Prior to his untimely death last March, “G-Funk’s most melodic homie” had several “hoes in different area codes.” And on at least one occasion, he and his “Bad Girls” kept it “G-A-N-G-S-T-A” by shooting a homemade porno. According to TMZ, there is a Nate Dogg sex tape that’s being “shopped…
Dubstep is officially one of those genres that started out as one thing, ended up another, and now nobody can tell if music (as a whole) is even good. Maybe it’s great? But it’s probably terrible. With Skrillex’s pop canonization by the Grammys, there isn’t a lone old-timey basshead who…
If there’s one party during WMC week that truly encapsulates the transatlantic tech-house zeitgeist, it’s Leftroom vs. Culprit at Treehouse Miami Beach on March 21. And that’s because the party showcases two of the scene’s most hotly tipped labels from (literally) both sides of the pond — the UK’s Leftroom…
The world’s greatest sea-bound rave has sold out a full year from its next scheduled sailing date. Just last month, Hard’s Holy Ship! hit the high seas for its maiden voyage, carrying Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 3000 bikini-ready party people to the Bahamas and back. And…
It only took two hours for the inevitable to happen … Swedish House Mafia’s Masquerade Motel tickets sold out and opened a scalper floodgate. But don’t blow your paycheck just yet. Inside sources tell us that Swedish House will release another batch of tickets in the near future. So keep…
It’s Friday and we here at Crossfade wanna fuck. Er, we mean dance. And that’s why we’re humping over to Flute Salad at Lester’s tonight. From 8 till 10 p.m., there’ll be free drinks for the females. But don’t get it twisted … This little fuck dance party, hosted by…
Swedish House Mafia’s Masquerade Motel is a go, and tickets for the two one-day event went on sale about an hour ago. Update: The event has sold out its first batch of tickets. But rather than going down on the sands of South Beach as it did last year (or…
Beware, beat freaks! The raving masterminds behind Ultra Music Festival have already colonized and conquered Downtown Miami in the name of electronic dance music, annually deploying an entire army of furry-booted troops and uhntz-uhntz-ing explosives experts to terrorize Biscayne Boulevard condo owners with three days of non-stop beat bombs. And…
Yesterday, Crossfade reported on prolific pop/rap producer Scott Storch’s recent arrest for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas hotel. The story was simple: Homeboy didn’t want to pay his bill (probably because he spent all of his money on coke) and when the cops rolled up they found a few…
Holy cold front, bro! It was mad frigid this week. Like, 50-degrees. WTF, Mother Nature? C’mon, we live in Miami, not Antarctica. So glad it’s getting back to normal, socks and sandals-type weather. It couldn’t happen at a better time. As y’all know, it’s President’s Day Weekend. And even though…
Compare the Sarah Connor in the original Terminator to the Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.The former? Straight chillin’ in the ’80s, teasing her hair and shrieking like a useless wench whenever murderous robots from the future popped out from around the corner. The latter? A total badass — Straight hair,…
Octogenarians rejoice, fellow 80-something-year-old and Great Depression survivor Tony Bennett has just announced a two-night engagement at a South Florida casino. Anthony Dominick Benedetto will leave his heart in Hollywood after the legendary crooner soft rocks the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Friday,…
As subtly alluded to via our front page illustration (see right), the Storch story involves a shit-ton of drugs. Not just any drugs, mind you. He wasn’t just smoking a lil’ weed and hitting a whip-it every now and then. No, Scott Storch — whose collaborators include Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Dr…
This Friday, Wynwood electronic dance music emporium the Electric Pickle will be celebrating three years of nonstop boogie. And they’ll be doing it in style and in typical fashion by booking two stars of the international house and techno scene, UK DJ-producer and One Records boss Adam Shelton and the…
Diana Ross is coming out to South Florida and she wants the world to know. The 67-year-old Motown singer is bringing her live show to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s Hard Rock Live venue on Thursday, February 23. And if she’s anything like her Supremes soul sister Mary…
Revolutionary hip-hop is alive in Miami. This Saturday night, Dead Prez’s M1 and Thirstin Howl, Mecca AKA Grimo, P-Doe, FLO, Maybach Latino, Haiti Blues, Tom Larock, and PP Armstrong are gonna take over Moksha in Little Haiti to celebrate Black History Month, and fight for a better future for humanity…
The internet, a safe haven where perverts can download fetish porn and degenerates bet on sports. It’s an information superhighway trolled by digital pirates on the lookout for copyrighted gold and a place where everyone can be the star of their very own Truman Show. But on Saturday, February 18,…
A week ago local poet, musician, and promoter Benjamin Shahoulian started a comment war on his Facebook page, stemming from his frustration at local musicians’ constant complaints about promoters. As the exchanges were getting pretty intense, hip-hop artist and promoter Erik Grizzly jokingly suggested making a video for “Shit Miami…
Check out Ultra Music Festival 2012’s Phase 1 lineup. There are only five weeks left till epic levels of uhntz-uhntz turn Downtown Miami into a 150,000-person public orgy! Back in December, Ultra Music Festival announced its initial 92-act roster. And just 14 days later, the fest “completely sold-out.” But this…
Premio Lo Nuestro 2012 at American Airlines Arena February 16
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