Was Tupac Shakur a Homophobe? Three Signs Makaveli Loved Gay People
Knight’s dubious morals hit an all-time low when the big man took an unprovoked cheap shot at former Death Row artist Tupac Shakur.
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Best of the Best 2012: A Five-Part Guide
Since the mid-’90s, Miami Beach has welcomed some of hip-hop’s biggest names during Memorial Day Weekend for an alcohol-fueled, four-day throwdown, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week. It began as a South Beach fashion event and eventually became an intercity celebration of black culture, complete with comedy shows and…
Swedish House Mafia Member Steve Angello’s Most Inspiring Tweets!
Before he tackles Warsaw at UMF Poland or co-headlines Hackney Weekend in London with the likes of Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kasabian, Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello will swing through South Beach to get his Miami fix. The 29-year-old DJ is performing live at Amnesia Miami on Friday, June 1. But…
Paul McCartney Rescues Mark Ronson From Drowning! And Five Other Life-Saving Pop Stars
He’s one-fourth of the Beatles and he’s arguably one of the most influential musicians of all time. But in Mark Ronson’s eyes, Sir Paul McCartney is a goddamn hero. When Ronson was a child, he and his family spent a lot of time at a beach in Long Island. Coincidently,…
Roberto Carlos, Brazil’s Pop-Rock King, Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Miami on June 2
The Beach Boys are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. But a year before Brian Wilson, his brothers, and a cousin embarked on their Surfin’ Safari, Roberto Carlos was already redefining South American music. Though Brazil’s pop rock movement kicked off in the 1950s, Carlos is considered one the pioneers…
Did Rihanna Get High With Mom on Mother’s Day?
We already knew that Rihanna was 420-friendly. But did the 24-year-old singer really spend Mother’s Day getting high with her mom? It was late in the afternoon yesterday, a minute after 4:20 p.m., and Rihanna sent out a cryptic tweet referring to weed smoking and her potentially toasted mom, Monica…
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Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do in Miami This Weekend Under $10
There’re only a handful of gin joints tough enough to survive prohibition, government raids, homeless squatters, and the crack epidemic. And Tobacco Road is one of them. For 100 years, this charmingly grimy bar has served up cheap booze to all types of folks — rich, poor, popular, gay, straight,…
Tobacco Road Property Sold, Bar to Remain Open at Least Three More Years
It began as a bakery, a presumable front for a Prohibition-era speakeasy complete with hidden rooms and rumrunners. And after 100 years at 626 S. Miami Avenue, Tobacco Road’s still in the booze business. Sadly, however, the city’s oldest bar may be in jeopardy. Carlos J. Mattos, founder and president…
Tupac’s Temper: Five Greatest Freakouts, From MTV to Jail Time
Tupac may be dead, but his temper lives on forever. After Allen and Albert Hughes fired Pac in 1993 from their seminal film, Menace II Society, Shakur spearheaded a physical attack on Allen. A few years ago, the brothers opened up to Complex magazine about the infamous altercation. “Tupac hit…
Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend
What’d you get momma for Mother’s Day? Exactly. It’s just around the corner and you’ve yet to buy your mom a gift. It’s crunch time, yo. You can either (a) buy flowers from the back of a utility van on the side of Red Road in Hialeah; or (b) you…
Concrete Jungle
Not all musicals are good. Even fewer are great. But Disney’s The Lion King is truly one of a kind. “There is simply nothing else like it,” said the New York Times. It’s “a landmark event in entertainment,” raved Newsweek. “It’s the tits,” quipped one excited fan. From theater critics…
Take a Chillwave Pill
Librarian — it’s a profession far more complex than the Dewey Decimal System. And for Ernest Greene, it was an overwhelmingly competitive field to find work. Naturally, he turned to chillwave. After earning a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of South Carolina and struggling to…
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Future Brings Auto-Tuned Southern Rap to Fort Lauderdale on May 29
It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South’s most promising artists. “I’m just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South,” he says, “I get that…
Happy B-Day, Billy Joel! Leave Miami! Singer Selling Miami Beach Mansion for $14.75 Million
Billy Joel says “some folks like to get away” from New York and “hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.” He, on the other hand, prefers a Greyhound bus ride on the “Hudson River line,” which may explain why Joel’s dumping his Miami Beach mansion located on luxurious…
Against Me!’s Tom Gabel Is Transgender, Beginning Life as a Woman
See also “Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel’s Transgender Announcement.” Wearing a low-cut dress and a matching black head wrap, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel looks remarkably feminine in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Soon, the 31-year-old punk rocker will begin taking hormones and undergo electrolysis…
Justin Bieber Disses Reading, Writing, Education: “I’m Really Not Into That Stuff”
Justin Bieber may be a high school graduate. But don’t think that means he’ll be reading books anytime soon. The 18-year-old tween-pop heartthrob recently told the Daily Telegraph that he reluctantly completed his education, earning a high school diploma after passing a test. “[Finishing high school] was something my mom…
Florence and the Machine Extend Tour, Announce September Show in South Florida
Under dark clouds and a “monster-sized extraterrestrial spider looming over center field,” Florence Welch performed that catchy song from the Eat Pray Love trailer to close her opening set at last year’s U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium. The boisterous reception following the final note of “Dog Days Are Over”…
Rihanna Is Having Rick Ross’s Baby
Rihanna has no filter. She’ll tweet about her porn habits, rocksee-through shirts in New York City, and call her abusive ex-boyfriend a “bitch.” Last night, however, the Barbadian songstress committed a major faux pas. The 24-year-old singer announced that she and 36-year-old Rick Ross were going to have a baby,…
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Alesso Unleashes Swedish Uhntz-Uhntz at LIV Miami on May 23
If Swedish music were a piece of furniture, it’d be a Bestå/Framstå set-up, Ikea’s top-of-the-line entertainment storage combo. Like the Bestå/Framstå, Swedish acts come in several sizes and variations — ABBA, The Cardigans, The Tallest Man on Earth, Lykke Li, and Peter, Bjorn and John, just to name a few…
Did Shakira Get Shafted? Her $60-Million Distribution Deal With Live Nation
See also “Shakira’s ‘Addicted to You’ Video May Result in Sex Rehab.” A couple of weeks ago, Shakira walked away with four Billboard Latin Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year in both the songs and album categories, all despite the fact that her last record, Sale el Sol,…
Rock Legends Cruise 2013 Lineup: Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, and Shuffleboard
It’s a classic rock theme vacation of titanic proportions. And fittingly enough, it’s going down on a cruise ship. The Rock Legends Cruise II is a four-night celebration of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll with the likes of Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and Foghat that’ll be departing from…
Stevie B: The King of Freestyle is Still Hungry and Still Humble
Miami in the ’80s was coked up, flashy, and fueled by freestyle. It is considered the greatest decade by some longtime Miamians, especially the type of folks who made a killing laundering Colombian booger sugar money while avoiding serious jail time by ratting on their friends. For them, life was…