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Usher (Entertainer)

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Justin Beiber Announces Believe Tour, Wrapping Up in Miami on January 26, 2013

    OK, Justin Bieber may be an uneducated twerp-derp who barely graduated high school. But damn, he's traveling all over the world and making more money every day than we'll ever see in our entire freaking lifetime. And just to run this fact in our face, the Biebster brat just announced his Believe t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Rick Ross and Usher Promise to "Lick the Nipple," Release New Track "Touch N You"

    Ricky Rozay is back and sexier than ever. Seems like all that baby talk with Rihanna has got his mind in the gutter. 'Cause his new single from upcoming album God Forgives, I Don't is a bedroom anthem for the ladies. It features a bump-n-grind chorus from the always tantalizing Usher. Plus, some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Pitbull and Flo Rida to Rep Miami on Today Show's Summer Concert Series

    Sandwiched between Usher on May 18 and a "special Thursday" performance by the future American Idol champ and runner-up on May 31, Pitbull has been added to the mainstream list of musical acts tackling the Today Show stage as one of several participating in the year's Toyota Summer Concert Series. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    David Guetta, Dance Music's Pop Ambassador, Playing Ultra Music Festival on March 25

    ​​A few years ago, David Guetta was just another house music DJ who was huge in Europe and not nearly as well known here in the United States. Then came 2009, the year that the Parisian (one of France's top DJs since at least the late '80s) released his fourth album, One Love, and produced "I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Art Basel Miami Beach Parties You Are Not Invited To

    FacebookIt's all about the Benjamins, baby. ​Whether you're an affluent jet setter or an artistic street kid, Art Basel Miami Beach and the plethora of satellite fairs, gallery exhibits, and public instillations attached to the four-day festival offer a little something for everyone. For Crossfade ... More >>

  • Music

    November 17, 2011

    Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium November 23

    FacebookIt's all about the Benjamins, baby. ​Whether you're an affluent jet setter or an artistic street kid, Art Basel Miami Beach and the plethora of satellite fairs, gallery exhibits, and public instillations attached to the four-day festival offer a little something for everyone. For Crossfade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    First Bites at Kane Steakhouse: Meat, Sweets & Seaweed

    Photo by Riki Altman Duck, duck, duck, steak?Whoo boy. Another steakhouse. Yippee. That's what we thought when we received the invitation from the new Kane Steakhouse's public relations company to come in and chow down. Now we're never ones to turn down a free meal but, really, a new steakhou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Chris Brown, Rihanna, Drake, and Four Other Totally Awkward Award Show Moments

    ​The BET Awards were held this past Sunday and some really confusing, awkward shit went down in the middle of granting the Viewer's Choice Award. Some fans were invited onstage to announce this year's winner, which at first was Chris Brown. But only a few seconds after Brown received the award f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Rico Love Sweeps 2011 SESAC Awards and Wins Songwriter of the Year

    Courtesy of Made Communications​As Crossfade has chronicled the career of twentysomething, Miami-based songwriter Rico Love, his star has continued to rise. Last year saw major Billboard Hot 100 success for three songs he penned for Usher's "There Goes My Baby," Nelly's "Just a Dream," and Diddy D ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Usher with Akon at BankAtlantic Center April 27

    Courtesy of Made Communications​As Crossfade has chronicled the career of twentysomething, Miami-based songwriter Rico Love, his star has continued to rise. Last year saw major Billboard Hot 100 success for three songs he penned for Usher's "There Goes My Baby," Nelly's "Just a Dream," and Diddy D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Keyshia Dior Dishes About Penis Size, Working With Lil Wayne, and Coconut Cîroc

    Keyshia Dior!​Keyshia Dior has been in music videos with Weezy, Jeezy, Gucci, Plies, Timbaland, and now ... Prunk! "You can't have a small penis and expect to please your girl," she said. I wiped the sweat from my brow as she continued, "It doesn't have to be big like a donkey. But it needs to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2011

    Usher Ends Another Sexy Year at the American Airlines Arena

    Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 25-photo slideshow of Usher at the American Airlines Arena. For the 19,600 lovely females (and their reluctant boyfriends, husbands, brothers, fathers, etc.) who turned Usher's New Year's Eve concert at the American Airlines Arena into a swooning, screaming, swea ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Best parties for New Year's Eve 2011

    Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 25-photo slideshow of Usher at the American Airlines Arena. For the 19,600 lovely females (and their reluctant boyfriends, husbands, brothers, fathers, etc.) who turned Usher's New Year's Eve concert at the American Airlines Arena into a swooning, screaming, swea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    Songz into the New Year

    Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 25-photo slideshow of Usher at the American Airlines Arena. For the 19,600 lovely females (and their reluctant boyfriends, husbands, brothers, fathers, etc.) who turned Usher's New Year's Eve concert at the American Airlines Arena into a swooning, screaming, swea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    OMG! Usher Does New Year's Eve With 19,600 of His Closest Homies

    Photo by Anthony MandlerUsher Raymond IV flashing his sad-but-sexy face.​Unlike so many other pop lotharios, Mr. Usher Raymond IV didn't opt for some superexclusive NYE party attended only by celebs and their imaginary friends. Instead, the R&B star with the rippling abs decided to take his O ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    Boy meets man: Justin Bieber plays the American Airlines Arena December 18

    Photo by Anthony MandlerUsher Raymond IV flashing his sad-but-sexy face.​Unlike so many other pop lotharios, Mr. Usher Raymond IV didn't opt for some superexclusive NYE party attended only by celebs and their imaginary friends. Instead, the R&B star with the rippling abs decided to take his O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Usher, Jim Jonsin, Busta Rhymes, and the Runners at Red the Steakhouse

    Usher Has Got a Message For Lil Wayne.​Usher. Just about every woman in the world wants to be his wife. And there Prunk TV was, standing next to him, as we both leaned against a wall on the rooftop of Red Steakhouse in Miami Beach. The party had just begun. Lord Usher was wearing dark expensive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2010

    Photos: Usher, Fat Joe, and More at Rico Love's Division 1 Label Launch Last Night

    photo by Anthony Mendolia​Despite forecasts of economic and music industry gloom and doom, for the talented and lucky the good times still roll. So it went that last night's launch for songwriter/producer Rico Love's new label, Division 1, was a relaxed but still definitely upscale affair. ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Rico Love and Usher at the Division 1 label launch November 5

    photo by Anthony Mendolia​Despite forecasts of economic and music industry gloom and doom, for the talented and lucky the good times still roll. So it went that last night's launch for songwriter/producer Rico Love's new label, Division 1, was a relaxed but still definitely upscale affair. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Miami's Mogul-in-the-Making Rico Love Announces New Record Label

    ​You may not know Rico Love by name -- yet. But if you've so much as flipped on a radio playing any kind of hip-hop, R&B, or pop in the last year, you know his music. The 27 - year - old songwriter / composer / arranger / producer is the mastermind behind a host of inescapable recent Top 40 st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Mixtape Of The Week: DJ EFX - Studio Session

    ​DJ EFX has been heavy on the South Florida mixtape scene and definitely left a mark on creating highly demanded instrumental mixtapes - as well as "Best Of" mixtapes. And more recently over the past couple years, EFX has been driven in the "Music Video DVDs" market that not a lot of people dive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Three New Pitbull-Featuring MP3s: "Gimme a Bottle" and Two More

    photo via Fox Fuse​Before Lil Wayne went away, as they say, he was the omnipresent rapper. Lil Wayne was on everything, to the point that when our sister paper the OC Weekly ran this (what seemed obviously) satirical story saying he would collaborate on a High School Musical soundtrack, peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Q&A: 99 Jamz's DJ Entice Has Clearly Already Won

    Via Myspace / NLPGimages.com​Known for taking up your airwaves everyday at 5:00 PM for WEDR's Drive At 5 mix, DJ Entice has been a South Florida mainstay for many years now. He caused a little bit of chaos a couple weeks ago when he exclusively premiered the unofficial, yet street-official Miami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Top 10 Moments of the BET Awards 2010: Chris Brown, Drake, Rick Ross, and More (With Video!)

    We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter -- the real-time discussion and dissection of the county's pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours "working." (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselve ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Lose the Pen, Grab the Mike

    We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter -- the real-time discussion and dissection of the county's pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours "working." (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Nightlife Review: Club Play Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Party with Amber Rose, Mario, Cassie, and More, May 28

    ​Headliner Market Group's Memorial Day Weekend 2010 PartyHosted by Amber Rose, Allen Iverson, Mario, and CassieWith Music by DJ Clue and Stevie J.  Club Play, Miami BeachFriday, May 28, 2010Better Than: Staying at home based on stereotypes about Memorial Day Weekend in South Beach. First ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Bill Clinton Expected to Draw a Constellation of Young Stars to UM this Weekend

    Courtesy of Clinton Global Initiative UniversityBill Clinton at the first Global Initiative University at Tulane in 2008.​University of Miami will be hosting former President Bill Clinton's third-annual Global Initiative University meeting this weekend, and while Clinton will be attracting the ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Around the Voice: Dum Dum Girls' Past Gets Unwrapped

    I Will Be reluctant to answer questions about my past​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.Owl City has a song called "Hello Seattle" and Seattle Weekly likes that fact.The story b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    BankAtlantic Center Gets Justin Bieber Fever August 5

    It's safe to say that the crowd that attended Taylor Swift's sold-out BankAtlantic Center show earlier this month will be identical to the Justin Bieber faithfuls coming out August 5. Don't know about Usher's shaggy-haired, Canadian protege already? Ask your 15-year-old sister/daughter/cousin and we ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2009

    Loco Dice and Anja Schneider

    It's safe to say that the crowd that attended Taylor Swift's sold-out BankAtlantic Center show earlier this month will be identical to the Justin Bieber faithfuls coming out August 5. Don't know about Usher's shaggy-haired, Canadian protege already? Ask your 15-year-old sister/daughter/cousin and we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Loco Dice and Anja Schneider Play Space on Saturday

    The Techno Loft at Space has consistently delivered the goods since launching earlier this year, showcasing some of the top techno talent from around the globe with a special emphasis on the Berlin sound. Saturday, December 19 continues the trend with a stellar double booking featuring Berlin techno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    New Blair Waldorf -- uh, Leighton Meester -- Single is By Miami-Based Producer/Songwriter Rico Love

    The Miami-based, 26-year-old Rico Love is quietly becoming one of the industry's most sought-after R&B and pop arrangers and songwriters. Starting out in his early 20s as a rapper in Atlanta, he got his real boost when, as a performer, Usher signed him to his J Records imprint. And while working ... More >>

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    Usher

    Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Usher Grows Up on His Latest Album

    Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    Usher Marries Pregnant Girlfriend

    Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    Chris Brown

    Here I Stand (LaFace/Sony BMG)

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    Slick of It All

    Ne-Yo wants to bring back real R&B unfiltered by hip-hop

  • Music

    May 26, 2005

    Networking

    Ne-Yo wants to bring back real R&B unfiltered by hip-hop

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST PARTY OF THE YEAR

    MTV Video Music Awards

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    Here Comes the Drums

    Songstress Amerie and producer Rich Harrison are reinventing the art of R&B

  • Music

    February 24, 2005

    Iron & Wine

    Woman King Sub Pop

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Best of 2004

    Woman King Sub Pop

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Number One with a Fragment

    Hip-hop dominates the charts but the resurgence in modern music is propelled by its subgenres

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Trend-Spotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    Wade Deep

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Music

    September 23, 2004

    Usher, Kanye West

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Lean Back

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

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Let It Burn

    At this year's MTV VMAs, Usher is a major constellation in a universe far removed from ours

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2004

    Lesbian Nation

    Girls, grrrls, and more gyrls

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    Gothic Haze

    Night crawling in the underland

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