Now better known as The Pyrvmids, 22-year-old producer Brandon Wilson has become one of the main sonic architects for Miami rappers and singers such as Denzel Curry, J. Nics, Bizzy Crook, and Sahri. Last year, the hype surrounding Wilson jumped up another few notches with the release of KYRO (Kill…
Dom Kennedy Presented by Dope Ent Avenue D, Miami Friday, February 7, 2014 Better Than: These bitches talking a lot of shit about you. With the cell phones in full attendance, Dom Kennedy strolled onto the stage in his Los Angeles Dodgers hat and Wayne Gretzky jersey. He began his…
For one reason or another, things never go as planned. Just ask Dope Ent’s Matt Zingler, 25, and his business partner, Tariq Cherif, 24. Take, for example, this past weekend: Nipsey Hussle had just left the building after his performance at Avenue D in Miami. And unfortunately, Zingler was forced…
Nipsey Hussle Avenue D, Miami Friday, January 31, 2014 Better Than: Walking into a Crip neighborhood wearing all red. Draped down in a white t-shirt, his Cuban-link chain and Malcolm X pendant, a blue bandana wrapped around his neck, California rapper Nipsey Hussle took the Miami stage for the first…
Once you get a taste of that A-1 quality rap, then there’s no going back. No mid-level trash. Nothing but high-grade tracks. It’s be a little over a year since Miami rapper Jigg released the second installment of his on going HighGrade series with DJ Folk, a project followed by…
There were two ways to procure rapper Nipsey Hussle’s recent release Crenshaw: download a digital copy for the cost of nothing or pay $100 for one of 1,000 hard copies. But who the hell would buy a $100 album? Jay Z did. Well, more like Jay Z bought 100. And…
Dom Kennedy can’t sell his Get Home Safely LP exclusively at Best Buy without a major label backing him … If you buy that one, then I would like to discuss an igloo property investment opportunity in Nevada that is sure to be prosperous. It comes with its own polar…
There were two ways to procure Nipsey Hussle’s recent release Crenshaw: either download a digital copy for the cost of nothing or pay $100 for one of 1,000 hard copies. But who the hell would buy a $100 album? Jay Z did. Well, more like Jay Z bought 100. And…
What’s your favorite turn-up song? Ours is still French Montana’s “Don’t Stop.” But somewhere in Miami, it’s very possible that your favorite stripper is twerking to Kirby Maurier’s “Iz U Wit It.” The provocative Bass Boys Intl. produced melody has distanced itself from Maurier’s previous project, Class of 96, a…
Sounds like the 305. Just stumble down the street, slip into the club at 3 a.m., or tune into some pirate radio station while crossing the causeway from South Beach to the mainland. And almost as if by accident, a Magic City soundtrack will arise from the cacophony — a…
Miami’s rap scene is on the come-up. There is no stopping or denying it. Over the past couple of years, numerous local talents have taken to the mic and released quality material that warrants outsiders’ ears. Our city’s rappers aren’t only about the keys picked up at the Port of…
You can’t tell Steven Braddy shit. He actually says so on one of his songs, multiple times. After devoting years of his life to football, Braddy knew his future and heart were no longer in the sport after high school. Instead, Braddy, known as SDotBraddy to Miami rap fans, headed…
Hip-hop and rap are seven years removed from Lupe Fiasco’s “Kick, Push,” the song that might’ve truly introduced skateboarding to the genre’s mainstream, even though the effect probably wasn’t as sweeping as it was when Lil Wayne donned some Vans and skinny jeans. Today, there’s Black Dave, a 21-year-old Bronx…
Everyone wants to be a “god” or “lord” nowadays. But Carol City rapper Lil Champ FWAY gets straight to the point on his latest effort, the eight-track mixtape Real Nigga SHXT, calling out those posing as being “about that life.” Crossfade got a chance to chat with FWAY a little…
Being a player takes determination, focus, a mean poker face, flawless planning, and a beard that rivals Grizzly Adams’. Fortunately, for Emanuel Alvarez, the latter is in full effect before and after No-Shave November. Better known to many as Glocky Davis, the 25-year-old rapper’s mellow persona can be partly attributed…
Disclaimer: No questions about Kendrick Lamar, Top Dawg Entertainment, the new Source magazine cover big-upping Black Hippy as “Rap’s Illest Crew,” or anything along those lines in this interview. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, it’s been a year and a half since TDE’s human dictionary, Ab-Soul,…
In this social media-driven age, it isn’t rare for a producer’s face to be all over your Twitter/Facebook/Instagram feed as tracks flow out by the dozens every day, feeding that need for the epic drop. But not Miami’s Nuri. Aside from his profile picture on Twitter, the producer’s face is…
On his song “hYena,” Miami’s Nik SB raps: “All my bitches do drugs and I love ’em for that/Especially when she pop two of her sex appeals/Or Ms. Sims’ first name for the extra thrills/I know her brother praying that she change/But what he expect when she watched him sell…
Vernon Harginy, also known as VURN, sits at the table outside of a Five Guys in North Miami with fellow Pro Club rapper B.Way. Initially, his silence is as strong as the bars on songs such as “Bang” and hYena.” But then he cracks a chuckle when Crossfade poses the…
Life’s a stage. But you still need talent. And getting paid is another thing. Ever since he first picked up the mic and aptly took on the nickname Broadway before making the change to B.Way, the Miami rapper born Kareem Brown has looked at every day as a chance to…
Prez P’s room at the W Hotel in Buckhead, Atlanta, is a complete mess. Pillows, blankets, clothing, and bags are tossed on the floor. A pair of jeans is hung over a misplaced microwave. Magazines, water bottles, ketchup and mustard, an empty bag of Skittles, a Perry Ellis Aqua and…
Over the last few years, Twitter has become the diary of almost everyone’s lives, where we air out personal grievances or document what we ate for lunch. But Kevin Pouya, the 18-year-old rapper known simply as Pouya, prefers to use it for more practical purposes, especially with his female fans…
