Subject: Rihanna

• Last Night: Beyonce at the BankAtlantic Center

  July 23, 2007

• Top Songs of the Week

  July 25, 2007

• Review: Tegan and Sara at the Culture Room

  November 15, 2007

• Chuck D to Helm Def Jam Records?

  January 4, 2008

• Jay-Z and Mary J. to Kick Off Tour in Miami!

  February 8, 2008

• Monday Afternoon Music Fix: Black Thought, Black Keys and Lot's of Free Music.

  February 25, 2008

• Last Night: Jay-Z and Friends at the American Airlines Arena

  March 24, 2008

• Rihanna

  May 11, 2006

• Last Night: Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Busta Rhymes, Jazmine Sullivan and More at Cafe Iguana

  Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Brisco, Jazmine Sullivan, Busta Rhymes, and more. Tuesday, December 16, 2008Cafe IguanaBetter Than: Watching BET's 106 & ParkPower 96 does not like to be showed up. Last weekend, much attention was paid to Y-100's annual Jingle Ball concert, and their star studded line-up of pop acts like Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy, Rihanna, Katy Perry, etc. Just three days later, South Florida's favorite pop station for the people, Power 96, held their own impressive holiday jam titled,

  December 17, 2008

• Top 10 Pop Songs of 2008

  Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity. CHRIS BROWN "Forever"

  December 17, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for

  December 24, 2008

• 93.9 FM Rick Rolls Smooth Jazz Lovers With Guilty Pleasures

  Let's say you're a smooth jazz lover who was away for the holidays and tuned into your favorite radio station Love 94 at exactly 4:10 p.m. today for the first time since Christmas hoping to hear the smooth, comforting sounds of Kenny G finally back on the airwaves after the station went bonkers for Santa. Instead you'd hear Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." No, you haven't been Rick Roll'd, this is just what the station plays now. Well, actually their new format mixes up semi-current ino

  December 29, 2008

• Enrique y Joe Capitalizing on Domestic Abuse

  Perhaps the most shocking thing to come out of the whole sad Rihanna and Chris Brown abuse story is the public's reaction, along with how many people are quick to quip that Rihanna surely must have done something to deserve it. The latest rumor is that Rihanna got herpes from Jay-Z and gave it to Chris Brown. How anyone can even pretend to know that is ridiculous, yet it seems to be going around at a higher rate than the virus itself. Even MTV sees no problem in writing about the topic. Enter ta

  February 13, 2009

• About That Rihanna Post This Morning...

  The last thing in the world I want is for a serious point I was trying to make about domestic abuse devolve into some pissing match with two radio jocks. The underlying subject matter is too serious. Enrique Santos left a long comment on the original post, and you should read it to get his side of the story. In response, I was disturbed by much of the gossipy response to the Chris Brown scandal that tried to justify the alleged assault by inferring that Rihanna some how deserved it. When I saw t

  February 13, 2009

• DontDateHimGirl.com Has Something To Say About Chris Brown, Too

  Remember our old friend Tasha Cunningham? She started DontDateHimGirl.com: the locally run website that allows women to anonymously dish about men they've dated. New Times wrote about the site extensively back in 2006. Well, DDHG wants some of this Chris Brown/Rihanna publicity too. The site just issued a press release touting itself as an effective tool to avoid domestic abuse: "Every nine seconds, a woman in the U.S. is a victim of dating violence. Since the arrest of singer Chris Brown in the

  February 13, 2009

• Sun-Sentinel and Herald Approach Rihanna Photo With Different Levels of Dignity

  This morning my RSS reader was dominated by the media ethics debate sparked by the leak a picture depicting pop singer Rihanna's bruised and battered face. Here's a snippet I happen to agree with from Salon blogger Tracy Clark-Flory: "Despite the fact that the photo is so widely available, I can't bring myself to even link to it, because it seems like such a sickening violation of Rihanna's privacy. I realize that it seems a quaint thing to say in an age when the general public feels entitled to

  February 20, 2009

• Flo Rida Not Ridin' With Chris Brown For His Next Single

  Flo Rida, Carol City's muscle-bound rapper and supporter of Floridians wearing "boots with the furrr," is apparently not so hot on appearing on tracks with guys who (allegedly) beat their pop star girlfriend. The (alleged) song is called "Sweat" and though it's been bubbling on the 'net for a few weeks now, Mr. Rida won't be releasing it as his next single. He (allegedly) told Contact Music: "I recorded a great song with Chris. But I won't be releasing it now because of what's going on with him

  February 26, 2009

• News Roundup

  LocalA policeman sped through an intersection and hit a young mother's car, ramming it into the side of a house. The woman died, and a lady inside the house was taken to the emergency room. The officer was following a car whose driver was wanted for speeding. [Herald]Michelle Spence Jones is playing hardball with the stadium deal. But hey, we had it first. . [CBS4]If you didn't think HIV/AIDS was still a problem, which surprisingly a lot of people don't, well NEWS FLASH: It's still a problem. [H

  March 2, 2009

• David Samson, Thy Name Is Samson

  And on the third day of the season, they ascended into heaven...We take it all back -- all the vitriol regarding the lack of a public process for the new stadium, all the accusations of backroom deals, dirty money, and no-bid contracts. Build the Marlins whatever they want. This team is amazing. 3-0? How about 162-0? How about just by watching them on TV, I was cured of my asthma? How about just by hearing them on the radio, an 82-year-old woman was immaculately impregnated? Forget Populous. Hir

  April 8, 2009

• Please, Let T.I. Live His Life

  If only for one night.

  February 26, 2009

• Top Pop Singles of 2008

  January 1, 2009

• T.I.

  Paper Trail (Atlantic)

  October 16, 2008

• Calle of the Wild

  You can’t deny the Calle Ocho festival, even if you try.

  March 13, 2008

• The Kingston Kid

  March 6, 2008

• The-Dream

  Love Hate (Def Jam)

  February 7, 2008

• 2007 Music Year in Review

  It's all in the stars.

  January 3, 2008

• What Pete Did Next

  September 20, 2007

• Slick of It All

  September 7, 2006

• The Florida Marlins Manatees shake two tons of booty

  September 24, 2009