This past Saturday night, Banana Republican witnessed a magical moment in Overtown proving that Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has got it right when he says hip-hop has the power to bring people together. A true cross section of Miami’s hip-hop lovers came out to Ice Palace Studios to…
Letters from the issue of September 30, 2010
No, Tea Party. Yes, hip-hop!
Earlier this week came reports that petite princess of poofdom Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi had a secret near death experience while shooting Jersey Shore in Miami stemming from alcohol poisoning. She’s refuted the rumors, and in fact, she’s living life right now perhaps at a level higher than most of us…
We’ve been exiled from our own capitol! At least that’s what a purported email from Miami City Manager Carlos Migoya indicates. If the memo is real, Migoya isn’t too keen on city employees reading up on all the shenanigans he, his subordinates and his bosses are up to via Banana…
We’ve never hidden our disappointment and disgust with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s administration. Voters handed him immense powers in 2007, but Carlos “El Fuerte” never materialized. And he sandbagged Miami-Dade taxpayers with the Marlins deal and most recently, his successful push to increase property taxes. The latter allegedly the motivation…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take…
If you still haven’t heard of Parisian-born, Miami-based studio producer Uriel “Frenchie” Kadouch, it’s only a matter of time. His A-list accolades speak for themselves. By his early 20s he was already making beats for the likes of R&B stars Robin Thicke, Ashanti, and Cassie while also collaborating with hip-hop…
Bill Cooke hasn’t been this unhinged at the New Times since my boss photographed a mannequin wardrobe malfunction. The self-styled media watchdog behind blog Random Pixels and Loose Thoughts calls my feature on Jonathan “Ynot” Corso — the prolific graffiti artist killed in late July — a “glorifying [of] criminal…
Today, the Miami city commission has a number of special public hearings to decide the fate of the city’s budget and how to spend a whole lot of millions of dollars meant to alleviate slum and blight in Overtown and the Omni neighborhood, including a $220,000 salary and benefits package…
A couple weeks back, we introduced you to Active Child, the opening act for School of Seven Bells’ upcoming Miami show at Grand Central. But we were so busy geeking out over his choral harmonies and harp-plucking that we glossed over the main event itself.So let’s correct that: School of…
After last week’s special VMA edition scheduling confused us, we’re back once again recapping the poignant take of the descendants of Italian immigrants trying to make it in the tropical melting pot of Miami Beach. Yes, it’s Jersey Shore damage report time! Last night we learned never to leave our…
Yesterday, Luis Felipe Perez, a Hialeah jeweler who federal prosecutors say swindled $40 million from victims who invested in his Ponzi scheme, agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He will have to pay up to $1 million…
Representing Miami Gardens, D. Cash has been gaining big buzz lately. His instantly recognizable raspy flow makes him memorable from the first beat. Backed by 2Flyy Entertainment, D. Cash may very well be Miami’s next break-out hip-hop star.He just dropped his latest mixtape entitled The Prequel. And in D. Cash’s…
Among the hundreds of mediocre Italian restaurants in this town, there has always been one that people claim to be a cut above the rest — Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante on Purdy Avenue in South Beach. Actually, this is the one Italian restaurant that locals rant and rave about. Do a search…
Last we checked in on Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Danielle Staub’s past in Miami, we’d established she was a model/stripper/high-class prostitute who was somehow involved in a drug-related kidnapping back in the ’80s. Now, Radar has uncovered documents that claim Staub actually tried to enter the drug dealing trade…
The Can’t Stand Ya’s are not exactly new to our scene. These guys have a pretty hefty punk rock rep that most of y’all will recognize if you’ve ever trolled the scene between Cheers and Churchill’s. Crew members Nick Pfrenger (bass), Todd Slimak (drums) and Adam Gloveless (guitar) used to…
A year ago we chronicled the life of Rene Martinez, a Miami Cuban American who went from gang-banging hell-raiser to a humble God-fearing MMA warrior. Since that cover story, Martinez, known by his street name “Level,” has won his first three matches as a professional and starred in a five-hour…
Fall for the Arts: Horse and dog meat for dinner
Save Jacory Harris!
Letters from the issue of September 23, 2010
This week’s feature, “Marked for Death”, is the story of Jonathan “Ynot” Corso, the prolific graffiti artist who died after being run over by an Escalade in a brawl in the parking lot of a Davie strip club. But Ynot’s death was just one of dozens of violent incidents at…
