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Tupac Shakur

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    SunFest 2012: A Ten-Act Guide With Pitbull, Snoop Dogg, and Matisyahu

    Who's in the mood for a music festival? We are! Thankfully, we don't have to wait long 'cause Sunfest kicks off tomorrow on the sunny West Palm Beach waterfront, running through the week till Sunday, May 6. The line-up boasts 51 artists bringing everything from rock to hip-hop, reggae, punk, and d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Coachella 2012: Snoop, Dre, Santigold, and Other Top Moments From Sunday, April 22

    See LA Weekly's complete Coachella coverage -- plus the top moments from Friday, April 20 and four highlights from Saturday, April 21, including Black Lips' Biggie Smalls "hologram." By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Steven Tyler's Twisted Toes and Four Other Physical Consequences of Rocking Too Hard

    When we last saw him, Steven Tyler had turned into a 63-year-old grandma who'd gotten lost on a sandbar. Well, the Aerosmith frontman is back in the tabloid blogosphere for his bod. Only this time it's got nothing to do with his grams gams. No, Steven Tyler has completely fucking twisted toes. And ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Kendrick Lamar at Revolution Live October 28

    When we last saw him, Steven Tyler had turned into a 63-year-old grandma who'd gotten lost on a sandbar. Well, the Aerosmith frontman is back in the tabloid blogosphere for his bod. Only this time it's got nothing to do with his grams gams. No, Steven Tyler has completely fucking twisted toes. And ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2011

    Rock the Bells presents Black Star at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 27

    When we last saw him, Steven Tyler had turned into a 63-year-old grandma who'd gotten lost on a sandbar. Well, the Aerosmith frontman is back in the tabloid blogosphere for his bod. Only this time it's got nothing to do with his grams gams. No, Steven Tyler has completely fucking twisted toes. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Black Star's Mos Def and Talib Kweli Reup the Rap Revolution September 27

    ​Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The duo behind this record -- Black Star, consisting obviously enough of Brooklyn MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli -- took its core concepts (and its name) from Marcus Ga ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

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

    ​Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The duo behind this record -- Black Star, consisting obviously enough of Brooklyn MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli -- took its core concepts (and its name) from Marcus Ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Jay-Z Is King of the Hip-Hop Throne

    Luther "Luke" Campbell, 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 declares the best MCs in hip-hop.After listening to the new Jay-Z and Kanye West album, Watch the Throne, I was left ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2011

    Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter IV

    Luther "Luke" Campbell, 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 declares the best MCs in hip-hop.After listening to the new Jay-Z and Kanye West album, Watch the Throne, I was left ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Regalado Asks Feds To Investigate MPD Just As Police Union Pushes His Recall

    ​Still doubt that the beef between Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and his police chief Miguel Exposito has reached Biggie-vs-Tupac-ian heights? Here's some more kerosene to toss on the campfire: Regalado has just sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to investigate the killing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    What Happens When a South Beach Crackhead Breaks Into a Screening of The Tree of Life

    ​Terrence Malick's latest wandering epic The Tree of Life may very well lend itself to some chemically altered viewing. It is not however the kind of film that benefits from some sort of crackhead breaking into a screening and starting to shout things like "Tupac's back!" Welcome to life in South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2011

    Big Sean Talks Tupac vs. Biggie, Last Meals, and His Mom

    ​As many of you know, Big Sean is G.O.O.D. Music's newest star and Kanye West's protege. Having entered the scene back in 2007 with a totally ill mixtape entitled Finally Famous Vol. 1, this Detroit native brought the fire, which eventually led an enthused West to scout him out during his first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Uncle Luke Runnin, Uncle Luke Runnin, Uncle Luke Runnin

    Michael McElroyLet Luke govern!​We don't know about all of you, but we're pretty sick and tired of certain Miami-Dade politicians who keep resorting to their legal attack strategies to stop the will of the people. It's damn time we get ourselves a true leader, a champion of the first amendment, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Ten Sweet and Sleazy Rock Star Sex Stories

    Famous Arkansas groupie Sweet Connie Hamzy.​The Grand Funk Railroad song "We're an American Band" opens with the lines: "Out on the road for forty days/Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze/Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act/She had the whole show and that's a natural fact." A still-acti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    DJ NVS Styles's Best of Biggie, Volume One Brings Back That Boom-Bap Beat

    ​Miami's DJ NVS Styles has slowly gained notoriety over the past couple years thanks to his killer mixtapes. Most recently, he released the 2010 Get Wasted mixtape that scored him a nomination for "Best Rap Mixtape Of The Year" at the SEAs (Southern Entertainment Awards), where he received a tota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Mixtape of The Week: Gunplay - Don Logan Mixtape (Hosted by P-Cutta)

    ​Gunplay has been doing the artist thing for a long time now. First time a lot of people heard him was on the "Represent (Remix)" with Trick Daddy and others. He's come a long way since then. He's been part of Triple C's for almost a decade now and has ridden with Rick Ross through thick and thin. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Concert Review: Naughty by Nature, Finally, at Revolution Live

    Photo by Reed FischerNaughty by Nature's Vinnie and Treach prior to some shirt carnage​Naughty by NatureRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleThursday, March 25, 2010Expecting spontaneous freestyles, special guests and tons of new material at a Naughty by Nature show? After a 15-year wait since my last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Castro Death Meter: Sex Machine Fidel is Now Only 56 Percent Dead, Experts Fear

    ​On Monday, Riptide sent recently-published photos of Fidel Castro sitting in a hospital-style wheelchair thingy to a team of high-priced lab-coat-wearing experts. The experts fed the photos, along with a copy of a new book in which a "former official" named "Ramon" claims that Fidel slept with a ... More >>

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    Hip-hop isn't dead, and here are 2009's ten best albums

    ​On Monday, Riptide sent recently-published photos of Fidel Castro sitting in a hospital-style wheelchair thingy to a team of high-priced lab-coat-wearing experts. The experts fed the photos, along with a copy of a new book in which a "former official" named "Ramon" claims that Fidel slept with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: "Totally Tanya" by Dynas

    courtesy of Rephlektor Ink​Broward-based MC Dynas is one of the local hip-hop underground's stealth forces. He may not perform every weekend at the usual suspect venues, but when he surfaces, it's always with something worth stopping to listen to. Raised in New York City, his style is stampe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Saturday Night: Yellowman at Respectable Street Cafe, West Palm Beach

    Yellowmanwith Spred the DubRespectable Street Cafe, West Palm BeachSaturday, June 27, 2009Better Than: Discovering sticky hydroponically grown sensimilla in your backyard.The Review:Deep rub-a-dubbing reggae in legendary West Palm Beach rock haunt Respectable Street? Why not? After all, "King" Yello ... More >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ Affect

    South Florida's busiest head-spinner.

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Poor Judas

    Ground Up and Rising takes on another controversial play.

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    The Power of MySpace

    Unbreak Miami wants to add you as a friend

  • Music

    June 28, 2007

    KRS-One and DJ Marley Marl

    Hip-Hop Lives (Koch)

  • Home Entertainment

    November 9, 2006

    Burning the Yule Log

    DVD releases for the week of November 9, 2006

  • Home Entertainment

    October 12, 2006

    New Times's Top DVD Picks for the Week of October 10, 2006

    DVD releases for the week of November 9, 2006

  • Culture

    February 9, 2006

    Masters of the Mike

    Rapid-fire rhymes fall on def ears

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    The Re-education of Kanye West

    Rapid-fire rhymes fall on def ears

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Apollo Kid

    Miami Mourns

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    The Incredible Hinsul Lazo Interview

    Miami Mourns

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    C-Bo

    The Greatest Hits West Coast Mafia Records

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Basshead

    Bits and Pieces

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    Basshead

    Eminem's World

  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 2004

    BEST USED-CD STORE

    Uncle Sam's Music

  • Film

    April 1, 2004

    Wages of Sin

    DMX is gonna give it to ya in this stripped-down crime story

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Mind Games

    Can hip-hop music be saved? The students of Booker T. Washington High School say yes

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Over-the-Top Hip-Hop

    That well-publicized death threat? It's called marketing

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Hip-hop Treasure Hunt

    South Florida's radio war is all about the Benjamins

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    M.O.B. (money over bitches)

    Thug life ain't no good life, but it's my life.

  • Diversions

    May 16, 2002

    BEST LOCAL ZINE

    OpenZine

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Hip-Hop Gets Mellow

    Mr. Cheeks, homeboy turned homebody, loves the quiet life in Miami

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    It's a Hip-Hop World

    And thanks to hotshot entrepreneur David Mays, it'll soon be returning to Miami Beach

  • Music

    February 8, 2001

    A Dollar & a Dream

    For the Rawlo Boys, it's sex, rap, and civil rights

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Los Raperos de La Habana

    Hip-hop culture puts down roots in Cuba

  • Music

    June 3, 1999

    Kulchur

    Hip-hop culture puts down roots in Cuba

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    True Rhymes

    Hip-hop culture puts down roots in Cuba

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    The People's Gallery

    Public art is thriving in urban Miami. And government bureaucrats have nothing to do with it.

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Gospel Truth

    Pastors in South Dade's black churches have discovered one sure way to attract male membership: Start a choir

  • Music

    January 30, 1997

    Snoop Dogg Howls Again

    Pastors in South Dade's black churches have discovered one sure way to attract male membership: Start a choir

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