Push-ups and funky pirouettes. That’s how sexy R&B slow-jammer Usher is preppin’ for his UR Experience tour, a 27-city sprint set to hump and bump through party towns like New York, Philly, Chi-Town, L.A., Vegas, Dallas, Nola, and ATL, before spending its penultimate night in the MIA. This 2014 U.S…
Ultra Music Festival is finally legal, in the sense that adult party people will no longer need to rage alongside wide-eyed 12-year-olds and be astonished when they say it’s their “third year.” For the 2015 edition of the EDM fest, each and every raver will need to be at least…
Here at Crossfade, we have mad love for SpaceGhostPurrp, but not everyone shares our feelings. In fact, some offhand remarks about bad rap music have got 11-year-old rapper Lil Shark feelin’ more than just some type of way. The whitest kid in hip-hop not only put out a less-than-scathing diss…
It’s official, ravers. Over the weekend, we here at Crossfade, like the rest of the EDM world, were surprised by the sudden revelation that Ultra Music Festival seemed to be adopting a strict 18-and-over policy for its 2015 edition. The rumor began to spread after a flier (which read “you…
Fresh Kid Ice is the only member of 2 Live Crew to appear on every 2 Live Crew album. He’s one of three founding members who got together in a dorm room at an Air Force base in Riverside, California, started rocking shows in Miami, moved permanently to the 305,…
It’s no secret that rappers love to talk about Miami. Even though we don’t boast as many famous MCs as New York City or Los Angeles, the 305 is definitely on the list of hip-hop hot spots to throw into your raps. Oftentimes, MIA shout-outs feel gimmicky. Too…
Salsa is the sultry, hot, and heavy beat of life on the dance floor. It is the joy and the pain, the intimacy and lust, the freedom of spontaneous invention, and the emotional turmoil of love, loss, and all that’s great in being human. Melina Almodovar aka La Muñeca De…
Listeners of a certain vintage will already know there was indeed such a thing as dance-based electronica between the eras of disco and EDM. In fact, not only was there exciting music to be heard between those fabled eras, but much of the most thrilling sounds were made by duos…
Rise and shine … It’s Labor Day! That means it’s a short week for (most of) us working-class citizens. In honor of the American labor movement, here are the five best concerts going down in SoFla this week, from the rap bromance of Drake and Lil Wayne to Kings of…
Some may complain; others may cheer. It seems like Ultra Music Festival organizers have finally put an age restriction for the event. EDM.com is reporting that Ultra 2015 will be a 18-and-over affair. This is according to flyers handed out at this weekend’s Electric Zoo in New York City. UPDATE…
Google Lily Allen’s name and the first news clippings that pop up are British tabloids discussing her weight and “erratic” behavior. The headlines read “Lily Allen flashes a hint of toned stomach” and “Lily Allen’s behaviour ‘worries pals.'” When she launched her music career in 2006 with debut album, Still…
There comes a crucial moment in every musician’s life when he must decide what instrument to play. The obvious choice is usually guitar, because everybody wants to be a sweaty rock god. But some people go with drums or bass or even piano. However, not a lot of kids dream…
Notorious B.I.G. used to smoke blunts and drink liquor with The Lox. They met when Mary J. Blige delivered the group’s Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss from the streets of Yonkers to Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy headquarters, where they helped make hits like “It’s All About the Benjamins.” Later,…
You work hard, but play harder. So give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate the fruits of your labor with 96 straight hours of drinking, dancing, and partying … Without going broke. Just check out the 305’s ten best things to do under $10 in this Labor Day…
On the afternoon of Monday, June 23, 2014, Louis Salgar was shot and killed in his own home after interrupting a home invader during the commission of a robbery. The confessed murderer is Raul Reinosa, an ex-convict and drug addict, who used a gun found at Salgar’s residence to commit…
We used to lovingly refer to Rick Ross as the “Fat Boy,” but it must have been getting under his skin. He’s embarked on a tireless mission to get back in shape, and he’s made the effort public by using the hashtag #RossFit, snapping pics along the way, and even…
Brother Marquis was 19 years old when he joined 2 Live Crew and started recording some of the most famous dirty raps that the world has ever known. He was born in New York, moved to L.A. at 14, and flew straight to Miami when the Crew needed an extra…
Even Geoffrey Royce Rojas knows the meaning of hard work and hustle. Today, todas las mujeres know him as the Latin Grammy-nominated bachata star Prince Royce. But just a few years ago, Rojas was a kid with a dream, juggling a full-time job, college classes, and late-night recording sessions in…
In post-internet society, things don’t stay hidden for long. But there’s a subculture with more than three decades of relevance that has inspired its own documentary and been co-opted by Madonna, yet it has remarkably remained largely misunderstood. “Walk down the street in Fort Lauderdale or South Beach, stop 20…
Most 21 year olds don’t spend their days traveling around the world, performing their songs for crowds of adoring fans while collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music industry. But Cris Cab is not most 21 year olds. Thanks to a combination of hard work, determination, talent,…
Dress-up is officially cool again. So is being a sci-fi geek. In our opinion, that stuff never went out of style. But even if you’re not a nerd for robots, the latest nightlife endeavor from sexy, dark DJ Uchi will get you bleepin’ and bloopin’ like a vintage automaton on…
Some of the most rabid revelry in metal fandom can be found in Latin America, where the devil horns fly hard by the hundreds of thousands. Mosh pits the size of soccer stadiums are the norm, and music about fighting oppressive and corrupt regimes hurtle the masses into cathartic euphoria…
