YesJulz is a Miami party girl with a heart of gold. Whether she’s at Story slinging bottles, throwing FDR Mondays at the Delano, or turning Best Day Ever into a roving international pool party, her number-one priority remains helping disadvantaged youth and rallying peers to take on charity work with…
Art isn’t ruled by truth or beauty or the subconscious mind. It’s governed by a simple precept, which is this: If it makes no money, it’s worthless, and if it makes a lot of money, it’s priceless. So it makes sense that David Castillo Gallery should move from Second Avenue…
With no label and no overground radio backing him, Miami’s Ice Billion Berg has rallied the support of close to 100,000 dedicated fans, mostly in the Gunshine State alone. Thanks to high-caliber wordplay, slamming Magic City beats, a new studio, and a dedication to the grind, his latest mixtape, Damage…
Getting naked for money is coming to a silver screen near you. Stripper Wars is a new Miami film that explores the world of poledancing at one of the world’s premier gentlemen’s clubs. Directed by Giancarlo Loffredo, the short flick calls itself “the first art movie ever shot at King…
Thrash will never die, and the crushing force of Death Angel will make sure of it. These Bay Area masters of heavy riffing, speed, and power will arrive in Miami to unleash the beast at Grand Central for a Motörhead’s MotörBoat Cruise pre-party. Before Ted Aguilar joined Death Angel as…
Purvis Young was an ex-convict from Liberty City when he moved to Overtown and started nailing up his paintings on the sides of highway concrete and along Goodbread Alley in the hood. It’s what made him famous around the world. So famous that the car company Saab came calling and…
Electric Piquete is the José Martí of Miami’s Latin funk scene. The group’s commitment to the groove is a force to be reckoned with, and they are full of poetry and fuego. Zipping from national TV to a club near you, the big, nine-man band has an album, video, and…
Florida is America’s reggae music capital. More island-music talent resides in the Sunshine State than anywhere besides Jamaica. From the Panhandle to the gumbo pot of Miami, local riddim rockers Sound Movement prove it with every easy-skankin’ riff. Here is what the band’s rapper Bizerk has to say about working…
You light a cigarette while brushing your teeth in the morning, and you go to sleep with a fresh butt smoldering in the ashtray on your nightstand. Your teeth are yellow, your skin is green, your hair is gray, and your fingertips are the color of worn leather. Your saliva…
Fresh Kid Ice is the only member of 2 Live Crew to appear on every 2 Live Crew album. He’s one of three founding members who got together in a dorm room at an Air Force base in Riverside, California, started rocking shows in Miami, moved permanently to the 305,…
Salsa is the sultry, hot, and heavy beat of life on the dance floor. It is the joy and the pain, the intimacy and lust, the freedom of spontaneous invention, and the emotional turmoil of love, loss, and all that’s great in being human. Melina Almodovar aka La Muñeca De…
Notorious B.I.G. used to smoke blunts and drink liquor with The Lox. They met when Mary J. Blige delivered the group’s Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss from the streets of Yonkers to Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy headquarters, where they helped make hits like “It’s All About the Benjamins.” Later,…
Brother Marquis was 19 years old when he joined 2 Live Crew and started recording some of the most famous dirty raps that the world has ever known. He was born in New York, moved to L.A. at 14, and flew straight to Miami when the Crew needed an extra…
A great scientist once noted that direct clitoral stimulation is the secret to the female orgasm. His name was Harley Davidson, and he became a very rich man (metaphorically speaking, of course). So while some bikers may waste their time on transportation, motor oil, and the history of the internal…
Some of the most rabid revelry in metal fandom can be found in Latin America, where the devil horns fly hard by the hundreds of thousands. Mosh pits the size of soccer stadiums are the norm, and music about fighting oppressive and corrupt regimes hurtle the masses into cathartic euphoria…
“Bass Rock Express” was the first international Miami bass hit, and it opened the floodgates for the rush of quad-heavy records that followed. The song was produced, engineered, arranged, and vocalized by Amos Larkins II for MC ADE, and executive produced by William “Billy” Hines on 4-Sight Records in 1985…
Anjuli Stars has a voice that could make the devil change his ways, the sun shine brighter rays, and the ocean calm its waves. She’s a rapper, a singer, and a business woman reppin’ West Kendall to the fullest who has taken the sounds of The Hammocks to the world…
Even if a single drop of rain doesn’t drop this beautiful Labor Day Weekend, Ocean Drive will thunder with the rumble of a thousand engines. South Beach Bike Week is here again! And that means a one of a kind “Biker Village” on Ocean Drive between 8th and 10th streets…
Oceans of blood, purple syrup, and pounding bass pervade every monstrous track by Three Six Mafia, currently touring as Da Mafia 6ix. Straight outta Memphis and thuggin’, DJ Paul’s notorious crew of head smashers are a riotous force to be reckoned with. And like any great high-speed chase, you either…
Cutting music and arts programs from public schools is a sign of the decline of western civilization. But have no fear, professional musicians are here, and they’re putting the instrumentation back into education. Guitars Over Guns is Miami’s answer to the need for leadership training in the form of artistic…
Twenty years ago, Eazy E insisted that Bone Thugs-n-Harmony use the power of the supernatural to draw in listeners. As of today, they’ve sold over 40 million records around the world. And now Flesh-n-Bone (AKA Stanley Howse) and Bizzy Bone (AKA Bryon McCane) are coming to Grand Central for their…
Henry Stone, king of the record business, passed away peacefully August 7, 2014, in Miami. Throughout almost 80 years of wildly prolific musical activity, the 93-year-old had a hand in every aspect of the music business and was a true pioneer of independent manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. In the 1970s,…
