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Trick Daddy on Lil Wayne: "If I Wanted to Start Shit, He'd Have Been in the Hospital for a Different Reason Than a Seizure"

The beef is still hot. Last month, Trick Daddy got heated over Lil Wayne disrespecting Dade County, LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh (and wife), and the #HeatGang. So he showed out, rolled up, and confronted Weezy at Miami's King of Diamonds strip club. There was apparently a scuffle, a flicked cigarette, so ... More >>

Lil Wayne Suffers Another Seizure, Rushed to Hospital: "I'm an Epileptic, Man"

Lil Wayne is still alive. Last month, reports of Weezy's imminent death started flying 'round the internet after TMZ inaccurately announced that a sizzurp-binge week's worth of seizures had left the rapper "on life support, awaiting last rites." Turned out, Wayne survived. He finished a new album ... More >>

Trick Daddy "Sent Lil Wayne Packing Like a Little Bitch," Says Miami Rapper

Everybody's gotta answer to Da Mayor of Dade County. The other night at King of Diamonds, it was Lil Wayne's turn, as Trick Daddy defended the 305 and his beloved #HeatGang by chasing the Young Money maniac outta the titty bar. No word yet from KOD. But we here at Crossfade just spoke with a Miami ... More >>

King of Diamonds' Disco Rick: "Lil Wayne Is KOD ... Trick Never Made Him Leave"

As the don of Miami's KOD, business man and booty bass legend Disco Rick is the final word at "the world's largest & sexiest adult club." So what's he gotta say about Trick Daddy allegedly chasing Lil Wayne and his Young Money crew out of King of Diamonds? "Yo, that fake news and lies," Rick t ... More >>

It's Time Miami Stops Being Lil Wayne's Bitch

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 explains why Lil Wayne is a dick.Miamians are mad as hell at rapper Lil Wayne because he said fuck the Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane ... More >>

Future, T.I., and New Year's Eve 2013 at Cameo on South Beach

Future With T.I. and B.o.B. Cameo, Miami Beach Monday, December 31, 2012 Future was slated to go on at midnight. But Cameo is a long way from Pluto so his landing got delayed. In the meantime, Baltimore club legend DJ Class's "I'm the Shit" remix dropped over the club speakers, with Kanye braggin ... More >>

Lil Wayne's Doctor Says 'No Flying!' After Seizure: Will Weezy Ever Rap Again?

It was the second seizure heard 'round the rap world. A year after Rick Ross suffered a pair of mid-flight epileptic episodes, Lil Wayne's private jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas following the Young Money Cash Money capo's own medical nightmare at 30,000 feet. As a result of ... More >>

Fact: Creed's Scott Stapp Tried to Kill Himself, Jumping Out Hotel Window on Miami Beach

With arms wide open, jumping off the balcony. In 2006, Creed singer Scott Stapp was broken and bloody, hanging six-feet from the edge at the Delano Hotel on Miami Beach. But then T.I. swooped in to save the suicidal alt-rocker. No, this isn't bullshit. It's fact. And while the rapper kept this l ... 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 >>

It's a Trap! An 11-Part History of Trap Music, From DJ Screw to Gucci Mane to Flosstradamus

Trap music. It's superhuge right now with the cool kids and it's overrunning Soundcloud. Yet despite its growing popularity, a lot of people have one basic question ... What the fuck is trap? Because of recent EDM trends, many people would tell you it's the "new dubstep" or the "new moombahton." ... More >>

Radio One Fest at Bayfront Park's Klipsch Amphitheater July 7

Top Ten Rap Felons: Shoot Outs, Beat Downs, and Face Eating

In the gritty rap game, honor is everything. And honor usually means a bag full of automatic weapons at an airport. Alright, not every rapper's got a rap sheet. But if you talk the talk, you're expected to do the time. A mean MC with a big mouth is just a poser without a felony charge. And getting ... More >>

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Young Buck and Five Other Rapper Evictions or Foreclosures

Just two months after he was the target of a drive-by shooting in Nashville, Young Buck has come under fire yet again. But this time, it's Uncle Sam pulling the trigger and blowing smoke up Buck's ass. According to TMZ, the Internal Revenue Service is demanding that the former G-Unit rapper fork ... More >>

Radio One Fest With Waka Flocka Flame, T.I., Fat Joe Comes to Miami on July 7

Just three days after the United States turns the big 2-3-6, BlackPlanet Radio, the U.S. Army, and other sponsors are throwing a post-Independence Day bash in Miami-Dade County featuring performances by some of America's biggest rappers. It's called the Radio One Fest and it'll be going down Satur ... More >>

Eight Late '90s Acts (and One Whole Genre) We Beg Cash Money Records Not To Revive

​In one of the last week's less predictable music developments, Lil Wayne announced that Cash Money Records had signed Fred Durst-led late '90s relics Limp Bizkit. Does this mean we could be in store for a late '90s nu-metal revival? The four year period right before the end of the millennium wa ... More >>

Scott Storch's Top Ten Cocaine Bangers and Blow Ballads

​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on prolific pop/rap producer Scott Storch's recent arrest for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas hotel. The story was simple: Homeboy didn't want to pay his bill (probably because he spent all of his money on coke) and when the cops rolled up they found a few grams le ... More >>

White Party 2011: Bare Chests, Sexy Suspenders, and Fabulous Headdresses

​Over the weekend, Miami Seaquarium was swarmed by Care Resource's friends and supporters for the 2011 edition of annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser White Party. As always, the dress code was "white." But this year, bare chests (both bearishly hairy and totally depilated), sexy suspenders (usually preven ... More >>

DJ Khaled's Birthday Bash at Mansion November 25

Big Boi Avoids Jail Time for Ecstasy and Viagra Bust in Miami

​If you listened real close when Outkast rapper Big Boi (AKA Antwan Patton) disembarked from a cruise ship at 1:35 p.m. on August 7 and got busted by Miami-Dade K-9 cops while carrying three kinds of contraband (MDMA, Ecstasy, Viagra) and "drug paraphernalia," you could almost hear the cell door t ... More >>

Foster the People and Lil Jon Get Indie Crunk at LIV October 21

Via facebook.com/fosterthepeople​Pumped-up kicks and a pimp chalice. That's all you'll need Friday, October 21, when Foster the People perform live at LIV, and Lil Jon tackles the ones and twos. They're not playing together. But both acts are scheduled to appear at the Fontainebleau nightclub ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Puff Daddy, and DJ Khaled get a deadline

Lil Wayne And DJ Khaled Are Gonna Lose Their Miami Residency

Alex Izaguirre​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 doesn't like how Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled use Miami but don't give back to the Magic City. I've got a m ... More >>

Jay-Z and Eminem top Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Drake

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 >>

Big Boi Busted For Two Different Kinds of Ecstasy and Viagra in Miami

​TMZ is reporting that rapper and one half of OutKast, Big Boi (AKA Antwan Patton), has been arrested in the Magic City.The charges are three counts of possession of a controlled substance (MDMA, Ecstasy and...Viagra?) and one count of drug paraphernalia. All four charges are felonies in Miami-Dad ... More >>

Celebrate Tupac's 40th Birthday in ATL With Afeni Shakur, Erykah Badu, and Mike Epps

​On June 16, 1971, a little thug by the name of Tupac Amaru Shakur came screaming into this world. He was the son of Black Panther Party members, a scrawny kid with a big mouth, who grew up in the streets during the crack epidemic, studied ballet and jazz at a fancy Baltimore arts school, and b ... More >>

Ten Photo Highlights From Aqua Girl Pool Party

Photo by Ciara Osorio​After a half-week's worth of happy hours at the Palace, girl-on-girl bowling, traffic jams, and Havana nights, Aqua Girl 2011's hottest, wettest, and wildest six hours took place this Saturday when the annual lesbian, bisexual, and trangender fest stripped down to its bikini, ... More >>

Lil Jon's a Beverage Pimp and Five Other Quick Facts About the Godfather of Crunk

​Lil Jon, even Donald Trump respects his hustle. But the master of Crunk is more than just your favorite celebrity apprentice. And this Wednesday night at LIV, the Atlanta-based business mogul will be sliding through the Dirty Hairy party and bringing all his "Whaaaaat's!!!," "Yeeeeaaah's!!!,"&n ... More >>

Janelle Monae at the Fillmore Miami Beach May 11

Playboy Magazine and Lil Jon Gonna Get Sprung at Cameo for New Year's Eve

Lil Jon is alive and well. Ditto, crunk.​There have been rumors that Playboy is going out business, and Hugh Hefner's empire of fake tits and airbrushed cellulite would wither away like the editor's wrinkly wiener after the Viagra's worn off. There was also a rumor that Lil Jon suffered a mild he ... More >>

Rick Ross Doin' Heavy Work on New Tracks by Jamix Foxx and Big Boi

​Carol City-raised rapper Rick Ross has been keeping real busy lately. Whenever we hear a fresh new track from a hip-hop heavy hitter or an up-and-comer, there's a 87-percent chance he's the one we can thank for it. Does he get lured into these collaborations because deep down he's really soft and ... More >>

Big Boi, ¡Mayday!, and ArtOfficial at Trinumeral Festival's Final Night

Big Boi in lights!The Trinumeral Festival With Big Boi, ¡Mayday!, ArtOfficial, Juan Basshead, Mochipet, and more Sunday, October 10, 2010 (10/10/10!!!) Grand Central Better Than: Probably the other two nights of the Trinumeral Festival. There's no doubt that 10/10/10 is a date that will make any ... 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 >>

305 Live: DJ Khaled signs to Cash Money, Rick Ross & Slim Thug seem to now have beef, and more in our Local Hip Hop News

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- Apparently, DJ Khaled's contract with E1 Records (formerly KOCH Records) expired after the release of his latest album Victory, which spawned the ultra successful single "All I Do Is Win". Well, after bring affiliated with them for years, it seems that DJ Khaled h ... More >>

Photos: Big Boi at SoBe Live, August 18

Photo by Ian WitlenBig Boi and producer Scott Storch at SoBe Live.​Oh, hey! Look who we spotted at last night's HP and MySpace event at SoBe Live featuring Big Boi: New Times' BFF Scott Storch. Wonder if he knew we were so close. Well, the ATLien performed a good mix of both his solo material and ... More >>

Free Big Boi Concert on South Beach This Wednesday at SoBe Live

​If you have ever, ever professed to love hip-hop, here are two things you need to do/plan to do, immediately, if you haven't completed at least step one:1) Get Big Boi's new solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot ... the Son Of Chico Dusty. If you haven't listened yet, well, what the hell have y ... More >>

Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane Video For "Steady Mobbin": Miami Real Estate Porn, Interesting Use for a Grammy

​Voila, the magic of editing! Just as Weezy was going away to prison, Gucci Mane was preparing to be set free. Yet somehow the rappers with overlapping sentences have managed to (finally) release a new video for their collabo track "Steady Mobbin." Yes, the song's already dominated the summer airw ... More >>

Mixtape Of The Week: Rick Ross & Big Boi - Southernplayalisticmaybachmusic (Mixed by Mick Boogie)

​World-renowned DJ Mick Boogie has built a stable collection and archive of past mixtapes that comes second to none. Always taking the road less traveled, it seems, Ohio-born Boogie definitely comes up with great concepts and themes for his own mixtapes.Enter two of the most anticipated ... More >>

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010 Recap: Top 8 WTF-Worthy Moments

2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Despite the theme of our earlier post about last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show, the entire thing was not, in fact, about Miami. Atlanta, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, and Houston all got their due as well, represented by arti ... More >>

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010: Five Things to Look Forward To During Tonight's Broadcast

via facebook.com/AsherRothSorry, but Asher Roth does NOT belong on this show, and we're waiting to see if he gets booed.​This year's annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards show seems to be one of the most contentious to date, thanks to its focus on "Honoring the Dirty South." On one hand, you've got maj ... More >>

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Rappers like Lil Wayne and T.I. have a right to bear arms

Rappers Have A Right To Bear Arms

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. Up this week, Luke explains why famous rappers such as Lil Wayne and T.I. get caught with illegal guns.Earlier this month, Lil Wayne began a ... More >>

Mixtape of the Week: Rick Ross - A Timeless Audemars Piguet Collection

​As Rick Ross preps the release of his fourth studio album, Teflon Don, Rick Ross gathers a team of DJs to collaboratively release an official mixtape that will serve as the warm-up of sorts for the album. The mixtape is interestingly titled A Timeless Audemars Piguet Collection. Presumably a play ... More >>

Meet Dr. Virgil Mongalo, the Dentist Who Made Lil Wayne Spit (Literally)

Dr. Virgil and Mr. Carter​Last week, I asked New Times Miami Music Editor Arielle Castillo if we should track down the dentist who gave Lil Wayne his eight root canals for the jaw-dropping sum of reportedly $150,000. Her response was rational: "doctor-patient confidentiality, right?"Fortunately fo ... More >>

Kevin Rudolf Is Cash Money's First Rock Act

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Uncle Al's Peace in the Hood Festival