Last night before Thanksgiving dinner, Crossfade joined hands with friends and family to recite our Lord’s Prayer, “Go DJ.” Since Lil Wayne’s 2004 breakthrough record, Tha Carter, we have been loyal disciples of the dreadlocked messiah, praising his name before each meal and thanking the hip-hop gods for bestowing their…
It’s OK to be gay in Russia. Well, it’s actually okay to be gay anywhere. But in St. Petersburg, the “propagation of homosexuality” and “promotion of gay lifestyles” is severely frowned upon. And it’s illegal. So when Madonna showed up for a concert back on August 9, the singer did…
The good news: As a team, the Miami Dolphins are all on the same page. The bad news: That page is covered in crap, and the 2012 season is beginning to smell like the familiar scent of disappointment. “I’m embarrassed by the way we played,” Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill told…
Of Montreal at the Stage Miami November 28
In sickness and in health, count on Justin Bieber to stand by his allegedly on-and-off-again lady tiger, Selena Gomez. Biebz spent part of his Monday outside of a Reseda, California hospital waiting for Gomez to undergo a 20-minute medical examination, according to Extra. Naturally, the hospital visit has triggered a…
When you’re a 50-year-old musician with a $290 million fortune, majority ownership of an arena football team, and a chummy relationship with President Obama, you’re definitely not “Livin’ on a Prayer” anymore. Life is good for Jon Bon Jovi. So the feathery-haired frontman and his band of New Jersey arena…
Ramen noodles, Capri Sun, and a bag of Ruffles basically sums up our diet because we’re poor. But ramen noodles, Capri Sun, and a bag of Ruffles basically sums up Rihanna’s diet because she’s perpetually baked. TMZ got a copy of RiRi’s tour rider this morning and highlighted some of…
Have y’all heard Trilogy yet? It dropped Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate The Weeknd’s first major-label release this Sunday night at LIV. It’s that good … The type of record that’s so damn legit, it continues to have “official album release” parties five days after the official…
When an “American Gangster” bumped into “Vito Corleone” at Leonardo DiCaprio’s New York City birthday party, attendees witnessed firsthand how rival celebrity Gangs of New York settle unfinished business. And it wasn’t pretty for Jay-Z. According to the New York Post, Jigga waltzed over to Robert De Niro’s table for…
She loves, she loves, she loves it when you eat it. And we love it, we love it, we love it when Rihanna puffs a fatty. RiRi’s affinity for blunt smoking is no secret. We here at Crossfade caught her blazing that California cannabis at Coachella. Then she wore a…
It took Haruki Murakami three years to complete 1Q84, the Japanese author’s nearly 1,000-page surrealist novel set in a fictionalized 1984 Tokyo. He described his creative process in a 2011 interview with The Guardian as “routine,” waking each morning well before sunrise, diving straight into his “subconsciousness,” and then writing…
I Love Latin Music Festival at James L. Knight Center November 21
Serrat and Sabina at American Airlines Arena November 16
If you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of a 54-year-old nipple at a Madonna concert. Ass, however, is going to cost you extra. Performing in front of a sold-out crowd at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the Material Girl added stripping to her list of NSFW moments when…
You are the company you keep. Or so reads a self-righteous bumper sticker on the back of a Prius. And by that logic, Miami’s SpaceGhostPurrp is definitely not “a good nigga” like NYC’s A$AP Rocky. “I’m a good nigga, and a lot of people fuck with me and then leave…
Wearing little more than a bad decision (read: underboob Iris tattoo) and a black, unzipped leather jacket draped over her bare shoulders, a nearly naked Rihanna will grace the cover of GQ’s Men of the Year issue. According to the magazine, “men straight lost their minds over” Rihanna in 2012,…
Stone Temple Pilots are widely considered one of the most prolific rock groups of the 1990s. The band has sold about 40 million records, released over a dozen top ten singles, and even won a Grammy for “Plush,” 1994’s Best Hard Rock Performance. Similarly, Velvet Revolver won Best Hard Rock…
What does Kanye West have in common with every other man on the planet who is not having sex with a Kardashian? Exactly … He thinks they’re all boooring. West was photographed straight snoozing at a London nightclub this past weekend as girlfriend Kim Kardashian gossiped about God-knows-what with some…
For U.S. citizens, traveling to Cuba can be a tremendo dolor en el culo. Unless you’ve got special permission from the friggin’ Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, your ass is either flying into Havana under the radar through either the Bahamas or Canada. On the bright side, we…
Rick Ross loves chicken. In fact, homie can eat a whole bird, a couple side dishes and three pieces of pie in a single sitting, and he also owns a couple of Wingstop eateries ’round the country. So naturally, if you invite him to perform at Bojangles, there best be…
Jermaine, America’s umpteenth most popular Jackson, is considering a homophonic surname switch. Michael’s barely relevant celebrity brother has filed a name-change petition in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. And yeah … Jermaine Jackson wants to legally become “Jermaine Jacksun” for “artistic reasons.” The artist formally known as Jermaine Jackson released…
Buddy Guy at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek November 11
