Pharrell Williams

KAWS at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

Mr. Mauricio

Miss Face Mixtape Download

Rakontur Teams Up With Pharrell For Adult Swim Show

2009 is looking to be a huge year for the Rakontur Films. Not only will they be teaming up with super-producers Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer to turn their Cocaine Cowboys documentary into an HBO series, but they've also announced on their blog they're developing a half-hour series for Adult Swi ... More >>

Chester French to Perform Free In-Store at Culture Kings Tomorrow Afternoon

Yes, Winter Music Conference and March madness have ended, but Culture Kings gives you another reason to skip out of work early this Tuesday afternoon with an acoustic in-store performance by Chester French. Think catchy Boston-bred guitar licks with a Beatles/ N.E.R.D. falsetto fitted with Bapes an ... More >>

Chester French at Culture Kings - Event Pictures

Yesterday at Culture Kings, Chester French played a free acoustic set for a crowd of cool kids and industry types. Chris O, owner of the high end clothes, sneaker shop, and artist collective said "The label contacted us and set it up." Ed Agudello, the Digital Account Director South East for Univer ... More >>

Just BeKaws

Hip-hop comes to the art gallery in a celebrity-curated spectacle.

N.E.R.D.

Seeing Sounds (Star Trak/Interscope)

Shack Attack

Grovites decry kiosks as empty vessels.

No One Ever Really Disappears

Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again.

Vice City Rock

The downtown indie scene is jumping and making stars out of Fashionista and Modernage

LL Cool J

Todd Smith (Def Jam/Island)

DJ Sire Esq.

Fuggetaboutit Vol. 2 (Say Uncle Productions)

Twista featuring Pharrell

Lavish (Atlantic)

Dre

"Naomi" (Jive)

Snoop Dogg

The Best of Snoop Dogg Priority

VMA Hopefuls Get a Critical Beatdown

The Best of Snoop Dogg Priority

SET LIST

The Best of Snoop Dogg Priority

The Bitch

Mars Rover

Handsome Boy Modeling School

White People Elektra

Various Artists

Rephlexions (Rephlex)

Last Night an Art Show Saved My Life

Forget about the clubs, the real scene is hanging at the galleries

Clipse

Lord Willin' "Star Trak/Arista"

Party Over Where?

Looking for a good time on a Wednesday night? Hope for a miracle

Fancy Boutique That Sells Fancy Clothes To Open with Fancy Party

via The Horror's FlickrNo offense to the sisters Kardashian and their new Dash location, but the biggest botique opening on Miami Beach this season will be the long awaited opening of The Webster's permanent location. The botique has operated out of a temporary location while the three french o ... More >>

Photos: N.E.R.D's Performances at W South Beach, Awarehouse

Photo via Billionaire Boys Club​It wasn't too long ago that N.E.R.D performed like at the somewhat dysfunctional Future Classic Festival. But that didn't stop them from giving Miami a weekend full of alt hip-hop (arguably N.E.R.D are the original hipster-hoppers).But this past weekend's performanc ... More >>

Get Overheated With Your Morons of the Week

We've been hit with a cold front, and if you're like Riptide, your office is about as cozy as a gulag right now. But that's OK, because this week's batch of morons has a MWQ (Moronic Wattage Quotient) powerful enough to heat a three-story building. Throw on a Christmas sweater and rub your hands in ... More >>

New Uffie EP, MC's Can Kiss, Drops February 1

​Paris-via-South Florida singer Uffie has been quiet for the last few years. However, late this year she finally released a video for her track "Pop The Glock" -- almost 4 years after it was released. Ed Banger head honcho Pedro Winter, a.k.a. Busy P, explained that the odd move was to reintroduce ... More >>

Bill Clinton to Party at LIV with Pharrell for Fundraiser

​Days before Fountainbleau's nightclub LIV sinks to a new low by hosting Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, they'll be welcoming a slightly higher profile bold face name who was caught up in a super-sized infidelity scandal of his own: Bill Clinton.

MP3: There is a New Uffie Single Called "ADD SUV" Circulating

Photo by Tom BeardUffie doesn't appreciate you watching her manicure​As we approach the June 8 release of South Florida native Uffie's debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans, the leakiness will likely turn into a full-on gush soon enough. A radio rip of her electro-heavy upcoming single "ADD SUV" ... More >>

Clinton's Global Initiative: No Security Is Good Security

Photo by Karina ChavarriaFormer President Bill Clinton at the Global Initiative Univeristy at BankUnited Center.At an event where a former U.S. president is present, you'd expect to be patted down, have your bags ripped open, and then maybe be carted away by the Secret Service because you forgot to ... More >>

Friends With You Trick Out Vintage Rolls Royce for N.E.R.D. Video

​Ever wonder what a British luxury car would look like if it moved to Miami, hung out in Wynwood, had a few mind-altering experiences, and decided to really stick it to its stuffy, monotone aristocratic parents with some seriously eye-catching body modifications?Wonder no more. Local artists Frien ... More >>

Video: Uffie Featuring Pharrell Williams "ADD SUV"

South Florida-born, Paris-based Uffie has finally released the video for her latest single "ADD SUV" featuring part-time Miami resident Pharrell Williams off the newly released full-length Sex Dreams and Demin Jeans. Produced by Mirwas (who is best know for giving Madonna her groove back back in 200 ... More >>

Vampire Weekend Teams Up with Kid Cudi, Best Coast for a New Converse Collaboration

You'll probably recognize Vampire Weekend's keyboardist/guitarist and backup vocalist Rostam Batmanglij in the video above, where he talks to Converse about his musical beginnings. You can catch him along with the rest of the band on October 13 with Beach House. But if you can't wait that long, Batm ... More >>

N.E.R.D. "Hot-N-Fun" Featuring FriendsWithYou Tricked Out Rolls-Royce

The video has been out for a bit, but just in case you haven't noticed N.E.R.D.'s new video for their track "Hot-N-Fun" features a custom painted Rolls-Royce by local art collective FriendsWithYou. Pharrell Williams said to MTV, "We told them we wanted something that was psychedelic, something that ... More >>

Juan Basshead Named Top U.S. Dubstep Artist By Major U.K. Newspaper

Juan Basshead​Yesterday, the major U.K. newspaper The Sun ran a music trend piece whose thesis more or less deserves a resounding "Duh" from anyone around here. The headline: "Dubstep making leaps in the U.S." Well, yeah. Anyone into electronic music in the States -- like the thousa ... More >>

Lupe Fiasco Goes From Rap to Rock with New Band Japanese Cartoon, Paying Tribute to Joy Division

The cover art for Japanese Cartoon's In the Jaws of the Lords of Death​You probably know Wasalu Jaco best for all of his hip-hop collaborations. With Lupe Fiasco as his stage name, he's worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Neptunes, and Pharrell Williams, Justice, and Rihanna. But now h ... More >>

N.E.R.D's New Song "Hypnotize U" Produced by Daft Punk at Exclusive Listening Party Tonight

N.E.R.D. with some robots.​We've been really curious about Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D ever since we heard that the band's latest single, "Hypnotize U," was produced by Daft Punk. Are our favorite robots doing guest spots on the album? Will they make cameos at any N.E.R.D shows? We're not s ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia plays Scope Art Fair October 30

N.E.R.D. with some robots.​We've been really curious about Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D ever since we heard that the band's latest single, "Hypnotize U," was produced by Daft Punk. Are our favorite robots doing guest spots on the album? Will they make cameos at any N.E.R.D shows? We're not s ... More >>

N*E*R*D at FriendsWithYou's Rainbow City Art Basel Party, December 2

Photo by Justin NamonPharrell is friends with you.​Paper Magazine and AOL Presents FriendsWithYou OpeningWith a performance by N*E*R*D At Rainbow City, Miami Thursday, December 2, 2010 Better than: Being treated like worthless shit by security. If you were part of the massive mob outside Rainbow ... More >>

Pharrell Williams' Miami Apartment is Filled With KAWS and Swag

via The Selby​The proper word to describe Pharrell Williams' Miami apartment is, I believe, something like "banonkers." But what do you expect from the guy who co-produced some of the most adventurous, mind-melting pop hits of the first half of the last decade? The Selby takes an exclusive look in ... More >>

Five Key Moments in the Chronology of Hipster Hop

Tyler the Creator: Is he the über-hipster hopper?​There is no escaping the young-and-vulgar West Coast hip-hop collective Odd Future. There was a brief incubation period on the internet. But ever since performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the group has been everywhere: SXSW, Coachella, and ... More >>

N.E.R.D. to Kanye to Odd Future: five key moments in hipster-hop

Tyler the Creator: Is he the über-hipster hopper?​There is no escaping the young-and-vulgar West Coast hip-hop collective Odd Future. There was a brief incubation period on the internet. But ever since performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the group has been everywhere: SXSW, Coachella, and ... More >>

Is Cris Cab the Cure for Sucky Soul Pop by White Guys With Acoustic Guitars?

​C'mon ... Why aren't you a fan of reggae-ish soul pop played by white guys with acoustic guitars? Do John Mayer's douchey jokes make you wanna knock his perfectly coiffed hair off his perfectly shaped head? Do Jason Mraz's sugary vocal croaks cause your ears to bleed uncontrollably? Do Jack John ... More >>

Cris Cab's EP-release party at Grand Central June 4

​C'mon ... Why aren't you a fan of reggae-ish soul pop played by white guys with acoustic guitars? Do John Mayer's douchey jokes make you wanna knock his perfectly coiffed hair off his perfectly shaped head? Do Jason Mraz's sugary vocal croaks cause your ears to bleed uncontrollably? Do Jack John ... More >>

Beats, Rhymes & Life is a phenomenal doc about A Tribe Called Quest

​C'mon ... Why aren't you a fan of reggae-ish soul pop played by white guys with acoustic guitars? Do John Mayer's douchey jokes make you wanna knock his perfectly coiffed hair off his perfectly shaped head? Do Jason Mraz's sugary vocal croaks cause your ears to bleed uncontrollably? Do Jack John ... More >>

X Factor's Five Biggest Surprises and Serious Questions From Last Night's Episode

Ray Mickshaw / FOX On last night's episode of X Factor, we saw "hipster" Philip Lomax sing "Don't Stop the Music" to Rihanna. We saw Simon tap his toe, Paula look intensely happy, Nicole emote, and L.A. shake his head back and forth in approval. Future mechanic Tora Woloshin made us feel old, then ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams and Yelawolf, December 3

Photo by Ian WitlenPharrell dropped by Basel Castle to hang with The Overthrow.​See the full 38-photo Basel Castle 2011 at Overthrow Castle slideshow. Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams, Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Caligula, Heroes x Villains, Tamara Sky, and a million others The Castle Saturday, ... More >>

Rick Ross Releasing Rich Forever Mixtape at 3:05 p.m Today!

​UPDATE: Download Rick Ross's new mixtape and get Rich Forever right now! We're only six days deep into 2012 and Rap Radar is already declaring Rick Ross's latest digital slab -- entitled, appropriately enough, Rich Forever -- to be one of "the most anticipated mixtapes of the the year." As hype ... More >>