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Nicki Minaj Orgasms on Film for "Pound the Alarm": An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

On the same day that MTV announced its Video Music Awards nominees, Nicki Minaj (who's up for two Moon Men) released a video for her latest single, "Pound the Alarm," on YouTube. Oh, the irony ... To our knowledge, the four-minute video is only available online, though we're guessing that MTV will ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of March 2, 2006

Lenny Kravitz will be around much longer than the Toiletbowla of Rock

Letters from the Issue of Thursday, December 29, 2005

The eagle writes at dawn

Caribbean Homesick Blues

An author from a colorful local family leaves academics behind for a more passionate tale

Hype Man

Leon Coldero carries the soca flame from Florida to Trinidad

World Party

Los Hombres Calientes build a groove between continents

The Accidental Terrorist

He stumbled into a group of Muslim extremists with plans to attack America. Then he stumbled into Miami. Today Shaheed Mohamed is nowhere to be found.

Ode to Jaco

Steel-pan jazz man remembers bass legend and friend Jaco Pastorius

Various Artists

Trinidad Carnival Roots
Rounder Records

Carnival!

Miami's joyous Caribbean fete attracts hundreds of thousands of revelers each year. So why has it remained overlooked and underfunded? Let's put it this way: The event isn't held on Calle Ocho.

A New Front Page

Bill Lara and Pedro Gonzalez have a vision: Unite Miami's small community newspapers as a force to be reckoned with

Islands Bash

Calypso Carnival

Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

Everything Is Relative

Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

Wicked Itch

If you don't know a bowler from a batsman or overs from innings, you probably don't know anything about South Florida's West Indian communities