ... More >>

Ms. Lauryn Hill at University of Miami November 5

Ms. Lauryn Hill Makes a Rare Appearance at University of Miami Homecoming November 5

​Just like Ms. Whitney Houston, former Fugees frontwoman and diva-of-the-new-millennium Ms. Lauryn Hill was a mind-blowingly successful pop star and actress who freaked out under the pressure of her own fame. But where Whitney disappeared into a billion-dollar mansion and ten thousand hits o ... More >>

Lauryn Hill to Headline University of Miami Homecoming Concert

Photo by Rebecca Smeyne / via Village Voice​After some rumbling that Lauryn Hill could be making a rare live appearance at the Arsht Center turned out to be false, it turns out she's making a Miami appearance after all. The reclusive legend is set to headline this year's homecoming concert at the ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Won't Actually Play Arsht Center; Miami Date Still Possible?

CC by 2.0, photo via DaigoOliva on FlickrSorry, but Lauryn Hill won't be at the Arsht Center this fall. Fingers crossed for another venue.​Yesterday, we speculated on the possibility of a November performance by Lauryn Hill at the Arsht Center, based on a promotional postcard we got in the mail th ... More >>

Lauryn Hill to Play Miami at Arsht Center?

CC by 2.0, photo via PeterTea on Flickr​Not too long ago, I bought some tickets for an Arsht Center event to give as a gift. Since then, I've remained on the venue's snail-mail list, and this past Sunday, a little postcard caught my eye. In trying to get me to sign up for a membership, it was tout ... More >>

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