See also “Kanye Raps About Kim Kardashian’s Sex Tape, Reveals ‘Dark Twisted [Cuckold] Fantasy.'” The world has been obsessed with Kimye for only about six months. Still, in that short span, this unholy union between two of America’s most dangerous attention-seeking missiles, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, has fueled a…
A lot of rappers get into acting. Some hip-hoppers even try their hand at directing. But not a lot of MCs are making skin flicks. But turns out, Tyga hasn’t made enough money off his huge hit “Rack City.” So he’s turning it into a porn franchise. Hot off getting…
See also “Nicki Minaj ‘Voting For Romney’,” “Nicki Minaj Not Registered to Vote,” and “Nicki Minaj Admits Romney Endorsement Was Total Bullshit.” Unemployment dipped to 8.1 percent in August, according to a recent report by the Labor Department, and Florida’s jobless rate continues to flirt with 9 percent. So when…
Ever since stepping off la esquina, Mr. 305 has harbored deep hopes of becoming Mr. Hollywood. So whenever he hasn’t been too busy honing his craft in Bud Light commercials or buttering up movie biz elites with personalized remixes of the Men in Black III theme, this budding thespian has…
“What’s your favorite restaurant?” That question, recently batted around at our weekly editorial meeting, got us all thinking. If we had to choose one favorite at gunpoint, what would that restaurant be, and why? Each week, a different Short Order blogger will celebrate his or her favorite eatery — be…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Read “Hialeah Gardens Cop Lawrence Perez Shows How Drugs Can Corrupt Police.”A Hialeah Gardens Police detective who was helping his pals rip off marijuana dealers got 151 months in federal prison yesterday. Miami New Times profiled Lawrence Perez in June after a jury found him guilty of two felony counts…
Last night, it was NFL. Today, it’s the MTV Video Music Awards. But are professional football games and Chris Brown’s dance moves really more important than democracy? No … The only thing worth watching on television tonight is the Democratic National Convention. And if you don’t believe us, we’ve got…
Last week, I wrote a cover story on the slow death of Cuban American news talk radio in Miami. As the Hispanic population in Miami-Dade has gotten more diverse over the past decade, the frequencies for hardline right-wing programming focused on getting rid of the Castro regime has shrunk considerably.After…
Luke’s Gospel: Condoleezza Rice Is an Uncle Tom
Cuban Radio Commentators Are Just Like Castro
See also “Nicki Minaj ‘Voting For Romney’,” “Obama on Nicki Minaj’s Romney Endorsement,” and “Nicki Minaj Admits Romney Endorsement Was Total Bullshit.” Even if Mitt Romney may have Nicki Minaj’s endorsement, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate can’t count on her vote. She’s not registered. As noted by Hip Hop Wired,…
Read: “Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother””Jon Roberts, Smuggler in Cocaine Cowboys, Dies””Griselda Blanco, Miami’s Cocaine Queen, Assassinated In Medellin Butcher Shop””Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter”The golden years hasn’t turned out so good for most of the retired drug…
No Reservations, the final tour, premiered last evening. The series, which features host Anthony Bourdain eating, drinking, and behaving badly, has won both awards and a loyal fan base. In this, the first of the countdown to the end of Bourdain’s Travel Channel show, we travel to Austin, Texas, for…
See also “Nicki Minaj Not Registered to Vote,” “Obama on Nicki Minaj’s Romney Endorsement,” and “Nicki Minaj Admits Romney Endorsement Was Total Bullshit.” Hold up … Nicki Minaj is a Republican now? Everyone’s up in arms because of a new verse that the eccentric rhymestress slurred on Lil Wayne’s new…
See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Dear Micky Arison:As owner of the Miami Heat, you’ve nurtured the evolution of a legacy that was humbly born in the late ’80s, developed in the ’90s, and unmistakably solidified in the new millennium. Your dedication to Miami sports revitalized a city…
Blanco had made a lot of enemies during her reign as Miami’s cocaine queen.
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke explains how minorities rise up the ranks of the GOP.During her speech at the National Republican Convention last week,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Chad Johnson Is a Wife-Beater With No Place in the NFL
Flo Rida and NFL Vets Give Back to Miami Instead of Blowing Cash at Clubs
If you are a green thumb in Brickell or somewhere in South Beach, you can rarely get your hands dirty. But if you have a balcony, then you’re in luck because you can build a pallet garden.The pallet garden is simply a wooden pallet from which a garden is made…
