Subject: Sean Combs

• Welcome the Ghost of Karu & Y

  September 25, 2008

• In Da Dog House

  December 22, 2006

• The Party Crasher - Lil Wayne's Birthday Bash

  October 1, 2007

• Punk Voter Showcase

  September 23, 2004

• Minor Legal Problems of the Rich and Famous

  October 16, 2008

• Destruction Boom

  July 28, 2005

• Who Shot Ya?

  September 1, 2005

• News Roundup

  November 3, 2008

• Over The Weekend - Madonna, Q-Tip and White Party Week

  Talk about your long weekends. Most of us, although not us at New Times, had a four-day weekend thanks to the Thankgiving holidays. That gave plenty of you time to celebrate Black Friday by crushing your fellow man to death as you and thousands of others rush into your local Wal-Mart to get that extra 30 percent off those items you want. Got to love the holidays!So in case you were camping out in front of Best Buy starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, here is what you missed over the weekend:Madonna at D

  December 1, 2008

• Violence Follows Naomi Anywhere She Goes

  Naomi Campbell is in town to the host the reception for a photo exhibit dedicated solely to the glorious human mannequin that is her. When we first blogged about it we didn't make any flying Blackberry jokes. We didn't imagine her beating down any bouncers. Instead, we decided to go the restrained, classy way. And I guess in a way we were right because since she got into town she's been a good girl, but random outburst of violence seems to follow her. Her boyfriend, Russian Billionaire Vladimir

  December 2, 2008

• Q&A With T-Pain, Performing at AAA on Sunday

  Many of today's hip-hop personalities and R&B royalty would have fans believe they've got the genuine Midas touch, but few in recent years can truly back that claim up. The Tallahassee-born T-Pain, however, is one of these chosen few. It's no wonder Akon snatched him up for his own imprint, Konvict Muzik, upon hearing his rendition of the impresario's single, "Locked Up," back in 2005.  Since then Pain has put singles on the Top 40 almost faster than Billboard can get to print, thanks

  December 11, 2008

• Diddy Will Deny The Bearcat's Fancy Hotel Stay

  It is football day here on Riptide apparently, so we'll keep this post short. The Cincinnati Bearcats will be playing in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day against Virginia Tech (a game the Canes, theoretically, could be playing in if they didn't have such a deep commitment to ruining everything). So they made hotel arrangements, and decided to go full out for rooms at the Fontainebleau. Yeah, a hotel on the beach that just got a $1 billion face lift. How thrifty! Problem is P. Diddy will be ho

  December 30, 2008

• So Two Rappers and a Video Chick Walk Into A Gay Bar... Which Turned Out To Be Space

  via Wikimedia CommonsWhy is it that rappers get into the craziest shenanigans on South Beach? Monday we recounted the magical story of N.O.R.E. and the angry Fatburger encounter. Today let us tell you the tale of Diddy, Xzibit, Superhead and the SoBe Gay Bar. It should be noted, that this is all according to a recent radio interview by Mr. Zibit. A couple years ago Xzibit, noted car improvement television program host and sometimes rapper, was celebrating the commencement of a new

  February 25, 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

• BET's College Hill: South Beach Premiers Next Week

  via PR Newswire College Hill is basically BET's answer to the Real World, but with a lot less transsexuals and eye-liner wearing boys from Utah, and a lot more students from historically black universities. Seven students from throughout the country live together for a semester. In the first few seasons I think they actually went to school together (hence the name), but the later seasons have dropped that. And since, to my knowledge, South Beach is not home to a historically black university, I'

  March 17, 2009

• Under the Influence

  Mike will Mesmer“Eyes” you at the Improv.

  September 11, 2008

• They Killed the Dog

  August 30, 2007

• We’re Ready for Some Football

  September 7, 2006

• Souto Steamed Over Suit Support

  June 21, 2007

• Danity Kane

  October 5, 2006

• NFL Opening Kickoff Concert

  September 7, 2006

• Tom Laroc and Ron Luna

  July 20, 2006

• The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, and Avery Storm

  December 8, 2005

• BEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM

  May 12, 2005

• Scene and Heard

  May 5, 2005

• Club Planet

  January 13, 2005

• Whatever Happened To ...?

  January 27, 2005

• Basshead

  October 7, 2004

• Float On

  August 26, 2004

• Eightball and MJG

  May 13, 2004

• Mansion Meets Hype

  March 4, 2004

• Buzzed

  January 22, 2004

• Snow Bunnies

  January 15, 2004

• Hip-Hop Cyrano

  December 18, 2003

• Sexless Beast

  December 4, 2003

• The Rope Is in Your Mind

  January 23, 2003

• J. to the R-E-N to the izzO

  July 25, 2002

• God Bless the Playa

  July 18, 2002

• Psychographic Baiting

  March 14, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  August 2, 2001

• Mo' Money, Mo' Trouble

  August 2, 2001

• All Puffed Up

  July 26, 2001

• South Beach Drinks Up and Goes Home

  May 10, 2001

• The Arsonists

  September 9, 1999

• The Flesh Made Word

  May 21, 1998

• Puff Goes the Weasel

  November 6, 1997

• Video: Diddy Collaborator Xplicit in Studio with Jim Jonsin

  xplicit from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Diddy's new song "Diddy Bop" is produced by Miami/Lauderdale's Isaac Opus and features Xplicit on the hook. Xplicit also co-wrote the song. Above is a video of Xplicit writing hooks in the studio with Jim Jonsin. I had to pull the video out of the cave-like darkness of the studio in Final Cut, which explains the grainy, washed-out footage, but the audio is clean and you'll get to hear a future hit on an unreleased Jim Jonsin track.To hear the Diddy Bop reco

  April 28, 2009

• A Lesson In How To Get Money feat. Pluck from Ink Music Group

  image via amagill's flickr Jorge Marquez a.k.a. Pluck from Ink Music Group is in the middle of brokering the deal between Diddy and Xplicit for his role in the song Diddy Bop, produced by Isaac Opus. I asked him some questions about what he and his company do.This interview is an excellent resource for those interested in using the music industry to make money.I edited my questions out cause who cares. Here's what Pluck had to say...

  May 1, 2009

• Bonus Free Music: Miami Rapper Xplicit Remixes Drake's "Best I Ever Had"

  via myspace.com/xplicitmiami​Miami rapper Xplicit's biggest in-roads in the industry so far have been as a songwriter. His biggest score so far has been a co-writing credit and appearance on the hook of Diddy's new single "Diddy Bop," and he's worked with most of the local heavyweights. (Here's an old Crossfade video of him in the studio with Jim Jonsin.) But of course, on the Internet, the fastest way to increased attention is a remix of a popular song.... So Xplicit tackled Drake's "Best I E

  August 27, 2009

• Stargaze on Earth at LIV

  September 10, 2009