Wale (Rapper)

Rap's Top Ten Struggle Songs

Hip-hop is the music of the people, and the sound of grumbling bellies sets the beat. In the game of life, it's eat or be eaten, and only the hungriest survive to tell their story. Songs about struggle are a cornerstone of the genre. Brooding tales of desperation often become heralded classics. Eve ... More >>

Rick Ross Isn't Scared by Failed Assassination Attempt, Wale Says Drive-By Is No "Joke"

Rick Ross has may have a "Fuckin' Problem," but a drive-by shooting ain't one. On the same day that Funkmaster Flex debuted the MMG Kingpin's "Fuckin' Problem" freestyle, Rozay was all smiles after leaving a Beverly Hills restaurant yesterday with his head held high and puffing on a fat stogie lik ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

Rick Ross and MMG Tour With Meek Mill and Wale at Fillmore Miami Beach, December 5

Rick Ross With Meek Mill and Wale Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Better Than: A Wednesday night devoted to making nonstop prank calls in which you pretend to be DJ Khaled. See also: -Becoming the Bawse: Eight-Part History of Rick Ross -Rick Ross Officially Recognized as "Bawse o ... More >>

Rick Ross's MMG Tour at the Fillmore December 5

Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Wale, and Machine Gun Kelly Tearing Up the Fillmore Miami Beach

The biggest Bawse in the rap game is taking over the Fillmore Miami Beach. And he's bringing his best buddies with him. Miami's phattest hustler, Ricky Rozay, is gonna tear the roof off that bitch and make all the hos scream when his Maybach Music Tour rolls through South Beach on Wednesday, Decemb ... More >>

Rick Ross Becoming a Man, Announces Black Bar Mitzvah Mixtape

Oy vey, what are you supposed to get a 36-year-old, 300-pound MC for his bar mitzvah? Do you go the quarter-pound of OG Kush route? Or the subtly extravagant iPad sleeve made of purebred dachshund fur route? And what's the difference between a Black Bar Mitzvah and a standard run-of-the-mill bar m ... More >>

50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 40 to 36

After wildin' out to the brutal, punk-y, funky, bass-y, fuzzy strains of only ten Best Miami Bands of All Time (i.e. Scraping Teeth, Frank Williams & The Rocketeers, Iko Iko, ANR, Miami Bass Warriors and Nuclear Valdez, The Goods, Locos Por Juana, Cynic, Avenue D), our ears are already freakin' ... More >>

Meek Mill's Dreamchasers Tour at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 13

Meek Mill on Dreams & Nightmares Debut: "The Dream Is Gettin' Paid for What I Love, The Nightmare Was Makin' It to This Point"

See also "Meek Mill's Announces Dreamchasers Tour, Show at Fillmore Miami Beach on August 13." "Whenever somebody got a dream," Meek Mill muses, "they want it to be reality." Coming up in North Philly during the late '90s, Mill was still a wiry 12-year-old kid named Robert Williams, hanging out on ... More >>

Watch the New Rick Ross, Maybach Music, and Self Made 2 Documentary: "We 'Bout Business"

Not only does Rick Ross's Twitter feed remind us that God Forgives, I Don't drops next week, it also updates us each time the MC sparks a fat blunt or drops stacks of money on jewelry, strippers, and steak dinners. Even though most of us will never sit courtside at a Miami Heat game with the Teflo ... More >>

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

Stalley Puts Hair on Grand Central's Chin, June 22

See also "Stalley on His New EP, Mixtape and Album Plans" and "Stalley on Sharing Beard Picks with Rick Ross, Beating 2 Chainz in One-on-One" Stalley Grand Central, Miami Friday, June 22, 2012 Stalley's concert poster bragged of "Special Invited Guests" Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Wale, although we ... More >>

ESPN Viral Video Tells LeBron Haters to STFU

Everyone north of the Suwannee River has been hating on LeBron James and the Miami Heat since the former Cleveland Cavaliers star decided to "take [his] talents to South Beach." But last night, we shut those haters down. And to commemorate this awesome moment of b-ball glory, ESPN has made an equa ... More >>

King of Diamonds: How America's Favorite Black Strip Club Won Its Crown

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Nine Mile Music Festival at Virginia Key Beach Park March 3

Marley Fest 2012: A Righteous, Nine-Part Guide to the Nine Mile Music Festival in Miami

​Wanna lead a blessed existence full of irie vibes? Simply abide these nine Rasta-approved rules of conduct and you shall bask in the radiant glory of the Zion Lion: (1) Grow that ganja; (2) Get dreaded; (3) Praise Jah; (4) Start an Ital diet; (5) Smoke that ganja; (6) Listen to lots of reggae mus ... More >>

Miami's best albums, EPs, and mixtapes of 2011

Miami's Best Albums of 2011: Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group's Self-Made, Vol. 1

​To close out the year, Crossfade is picking its favorite albums by 305 artists. Check out the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2011. Don't no one got grind like The Boss. When it comes to the post-gangsta rap game, Rick Ross is the hardest working man in show biz. His mantra is "Every day, ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Santigold Drops New Track at LIV Last Night, Wale Supports AC Milan

​Santigold With Wale Wednesday, November 30 LIV Better Than: Waiting in line at a Basel party for free drinks. Nightclubbing ... Aside from the 1977 Iggy Pop track, we pretty much hate everything about it. The stringent dress codes, blatant superficiality, remixed dance versions of Edward Sha ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach: Ten Places to Spot a Celeb Listening to Music

​Art Basel Miami Beach is a horrible, crippling beast. It stands, hovering over the first week of December, forcing free drinks down your throat, making you listen to terrible music and look at bad art. Sometimes, though, every once in a while, it takes a step back and shows you the light, somet ... More >>

Santigold at LIV's Dirty Hairy party November 30

Santigold and Wale Booked For Dirty Hairy's Art Basel Bash at LIV November 30

​Bribe the bouncer. Buy a dozen bottles. Get a job behind the bar. We here at Crossfade will personally do whatever's necessary to get our art-addicted asses past the velvet ropes at LIV on November 30. But you should probably just keep it legit and buy a pair of tickets. Right. Fucking. Now. ... More >>

Rick Ross Unconscious, Suffers Seizure on Fort Lauderdale-to-Memphis Flight UPDATED

​Rick Ross suffered a seizure aboard a flight today, and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Miami's larger-than-life rapper was flying from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis when the 35-year old lost consciousness, according to TMZ. Paramedics quickly started to administer CPR once the ... More >>

Did LeBron James Spend $171,000 at a Las Vegas Nightclub?

​Hot on the hells of an alleged $189,000 receipt racked up during a Cinco de Mayo party at the Tryst nightclub in the Wynn resort in Las Vegas comes rumors that LeBron James once racked up an even bigger bill at XS, one of the Wynn's other nightclub. $171,973 to be exact, and that's before a tip, ... More >>

Rick Ross Says It's Maybach Music Month! Check Out These Five Self-Made Tracks

​In a fit of alliterative inspiration, Rick Ross and company have dubbed May as the official Maybach Music Month. Rap lately has been all about the label clique and compilation album -- just see the recent blockbuster success of Diddy's Dirty Money record, and Lil Wayne's Young Money posse cuts.&n ... More >>

Who Wants a Free CD Full of Katy Perry, Pitbull, and Wacka Flocka Flame Hits?

NOW That's What I Call Pop Appeal!​If you're the kind of weirdo who still owns a "compact disc player," then you're probably also the kind of weirdo who still listens to "commercial pop radio." Well, amazing news for you! We're giving away two new CDs from the ubiquitous NOW compilation series. ... More >>

Wale at LIV December 15

You Wanted Another Kanye? Wale Proves He's His Own Dude at LIV December 15

Wale never was Kanye. The names just rhyme.​In the run-up to November 2009's release of his debut disc Attention Deficit, D.C. rapper Wale floated into pop consciousness on a thick, fast-moving cloud of accumulated hype. After hooking up with master trend-caller Mark Ronson in 2006 and then sign ... More >>

Black Bobby's "Coming Soon (LeBron's Ring)" and Presidential Shit Release Show Tonight

​By now, Black Bobby's a recurring character here on Crossfade. Last month we caught him on "Miami Ave," and before that he was sparking a mini-war in our comments section with a Waka Flocka Flame dis. But if he shows up often here, it's because he's been hustling hard releasing mixtapes and ... More >>

Rick Ross and Raekwon Slang and Spit at Sneaker Pimps Miami, October 23

Marta Xochilt PerezBig pimp Ricky Rozay flashes some deep V.​Rick Ross and Raekwon With Thee Tom Hardy, Phil Adé, DJ Keen One, and DJ Money Mekka Saturday, October 23, 2010 Better than: Ten cargo containers full of fake shit. At precisely 8 p.m. on Saturday night, international swag smuggling o ... More >>

Cool and Dre: Miami superproducers aim for new heights

Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of May 21 - May 23

via myspace.com/greenvelvetGet it together early to catch Green Velvet for free at Grand Central.​Friday, May 21-The biggest free events are part of the Heineken Inspire series, the afternoon and night of Friday and Saturday, at the Moore Building in the Design District. Each day is divided into a ... More >>

"Heineken Inspire" Presents

Mixtape Of The Week: DJ S1 - The Flava In Ya Ear Show Mixtape

​DJ S1 is a Miami native that is currently living in New York City. A lot of you may remember him from his stint at FIU's college radio station Radiate 88, 88.1 FM. DJ S1 was once an apprentice of legendary DJ and personality, Felix Sama. And since getting his start early on, he's been able to put ... More >>

DJ Supersede Broadens His Reach with Lincoln Road Records

Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.​At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida's most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year's Best of Miami; ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Surprising Music Bonanza at ... Jungle Island?

​Just like Art Basel, the Super Bowl here seems to have exploded into a series of satellite celebrations with little connection to the main event. Still, any excuse for a megawatt party, right? And the hallmarks of these shebangs is huge shindigs at unlikely venues. And so it goes that for three d ... More >>

NYE 2010: Simian Mobile Disco at the Shore Club

Simian Mobile Disco​Is it Winter Music Conference yet? No? How odd. Because that seems to be the only time British electro-house duo Simian Mobile Disco ever make it down to Miami. Not that we are complaining. When we heard they were on the bill for Shore Club's New Year's Eve celebration we may o ... More >>

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