T.I. (Rapper)

Big Boi's Shoes for Running Tour Postponed

Rick Ross: Calm Down or End Up Like Biggie

Carl Cox, Half-Naked Party Girls, and NYE 2013 at Mansion Miami: A 25-Photo Recap

Spending New Year's Eve with Carl Cox is so sexy. On the last day of 2012, true acid house aficionados and horny people of all kinds gathered at Mansion Miami to ring in NYE. Females felt up their friends. Dudes oogled the half-naked party girls who'd been paid to ride poles and dole out premium l ... More >>

Sneaker Pimps: Iggy Azalea, Ace Hood, Honey Cocaine at Grand Central Miami, August 24

See the full 40-photo slideshow of Sneaker Pimps at Grand Central -- plus "Iggy Azalea Ain't All "Pu$$y": Five Secret Facts About the Aussie Rapper." Sneaker Pimps' Tenth Anniversary Tour With Iggy Azalea, Ace Hood, Honey Cocaine, and others Grand Central, Miami Friday, August 24, 2012 Better Than ... More >>

Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin' at Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Show in Miami

See the full 34-photo Nicki Minaj at James L. Knight Center slideshow -- plus Nicki Minaj's Top Seven NSFW Moments. If you need a bad bitch ... Call Nicki Minaj. After officially confirming via Twitter that she's a "pop star" who "fuk'em like I'm still hood," Ms. Minaj rode into the MIA yesterday ... 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 >>

2 Live Crew will reunite to save Miami booty music

2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty

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 explains why a 2 Live Crew reunion tour will prove booty music desegregated hip-hop.After 2 Live Crew and I performed at the ... More >>

Bassnectar at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 22

Photo by Yesenia Hernandez​See the full 27-photo Bassnectar at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Bassnectar With AmpLive and SuperDre Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: The last time Bassnectar was here last year. On Saturday night, Bassnectar made a triumphant retur ... More >>

The Rising Hip-Hop Concert Series Returns With Killer Mike at PAX June 17

Killer Mike.​Back in March, after running game out of Transit Lounge for eight straight months, the Rising hip-hop series and the tag team behind the enterprise (clothing kingpins Last Rights and rap producer Numonics) decided to take 90 days away from the grind to regroup, re-up, and reorganize. ... More >>

Shakira at the American Airlines Arena, September 27

Christina Mendenhall​View photos of Shakira at American Airlines Arena here.Shakira American Airlines Arena Monday, September 27, 2009 Better Than: Driving to Palm Beach for a show, or Palm Beach in general. I'd be lying if I told you I'm familiar with the Shakira brand. Sure, I had heard some o ... More >>

Simply Jess of the 400 Club Talks T.I. and Tiny, Modeling, and SoBe's Hottest Parties

MQ Images​For the last few years, Simply Jess (AKA Jessica Fajardo) has been a promotions and marketing power player on the Miami Beach nightlife scene. She, her partner J. Little, and the 400 Club have been responsible for some of Miami's hottest parties in recent memory, hosting weekly throwdow ... More >>

Drake at James L. Knight Center September 20 and 21

Mixtape of the Week: The Game's Brake Lights

Mixtape Of The Week: DJ Skee and the Game - Brake Lights, Executive Produced by Cool & Dre

​The Game and Cool & Dre have a long history together. "Hate It Or Love It," from 2005, was the first collaboration among the three. Since then, they've frequently worked together, with Cool and Dre landing placements on all of the Game's subsequent albums.Fast forward to 2010, and the Game ha ... More >>

American Black Film Festival Brings T.I., Mike Tyson, Tupac, and The Wire to Miami

Starting today, the American Black Film Festival takes over the Ritz-Carlton as its headquarters and will screen films at Lincoln Road's Colony Theatre and the Española Way's Miami Beach Cinematheque through Saturday. But with 17 films, a shorts competition, workshops, and symposiums, you can't mak ... More >>

WMC 2010: Nite Jewel, Tanlines & MillionYoung Break in Grand Central

Kyle MunzenriederNite Jewel preforms at Grand Central​Nite Jewel, Tanlines, Million Young ft. Awesome New Republican, Palm Trees and Night WaveGrand Central, MiamiWednesday, March 24, 2010Better Than: Still sobbing over the fact Studio A is dead and gone ...and actually a lot better than most of t ... More >>

Check Out one of Jim Jonsin's Latest Productions, "Sweet Dreams" by Beyonce

photo by Aaron BristolJim JonsinThis week's New Times includes a feature on Jim Jonsin, the Coral Springs resident who's quickly become a super-producer and is blowing up the hip-hop and pop charts. (You've doubtless heard one of his recent hits, any number of synth-driven tracks like Soulja Boy's " ... More >>

Budget Ballin'

To hell with the economy! South Florida's lawless exotic rental car industry keeps rolling.

Southern Hip-Hop = Fox News?

Both appeal to red-staters, and both are unfairly maligned.

Lil Wayne Brings the Flood

Big-Bucks Benchwarmer

A straight-from-high-school phenom stays intimate with the Heat bench

Soul Strut

Miami's own DJ Khaled drops a massive debut

Dollars 'n' Sex

Can Luther Campbell still cash in on the history of 2 Live Crew?

A League of Her Own

Puerto Rican merenguera/pop balladeer Olga Tañón remains popular despite the genre's diminishing appeal

Girls on Film

The dangerous devolution of video vixens

That's Incredible!

David Banner is a thug intellectual in a world of crunk

Mike Jones

Who Is Mike Jones? (Warner Bros.)

by Angie Romero

Lean Back

Many searched for the summer banger, but only Fat Joe's Terror Squad claimed the prize

Eightball and MJG

Living Legends (Bad Boy)

Various Artists

Crunk and Disorderly (TVT)

Good Enough for Mama