What two things do Chris Brown and anradical Islamist terrorist have in common? Easy! They both treat women like shit and occasionally wear the same clothes. Still struggling to trigger the think-before-you-act part of the brain that humans typically rely on for day-to-day life, Breezy thought it’d be a good…
Not everyone thinks that the Reggie-Bush-slept-with-Kim-Kardashian-before-Kanye-West joke is funny. Especially Yeezy himself. So when a local female paparazzo teased West and current girlfriend Kim Kardashian about the Miami Dolphins running back, the notoriously ill-tempered MC lost his shit and nearly slapped the woman. However, since the power couple is shopping…
We here at Crossfade already had some serious munchies for the upcoming Earth concert at Will’s Pub in Orlando. We’re talking about the band that invented instrumental stoner metal, perfectly merging psychedelic drone experiments and amplifier worship with the bombast of rock ‘n’ roll. Oh, and there’s also the fact…
Chan Marshall never really seems to catch a break. While her management and PR team were pushing Marshall’s new album Sun as the ultimate proof that she’d finally gotten her shit together, we here at Crossfade knew something was up when the songstress was hospitalized and Tweeting weird shit, just…
She’s done it all … Girl-on-girl sex scenes, deep-throat blowjobs, female-male-male threesomes, you name it. But 20-year-old Miami-born porn star Jessie Andrews is more than just a pretty strawberry blonde with adorable B-cups and unrivaled gag reflexes, she’s a bona fide music video sensation. Just seven months ago, Andrew starred…
All Hallows’ Eve is the one time of year when you can wear almost anything. Some people like to be clever with their Halloween costumes. Others just try to be slutty. Some people dress up as celebrities. All this goes for your favorite musicians too. Let’s take a look at…
If you’re part of the “sluts and children” demographic that’ll be trick-or-treating tomorrow night for body shots and Molly at any one of the ten best Halloween parties in Miami, please call AAA and Bud Light for a ride home. Co-sponsored by the American Automobile Association and Anheuser-Busch, the Auto…
Lil Wayne suffered a mid-flight seizure on Thursday afternoon, causing his private jet to make an emergency landing in Texas. The 30-year-old rapper was immediately transported to a local hospital where, according to TMZ, he was treated for several hours and ultimately released at 6 p.m. central time. The story…
Look, if there’s any part of you that thinks you might be interested in catching BAD 25, Spike Lee’s two-hour celebration/behind-the-scenes history of Michael Jackson’s 1988 Bad LP, then seriously, get to it. This is a bliss-out. The performance footage alone is thrilling, and Lee has augmented it with archival…
Gunplay is free, homie. Well, sorta … After surrendering to Miami police on an outstanding armed-robbery arrest warrant and getting his day in court with Judge William Thomas, then spending 12 days behind bars, the Maybach Music maniac has finally posted bond. And all it cost was $150,000. See also:…
The savage lands of Dade and Broward counties can be a wild place at times. The Chevys roar like lions, and bass pounds from their trunks like a foot drop from an elephant. Nigerian-American rapper Uzi was born and raised in South Florida. And all his life, he’s had to…
Whether serving as the multimillionaire cofounder of Def Jam Records, shouting down injustice at Occupy Wall Street, or stumping for the President of the Unites States of America, Russell Simmons — the rap legend, media mogul, and dedicated vegan — never stops reppin’ the people. That’s why we here at…
When Bobby Johnston, better known locally as Bobby Load, passed away yesterday, it seemed a particularly unfair piece of bad news for a segment of Miami’s rock veterans. Following the old cliche of bad things happening in threes, Johnston’s death marks the third loss in as many months for the…
The DJ Mag Top 100 comes out today. But pretty much no one cares. Like, it’s just an excuse for the machine to rip off more commercial consumers and demand bigger dollars for their predictable set performances, bro. These are producers. They’re not even DJs. You know who lives above…
Today, the Miami punk scene marks the second loss of an icon in a little over three months. Just this past August, Dan Hosker of the Holy Terrors passed away some three months after a major late-night car accident. Sadly, this morning, he’s followed by another, equally influential contemporary: Bobby…
Gaga’s lady parts might be crawling with critters. But at least she’s got a hit. Two of the most visually striking musical performers of the contemporary era are in a real-life underground vs. mainstream battle, and the subterranean freaks might actually be winning. Die Antwoord picked a fight with Mother…
Fiendin’ for O’Grime? Good .. ‘Cause L.Rey and Niko are back in the kitchen, fuckin’ with the fridge and cookin’ up an superpotent batch of promethazine-spiked “neo gothic trap” shit. The final product’s gonna be a mixtape called Fur Coats and Uzis. And it’s slated to hit streets in November…
About four years after Jimmy Brooks graduated from Degrassi Community School, Aubrey Drake Graham can finally say he’s got a high school diploma. Without it, the Canadian superstar managed to have a successful child-acting and rap career. ‘Cause you don’t need basic algebra to hang with Lil Wayne, and you…
Several hours before dawn on Saturday, dancehall vet Captain Barkey (born Joslyn Hamilton) and his lover Tracy Bennett were shot to death in the parking lot of the Holiday Motel in the Bronx. The alleged murderer, according to New York City police: Joseph Kernizan, a Haitian music promoter and Bennett’s…
When YMCMB crew member Tyga ain’t busy plotting his takeover of the porn industry, homie’s makin’ Miami’s most beautiful stripper his baby mama. That’s right … The rapper (born Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson) and booty model, facial-piercing enthusiast, and professional pole dancer Blac Chyna just had a baby boy. His name:…
What’s the perfect Art Basel Miami Beach week party plan? Well, if you’re UR1 Festival, Kanye’s gotta be there. Ditto Lou Reed. Plus Fun., Sven Väth, Pete Tong, Santigold. Oh, and Ghostland Observatory, Reboot, and Dan Deacon. But aren’t they forgetting Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, Slash, Jane’s Addiction, and Peter…
UPDATE Ultra Music Festival 2013’s General-Admission Passes on Sale! Right Effing Now! For $574.95! Damn, where’d you find those Ultra tickets? The Internets are on fire with happy, sad, and just plain confused partiers who may or may not have nabbed early-bird passes to the 15th anniversary edition of Ultra…
