Rikers Island

Lil Wayne's Totally Insane Lawsuit Deposition: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Lil Wayne cannot recall a goddamn thing. From his time behind bars on Rikers Island to selling the most records of any musician in 2008, the YMCMB mastermind has plum forgotten his whole life. At least, that seems to be his go-to response in recently released deposition videos, recorded during hi ... More >>

Lil Wayne Re-Ups Retirement Rumors: "Rap Is Taking a Backseat to Skating"

Weezy is bored. Ever since Lil Wayne got outta the clink after serving eight months on Rikers Island for "attempted criminal possession of a weapon," he's been dropping clues about retiring to a life of chillin' with his kids, writing memoirs, watching 18 hours of ESPN per day, managing his $100-mi ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain No Reservations: Eating Rudolph and Getting Bloody in Finland

In this episode we learn the power of Facebook. 100,000 people signed a Facebook page in which people begged Bourdain and crew to film in Finland. With promises of "booze and ice cream made from tar" and grandmothers who can cook and hold their vodka, Tony accepts the challenge. Which leads me to th ... More >>

King of Diamonds: How America's Favorite Black Strip Club Won Its Crown

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Miami International Film Festival's Latin love

Nine Mile Music Festival at Virginia Key Beach Park March 3

Marley Fest 2012: A Righteous, Nine-Part Guide to the Nine Mile Music Festival in Miami

​Wanna lead a blessed existence full of irie vibes? Simply abide these nine Rasta-approved rules of conduct and you shall bask in the radiant glory of the Zion Lion: (1) Grow that ganja; (2) Get dreaded; (3) Praise Jah; (4) Start an Ital diet; (5) Smoke that ganja; (6) Listen to lots of reggae mus ... More >>

Lil Wayne Writing Prison Memoir Titled Gone Till November

​Granted ... Lil Wayne ain't no Nelson Mandela. He only spent 11 months in prison (not, you know, 27 years) after getting busted on his tour bus for "attempted possession of a weapon" (not, you know, attempting to free the people of South Africa from the horrors of Apartheid), but why not cash in ... More >>

Faith Ringgold's 1960s paintings at Miami Art Museum through January 1

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​Lil Wayne Settles His $5.6 Million IRS Tax Debt

​Just 144 days after Lil Wayne wrapped up his eight-month stay on Rikers Island, bounced out the clink, and fled back to his Miami Beach mansion, the taxman came calling with an enormous bill from Uncle Sam. As reported by Riptide (via Detroit News) in April, the Young Money Maniac slipped up on ... More >>

Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter IV

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson at Cruzan Amphitheatre August 2

Five Signs Lil Wayne's Gone Soft

​Prior to serving 11 months on Riker's Island, the world knew (and loved) Lil Wayne for being a delightfully schizoid celeb, hypercompetitive workaholic, and the Best Rapper Alive. He dictated the game, ate candy by the pound, sold a gazillion albums, guzzled promethazine-and-codeine cocktails li ... More >>

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 20

Lil Wayne Detained by DEA Agents at Opa-Locka Airport

​Part-time Miami resident Lil Wayne didn't exactly get the warmest homecoming when he flew into Opa-Locka Airport earlier this week. According to MTV, the rapper was detained by Drug Enforcement Agency agents as his plane was searched.

2 Girls and a Cupcake Host a Pop-Up Retail Event Tonight to Celebrate Cupcake Wars Episode

The famous Free Weezy cupcakes​Last week, we re-introduced you to Hialeah's only bespoke, hip-hop-loving cupcake company, 2 Girls and a Cupcake. The two namesake girls, 27-year-old Evelyn Dieppa and 26-year-old Lorena Castro, appear tonight on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars.To celebrate, they're ... More >>

Lil Wayne Announces I Am Music II North American Tour With Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross

Photo by DJ Scoob Doo via weezythanxyou.comLil Wayne's hitting the highways with Nicky Minaj and Rick Ross.​Ever since he made the break from Rikers back in November, we've been so hyped about Lil Wayne's inevitable trip across these United States that we could barely sleep. Or shit. Our goggles ... More >>

Slick Rick at Club Cinema January 22

Lil Wayne Spent Christmas in a Beat Up Ol' Camry Doing God Knows What

​Men looking to keep warm over the holidays with some quality tail they picked up on South Beach know their car game better be on point. Ho, ho, hoes only ride in those luxury import sleds. Women, well their trunk can be junky as long as they have junk in the preferred trunk. Take Lil Wayne's most ... More >>

Miami's best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being

Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being (Young Money/Cash Money)Lil Wayne will never stop repping his hometown of New Orleans -- just count the references to area code 504 or neighborhood Holly Grove in any given handful of tracks. But he seems proud to call Miami his second home. After all, it was here t ... More >>

Seven Songs We Hope Lil Wayne Puts on Tha Carter IV

Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing ... Lil Wayne's release from Riker's Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison ... More >>

Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" Video, Directed by David Rousseau

​With only a little more than a month until Lil Wayne gets released from Rikers Island, the Weezy buzz continues to build. Of course, it helps that while incarcerated, the reigning rap king has released more music than many of his free-man counterparts. The latest entry in the Wayne canon is I am ... More >>

28 Random Lil Wayne Lyrics for His 28th Birthday

Jonathan Mannion / Cash Money Records​Lil Wayne celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday at New York City's Rikers Island. And even though he's currently locked up (due back in a month or so), he and his Cash Money Records crew also used his birthday to release the digital version of Weezy's new alb ... More >>

Miami Models Bare All in Derick G's Video Interpretation of Drake's "Light Up"

Miami-based photographer and videographer Derick G has been quite busy over the last year since Crossfade last caught up with him. He's been touring the world and the U.S. with all of your favorite hip-hop artists, while at the same time getting his brand name (and his unforgettable DG signature) ... More >>

Three New Pitbull-Featuring MP3s: "Gimme a Bottle" and Two More

photo via Fox Fuse​Before Lil Wayne went away, as they say, he was the omnipresent rapper. Lil Wayne was on everything, to the point that when our sister paper the OC Weekly ran this (what seemed obviously) satirical story saying he would collaborate on a High School Musical soundtrack, peopl ... More >>

Cool and Dre: Miami superproducers aim for new heights

MP3: Lil Wayne's Rikers Island Verse on Drake Remix, Featuring Miami's Mike Banger on the Boards

CC by 2.0, via volliem on FlickrFree Weezy!​What, you thought a little thing like jail would slow down Lil Wayne? Weezy's now pretty much the Most Famous Nonviolent Criminal in Rikers Island, and a little time in the pen can't keep seemingly everyone's favorite rapper down. Voila, his latest relea ... More >>

Letters from the issue of May 20, 2010

South Florida Producer Jim Jonsin Sues Lil Wayne Over "Lollipop" Royalties

​Coral Springs native and hip-hop producer Jim Jonsin is suing Lil Wayne's Miami rap collective for $500,000 in allegedly unpaid royalties for the smash hit "Lollipop". According to the suit, filed this week in New York federal court, Young Money Entertainment "failed to provide any accountings or ... More >>

Gil Scott-Heron, the Godfather of Rap, sets out to prove the revolution will be televised

Music In This Week's Print Edition of Miami New Times

photo courtesy of Mischa RichterGil Scott-Heron​While we update Crossfade a bunch of times a day, the Miami New Times still features a fresh crop of music news weekly, including features that go into more depth than the usual blog post.This week, Steve Almond talks with legendary poet / spoken-wor ... More >>

PrunkTV: Totally Guitarded, Floor, and Maybach Music Events All Coming Up

"You like to eat girls out who just peed...wtf?" It seems like just yesterday that I was at Uncle Luke's house talking about Rick Ross being a former C.O. Man, time flies. And to think that Mr. Campbell now has a weekly column on this very website. Last week he said, "I am usually at clubs like LIV ... More >>

Prunk TV: Lil Wayne Gets Locked Up Today, Cash Money Relocating to New York

Life is a fucked up game. You're winning Grammys, performing at sold -out arenas around the world, smoking blunts all day, wearing a million-dollar watch, and living on your own planet one minute. Next thing you know, you're arrested, then sentenced, and floating down shit's creek without a paddle. ... More >>

Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail

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Thirstin Howl III Speaks

English ... and now he's startin' to rap en español.

There’s No Debate

Sharon Jones is the current queen of authentic soul music.

Foxy Brown Gets 76 Days in the Hole

Soul Strut

Miami's own DJ Khaled drops a massive debut

Hurry Up and Come

Memorial Fest will be the best reggae concert in years

Hughley's Hour

Horse Whipped

News of the Weird

Letters

Once and Future Kings

Not so long ago the infamous Latin Kings ruled Miami's gangland streets. Now their missionaries are bringing a new message.