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Barezzito South Beach: We Get a First Bite

Step into Barezzito, Miami's newest late-night eatery and music venue -- and South Beach screams from every neon-hued nook and cranny. The sleek new Collins Avenue outpost is offering up live music, specials every night of the week and Asian fusion cuisine with a Latin flair. The new digs are the ... More >>

Chris Brown Admits Punching Ladies Is "Absolutely Wrong"

Usually when C. Breezy visits a morning talk show for a lil' chit-chat about domestic violence, all the windows get smashed. This morning, though, an uncharacteristically sedate Chris Brown visited with NBC's Matt Lauer on the set of the Today Show to discuss a new single, "the Quincy Jones approac ... More >>

Rihanna and Chris Brown Getting Married? Couple Allegedly Planning Fire-Breathing Wedding with "a Near-Naked Waitstaff"

Oh girls, we never learn. We always love the assholes who treat us like garbage. As long as they give us just enough to feel like "this time is different." Well, this time it is different, because it's not just on-again-off-again rumors of dating and instakissing. It's full-on marriage on the horiz ... More >>

Generation Wild Got V-Day Crazy With Deniz Koyu and Danny Avila at LIV Miami

Generation Wild Tour With Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael Weermets Thursday, February 14, 2013 Better Than: Speed dating for a Valentine's companion. Did the youth of Miami prove they party hardest? Last night, the Generation Wild Tour made its stop at LIV for a crowd of eye-contact e ... More >>

Chris Brown Faked Community Service, (Probably) Called Frank Ocean a "Faggot"

The Breezy wire is goin' beserk. Oh, it's just the alert system that we here at Crossfade rigged up in order to receive prompt notification of Chris Brown's next massive fuck-up. And last week, it almost whirred itself to death when Brown punched Frank Ocean over a parking spot. Or as Ocean tweete ... More >>

Justin Bieber Grabs Fan's Boob at Miami Meet-and-Greet! Plus Six Other Celebrity Gropers

Justin Bieber loves his fans. He's also big on tits too. This past weekend in Miami, Bieber got a little handsy with a fan girl during a meet-and-greet event at the American Airlines Arena when he awkwardly grabbed her left breast in what appears to be the world's most uncomfortable celebrity enco ... More >>

Top Ten Pop Twitter Twats: From Bruno to Britney and Bieber

The battle of the mindless pop star drones is real and gory, and the bloody fields of war are found on constantly refreshing Twitter feeds. Lady Gaga and her little monsters have just been unseated as the most obnoxious and numerous fans on the planet. Justin Bieber and his army of Beliebers have s ... More >>

Sofia Vergara Slips a Nip at Story NYE! Plus Seven Other Celebrity Titties

Story Nightclub has only been open for, like, a week and a half, and it's already made the front page of TMZ for a hilarious celebrity nip slip. Our homies Cultist reported that Modern Family's Sofia Vergara came down to the new SoBe club to party with Kaskade, but ended up getting so hella drunk t ... More >>

Dumbest Shit in Music 2012!

Let's face it. The world of music is a really dumb place, and we should know. Here at Crossfade, we spend the majority of our time sifting through the deserted wasteland of pop culture, and it ain't lookin' too good out there. This year felt like a particularly dumb year too. Maybe it was all this ... More >>

Racist Chris Brown Dresses Like a Terrorist, Says "Ain't Nobody F$@*ing with My Clique"

What two things do Chris Brown and anradical Islamist terrorist have in common? Easy! They both treat women like shit and occasionally wear the same clothes. Still struggling to trigger the think-before-you-act part of the brain that humans typically rely on for day-to-day life, Breezy thought it' ... More >>

Chris Brown Gets "Drunk and Honest" About Rihanna: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Wow, Chris Brown is such a bummer that we're thinking about moving to The People's Republic of China so we can't even Google him. But alas ... With each passing day, Breezy does something weird (like get a ratchet neck tattoo of a battered woman that kinda looks like Rihanna), says something stupid ... More >>

Janet Jackson and Six Other Secret Celebrity Muslims

Just when you think you know someone, because they've literally grown up in the public eye, you find out that they're one of four wives to an Arab millionaire and a secret Muslim! Well, that's what the National Enquirer is saying about Janet Jackson in its latest cover story. And you know the 'Quir ... More >>

Chris Brown Lying About Community Service for Rihanna Assault? Breezy's Probation Review

Shortly after beating a woman (you know, Rihanna) and pleading guilty to felony assault charges in 2009, the Superior Court of California slapped Chris Brown on the wrist with a remarkably lenient punishment. In short, the ill-tempered pop star received five years probation and was ordered to serv ... More >>

Nicki Minaj vs. Mariah Carey and the Female Weezy's Five Best Bitch Feuds

American Idol has only just begun filming its 11th season. But in the grand tradition of Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, two of the recent additions to the judges' table are already at each other's throats. Pop stars turned Idol officials, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, really fucking hate each other. ... More >>

MTV VMAs 2012: Seven Things That Sucked and Seven Things That Didn't Totally Suck

See also "MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers." Last night, America's pop culture elite came together in Los Angeles to celebrate almost 30 years of Moonmen. It was the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards, and it coulda been worse. For one, Chris Brown and Drake didn't ... More >>

Eight Richest Musicians in Their Teens and 20s

See also "The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre." Just two months after naming "World's Most Powerful Celebrities," Forbes is back on the arbitrary list beat and ranking the "Highest-Paid Stars under 30." Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber made a combined $122 mi ... More >>

Who'd Win the Drake vs. Chris Brown $2-Million Pay-Per-View Celebrity Boxing Match?

Forget the Bluth family banana stand, there's always money in the boxing ring. Manny Pacquiao raked in a $26 million purse plus a heavy share of the pay-per-view profits in his loss against Timothy Bradley earlier this month, and Floyd "Money" Mayweather banked at least $32 million when he fought ... More >>

Chris Brown and Drake Allegedly Fight Over Rihanna Inside New York City Afterhours Club

Chris Brown says that when you "party [with] a rich nigga that hate," bottles get thrown and chins get busted open. According to TMZ, Team Breezy and rapper Drake's entourage allegedly got into an afterhours scuffle at a New York City club last night. It was a bottle-throwing bout that seemingly e ... More >>

Steve Angello at Amnesia Miami June 1

Are Justin Bieber and Rihanna Really Having Sex? Take Our Poll

If rumors are true, the world is nearing its inevitable end. Justin Bieber and Rihanna are "getting very friendly," according to Media Takeout, and Selena Gomez is fuming mad. In fact, she allegedly "dumped" the 18-year-old Canadian live lip-syncher after suspecting that the Biebz was "smashing" R ... More >>

Bono's 2.3-Percent Stake in Facebook Makes Him Richest Musician in the World

See also "The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre." At 11 a.m., you can buy a piece of Facebook. That's when the social networking giant will start trading publicly on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol FB. According to Bloomberg News, "the average ... More >>

Florida Mom Bites Daughter for Turning Off Rihanna CD

It was Rihanna, one of our greatest and most poetic songbirds, who once sang, "Please don't stop the, please don't stop the, please don't stop the music."A 17-year-old girl in Vero Beach didn't get the message and ended up getting bit in the leg by her drunk mother.

Five More Stupid Movies Based on Hasbro Toys

​They came for G.I. Joe, and we said nothing, because we always thought G.I. Joe was kinda dumb.Then they came for Transformers, and we said nothing, because Michael Bay is unstoppable and anyway, Megan Fox is hot.But then they came for Battleship, and we realized that soon, there would be no chil ... More >>

Ten Reasons the 2012 Grammys Are a Total Joke

​As popular culture continues to be consumed by a seemingly inexhaustible inferno of idiocy - dubstep trickle down, reunion shows, Drake, the list goes on - the Recording Academy is putting on their best Nero costumes and getting their fiddles nice and tuned. Yes. That's right. It's fucking Gramm ... More >>

Fashion Freakouts 2011: Top Ten Pop Star Style Mishaps of the Last Year

Ke$ha totally freaked out in 2011.​The past 365 days have been packed with some seriously questionable pop star looks. Sure, most of them have been perpetrated by Lady Gaga and whatever little monster dresses her. But Ms. Germanotta isn't the only one who's played the fashion game and lost mis ... More >>

Odd Future Signs Rebecca Black and Four Other Headlines You'll Read When The World's Ending

​Signs that the world is coming to end continue to pour in through our Google Alert, the latest involving a totally twisted collaboration between two hip-hop heavyweights and a Canadian minor. Kanye West and Drake are teaming up with Justin Bieber for his forthcoming record Believe. The 17-year ... 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 >>

Chris Brown at American Airlines Arena October 5

Should We All Forgive Chris Brown for Slugging Rihanna and Spewing Homophobic Slurs?

​Team Breezy isn't just a gang of crazy wife-beaters and delusional, masochistic teenaged girls. All types -- tweens, thugs, and grandmas alike -- revel in Chris Brown's immense talents, even after he slugged Rihanna, trashed Good Morning America's studio, and spewed homophobic slurs at the papara ... More >>

Lil Wayne Earns 18 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations, Tweets About "Wakk" Skate Park

​Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne shot off a sour-ass tweet about a "wakk" Nebraskan "Sk8 park." Evidently, the Cash Money Millionaire was too busy skating shitty ramps and rails to address the news of his 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. Naturally, Mr. Carter received nods for his personal sty ... More >>

Ten Rock Star Tattoos That Don't Suck

Travis Barker loves tats.​Remember the first time you saw some rocker like Slash or Tommy Lee on MTV, all sweat-slick and nasty, and sporting ink up and down their arms, and you said, "Holy shit! That dude's a badass!" Well, tattoos are about as rock n' roll as guitars. Which is why it only make ... More >>

Who Wants a Free CD Full of Katy Perry, Pitbull, and Wacka Flocka Flame Hits?

NOW That's What I Call Pop Appeal!​If you're the kind of weirdo who still owns a "compact disc player," then you're probably also the kind of weirdo who still listens to "commercial pop radio." Well, amazing news for you! We're giving away two new CDs from the ubiquitous NOW compilation series. ... More >>

IDMA 2011 Nominees Announced and Crossfade Picks the Winners

James Murphy deserves an IDMA or two.​Every year, coinciding with Winter Music Conference, the International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) recognizes those who make electronic music great. Sure, it's not exactly the Grammys or MTV's Video Music Awards. But dammit, it's a homegrown awards show and tha ... More >>

Doin' Easy Time: Eight Celebs Who Got Off Light

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.​Did you really think Lindsay Lohan was going to do any hard time for breaking probation yet again? There's better chances of her staring in Freaky Friday II. Sadly, her short-lived incarceration will just hasten what seems more and more likely to be h ... More >>

Top 10 Moments of the BET Awards 2010: Chris Brown, Drake, Rick Ross, and More (With Video!)

We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter -- the real-time discussion and dissection of the county's pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours "working." (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselve ... More >>

Stream The-Dream's Love King, New Album Recorded in Miami

​So much of what passes for R&B on the radio these days is boring, syrupy synth-pop that tastes good for a minute but, like all sugar rushes, hits quick and wears off a few minutes later. Then, there are the rare artists like The-Dream, a singer / songwriter / music mogul who is currently the ... More >>

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Head Spins: DJ 360

A Chat with Dan Black: Wonky Pop, Breakups, Biggie Smalls, and the Ultra fest

​A couple of months ago, British electro-indie-art-rock-retro-pop guy Dan Black made his first trip to Miami to play Dirty Hairy at LIV. (Check out a video here.) That night, he sat down with the New Times to talk about emerging music genres, ex-bandmates, copyright squabbles with the bride of B.I ... More >>

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Super Bowl 2010: Rihanna, Nas, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas and More Performing this Weekend

We gotta feeling it's going to a jam-packed music weekend.​So it's coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that's about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about t ... More >>

Rock Around the Block

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 ... More >>

Top Pop Singles of 2008

Sometimes a girl just needs a tune.

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 ... More >>

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 demo ... More >>

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Paper Trail (Atlantic)

Calle of the Wild

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

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