Old School Hip-Hop

Who Wants Free Tickets for Afrika Bambaataa and the Universal Zulu Nation at PAX Miami?

Just get up and dance. That's the Electrofunky philosophy of Afrika Bambaataa, AKA the Godfather of Hip-Hop. And for the last four decades, Bam's been fighting for the right to "Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun." He reinvented hip-hop with "Planet Rock." He founded the Universal Zulu Nation to c ... More >>

Janette Beckman on Helping N.W.A. "Fuck Tha Police": "They Were Just So Sweet and Nice"

Janette Beckman had already immortalized the Clash and the Sex Pistols on film when she first met the members of N.W.A. She was putting together a book of photographs of the hip-hop community. "I try not to have any preconceived notions when I go into a situation," she told Crossfade while watching ... More >>

Top Ten Female Rappers, From Trina to Lauryn Hill

Run-D.M.C.'s Rev Run Preaching the Word at LIV Miami on August 3

In the church of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash is the father and Run-D.M.C. are the apostles who broke onto the scene in Hollis, Queens, some 30 years ago to spread the word of rap music one verse at a time. But in the Pentecostal church, Run's the chosen one. And Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons' knack for ... More >>

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Dead at 47

See Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and others' Twitter reactions to the death of Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade's memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (AKA MCA) is dead. Details about what ultimately took his life have not yet been released. UPDATE: The rapper a ... More >>

Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and Others' Twitter Reactions to Death of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

See Crossfade's obituary for Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade's memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is dead. But the Beastie Boys live forever. The rap crew's global cultural influence was cemented the moment they dropped the atomic boulder of musicality ... More >>

Aging rappers such as Rick Ross and Jay-Z are still on top

2 Live Crew will reunite to save Miami booty music

2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why a 2 Live Crew reunion tour will prove booty music desegregated hip-hop.After 2 Live Crew and I performed at the ... More >>

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 >>

Slick Rick at Club Cinema January 22

Beastie Boys: Cancer-Free, Ready to Release Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 in Spring 2011

​Beastie Boys fans have plenty to look forward to this year: MCA is cancer free and the Brooklyn trio's Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 is on track for a Spring 2011 release -- even though part one's indefinitely delayed.In 2009, the Beasties had to pull out of several headlining gigs (including one in ... More >>

Will Castro and Unique Autosports: DJ Khaled and Miami's One-Stop Shop for Celebrity Rides

​Will Castro and Unique Autosports are both brands in themselves. Unique, once based in New York and now Miami, encompasses a car customization business as well as cable TV titles for the Speed Network and Spike TV. Boasting celebrity clients like Diddy, the cast of the Jersey Shore, 50 Cent, and ... More >>

Afrika Bambaataa, the godfather of hip-hop, does WMC

Founding Father

Beastie Boys Show (And Entire Tour) Canceled

File this one under: Some of the worst news you'll hear today. The Beastie Boys concert, scheduled for October 8 at Bayfront Park Ampthitheater, has been canceled. Adam Yauch, aka "MCA" was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland, which requires immediate treatment. The Beastie Boys h ... More >>

Last Night: Prefuse 73, Eliot Lipp and PG 13 at Heathrow Lounge

Prefuse 73 with Eliot Lipp and PG 13Sunday, December 7, 2008Heathrow Lounge, Miami BeachBetter Than: Any of the usual Sunday night mainstream hip-hop club nights. One of the many cool things about Art Basel is all the cool music acts that it brings down to our sandy shores. Case in point, last nigh ... More >>

Q&A with Martijn Ten Velden, Appearing at Set this Sunday

The Bridge Wars Remembered

Throwback Tuesdays: Biz Markie!!

Throwbacks--Self Destruction!! Check it Out.

Is She Doing the Cabbage Patch?

Get your Roger Rabbit on in the Grove

Hail, Fire, and Brimstone

MC, community activist, and Kendall native, Brimstone is serious about the history of Miami's hip-hop culture

KRS-One and DJ Marley Marl

Hip-Hop Lives (Koch)

Get Well Marley Marl

B-Boys 4 Life

Masta Ace

BEST VENUE FOR LIVE MUSIC

Mansion

Basshead

Optimist

Miami Throwback Tour

KRS-One, Cex, Make Believe

Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie, Slick Rick

Old-School Cool

Traveling hip-hop show goes back in the day

Peanut Butter Wolf

Badmeaningood Vol. Three Ultimate Dilemma

True Dat

A Run-Act play starring the Simmons brothers, Russell and the Rev

LL Cool J

G.O.A.T. (Def Jam)

Sugar, Sugar

The Sugar Hill Gang and the label that made them famous

Jungle Story

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

In Clubland

Jam Master Jay and the Marlin keeps it surreal

Handsome Dan, Automator Man

Lessons for aspiring studs

A Country B-Boy Survives

Kid Rock flips 1999's dismal script in his favor

Hip-Hop's Clown Heavy

Kool Keith, crazy like a fox

Hip-Hop Goes Back to the Streets

True Rhymes

Kings of Rhyme

Rotations

Rotations

Puff Goes the Weasel

Born to Run

Livin' X-tra Large

The Beastie Boys get phat