We want to like Miami rapper Jacki-O. We dig her tattoos, her spitfire raps, and her scrappiness in her attempts to bounce back from a checkered past that includes a shoplifting charge and personal bankruptcy. And though she was once poised to become as famous as Trina, she lost her major-label…
Let the record show this Buddyhead piece with the Jacuzzi Boys is perhaps the stupidest interview ever. The questions are half-assed and pointless. And for the ones that are provoking, they obviously only look to stir up drama. Thankfully, the Miami-based band wisely choose the high road.For instance: 4. Time…
Rick Ross may possibly be the last rapper on the planet to join Twitter, which, along with its fascinating reports on desk workers’ lunches, seems largely these days to be a big chain of celebs A- to Z-list @ mentioning each other. (For an up-to-the-minute stream of Crossfade staff’s sandwich…
If I were Jay Leno, I might begin this post by saying, “Have you heard about this? Have you seen this?” Then I’d hold up a clipping of dejected Mexican-Americans protesting Arizona’s SB 1070 bill. But I have neither his chin, nor his bankroll. And this really isn’t a laughing…
If you, like Crossfade, are guilty of watching way more VH1 than is worth admitting, you may be hotly anticipating this year’s edition of the annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards show. This year’s official focus is on “Honoring the Dirty South,” and it airs live on the channel next Monday,…
One of the worst thing about being a devoted live music fan is the sticker shock that comes when a ticket’s final price is totaled up. A ticket that’s about $20 can end up as much as $40 sometimes when you lump in all the nebulous service charges, “venue charges,”…
Ice Berg (a.k.a. Billion) has been causing quite bit of a stir over the last couple years. He’s definitely developed a loyal following and fanbase through his various mixtape releases and countless live performances. Most might know Iceberg from his association with Trick Daddy and the Dunk Ryders, but Ice…
As we mentioned this past Friday in our weekly 305 Live local hip-hop news column, Lil Wayne may be physically behind bars, but still, he’s everywhere. This past Memorial Day Weekend may as well have been Weezy Weekend, as a barrage of new videos and remixes by him appeared, all…
Lil Wayne is currently behind bars, but still he’s managing to pull off the release of about four videos within the span of this weekend via MTV. Two of them feature local group Mayday playing backup for Weezy.The first video is for the Cool & Dre-produced “Da Da Da,” which was released today…
Praise Jebus! There is a god, and his name is Roman Jones! For those of us already dreading the drive up to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room to see La Roux perform live on August 4 have another option. Mansion has booked the British electropop outfit two days later on August…
We are only two weeks away until we pissed off people announce the 2010 Best of Miami winners. The choices have already been made and are in the book, but who won is currently only the knowledge of the editorial board — and no matter what people say, our sales…
Got to love M.I.A., a.k.a., Maya Arulpragasam. New York Times Magazine contributor Lynn Hirschberg, wrote an fascinating and intimate piece on the Sri Lankian-by-the-way-of-London artist. In it, Hirschberg writes about Maya’s past and how it influences her work today. The writer also seems a bit cynical about if Maya is…
We reported a few weeks ago that Heathrow Lounge had a “Nightclub Available” sign up on the facade of its building and had closed up shop. According to current majority owner Matthew Switkes, that might have been misunderstood. The nightclub is open. During this Memorial Day Weekend, the South Beach…
Miami New Times’ recent cover story on Scott Storch may not have been the most flattering of portrayals, but it did reveal at few nuggets for those interested in the former superproducer’s attempted musical comeback. When Storch refused to speak with New Times staff reporter Gus Garcia-Roberts, he was actually…
Rapper Rick Ross’ past turned out to be a little less sordid than everyone thought. So perhaps to obfuscate, he lifted his artist name wholesale — from the real Rick/Ricky Ross, a drug kingpin in ’80s Los Angeles who also went by the nickname Freeway. In ’96, drug dealer Ross…
Not everyone is going to be digging the hip-hop madness that Memorial Day Weekend bring to South Beach. So for those looking for a regular Miami night, the mainland will be your haven.Take for instance Cafeina, the Wynwood lounge-meets-gallery that will be hosting Los Angeles DJ duo Classixx. The last…
If hip-hop isn’t your thing, here’s an event that still may give you cause to cross the causeway, or stay oceanside if that’s where you live. The Vice City Pop party at Buck 15 on Sunday promises to be a damned good time, featuring none other than local rocker badasses Radioboxer…
As we posted yesterday, Kingston, Jamaica still remains under a state of siege by gang members, and both they and Jamaican officials have blockaded streets throughout the capital city. At the center of it all is Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a notorious drug lord with bloody local roots. In the late…
Local Impact is a Miami-based nonprofit that networks the arts community with social organizations. In the spirit of this mission, recently it put together a program where mostly Miami bands threw down for the Easter Seals of South Florida. Older folks with varying degrees of Alzheimers were treated to sets by Xperimento,…
U2 fans the world over can rest easy knowing Bono is on the road to recovery. The iconic frontman has been discharged from a Munich hospital where he underwent emergency back surgery this past Friday. The procedure was successful, however, he now faces a program of rehab and recuperation for…
You’ve groaned at the poor sap stuck working in a fish joint. You’ve cringed as he’s serenaded a renaissance fair. You’ve run for the bathroom when he roped his friends in for a gleeful group chorus about bicycles. Hopefully, though, you didn’t actually get snowed into signing up for the…
Torche is a band whose growing influence is not exactly measured in riches. Yes, the band has been hailed in discerning international circles as uh, torchbearers of a new sound that is heavy without being metal, per se, and still melodic. Still, the current threesome has had to keep it…
