Just over a year ago we profiled the Miami-born-and-bred viral sensation known as Stitches. Despite hours in his company, the rapper remained an enigma. Conversations with his friends, his foes, and his relatives depicted an individual as mutable and vague as he was self-assured. Though, whether his persona is genuine…
Miami-Dade Police officers busted down the doors of Lil’ Wayne’s La Gorce Island mansion this afternoon, and then rolled out dollies loaded with the rappers possessions. The mass repo operation was ordered by a county judge on Friday, court records show — all because Wayne wasn’t paying the bills on…
Camila Luna can’t stop giggling. She’s sitting across from me, in the middle of a Starbucks. People are starting to look at us. “I’m not that weird,” she keeps repeating while mixing Splenda and sugar together in her coffee. “It’s both healthy and sugary, a half-and-half thing,” she explains. It…
There are three things Trick loves more than anything else: 1) The Kids 2) Good food 3) Booty It’s taken him 42 years, but he’s finally found a way to merge these loves into one satisfying business venture. He’s up in his kitchen right now, cookin’ up a storm with…
Let’s check in with Rick Ross, shall we? It’s been an interesting year. His legal trouble, including assault and kidnapping charges, were perhaps his biggest headlines of the 2015, and it remains to be seen how the drama will end for the Carol City native. He’s currently walking free on…
Miami’s hometown heroes of electronic dance music are in the habit of ditching us for greener pastures once they blow up internationally. Take heavyweights like Maceo Plex and Danny Daze, who skipped over the pond to stake their place in Europe’s more lucrative club and festival circuit. One artist reversing…
As we make the final trudge through October towards Halloween, we enter a magical time of the year when a fever pitch of grousing and adulation about the infiltration of pumpkin-infused everything is met, and when local bands start hassling you to come out to their impending Misfits cover shows…
There’s your favorite DJ, and then there’s your favorite DJ’s favorite DJ. Aristh Delgado, better known as DJ Craze, is the latter. The three time DMC World Champion and Time Magazine’s 2001 “America’s Best DJ” has spent his celebrated career racking up awards and accomplishments. Craze, who grew up in…
Beats, booze, booties, and a whole lot of bass. That’s the stuff that put Miami music on the map, and that’s what you’ll get a face full of Saturday at Red Bull and Poplife’s United States of Bass. If you have any love for your city, you’ll shed your self-respect…
Like heirlooms and hand-me-downs, dance music is passed from one generation to the next. Miami native and Club Space resident, Alex “ALX” Sanchez was introduced to the genre by his big brother. At an early age, he was taught that good times happen in dark rooms with loud music and…
When I was in sixth grade I went through what some would call a phase. I listened to a bunch of G-Unit and DMX, I was using the word “dawg” way too much, and I started to obsess over rims a lot for a kid who couldn’t even drive a…
You can’t talk about Miami music without mentioning Slip-N-Slide Records. It’s a label as important to this city’s sound as any other — responsible for introducing the world to names Rick Ross, Trina, Plies, and Trick Daddy. For almost 20 years, Ted Lucas, the CEO of Slip-N-Slide Records has brought…
It isn’t often that bands list writers as their influences. But most bands don’t go by the name Telekinetic Walrus. “We’re a mix of JRR Tolkien and Douglas Adams. It’s Lord of the Rings meets intergalactic space travel,” explained the Telekinetic Walrus singer who goes by Time-Zoo Keeper onstage, but…
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first heard of Sammy Arriaga, the Miami-born Cuban country singer — mainly because I don’t know a whole lot of Cuban country singers, or Miami country singers. The version I imagined of Arriaga was some type of classic South Florida bro in…
“We wanted to do something that wasn’t the regular album-release party, so we decided to have a festival,” says Cuci Amador, half of the local electro duo Afrobeta. She and Tony Smurphio (the other half of Afrobeta), along with a few close musical friends, will throw the Mooncake Jam this…
Out of all his accomplishments – discovering superestrellas like Marc Anthony, Shakira, and Ricky Martin, creating the Latin Grammy music awards, and most recently, being inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame – Emilio Estefan is most proud of his heritage. “I’m a proven fact that you never have…
If Maddy Ruff did nothing other than simply sing, chances are it would be enough to earn your attention. With two albums to her credit, including her recently released sophomore effort, Over It, the University of Miami Frost School of Music graduate has earned enough kudos to ensure she will…
“This isn’t about me,” says Emilio Estefan. “It’s about opening the door for other people and being able to recognize the Latin writers and artists. It’s about having the opportunity to show the world the talent we Latinos have.” Estefan — along with Colombia’s Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas, Chile’s Myriam Hernández,…
The romanticized form of the vampire is painted as a seductive, enticing being with an underlying hint of danger. From the prepubescent dreamboat that sparkles in the sun to the bratty prince of the night, each of these fictional creatures we see today seems to be the picture of immortal…
What? XYZA is evolving? The admired collective solidified about a year and a half ago as a gathering of minds and resources between Miami-based solo electronic artists. The motto was “DIY together.” The aim was to share knowledge, tricks of the trade, connections, and ultimately, to help each other gain…
“I don’t call myself horrorcore,” Scumbag Worldwide’s emcee Big Rela explains over the telephone. “There’s a stigma with horrorcore — you think Insane Clown Posse and fans that paint their faces. If you’re going to call me horrorcore I want you to understand the history. It’s not all bloody t-shirts…
Music and politics have always had a strange relationship. For the most part, its been contentious, like when Neil Young sang about the Kent State shootings on “Ohio,” or when Kanye West almost gave Mike Myers a heart attack when he said live on television, “George Bush doesn’t care about…
