Just two weeks ago, Joel “Deadmau5” Zimmerman was crowned the rat king of hooded sweatshirts, oversized graphic t-shirts, and flat-bill ball caps when he launched NeffMau5, an exclusive, collaborative clothing line with swag sport punk brand Neff. “The people involved are the people I see at my shows, so it…
Hell yeah, America! We’re going into the final weekend of the 2012 London Olympics neck-and-neck with China in the overall medal count, proving one Olympic sport at a time that the U-S-of-A rocks the shit out of athleticism. Seriously, did y’all catch the women’s gold-medal soccer match? We’re so nasty…
See also a four-step guide on “How To Piss Off the DJ” from Love Hate Lounge’s DJ Self Born. Yo, club rats … The Miami Ink guys have cashed out of Love Hate Lounge on South Beach, leaving DJ Self Born (the guy who started the most successful night, the…
See also “Rick Ross, Big-Booty Strippers, and 3,000 Ballers at King of Diamonds in Miami (NSFW).” Rick Ross is a fucking boss. But y’all already knew. What you may not know, however, is that the Maybach Music MC outsold some of the music industry’s biggest names to claim the top…
See also “Kanye West Calls Kim Kardashian “Perfect Bitch,” Plus Five Other Adorable Rap Pet Names.” Kanye’s a sweetheart. And when he calls someone a “bitch,” it’s cute. In fact, it’s an honor. Yesterday, we mentioned that Yeezy debuted his latest Kim Kardashian love song, “Perfect Bitch,” this past weekend…
See also “Cat Power’s Sun Album Announced, Listen to First Single, ‘Ruin.'” Hell to the yeah! Cat Power is back! After a six-year hiatus, the singer-songwriter otherwise known as Chan Marshall is set to release a new album, Sun, at the beginning of September. And where there is an album…
See also “Justin Bieber Disses Reading, Writing, Education: ‘I’m Really Not Into That Stuff.'” In the mid-’90s, Prince William’s adorable face was plastered on posters worldwide and then hung above millions of innocent young girls’ beds where they were kissed and admired by tweens who dreamt of one day becoming…
See also “Gunplay: How Miami’s Coke-Sniffin’, Po’ Pimpin’ Maniac Joined Rap’s Power Circle.” Gunplay was consuming so many narcotics while making his aptly-titled debut mixtape Sniffahill in 2008 that he dubbed himself “five-drug minimum” on one of its freestyles. Actually, for meter’s sake, he said it in an abbreviated form…
See also “Rick Ross, Big-Booty Strippers, and 3,000 Ballers at King of Diamonds in Miami (NSFW).” Last time we caught up with Ice “Billion” Berg about the possibility of signing with Rick Ross and Maybach Music, he was just about to drop his Strictly For The Streets 3 mixtape. That…
See also “Vagabond Owner Carmel Ophir Rumored to Be Opening Barfly, New Club in Old Bar Space.” Perhaps the worst-kept secret in Miami’s nightlife scene was what was happening to the space formerly occupied by Bar and PS14. Shortly after the decision had been made, local nightlife sources told us…
Paul van Dyk has become the latest European to shit on Madonna. In a recent interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur the Berlin-based DJ and producer accused Madge of working well beyond her prime, suggesting that Madonna should’ve hung up her leotard nearly 15 years ago. “I think she should have quit…
In the make-believe world of reality television, anything is possible … So long as it’s marketable. Take Teen Mom starlet Farrah Abraham, the 21-year-old aspiring chef-turned-model-turned-author who snuck into America’s collective heart with her charming smile and piercing gaze, who’s looking to capitalize on fame by dipping her toes into…
Dude … Why are there so many people here? Every time we go to Churchill’s Pub (or The Electric Pickle or Grand Central or Treehouse or Mansion), it’s such a mission even getting an alcoholic beverage. (Not to mention scamming our way into the back of the band’s van.) Just…
Madonna’s awfully public exploration of post-menopausal sexuality and her apparent midlife crisis have Elton John flaming mad. “She’s such a nightmare,” John recently said in an interview with Australia’s Molly Medrum. “She looks like a fucking fairground stripper.” According to the Huffington Post, John’s publicity team quickly redacted the comments,…
Photo by Erik HessThe rains left Lollapalooza mud-faced, but undeterred.See also “Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012” — plus “Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED,” “Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others,” and “Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence + The Machine, and…
Ever since World Cup-predicting Paul the Octopus went to that great fried calamari appetizer in the sky, the world has been adrift and directionless. How are we to know what is supposed to happen? Ask a tic-tac-toe-playing chicken? It turns out that the answer has been in front of us…
See also “The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre” and “Eight Richest Musicians in Their Teens and 20s.” Dear haters … Even though beefcake-y blonde Dutch disc jockey Tiësto is kind of a corporate whore, he’s also a pranksterish dude who enjoys talking shit,…
Weezy is bored. Ever since Lil Wayne got outta the clink after serving eight months on Rikers Island for “attempted criminal possession of a weapon,” he’s been dropping clues about retiring to a life of chillin’ with his kids, writing memoirs, watching 18 hours of ESPN per day, managing his…
George W. Bush knew that he had “made a mistake” when he sent troops into Iraq, according Tony Bennett. “He told me personally [at the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors].” At 86 years old, society sort of gives you a get-out-of-jail-free card. You can say pretty much whatever you want. Outlandish…
See also “Who Wants Tickets for Identity Festival in Miami?” — plus Crossfade’s interview with Eric Prydz and “ID 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Got your arctic fox spirit hoodie? Sleeveless “Beef Cake” t-shirt? Frosty fake Wayfarer shades? Skyn extra-lubricated condoms? Free Identity Festival 2012 tix? Check, check, check, check,…
See also “Gunplay on His Swastika Tattoo, Escort Agency, and Rebranding Himself as Don Logan.” As recently as a year ago, Miami rapper Gunplay was better known for a clip of him snorting cocaine outside a restaurant in Medellín than he was for his music. In recent months, however, the…
Taylor Swift’s in trouble. According to website Gossip Cop, the 22-year-old pop star and highest-paid celebrity under 30 spent the weekend with Robert F. Kennedy’s grandson Conor at his family’s New England compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Bad news … Because if you consider all of the tragic mishaps that…
