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Lil Wayne and Birdman's Memorial Day 2013 Party at Mansion Miami

Lil Wayne talked shit on The Heat? (payback's a bitch) Otherwise, fuck it, they're still #winning. (Well, except for last night.) But this is America, land of free speech, and he' s still one of the most popular rappers in the world, even if he fell asleep at the club and didn't rock the mic. That's ... More >>

Miami's Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Party Guide

Everyone's 'bout to get long-weekend wild. It's almost Memorial Day in Miami. There are way too many megaclub and nudie bar parties. But "yeah, yeah, uh," we're still gonna attend 'em all. As Mr. Trinidad says: "Got new shoes, got new clothes ... We got bad bitches and a ton of brew." It's work ... More >>

Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Sooo Many Girls: The H Album Release at Story Miami

Last night, the double-helix LED columns inside Story for Rick Ross and Birdman's The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1 release party cycled through a very swank array of trippy colors as a 7-to-1 ratio of tourist women to NFL ballers danced, drank, and partied till 5 in the morning. South Beach bars make ... More >>

Rap's Top Ten Struggle Songs

Hip-hop is the music of the people, and the sound of grumbling bellies sets the beat. In the game of life, it's eat or be eaten, and only the hungriest survive to tell their story. Songs about struggle are a cornerstone of the genre. Brooding tales of desperation often become heralded classics. Eve ... More >>

Goldrush Strip Club in Miami Closed, Allegedly Robbed of $42,480 by Employee

Nudie bar regulars on NE 11th Street are weeping. Because, as the Miami Herald notes, downtown's Goldrush strip club has closed. Just a couple of weeks ago, according to a police report, the joint was robbed of $42,480 in a safe heist that "the manager believes ... to be committed by an employee. ... More >>

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 >>

Spring Breakers Movie Is "Like a Drug Experience" With a Skrillex Soundtrack

"A little sun can bring out your dark side." And that's nothing we don't know. But it's also the tag line of Harmony Korine's upcoming teen-flick-gone-mad Spring Breakers. You know, the one starring a gangster James Franco and a barely dressed Selena Gomez, hitting theaters Friday, March 22. Korin ... More >>

Meek Mill is America's Most Wanted MC, Performing at The Cove on January 31

Maybach Music recording artist, and Rick Ross protégé, Meek Mill, just can't escape the heat.And we're not talkin' poolside-piña colada. Or spicy jambalaya.We refer to a big ol' steaming bloody slab of ol' fashioned beef. While the Philly-bred MC has always repped his pretzel-loving home town, th ... More >>

Rick Ross's Remaining MMG Tour Canceled

The Bawse just canceled the last six shows of his MMG Tour. Earlier today, we here at Crossfade mentioned that two dates in North Carolina got nixed after Ross received death threats from Gangster Disciple members. But now representatives of Maybach Music Group tell us that all concerts till Decem ... More >>

Rick Ross and MMG Tour With Meek Mill and Wale at Fillmore Miami Beach, December 5

Rick Ross With Meek Mill and Wale Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Better Than: A Wednesday night devoted to making nonstop prank calls in which you pretend to be DJ Khaled. See also: -Becoming the Bawse: Eight-Part History of Rick Ross -Rick Ross Officially Recognized as "Bawse o ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 Music Guide: Acts Announced So Far

Sure, we like to pretend the week of Art Basel Miami Beach (AKA Miami Art Week) is all about the glorified flea market happening either side of the causeway. But you just want to party. You can't afford to pay $10,000 for a bike covered in Saran Wrap and called "Untitled." But you can afford the cov ... More >>

Rick Ross's MMG Tour at the Fillmore December 5

Rick Ross Sued for $226,000 by Concert Promoter Over 15-Minute Show in Charlotte

Rick Ross loves chicken. In fact, homie can eat a whole bird, a couple side dishes and three pieces of pie in a single sitting, and he also owns a couple of Wingstop eateries 'round the country. So naturally, if you invite him to perform at Bojangles, there best be some mo'fucking "Famous Chicke ... More >>

Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Wale, and Machine Gun Kelly Tearing Up the Fillmore Miami Beach

The biggest Bawse in the rap game is taking over the Fillmore Miami Beach. And he's bringing his best buddies with him. Miami's phattest hustler, Ricky Rozay, is gonna tear the roof off that bitch and make all the hos scream when his Maybach Music Tour rolls through South Beach on Wednesday, Decemb ... More >>

Bow Wow's Gone Bust: Back Taxes, Child Support, a $20,000 Lawsuit by Sun Trust Bank

There aren't enough Johnson Family Vacation residual checks to pull Bow Wow out of the financial web of shit he's spun for himself since dropping "Lil" from his name. The Atlanta-based rapper-tuned-actor is just one parachute pantsuit away from inheriting the world's worst money manager award from ... More >>

Rick Ross Becoming a Man, Announces Black Bar Mitzvah Mixtape

Oy vey, what are you supposed to get a 36-year-old, 300-pound MC for his bar mitzvah? Do you go the quarter-pound of OG Kush route? Or the subtly extravagant iPad sleeve made of purebred dachshund fur route? And what's the difference between a Black Bar Mitzvah and a standard run-of-the-mill bar m ... More >>

BET Hip-Hop Awards 2012 Nominations: Rick Ross Gets Trampled by Kanye West

And the nominees are ... Kanye West, a handful of other MCs, and seven websites. During 106 and Park last night, actor-comedian Mike Epps announced that he'd be reprising his role as host of BET's annual Hip-Hop Awards, airing October 9, and revealed some of this year's nominees. Yeezy was nomin ... More >>

50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 40 to 36

After wildin' out to the brutal, punk-y, funky, bass-y, fuzzy strains of only ten Best Miami Bands of All Time (i.e. Scraping Teeth, Frank Williams & The Rocketeers, Iko Iko, ANR, Miami Bass Warriors and Nuclear Valdez, The Goods, Locos Por Juana, Cynic, Avenue D), our ears are already freakin' ... More >>

Maybach Music's Rockie Fresh Announces Solo Tour, Hitting Miami on September 11

Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group just got some fly shit from Chicago, and you know they're gonna bring it down to the family. The newest signee to the Bawse's label is Chi-Town's fast-spitting swagmaster Rockie Fresh. He comes to MMG already two mixtapes deep and hailed by Complex Magazine as a fo ... More >>

Gunplay 101: The Human L.A. Riot's Nine Best Tracks

See also "The Quotable Gunplay: 'Hos,' 'Pills,' and the 'Gift and Curse of Being Under Rick Ross.'" Gunplay has been a known commodity on Miami's rap scene for years thanks to his association with Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group. But only recently have mainstream audiences started warming up to ... More >>

Meek Mill's Dreamchasers Tour at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 13

Meek Mill on Dreams & Nightmares Debut: "The Dream Is Gettin' Paid for What I Love, The Nightmare Was Makin' It to This Point"

See also "Meek Mill's Announces Dreamchasers Tour, Show at Fillmore Miami Beach on August 13." "Whenever somebody got a dream," Meek Mill muses, "they want it to be reality." Coming up in North Philly during the late '90s, Mill was still a wiry 12-year-old kid named Robert Williams, hanging out on ... More >>

Band of Horses, Regina Spektor Added to Fillmore Miami Beach 2012 Concert Schedule

President Obama didn't mention Band of Horses when he was asked about the music on his iPod during an interview with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner, but British Prime Minister David Cameron did. In a chat with the Daily Telegraph, Cameron admitted that Band of Horses and Lana Del Rey are among his fa ... More >>

Watch the New Rick Ross, Maybach Music, and Self Made 2 Documentary: "We 'Bout Business"

Not only does Rick Ross's Twitter feed remind us that God Forgives, I Don't drops next week, it also updates us each time the MC sparks a fat blunt or drops stacks of money on jewelry, strippers, and steak dinners. Even though most of us will never sit courtside at a Miami Heat game with the Teflo ... More >>

Andrew Bird, Chris Issak Added to Fillmore Miami Beach 2012 Concert Schedule

The geographical disadvantage that has historically plagued Miami's live music scene is seemingly dissipating. Touring indie acts are traveling further south than ever before, logging the extra 250 miles from Orlando or Tampa to play shows in Miami-Dade. While venues like Bardot and Grand Central ... More >>

Meek Mill's Announces Dreamchasers Tour, Show at Fillmore Miami Beach on August 13

To quote a wise man named Meek Mill, "Dreamchasing is an occupation." As opposed to a simple hobby or some shit, the act of hustling after one's essential needs and wildest wishes (e.g. "tryna fix the roof leak," "tryna keep the house warm," "tryna touch a million dollars") should consume every hou ... More >>

Stalley Puts Hair on Grand Central's Chin, June 22

See also "Stalley on His New EP, Mixtape and Album Plans" and "Stalley on Sharing Beard Picks with Rick Ross, Beating 2 Chainz in One-on-One" Stalley Grand Central, Miami Friday, June 22, 2012 Stalley's concert poster bragged of "Special Invited Guests" Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Wale, although we ... More >>

Miami Heat Win NBA Championship, Rick Ross Skips the Victory and Gets High in Jamaica

Last night, Rick Ross sold out Miami, choosing to get high in the Caribbean over the Magic City and foregoing an opportunity to watch his Miami Heat win the NBA title. "I'm in Jamaica relaxing," Rozay tweeted just three hours before tip-off. "Smoke one." While puffing Kingston kush and kicking i ... More >>

Uncle Luke Coaches the Heat to NBA Title and Other Rappers' Celebratory Tweets

If you're truly reppin' the 305, you know the Miami Heat scorched it last night, stomping the OKC Thunder and seizing the title of 2012 NBA Champions. For the rest of the weekend, this whole city is going into crazed, half-conscious party mode. And since it's Miami, you know that means a lot of ra ... More >>

11 Dancing GIFs From South Beach's Memorial Weekend 2012

See also "Top Ten Dance Moves at Ultra Music Festival 2012 in Animated GIF!" Memorial Day weekend 2012 on South Beach was a big-ass block party. Lots of em' really. Ocean Drive was all action. Collins and Washington had more Chevy's riding high than a Trick Daddy video. Every rapper from Two Chai ... More >>

Best of the Best 2012: Fabolous, Meek Mill, Ace Hood Make Some Noise on Memorial Day

See the full 51-photo slideshow from Best of the Best 2012. Best of the Best 2012 With Fabolous, Meek Mill, French Montana, Fat Joe, 2 Chainz, Ace Hood, and others Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami Sunday, May 28, 2012 Better Than: If you know what this was better than, "MAKE SOME NOIII ... More >>

Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Rap Parties in Miami and South Beach

See also "Memorial Day 2012: Six Best Electronic Music Parties Around Miami." The Beach is about to get flooded, son. At this very moment, there are 250,000 rappers, DJs, celebs, porn stars, strippers, and regular people packing the Hummer full of champagne, cash money, and 12 changes of clothes. ... More >>

Mr. Vegas Talks "Sweet Jamaica" and Sweet Jamaica

You might not know the name Mr. Vegas. But if you've been within earshot of a dancehall DJ in the last 15 years, you've heard his music. Though little acknowledged in the broader music world, the singer is a Jamaican icon thanks to "Heads High," "Hot Wuk," "Bruk it Down," and other hits known fo ... More >>

Best of the Best 2012 at Bicentennial Park May 27

Top 15 Memorial Day Weekend Parties in Miami

Ace Hood Talks Barack Obama, Strip Clubs, and Facebook Stock

See also "Best of the Best 2012: A Five-Part Guide" -- plus "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Rap Parties in Miami and South Beach." He's socially conscious, believes Mitt Romney doesn't stand a chance against Barack Obama in the general election, and would totally buy Facebook stock despite its sl ... More >>

Best of the Best 2012: A Five-Part Guide

Since the mid-'90s, Miami Beach has welcomed some of hip-hop's biggest names during Memorial Day Weekend for an alcohol-fueled, four-day throwdown, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week. It began as a South Beach fashion event and eventually became an intercity celebration of black culture, com ... More >>

MTV: Rick Ross Is a Better MC Than Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne

​The folks over at MTV News are the tits when it comes to milking arbitrary blog coverage for web hits. In December, Music Television's news team assembled a March Madness-like bracket system to countdown Britney Spear's 30 best videos. Over 1 million people voted and crowned "I'm A Slave 4 U" t ... More >>

Miami's best albums, EPs, and mixtapes of 2011

Miami's Best Albums of 2011: Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group's Self-Made, Vol. 1

​To close out the year, Crossfade is picking its favorite albums by 305 artists. Check out the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2011. Don't no one got grind like The Boss. When it comes to the post-gangsta rap game, Rick Ross is the hardest working man in show biz. His mantra is "Every day, ... More >>

DJ Khaled's Birthday Bash at Mansion November 25

DJ Khaled Celebrates 36th Birthday at Mansion, 210 People on Facebook "F---ing Hate Him"

​Khaled bin Abdul Khaled -- DJ Khaled for short -- is turning 36 this month, and the legendary radio personality, label executive, and accomplished music producer will be celebrating the date of his birth in prime Washington Avenue style. Hosted by 99 Jamz's Felisha Monet, Khaled's birthday bash ... More >>

Five Swag Rappers Who Should Crash the Sucker Free Awards

Will Das Racist show up at the Sucker Free Awards? ​We just got off the phone with our bookie. Chasing that Sucker Free paper, Crossfade dropped a fat stack on a four category parlay -- Rookie of the Year, Best Crew, Song of the Year, and Who's Got Next -- and $500 in side bets. Tyler, The Crea ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Rick Ross Unconscious, Suffers Seizure on Fort Lauderdale-to-Memphis Flight UPDATED

​Rick Ross suffered a seizure aboard a flight today, and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Miami's larger-than-life rapper was flying from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis when the 35-year old lost consciousness, according to TMZ. Paramedics quickly started to administer CPR once the ... 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 >>

Pop Booties and Bottles With Meek Mill at Lapdance Tuesdays

​Yo, it's the second night of the week, AKA Lapdance Tuesday, again. And as always, there's gonna be booties and bottles popping at Cameo. But tonight, you get to bust a nut, knock back some stiff stuff, and blow those stacks of cash with Maybach Music Group homie Meek Mill. Now there aren't man ... More >>

What Exactly Do Rick Ross and "Tupac Back" Have to Do With the Real Tupac Amaru Shakur?

The Boss Rick Ross and North Philly rookie Meek Mill.​Last week, Crossfade contributor Arielle Castillo reported on Rick Ross's Self-Made: Maybach Music Vol. 1 and "Tupac Back," the record's lead single featuring North Philly rookie Meek Mill. The song is OK. (Well, maybe good. But definitely no ... More >>

Rick Ross Says It's Maybach Music Month! Check Out These Five Self-Made Tracks

​In a fit of alliterative inspiration, Rick Ross and company have dubbed May as the official Maybach Music Month. Rap lately has been all about the label clique and compilation album -- just see the recent blockbuster success of Diddy's Dirty Money record, and Lil Wayne's Young Money posse cuts.&n ... More >>