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Michelle Braun: Notorious L.A. Madam's South Florida Adventure

Rick Ross Shooting: Rapper Hires 24-Hour Armed Security Team

Not long after becoming the target of a foiled drive-by murder plot, Rick Ross issued a musical warning seemingly directed at his would-be assassins: "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe." "Wishing death on you niggas, we never see eye to eye," Ross roars on the track. "Somehow I pray for you niggas at the ... More >>

Rick Ross Shooting: Police Release 911 Calls

Like a gangsta, Rick Ross has kept (mostly) silent since escaping a would-be assassin's 20-bullet barrage on Las Olas Boulevard. His only comment: A freestyle "wishing death on you niggas." Meanwhile, the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department continues to pore over surveillance video from the ... More >>

Rick Ross's Post-Shooting Track: "Sometimes I Look in the Mirror, I Can't Believe I'm Alive"

Rozay says: "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe." Yesterday, after escaping an unknown assailant, dodging 20 bullets, and smashing up his Rolls Royce on the streets of Broward County, Rick Ross disappeared for approximately 12 hours. He couldn't be reached for comment on the shooting by TMZ, MTV, the Miam ... More >>

Rick Ross Shooting: Police Sift Though Surveillance Footage, Not Discussing Suspects

Who shot at Rick Ross? Police are still investigating the drive-by shooting that nearly cost Ross and girlfriend Shateria L. Moragne-el their lives early Monday morning in Fort Lauderdale, sifting through video surveillance footage from a nearby building in an effort to identify the perpetrator--or ... More >>

Rick Ross Shooting: A Twitter Timeline

Forget a big booty ho. All Rick Ross wants for his birthday are some goddamn answers. The b-day Bawse -- Ross turns 37 today -- and an unidentified female companion were allegedly heading east on Las Olas Boulevard at around 5 a.m. this morning near 15th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, when an assailan ... More >>

Rick Ross Shooting: Police Confirm Passenger Was Girlfriend Shateria L. Moragne-el

Unknown gunmen blasted at the Bawse. And he crashed his Rolls. As Crossfade already noted, Rick Ross celebrated his birthday last night at South Beach nightlub LIV and then he took the party to Fort Lauderdale's Floridian Restaurant, where he became the target of an apparent assassination attempt. ... More >>

50 Cent Calls Rick Ross a "Fat Boy," Says Early-Morning Shooting "Looks Staged"

Case of the Mondays? At least you're not being ridiculed by 50 Cent on social media for crashing a $300,000 Rolls Royce into a building on your birthday after a failed attempt on your life. The G-Unit capo thinks that Rick Ross' early-morning brush with death was little more than a publicity stu ... More >>

Kanye West Attacks Female Paparazzi in Miami Over Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian Question

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are getting into some pretty freaky sex practices. You know, watching each other's sex tapes. And now, public paparazzi beating. How much kink can Kimye take? At least, it seems to be getting Ms. Kardashian off. Just check the cut to see the grin on Kim's face as Kany ... More >>

George Espie: Whisky's Master of Wood

​George Espie is the Macallan master of wood, which means (A) he is a Scotch fanatic and (B) he probably gets picked on a lot during recess on the corporate playground. What his title really means is he is responsible for managing the Macallan "Wood Policy" and delivering all cask requirements to ... More >>

Miami's top news stories of 2011

Dude, where's my city? Miami wakes up with a pounding headache.

Shaq's Bizarre Sex Tape and Kidnapping Scandal

​LeBron James might be the most hated man in basketball, but at least he's not involved in a bizarre scandal involving gang members, robbery, kidnapping, and a sex tape. Can't say the same for Shaquille O'Neal. Los Angeles prosecutors are investigating a weird case allegedly centered on a tap ... More >>

Julio Robaina's slush fund can buy lap dances and stone crab claws

Julio Robaina's Slush Fund Can Buy Lap Dances and Stone Crab Claws

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke - who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez - has a few things to s ... More >>

Gurkha Cigar "Seduction" Dinner Tonight At Texas de Brazil

​Gurkha Cigars ;will be introducing its newest "Seduction" stogie tonight at a special reception and dinner at Texas de Brazil in South Beach. Guests at the $95 affair will be greeted by Gurkha Cigars owner Kaizad Hansotia, and cocktails, followed by a three-course dinner, more libations, and ciga ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Apparently Scott Storch is Not Using Los Angeles Public Transportation

You can take the expensive vehicles away from the flash-addicted former mega-producer, but you can't... take the flash-addicted former mega-producer away from the expensive vehicles? Something like that. Sunrise kid Scott Storch lost his mansion, pawned his yacht, and had his exotic car collection- ... More >>

Bentley-Driving, Real Estate-Flipping Fisher Island Family Indicted For $45 Million Tax Fraud

Nothing makes a bleary, rain-drenched Wednesday afternoon a little more bearable quite like some good ol' schadenfreude. photo by Averette Creating off-shore tax havens lags just behind golf among Fisher Island's most popular leisure-time activities.​So Riptide is grateful to 77-year-old Ma ... 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 >>

Air Platinum Club owner Mickael Cohen under siege from creditors and business associates

Sacre Bleu! A High-Flying Frenchman Is Accused of Owing Beaucoup Bucks

Is this racist?​Mickael Cohen is a 36-year-old self-professed millionaire from France who wears linen suits and looks like a Lothario version of Jon Lovitz. In July, he showed off a Gulfstream jet, a Rolls Royce, a Lamborghini, an Aston Martin, an 80-foot yacht, and a Sunny Isles condo that, ... More >>

Drive Me to the Moon

Video: Duece Poppi's "My White Friends"

Duece Poppi is a veteran Slip-N-Slide Records artist you may have never heard of, but dude is a serious operator that has behind the scenes ghost written more tracks than Casper with a pen and pad. He's got a new album coming soon, and this song "My White Friends" is set to take over the pop mus ... More >>

Prunk TV featuring DJ Khaled

When Lil Wayne said, "Miami is my home. I'm home, bitch.," it felt really good. I am a Miami native, born here. When Khaled mentioned that he had seen me on WSHH in the studio with Mack Maine and Kevin Rudolf, I felt like I just won a certificate of eligibility.    I love Miami and I lov ... More >>

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Festival season kicks off early in the 305.

PrunkTV - Featuring Lil Wayne

Rick Ross Reaches Out to M-I-Yayo

The Triangle is Not for Trifling With

Kobehana

Getting the right chef can be a make-or-break situation

Portentous Pork

New Year’s hams can be as varied as your wallet is deep

United and It Feels So Good

Dirty deeds and unsung honors from the Ozone Awards

Weed Warriors

Hydroponic marijuana production is growing up

Hypnotic License

The Bitch rings in the year of the dog with Red Bull and samba

Awash in a Sea of Money

Billions in cash generated by the cocaine trade fueled Miami's economy

Life Works

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Sinbad's Bird House

Our Feathered Friends

They're for sale in the gift shop at Parrot Jungle, which has some folks crying foul

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Tough as Nails

Three years after the immigrant workers at Aljoma Lumber voted to unionize, they still don't have a contract. Why? José Lamas refuses to give them one.

The Lucky Bidder Beware

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Guess Who's Coming... to Dinner Key?

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

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