“This ain’t no Twitter beefin’ or no online beef.” Last night at the Beats By Dre’s NBA All-Star Game finale party, Lil Wayne officially declared war on the Miami Heat. “You let them niggas know I’m from the streets,” the Young Money maniac snarled. “Just take it to the motherfucking…
Double-platinum country music recording star and the oft-tormented Mindy McCready was found dead at her Arkansas property last night, the victim of an apparent suicide. She was 37. According to a statement released by the Cleburne County Sheriff’s office, McCready died of a self-inflected gunshot wound Sunday afternoon on the…
Wait … We thought the whole Deadmau5 vs. Ultra Music Festival thing had been resolved? Back in December 2011, the King Rat (a repeat Ultra headliner) kicked off a largely one-sided feud by posting a YouTube rant that slammed the festival for its high ticket prices, exclusivity contracts, and doing…
It’s damn tough trying keep a bar or club open in Miami. Most times, as soon as the shine wears off a cool new joint, our city’s fickle glitterati and hipster horde simply get sick of the place, dismissing it as “over” and dooming yet another party spot to nightlife…
The artist formerly known as Tity Boi (AKA 2 Chainz) was “riding round [and] gettin’ it” with six of his homies last night on his way to a homecoming show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore when state police pulled the rapper over on a routine traffic stop. Unfortunately…
With just 29 days till Downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park becomes totally flooded with LED-wielding beat freaks … Ultra Music Festival 2013 has announced its Phase 3 lineup. Among this final round of 40-plus acts: Intrepid Ultra defender Tommie Sunshine, along with Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, DJ Marky, Dieselboy, Mark Knight,…
Growing up in the 305, Danny Daze started out as a 13-year-old DJ inspired by the ass-quaking bass of DJ Laz, Crazy Legs, and Dynamix II. “I really got influenced by the b-boy scene in Miami — Hot Wheels, Thunder Wheels,” he told Crossfade last year. “Then little by little…
“I hate this. I hate this so much. I love you and Im sorry.” That’s the desperately apologetic message that Lady Gaga sent out to all her Little Monsters after being forced to suddenly cancel four Born This Way Ball Tour dates because she “could not walk” following Monday’s show…
Just count the exclamation points … With every passing year, Hard Events’ electronic dance music cruise only gets more epic. And Crossfade can vouch for that fact ’cause we’ve been aboard the MSC Poesia for each and every edition of this EDM rager at sea since 2011. Now prepping its…
Who didn’t get a little wet watching Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z kill it at the Grammys? We haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. We just keep rewatching the clip and dreaming about seeing them in person. Well, thankfully, our dreams are rumored to become reality. If the New…
The Biebz is feelin’ unloved. Yeah … Despite being an unfunny bazillionaire with good hair who gets to host Saturday Night Live (because SNL’s ratings among tweenage girls suck?), Justin Bieber feels he deserves mooooooooore. Namely, a Grammy. (Or at least a nomination.) ‘Cause, like, he’s made huge contributions to…
Dressed dapper in designer duds, a hungry Rick Ross walked the red carpet of the 55th annual Grammy Awards last night, eager to take a bite out of his competition and jump on a chartered flight back to Miami with a gold-plated gramophone under his arm for God Forgives, I…
Who could’ve guessed that Israeli dubstepper and Miley Cyrus collaborator Borgore’s set would be cut short at Story Nightclub on South Beach this past weekend? Well, how about @BlakeMinto1, a local Twitter user and “DJ/Producer” who spent Friday night wondering: “Borgore sucks why do people wanna go to Story so…
Puerto Rico stand up! Miami’s own Marlow Rosado was awarded the Grammys’ Best Latin Tropical Album for his band La Riqueña’s May release Retro, a “salsa duro” nostalgia project covering golden-age classics from the 1970s. The album was recorded, produced, arranged, and promoted right out of the 305, and features…
Rick Ross has may have a “Fuckin’ Problem,” but a drive-by shooting ain’t one. On the same day that Funkmaster Flex debuted the MMG Kingpin’s “Fuckin’ Problem” freestyle, Rozay was all smiles after leaving a Beverly Hills restaurant yesterday with his head held high and puffing on a fat stogie…
Poor Chris Brown. After beating his gorgeous girlfriend in 2009, going ape-shit on the set of Good Morning America in 2011, brawling with Drake’s posse at a New York City nightclub in the summer of 2012, insensitively dressing up like a terrorist for Halloween last year, and probably calling Frank…
ADHD? Downs? Three nipples? Slurred speech? What damage is subpar NBA star Kris Humphries doing to Kayne West’s unborn baby? According to TMZ, Yeezy’s pregnant “perfect bitch,” Kim Kardashian, is mad stressed about her and estranged husband Humphries’s sluggish divorce proceedings. And during a recent house call, her personal doctor…
The Breezy wire is goin’ beserk. Oh, it’s just the alert system that we here at Crossfade rigged up in order to receive prompt notification of Chris Brown’s next massive fuck-up. And last week, it almost whirred itself to death when Brown punched Frank Ocean over a parking spot. Or…
What do you get when you combine eight guys from across the Caribbean and Latin America with a passion for creating sazón? Bachaco. Named after the leafcutter ant in Venezuela, an insect that’s used to make salsa picante, the Afro-Caribbean-roots-rock-cumbia-reggae-ska band recently released its first self-titled album and the crew…
The timing? Perfect. Happy hour at the strip club was starting to feel like a XXX version of Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. It’s the same three songs over and over and over again. We’ve already experienced how every “big booty ho” works the pole to 2 Chainz’s “Birthday Song,” and…
Well, it finally happened. Tickets for weekend two of Ultra Music Festival 2013 have officially sold out. That means the possibility of a trip to Miami’s annual dance mecca is quickly slipping out of your slow-grabby reach. Yes, you still have a shot at purchasing weekend one tickets or six-day…
Lady Gaga used to have it all. She had the most Twitter followers in the world. She had number-one single after number-one single. And she had a legion of obsessively adoring fans at her every beck and call. Well, she probably still has those Little Monsters. But in a lot…
