Trina has long been the self-proclaimed baddest bitch in the 305. Rumor has it, as a toddler, she once spent six months in time out. Sure, that’s a false rumor we just made up, but the fact remains: Trina is a bad bitch. And you don’t earn the title of…
“For years I have helped out Henry Stone, Joe Stone, and others with transfers of rare records,” says Andrew Yeomanson from his City of Progress studio in North Miami. “Once people found out I was running old tape machines, they started to come forward looking for transfers of older recordings.”…
When FSU student and South Miami native Brian Kerr heard about a nationwide contest to find the college DJ of the year, the Miami native thought his chances were good. So he signed up for the ESPN & Campus DJ #1 College DJ in the nation competition at a Tallahassee…
“The music part of this album has taken me a little over four years to compile,” says Alex “Lex One” Cruz. “I’ve literally traveled to three countries and numerous states and cities to make every bit of this happen. I’ve moved to five different living situations, spent over $30,000 to…
In its first year and a half of existence, Shake 108 (107.9 FM) has quickly earned its title as best radio station in town — an honor we gave it in our 2015 Best Of Miami issue. These days, the station’s founder Peter Stebbins isn’t short on confidence. “In our…
Today, your Facebook and Twitter feeds will be flooded with all the post-Grammys coverage you expect: Can you believe Taylor said that? Kendrick Lamar [insert here]. Is that hat surgically attached to LL Cool J’s head at this point? But one of the evening’s biggest snubs probably won’t get much…
Will the Staples Center in L.A. be lit up tonight with 77 Rusty Trombones during the 2016 Grammy Awards? Will host LL Cool J believe his dick can fly? Probably not. But, Blowfly and Clarence Reid fans can be sure that the man’s legacy will live as long as soul…
“Cuango cago yo, la pinga mia toca el agua.” Translation: “When I shit, my dick touches the water.” This poetic musing is not a comment on a Pornhub video — it’s the title of a track by Sony Latino’s latest addition, Miami’s Bachata Trap king: DJ Happy Colors. Hector Mendoza,…
Look we don’t like this either. We don’t. But whenever we post something about Stitches, the comments, shares, views — it all goes through the roof and you people, despite your protest, eat it up. There’s a dark pit inside each of us — the one that secretly cares who…
Life would have turned out quite differently for Louis Amanti had the jazz singer’s first career choice worked out. “I started playing baseball with my grandpa when I was three, and apparently I could hit the ball,” he laughs. “I played toward high school. I was scouted by the Tampa…
If the title “the Cuban Adele” sounds like a big deal, it’s because it is. To be dubbed as such means to be in the company of one of the most talented vocalist on the planet. “It’s an honor,” says Yoli Mayor, the 20-year-old that’s been called “the Cuban Adele”…
“Everyone thinks because of the way we look that we’re a Goth band, but we’re post-punk indie rockers,” explains singer Mychael Ghost over the phone. His band, Astari Nite, is often thrown into a box based strictly on appearances, but it’s not fair to typecast this diverse group of Miami…
I’ll never forget when 69 Boyz’ “Tootsie Roll” came on at an elementary school dance in 1997. This wasn’t the first time I had heard the Miami bass hit — my PE coach had already used the tune to choreograph a line dance for the girls to perform at an…
“It was a challenge. I had never before sung in the snow or the cold or the altitude we had in Aspen,” 21-year-old singer songwriter Brika tells us during a short break from the recording studio. Last weekend she performed at the X Games in Colorado. Not easy for a…
If you’ve been at all acquainted with the music scene in the past few years, you’ve likely heard of Pocket of Lollipops, a pair of locals who describe their own unique rhythmic flavor as “posh punk.” The musical mainstays have been performing around these parts since 2008, and from the looks…
Bubbles plows a big blue bucket along the border of his enclosure, tracing an invisible line. His fleshy feet thud against the concrete path. “He’s just letting us know he’s here,” one of his caretakers says. Bubbles is behind a steel-wire fence with the rest of the apes. “He’s big,”…
The Mavericks have never been the kind of band that readily fits one simple and convenient niche. “We never got picked up by the mainstream country market,” singer/songwriter/guitarist Raul Malo told us in an interview last September. “Of course, you can argue that we never were part of it. The…
Ask the world to close its eyes and say the first thing that comes to mind when it thinks of Miami nightlife. Chances are you’ll get a lot of Scarface, boobs, EDM, bottle service, and the occasional naked, ketchup-covered woman twerking at a Johnny Rockets. All of these things are technically…
Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, and Zig Ziglar could have never foreseen that the most well known motivational speaker of the last fifty years hasn’t penned a single self-help book (although don’t rule out the possibility). In 2016, Snapchat brought to the forefront a man who’s become so popular for…
Miami-based DJ and producer Michael Brun has become an international presence over the past five years via progressive house hits such as “See You Soon” and “Tongue Tied July.” But one particular spot on the globe still holds sway over his heart — his native Haiti. Though he’s long incorporated…
“He was quiet.” Imagine that. Of all the words in all the land one could use to describe DJ Khaled, Gary Holzenthal chose “quiet.” It would have been less jarring to learn that his best friend was a llama. “We have had our fair share of characters, but as far…
Perhaps you’ve been wondering why we haven’t really been covering DJ Khaled’s spectacular rise from zany hip-hop character to national icon. He’s a Miami-based artist. He’s ridiculous and fascinating. His story is important and hilarious and inspiring all at once. He meets all our criteria. Well, for the last…
