305 Live: Miami Heat's DJ Irie, Flo-Rida on the Today Show, And More In Local Hip-Hop News

--The Miami Heat's all-star DJ, DJ Irie, recently received a commendation from the City Of Miami, praising his hard work for the community and various charitable efforts. Irie is currently awaiting the upcoming 2010-2011 Miami Heat season to begin where he'll be the DJ again for all the home games...

By David "Dro" Rosario

July 30, 2010

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--The Miami Heat's all-star DJ, DJ Irie, recently received a commendation from the City Of Miami, praising his hard work for the community and various charitable efforts. Irie is currently awaiting the upcoming 2010-2011 Miami Heat season to begin where he'll be the DJ again for all the home games. Of course as you know, this season is extra special now that the Heat have a super-sized squad spearheaded by Dwyane Wade, Lebron James and Chris Bosh. [The305]

-- A couple nights ago the Rising Show went down at Transit Lounge and was received with a decent-sized crowd and turnout. Saheed, Murph. LMS and others held down the show, along with Ghostwridah who performed with a live band, local group Dangerflow. And to top that, Ghostwridah brought out Mayday! for a surprise guest spot during his set. All in all, it was a great show and Miami-based 24hourhiphop has some great footage of the night. [Vimeo]

-- Flo Rida made an appearance on the Today Show yesterday and performed his latest hit, "Club Can't Handle Me," produced by David Guetta. The song appears on both the Step Up 3D soundtrack and Flo's upcoming album, The Only One. DJ Entice, who we interviewed a few days ago, was also by Flo's side assisting him as the DJ for his performance. [Rap-Up]

Quick notes:

-- QuESt releases a new track called "Untitled (LovedU)3" to keep teasing the public until his new album The Reason: A Defense Mechanism drops later this year. [IllRoots]

-- Cool & Dre release a video where Derick G filmed their reaction to "The Decision" ESPN special for Lebron's team announcement. Kinda' like how Rick Ross also did. [Derick G]

-- Trina links up with local group Git Fresh and Flo-Rida for new single and video: "White Girls" [Onsmash]

-- Rick Ross teams up with new Roc Nation artist Range for Range's newest video and first single. [YoungKingz]

-- DJ Khaled's newest artist Rich Kidd prepares for the release of his mixtape EP by releasing a new track with Poe Boy's Billy Blue. [The305]

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