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Justin Bieber Grabs Fan's Boob at Miami Meet-and-Greet! Plus Six Other Celebrity Gropers

Justin Bieber loves his fans. He's also big on tits too. This past weekend in Miami, Bieber got a little handsy with a fan girl during a meet-and-greet event at the American Airlines Arena when he awkwardly grabbed her left breast in what appears to be the world's most uncomfortable celebrity enco ... More >>

picklePeople: Chef Jeremiah Promising Alliteration and Proper Pickles

Do you have what it takes to be a Hipster Venture Capitalist? Of course you do, because you make it rain on Kickstarter, a website that helps small entrepreneurs get their ideas funded through crowdsourcing. One of the latest Kickstarter projects to come out of Miami, picklePeoples, is yet another ... 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 >>

Top Ten Female Rappers, From Trina to Lauryn Hill

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Tour at James L. Knight Center July 24

Nicki Minaj's Cheeky the Ass Implant and Four Other New Potential Personalities

See also "Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Tour With Miami Show on July 24." Nicki Minaj rolls deep, traveling with so many alternate personalities that a PET scan of her head must look like the Predator's family Christmas card. When she beez in the James L. Knight Center on July 24, expe ... More >>

Six Rap Tag Teams Who Probably Had Sex in the Studio

We've got a theory that can no longer be ignored. Every time we see a sweet R&B starlet hook up with a rough and rowdy rapper for a Top 40 banger, we can't help imagining all the hot and sweaty sex they must've had while recording. We used to think it was just us being disgusting. But recent e ... More >>

Top Ten Raunchiest Rappers of All Time

Earlier this week, Crossfade reported on Khia -- the rapping stripper from Tampa, Florida -- and the naked picture she Tweeted on Sunday. Khia's stated motivation for leaking her own nudes was to celebrate the ten year anniversary of "My Neck, My Back," the MCs super explicit, lone hit single devot ... More >>

Take a Ski Trip (Literally) With Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Lil' Kim

​Dude's already a boss at freestylin' rhymes. But does Rick Ross have what it take to be America's next best freestyle skier? Probably not. Nevertheless, you might catch him on a Pennsylvanian ski slope come February when the Teflon Don headlines the MMG and Friends Weekend. Together with Mayb ... More >>

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Naked! Plus Five Other Arty Moments Inspired by Pop Stars

Photograph: Daniel Edwards/Cory Allen Contemporary ArtJustin and Selena as One by Daniel Edwards. ​Artist Daniel Edwards is best known for casting a life-sized sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth on all fours, hunched over a bear skin rug. (As if Brit were that earthy!) But now Edwards has sh ... More >>

Ten Nastiest Feuds in the History of Pop Music

Mick and Keith might look chummy. But they ain't.​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on Steve Albini's recent beef with Odd Future. Here's the gist: After getting stuck on an airport shuttle with the rambunctious hip-hop collective, the notoriously cranky producer and musician wrote a post on his r ... More >>

Salt-N-Pepa at James L. Knight Center February 11

Salt-N-Pepa Gonna Throw an Old-School House Party at James L. Knight Center

Salt, Pepa, and Spinderella say: "Push it!"​If you can believe it, there was a time, commonly called back in the day, when a female with a microphone could be cute, dirty, sexy, funny, and smart. This was before Lil Kim and the boom of the MC slut. And back then, the undisputed rap scene queens ... More >>

Ludacris at SoBe Live on new year's day, January 1

Nicki Minaj Hosting All Pink Everything New Year's Eve Party at Mansion

via twitter.com/nickiminaj​It's been a crazy couple of weeks for Nicki Minaj. The Sunday before Nicki dropped her highly anticipated debut album, Pink Friday, MTV aired a documentary titled My Time Now that gave us a 24/7 eye into her life. Then Team Barbie took over Time Square on Black ... More >>

Wall Street Traders Back to Acting Like Horrible People (By Hiring Dwarfs for Bachelor Parties in Miami)

​By and larger Wall Street's movers and shakers have always been insufferable, out-of-touch husks of human beings driven solely by greed. Of course, during the great recession of 2008 in which they were cast, deservedly so, as the villains they were forced to reign in some of their more exuberant ... More >>

Kat Stacks's Top Ten Twitter Tips for Hoing Like a Total Pro

Learn how to ho with Kat Stacks! It's a free online course!​Every ho's gotta have a hero. Even Miami's current reigning queen of ass, Kat Stacks, looks up to someone. (Catch Kat at Dream tonight.) And if you've been monitoring her Twitter feed lately -- but really why would you, unless you want yo ... More >>

MP3: Rick Ross Remixes Nicki Minaj's "Your Love"

photo by David "Dro" Rosario​How do you get rap gold at this very moment? Easy equation. Add Rick Ross, flying high onnew albumTeflon Don's critical claim and store-register success, to anything involving Nicki Minaj. Voila, the Boss' take on Nicki's track "Your Love," which leaked to the Internet ... More >>

BET Awards 2010: Nicki Minaj Thanked "All the Female Rappers;" Is That Enough For Lil Kim?

photo by Ian WitlenNicki Minaj onstage at the Best of the Best concert in Miami this past May.​In the Nicki Minaj vs. Lil Kim war, the Queen Bee hasn't exactly been acting regal. As the younger femcee's star has risen, Kim seems to be taking more and more potshots at Nicki. First, there was t ... More >>

Rick Ross, DJ Khaled Added to List of Performers at BET Awards 2010

photo by David "Dro" Rosario​It's officially music awards season, so in the hip-hop arena, expect plenty of news of accolades for this year's big names from Miami. After the recent VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, the next big event at which the 305 hopes to grab some laurels is the 2010 edition of the annual ... More >>

Six Nicki Minaj Outrageous Video Outfits

Image via XXL Magazine​The last few years were pretty barren in hip-hop for female rappers. The once-great spitfires seemed to have all disappeared, tried to become actresses, or wound up in jail, even, in the case of the great Queen Bee, Lil Kim.Lil Kim's out now, but the successor to her throne ... More >>

Trina Nominated for Best Female Hip-Hop Artists at This Year's BET Awards

​Who's still the baddest bitch? After a few years' lull of mixtapes and pushed-back albums, Trina is once again riding high on the success of her fifth studio album, Amazin'. The lead single, "Million Dollar Girl," which features Keri Hilson and Diddy, continues to tear up clubs and the radio alik ... More >>

Unsigned Musicians, Here's Your Chance: All Access Music Conference August 8

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Jay-J and Luke McKeehan Play Electric Pickle this Friday

It seems like the international EDM talent is just pouring in at the Electric Pickle lately, to the point where the artist bookings are coming in pairs and even triples each night (see last week's disco/house/techno three-way with Sunshine Jones, Pete Herbert and Benno Blome). Needless to say, this ... More >>

LaBelle Plays The Fillmore Miami Beach

The three divas bring back space-age, supersonic glam.

Introducing Mike Banger, Miami's Future Super Producer

Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He's a talented music dude. Here's the interview.New Times: How'd you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term "banger" when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal beats th ... More >>

Go S.E.E. the Notorious One

Finally, the movie on Notorious B.I.G. hits theaters today and it seems that the anticipation for the film's release is running high. Notorious actors have been hitting the talk show circuit, Lil' Kim is up in arms about how she was portrayed, Diddy is being all dramatic on YouTube, and people are ... More >>

Deborah Harry

Black Violin: Hip-Hop and, Yes, Strings

She's Been Called a Bitch

But Khia's got no love for the word ho

Everyone's Favorite

No buzz, just first-rate Middle Eastern cooking

À la Chart

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

Leslie and the LYs

Twista

The Day After (Atlantic)

Lil' Kim

Naked Truth (Atlantic)

Pimpin' Ain't Easy

Feeder Bands

Lil' Kim

"Shut Up" (Queen Bee Records/Atlantic)

Dreams of Fighting an R&B Bitch

Resilient chanteuse Faith Evans is coming to town, but don't test her!

The Bitch

Potemkin

Real Words

Ted Lucas says forget what you heard, Slip-N-Slide Records loves the kids

Wake Up!

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

Viva la Diva

Baker shines immortal

Beenie Man

Tropical Storm "Virgin"

Ah, Youth Art

Little Havana celebrates summer, youth, art, and dance

Change, Change, Change

Sing it loud, sing it proud, girls; it happens to the best of us

Safe Sexuality

The guilty pleasures of 'N Sync and the boy-band brigade

Kulchur

Postfeminists, eat your heart out: Lil' Kim's in town

Eve of Destruction

Dissed by Dre, rapper Eve struck gold anyway

The Sweet Buy and Buy