It’s been three days since the Occupy Miami movement massed at the foot of Bayfront’s Torch of Freedom and marched on Stephen P. Clark Government Center, pitching tents, staging sidewalk sit-ins, and generally fucking with business as usual. Last night, the occupiers joined forces with local grassroots crew Bredcrumbs to…
Ricky Jackson is a member of Bredcrumbs, a local rock, hip-hop, and R&B five piece. Though his crew’s usually playing every other night around the 305, he’s taking a temporary break from shows. Why? He’s too busy occupying Miami. Since Saturday, this city’s most dedicated activists have camped out in tents…
From the day TMZ revealed the existence of an amateur sex tape featuring West Coast gangsta rap martyr Tupac Shakur getting, ahem, polished in public, Crossfade has been obsessed with unmasking the pornographic video’s anonymous owner. We have a list of prime smutspects. And evidently, so does Makaveli’s Mama, Afeni…
Whether rooted in memory or myth, every overgrown kid’s got a secret, idyllic spot hidden deep inside themselves. And even if it’s a total illusion, we all cling to the hope of fleeing to this private paradise. Space Between Words’ new video for “Things Children Do,” directed by Radioboxer’s Jota…
Back in April, there was very bad news: Beloved Brickell live music venue Transit Lounge announced that it would be closing its doors due to the threat of imminent foreclosure on 729 SW First Avenue. “I am deeply saddened that it has come down to this,” said Transit owner Will…
Crossfade is extremely sad to report that Sonic Youth founders and indie rock’s always-cool Mom and Dad, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, have announced a separation after 27 years of marriage. The obvious question in the wake of Kim and Thurston’s shocking split … Will Sonic Youth survive? Or is…
Looks like the Bawse should’ve stayed under doctor’s supervision. At approximately 12:55 p.m. this afternoon, a Delta flight carrying Rick Ross was grounded in Fort Lauderdale when the rapper suffering a seizure. He was immediately treated by EMT and taken to the hospital. Less than four hours later, the Maybach…
Just a few hours ago, Rick Ross suffered a seizure aboard a commercial flight from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing and EMT performed CPR on the Maybach Music boss before rushing him off to the hospital. Originally, Ricky Rozay was scheduled to…
Flute Salad is fun, easy, and delicious! Wanna whip up a big bowl? Well, here’s the recipe: “This dish consists of a healthy portion of green leafy hip-hop and a huge handful of sliced ‘strong women of the ’90s,'” explains Flute Salad co-creator and frequent Crossfade contributor Liz Tracy. “It’s…
Rick Ross suffered a seizure aboard a flight today, and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Miami’s larger-than-life rapper was flying from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis when the 35-year old lost consciousness, according to TMZ. Paramedics quickly started to administer CPR once the plane landed. The celebrity…
Newsflash! Turns out that network TV execs’ massive hard-on isn’t limited to sitcoms starring rappers. Apparently, they find whiteboy rap-rockers supersexy and crazy funny too. Last week, we here at Crossfade chuckled about the fact that former Rollin 20s Crip, gangsta rapper, and proud daddy Snoop Dogg had landed a…
Tequila, Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac, and Brooklyn coffeehouse singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins … It sounds like the beginning of a joke. But no, it’s the basis for the inaugural Cabo Wabo Tequila Off The Record webseries, where “up-and-coming” music artists pair with wash-ups to shill hooch. In this dark, weird…
If you listened real close when Outkast rapper Big Boi (AKA Antwan Patton) disembarked from a cruise ship at 1:35 p.m. on August 7 and got busted by Miami-Dade K-9 cops while carrying three kinds of contraband (MDMA, Ecstasy, Viagra) and “drug paraphernalia,” you could almost hear the cell door…
The first tidal wave of artists joining Mr. Worldwide on his Club 305 Cruise has been announced, and it’s fucking huge. Electro master and commander Paul Oakenfold is joining Pitbull aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas, and so is Miami native Flo Rida. Together, these three locos are gonna…
“It’s bingo, sort of, but not like you’ve seen it before. We made up our own rules, because we don’t know how to play ACTUAL bingo. This is Rebel Bingo. It’s not nice and it’s not fair. Do not bring your grandma.” That’s the way the cryptic press release for…
Comfortably nestled in the Mid-City District of New Orleans, the historic Tremé neighborhood is one of America’s loudest. Jazz music thrives in this 0.69-square-mile patch of NOLA land, especially at Kermit Ruffins’s house. A brilliant composer, accomplished trumpeter, pot connoisseur, and masterful barbecuer, Ruffins grew up in the infamous Ninth…
Did Winter Music Conference organizers concede defeat? Not exactly.The largest US conference devoted to electronic music is expanding to 10 days in 2012. From March 16 to 25, WMC 2012 will take over Miami in what promises to be an endless array of events that combine music, fashion, and, yes,…
As reported today on our food blog, Short Order, the Delano’s basement bar and lounge, the Florida Room, will be closing right before the new year. We had heard rumors that the Lenny Kravitz-designed space was facing closure, but this is the first report we’ve read that confirms the news.Florida…
Pumped-up kicks and a pimp chalice. That’s all you’ll need Friday, October 21, when Foster the People perform live at LIV, and Lil Jon tackles the ones and twos. They’re not playing together. But both acts are scheduled to appear at the Fontainebleau nightclub on the same night. One can…
Armando Christian Pérez is a boss. El tipo es tremendo performer, Dr. Pepper’s best bilingual spokesperson, y Miami’s biggest act since Gloria Estefan. Pitbull is undeniably one of pop music’s favorite male artists. And no, not just in our Cuban-American eyes, but in the eyes of the 2011 American Music…
On October 1, Ultra Music Festival organizers alerted its fans via email and social media that early bird tickets were on sale for $149.95. In a couple of hours, they were gone. In fact, the demand for tickets crashed the servers, forcing Ultra’s reps to send out an explanation via…
Post-Tha Carter II and right up until the year or so after Tha Carter III, you couldn’t get Lil Wayne to shut the fuck up about slugging back big Styrofoam cups of Purple Drank, an unholy brew of soda, jolly ranchers, and cough syrup. He opened his epic-as-the-original freestyle remix of Rich…
