Alright, the YMCMB crew is definitely at the top of the world right now. But it seems like things are beginning to go astray. The label’s Holy Trinity is Wayne, Drake, and Nicki. But lately, they’re doing strange things, picking dumb fights with other famous people, and garnering the wrong…
Last Halloween weekend, Midtown Miami played ghost host to the “largest dance music costume party in the U.S.,” transforming a 70,000 square-foot arena into a maddening scene of titties, booze, and bass-fueled mayhem. It was a sold-out event for Go Big Productions, topped by headliners like Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian…
Wyclef Jean is baring his soul in the upcoming autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story. And he’s including all the dirty details. For more than a decade, fans of epic rap group The Fugees have been fascinated with the details of the band’s demise, the sexual relationship between Lauryn Hill and…
Ever since the Beat Generation, youth culture in America has been a vibrant and rebellious driving force. The Beats had risky views on race relations, jazz, and pot. The hippies had psychedelic drugs, sit-ins, and protest songs. Punks had mosh pits, spitting in each other’s faces, and rivet jackets. Hip-hoppers…
See also “Deadmau5 and Kat Von D in Love, Have Super-Tatted Sexy Time.” Oh, pretty Kitty Von D, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Uh, maybe with a 43-photo facebook album of you, looking gorgeous and posing with my cat, even if most of the pictures…
See also “Deadmau5 Obsessed With Kat Von D, Uploads 43-Photo Album to Facebook.” Move over, Mr. Meowingtons! ‘Cause EDM’s biggest hater has a new favorite kitty kat. Turns out, Deadmau5, who sometimes seems to hate everyone and everything (including himself), is totally head-over-heels in love with the greatest Miami Ink…
See also “Lady Gaga Stages ‘Sensual’ Perfume Pre-Sale at Macy’s Dadeland” — plus “Gaga Announces Born This Way Ball Tour.” Lady Gaga is tormented by something. And it might be all this attention she’s getting. The heavy burden of being famous has been a running theme throughout her career, evidenced…
See also “Swedish House Mafia Announce Breakup, Last Show in Sweden on November 24.” Swedish House Mafia is arguably the biggest, most beloved and bloated DJ group in the entire EDM world. From the moment Ingrosso, Axwell, and Angello’s music hit the air, fans have been obscenely loyal, driving nearly…
Hey, kid. No more waiting for the man. The time has finally come. UR1 Festival tickets are on sale! Right effing now! The ambitious first-time art and music festival will be making a big splash during Art Basel Miami Beach weekend. And it’s gonna be your chance to catch some…
Sorry, Eminem. There’s a new Mr. Just Don’t Give A Fuck. And he ain’t passin’ out no shits neither. Who is famous enough to have the scene on fire? But not famous enough for anyone to know who he is? Who has the balls to pretend to be the richest…
Who is the funk-nastiest Kentucky gentleman you’ve ever met? Doesn’t matter ’cause Caleb Cornett takes the cake. Better known as Amtrac, you may have seen Mr. Cornett around Miami, because he splits his time between the rolling hills of Louisville and our own city of skin and sin. He just…
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See also “Lady Gaga Announces Born This Way Ball Tour” — plus “Gaga Photo Book by Terry Richardson: Perfect Gift for Gay Hipster Nephews.” Every time a pop star shaves her head, a famous photographer’s mother dies. Alright, not really. But in the case of Lady Gaga and Terry Richardson,…
Hip-hop is a rich and varied culture. It’s more than just the music, encompassing street art, DJing, fashion, and most definitely dancing. But this ain’t the ’90s, B. In recent years, the music has become mad ig’nant, and the b-boys have followed. Almost every shitty new rap song comes with…
When you really love someone, you tattoo their face on your neck to prove it. But when you’ve been in the news for beating up your beloved and everyone judges you for being a dick, then you get a tat that sort of looks like them and deny the resemblance…
See also “Nicki Minaj ‘Voting For Romney'” and “Obama on Nicki Minaj’s Romney Endorsement.'” Nicki Minaj: rapper, butt-shaker, psychopath, flip-flopper? Well, the YMCMB lady boss insists her political back-and-forthing is just some kind of artistic, lyrical privilege. She’s now claiming that her statement about voting for Mitt Romney was simply…
See also “Obama Salutes Jay-Z at Made in America Fest: ‘He Worked Hard and Plain Refused to Quit.'” He may have come from the bottom of bottom to the Top of the Pops. But the hustler named Shawn Carter doesn’t back blind classicism for the sake of tax-bracket rage, son…
See also “Kanye Raps About Kim Kardashian’s Sex Tape, Reveals ‘Dark Twisted [Cuckold] Fantasy.'” The world has been obsessed with Kimye for only about six months. Still, in that short span, this unholy union between two of America’s most dangerous attention-seeking missiles, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, has fueled a…
A lot of rappers get into acting. Some hip-hoppers even try their hand at directing. But not a lot of MCs are making skin flicks. But turns out, Tyga hasn’t made enough money off his huge hit “Rack City.” So he’s turning it into a porn franchise. Hot off getting…
See also “MTV Video Music Awards 2012’s Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers” — plus “MTV VMAs 2012: Seven Things That Sucked and Seven Things That Didn’t Totally Suck.” The red carpet is where fashion lives, and the MTV Video Music Awards are where people let their freak flags fly…
