The Black Eyed Peas

WSVN Reporter Has a Hard Time Telling Black People Apart at Obama Victory Rally (Video)

WSVN has some rather ambitious coverage of the election last night for a local channel. They even sent reporter Blake Burman to the Obama rally in Chicago. Unfortunately there was a bit of awkwardness when WSVN cut to Burman solely because he was standing in the vicinity of a famous black person bei ... More >>

20 Worst Pop Hits of the Last 20 Years

Happy Birthday, Nielson! The SoundScan system just turned 20. And although it's probably on its deathbed, Billboard is celebrating the watermark with a series of chart-topping lists. The latest release: The top 100 pop songs since the system's implementation, back in '92. Some Miami-bred musicians ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Will Star in HBO's Hard Knocks Reality Show

What does a celebrity do when they need a quick jolt of publicity to revive a fading career? Reality TV, of course. What does a sports team desperately in need of some public goodwill and attention do when they're being overshadowed in their own city? Apparently, the exact same thing.The Miami Dolph ... More >>

A Skrillex Christmas and Ten Other Outrageous Light Displays Synched With Crappy Music

​For Crossfade, Holiday spirit consists of little more than a pair of reindeer boxer shorts and a couple of gag gifts. Decorating? That's an upper-middle class game, the type of shit you find in gated communities 'round suburbia. It's for people with way too much free time on their hands and a h ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas' Final Concert in Miami With Cee Lo, Trick Daddy, and Queen Latifah

​See the full 36-photo Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium slideshow. Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, T-Pain, Jason Derulo, and Sean Kingston Sun Life Stadium Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Better Than: A nice nap on the beach that ends in a blistering burn. In the history of final li ... More >>

Fashion Freakouts at the Black Eyed Peas' Final Concert in Miami

​Last night, Sun Life Stadium was packed with thousands of people under the age of 45. Most of them were actually little children, up late for a night to watch the Black Eyed Peas' final concert before taking a nice, long break from each other. Though fans sported fairly conservative gear for the ... More >>

Will.i.am Gives a Goodbye Speech to Fans During Last Show With Black Eyed Peas

​For many fans of the Black Eyed Peas, last night was a sorrowful occasion. It was the quartet's final concert together as a band before a "break," not a breakup. At least, that's what Taboo told New Times. But everyone knows that a "break" is usually code for breakup. Most crowd members showed t ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium November 23

Cee Lo Green Announces Official Black Eyed Peas Afterparty at Blue Martini

Facebook​The Black Eyed Peas' final concert of 2011 next week at Sun Life Stadium promises to be a full-blown pop spectacle. Promoters are hyping it as "the biggest party in South Florida" and promise "an all-star cast of friends," including Sean Kington and Flo Rida. But perhaps the gnarliest g ... More >>

The Black Eyed Peas Schedule Last Show of 2011 in Miami November 23

​Three days after Fergie's Miami Dolphins embarrass themselves by losing to the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium, the pee-pee-pants pop star will join her Black Eyed Peas bros, will.i.am, Taboo, and apl.de.ap for the group's final show of 2011 at the Miami Gardens house Joe Robbie built. We hea ... More >>

David Guetta Releases New Video With Flo Rida, Talks Hip-Pop Crossover

Photo by Nabil Elderkin​Turn on any Top 40 or urban radio station these days and it's clear there's been a massive sonic sea change. Gone from the biggest hits are the old trunk-rattling, snare-heavy, often Middle Eastern-inspired beats that dominated the mid 2000s. In their place is unabash ... More >>

LeBron James is the 10th Most Powerful Celebrity in the World According to Forbes

​Forbes has tallied up the world's most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat's own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he's not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-li ... More >>

"That's Retarded": LeBron's Latest Flub

​The word "retard": America just doesn't know what to do with it. True, we should probably retire it for good from our vocabulary, but lets be honest: Many of us normal, untelevised folk still use it pretty regularly. And the Black Eyed Peas had a hit song with "retarded" in the title, for chr ... More >>

IDMA 2011 Nominees Announced and Crossfade Picks the Winners

James Murphy deserves an IDMA or two.​Every year, coinciding with Winter Music Conference, the International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) recognizes those who make electronic music great. Sure, it's not exactly the Grammys or MTV's Video Music Awards. But dammit, it's a homegrown awards show and tha ... More >>

Betty Wright Preemptively Rips Black Eyed Peas Terrible Super Bowl Halftime Show

​Betty Wright is a legendary, Grammy-winning,  Miami-based singer-songwriter who has released 16 albums.She scored her first big hit in the '70s at the age of 17 with the million-selling "Cleanup Woman." Later, she became the first black woman to release a gold record on her own label. In hip ... More >>

Dan Marino Hates the Black Eyed Peas

​The Pittsburgh Steelers may not have won the Super Bowl, but the real losers seems to have been the Black Eyes Peas. The questionably talented group helmed the halftime shows first foray back into Top 40 pop since Janet Jackson's affaire du nipple a few years back. They may have avoided wardrobe ... More >>

Go Dutch

Random Night at Arkadia During Basel Week

Victor Gonzalez iPhone picSunny Singh likes to bang on the drum all day.​The beauty of Art Basel week is the spontaneity of it. One minute you can be having tempura eggplant before a special indie-pop DJ set at Bardot, then all of a sudden you're in a Haitian man's cab listening to Creole talk-rad ... More >>

David Guetta at Mansion for Art Basel December 4

David Guetta Talks Art Basel, Pop Success, and the Rift Between WMC and Ultra

Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth​You can hate him all you want, but David Guetta is a superstar. He stays away from the kind of high-brow EDM that music lovers fawn over, instead delivering house music for the mainstream music consumer. He's also won a Grammy and found massive success as the producer f ... More >>

David Guetta Basel Party at Mansion December 4

Photo by Ellen Von UnwerthDavid Guetta​You can hate him all you want, but David Guetta is a superstar. He stays away from the high-brow EDM that music lovers fawn over, instead delivering house music that's easily digestible to the mainstream music consumer. When was the last time you went to a pa ... More >>

Mansion's Hipsterrific Fall Schedule Includes Steve Aoki, Bloody Beetroots, Boys Noize

Boys Noize: A lonely boy?​Hey, y'all! Mansion wants you to party like it's 2007. Like American Apparel isn't going into bankruptcy. Like parties like Revolver and Spider-Pussy are still going strong.We've been alerted to a few upcoming shows at the South Beach mega-club that bring a ting of nostal ... More >>

James Cameron to Direct 3D Black Eyed Peas Tour Film

​Fresh off of the enormous success of Avatar, James Cameron's latest 3D effort will include tons of live music as he teams up with Black Eyed Peas to make a not-yet-titled full-length tour film. We're not kidding.Will.I.Am spilled all the deets in a recent interview with Vibe, where he said:"We ha ... More >>

Aventura

Will.yo.soy?

Super Bowl 2010: Rihanna, Nas, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas and More Performing this Weekend

We gotta feeling it's going to a jam-packed music weekend.​So it's coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that's about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about t ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Maxim and Playboy Parties Among This Year's Hottest Tickets, of Course

CC by 2.0, via P Keigan's FlickrThe bunnies are at the Sagamore on Saturday night.​Is it really any surprise? Maxim magazine's annual Super Bowl bash is famously full of the perky, pneumatic flesh featured in its pages, as well as all the celebrities, pseudo-celebrities, and just wealthy and well- ... More >>

Fergie Gets Her Boom Boom Pow on for Miami Dolphins

Fergie is really taking her investment in the Miami Dolphins seriously, and out of all the team's celebrity co-owners, she seems intent on pumping up the fans the most. Here she is bouncing around in white, aqua, and orange to the Black Eyed Peas' not-at-all-annoying "Boom Boom Pow."I guess this is ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Super Bowl Miami, Fergie and Duhamel Do STK, Man vs. Food, Don Shula, and Dan Marino

Fergie from Black Eyed Peas and husband Josh Duhamel eat dinner at STK with her father for friends and family opening. [People]Travel Channel's Man vs Food show to take on Shula's 48 oz steak challenge. [AllHeadlines]Philadelphian recommends Bobby Flay's "Miami Burger" for a cold day. [PhillyBurbs]2 ... More >>

Pop and indie figure high on this list of the year's best Latin albums

Phish Afterparties With the Heavy Pets, and New Year's Eve Festivities at Tobacco Road

via myspace.com/cityofgodLocal pop-minded six-piece City of God plays the Road on New Year's Eve.​The Vagabond and White Room aren't the only downtown Miami venues opening their doors to the Phish crowds who will invade starting any minute now. A little further south, Tobacco Road starts its own s ... More >>

A look at 2009 in dance music

Bilingual pop group Aventura plays the American Airlines Arena Saturday

Concert Announcements: Brooks & Dunn and Black Eyed Peas

via Flickr user [AJ]​The most successful musical duo ever, Brooks & Dunn, are calling it quits. After selling about a bazillion records, playing every major city in the world, and winning a couple dozen awards, Kix and Ronnie have decided enough is enough. At least after one last tour... If yo ... More >>

Photos: N.E.R.D's Performances at W South Beach, Awarehouse

Photo via Billionaire Boys Club​It wasn't too long ago that N.E.R.D performed like at the somewhat dysfunctional Future Classic Festival. But that didn't stop them from giving Miami a weekend full of alt hip-hop (arguably N.E.R.D are the original hipster-hoppers).But this past weekend's performanc ... More >>

Will.I.Am Wants to Try Out for Dolphins

If you ask us, way too many of Will.i.am's dreams have come true. The Black Eyed Peas' resident shoddy producer has an ever growing ego, and now he has another modest dream: trying out for the Miami Dolphins. We say let him. Will.i.am took to some website called Dipdive... To brag about ho ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Sonic Youth's latest topped the lists at Sweat and Radio-Active.Moving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to see past top sellers. Top Sellers for the Week of June 8-12:Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach 1. Behind th ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Jenni Foxx

The go-to gal for good times.

Head Spins: DJ Jenni Foxx

Hurricane Wilma may have been devastating for a lot of folks, but not for Jenni Foxx. See, on that 2005 day after it hit, she happened to have a scheduled DJ audition at the Clevelander. But there was no power. And a few hours later, when power was restored, Foxx got a call from the owner. Seems the ... More >>

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WMC 2009: Black Eyed Thieves at Ultra Music Festival

John HoodBlack Eyed Peas brought their humps to the main stage at Ultra.Ultra Music Festival: Black Eyed ThievesFriday, March 27, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter Than: Having My Wallet StolenCall me a snob, but besides stage-front, my favorite place to hang at Ultra is the VIP/Press Lounge. And t ... More >>

WMC 2009: Ultra Day 1 Dissapoints, Noizy Boys at Louis and Erol Alkan Tears Up The Vagabond

Justin NamonBoys Noize being a little shy at Louis.Yes, I'm not going to be very popular by saying this, but Day 1 of Ultra Music Festival sucked. Perhaps it was the nerve of organizers scheduling Santigold for a 5 p.m. performance slot (WTF?), or Bloc Party canceling, or perhaps LMFAO taking the st ... More >>

During WMC The Techno Stops For No One, Not Even Paris Hilton

via Wikimedia CommonsHey, have you heard there's this music event in town, with all these DJs who take dance and electronic music pretty seriously? It's probably one of the biggest weeks in the year for their industry, and it would really be best if you don't go up to them and ask them to play some ... More >>

The English Beat

Bloc Party invades Bicentennial Park

Black Eyed Peas to Perform at Ultra Music Festival (UPDATED)

Black Eyed Peas bringing their humps to Bicentennial Park.There are some things in this world better left unexplained, but this is definitely not one of them. It's been confirmed that the Black Eyed Peas (yes, the very same ones that created the weapon of mass destruction called "My Humps") are set ... More >>

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The Black Eyed Peas

Monkey Business (A&M)

Esthero

We R In Need of a Musical Revolution EP Reprise

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On a busy VMA weekend, Miami raised the art of celebrity worship to new heights