“You are music. You are unique. You are diverse. You are love. You are life. You are one.” That’s the official mantra of Miami’s newest superambitious music fest, UR1, a two-day concert event created by Go Big Productions, AKA Ultra cofounder Alex Omes and professional party-starter Emi Guerra. Billed as…
In Angolan culture, the celebration of life is strongest at death. This ritual is called komba and it takes place seven days after a corpse has been buried. Instead of shedding tears of sorrow, the deceased’s friends and family dance wildly into the night, drinking heavily and eating the dead…
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Just last year, Dutch electronic dance music superstar Tiësto was spinning tracks at South Beach’s Armani Exchange store. Last night, however, Tiësto seemingly abandoned the A|X partnership boat and jumped aboard the Guess train. According to Billboard, the EDM giant and designer denim brand have teamed up to create a…
No, Madonna. No. The 53-year-old pop star’s new video for “Turn Up the Radio” is terrifying. And this has nothing to do with some outmoded idea that women shouldn’t be sexual when they, like Madonna, are only a couple months younger than Alaska’s statehood. No. What’s wrong with this video…
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Two years ago, Teepee mastermind Erix S. Laurent was poised for a breakthrough. He took his critically acclaimed 2009 LP, Morals, on a national tour while aslo being heralded back home as a true Miami original. Laurent had been renowned for his intense solo performances. He’d sing, play guitar, control…
The hip-hop lifestyle doesn’t always lend itself to clean living. Especially not when the faucets run Cîroc and a single feature spot buys 30,000 Doritos Locos tacos. Rick Ross’s longtime rap bud Gunplay is having a great couple of years, stepping out from the Carol City Cartel to release some…
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With the recession three years behind us, you’d think the unemployment rate would be a little lower than 8.2 percent, right? Sadly, it’s not the case. American employers only added about 80,000 jobs last month, according to the Labor Department, leaving the unemployment rate hovering just over a disappointing eight…
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Poe Boy Music Group, the label that brought you hardcore Miami rappers Brisco and Billy Blu, is getting into EDM with Kulture Shock, a dance-pop group made up of three very good-looking model-type singers named Jase, City Boi, and Stephanie Lecor. In recent weeks, Poe Boy has been heavily promoting…
It’s safe to say that American Idol’s run as America’s favorite reality competition show is fading. Last season’s ratings were significantly lower than previous years. And quite frankly, many of us can’t name three Idol winners that aren’t Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jordin Sparks. Nevertheless, the show’s executive producer…
Instead of a Jersey Shore rerun or Teen Mom marathon, several viewers who tuned into MTV just before midnight caught a scrolling message informing them that their beloved “music” network had been scrapped, triggering an accusatory, billion-dollar he said/she said shouting match between two media industry giants. That cable network…
Since the turn of millennium, both fate and faith has held Tercer Cielo together. It began when Juan Carlos Rodríguez, a well-respected music producer and composer, invited his friend, Marcos Yaroide, to record new material together under the name Tercer Cielo in the Dominican Republic. The pair released three records…
About a month ago, New York City’s W.i.P. Lounge at Greenhouse nighclub was one of SoHo’s hottest spots. But then Drake and Chris Brown allegedly fought at the afterhours joint on June 14, prompting an unwanted police investigation by the State Liquor Authority that resulted in 14 code violations and…
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“We realized there was a problem in Miami,” says Jeremie Akiba, who runs Dementia Events with Jeremy Carpenter. “All of the artists that come to South Florida cost an arm and a leg to go see. So we wanted to produce an affordable music festival for the masses, along with…
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TenDJiz is a Russian-born producer and engineer in Miami on an Extraordinary Ability in the Arts visa. He owns a studio on Miami Beach, and he’s the mastermind behind an awesome mixtape series that mashes Soviet jazz instrumentals with American hip-hop. The first two releases were De La Soulviet, and…
Gasping to regain relevancy in a post-“Pretty Boy Swag” rap game, Soulja Boy has inserted himself into the A$AP Rocky vs. SpaceGhostPurrp Twitter beef. Though Rocky and The Ghost used to be buddies, collaborating on tracks and rhymes, shit’s gone bad. About 14 days ago, someone from A$AP’s crew allegedly…
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