It’s gettin’ “Hot in Herre.” Last night, as reported by Crossfade’s sister blog with the Riverfront Times, Nelly tour bus was raided by cops in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The rapper/actor/non-profit philanthropist’s ride was stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. A police dog detected the presence of narcotics. And, uh, they…
“Fucking badass!” That’s how Cubed, the bass player and so-called “15th Level Wizard of Sound Manipulation” for local groove crew Space Between Words, describes his band’s latest project: Magnetron Studios. “It’s in the heart of the South Miami art district,” SBW singer and guitar guy Steven Weingarth adds. “We partnered…
Life served Justin Bieber a warm glass of tough shit when someone swiped the 18-year-old’s computer and digital camera. “Yesterday during the show, me and my tour manager Josh had some stuff stolen,” Bieber tweeted. “Really sucks. People should respect other’s property.” The incident happened in Washington on Tuesday night…
Break out the credit card, beat freaks. Oh, and shave your legs. Tie that half-naked guy bow tie. Fluff up your purple mini-skirt tutu. Squeeze into those studly short shorts. And straighten out your human bumblebee antennae. With only 162 days, six hours, 59 minutes, and 33 seconds till the…
In 1990, a concerned citizen by the name of Terence D. Edwards wrote a letter to the New York Times encouraging the public to reject 2 Live Crew. “The imagery of 2 Live Crew’s lyrics and stage performance is of sexual degradation and sneering self-satisfaction,” he wrote, “repeatedly and venomously…
When Mitt Romney pledged to “stop the subsidy to PBS” and save the country $445 million dollars annually (or 0.012 percent of the federal budget), the GOP presidential candidate also inadvertently vowed to jeopardize broad, primetime access to previously recorded live indie music. Forget Sesame Street, why would anyone want…
Even though there’s been an open, outstanding arrest warrant on his ass for the last six months, Maybach Music Group member Gunplay ain’t sweating the small shit. You know, like an armed robbery charge. In fact, seven hours ago, the swastika-tatted rapper, aspiring escort service entrepreneur, and self-described “Human L.A…
What’s the quickest way to dump several million dollars into a local economy, create nearly 1,000 jobs, and generate upwards of $10 million in federal, state, and local taxes? Simple, gather a bunch of electronic dance music artists and drop them in the middle of Downtown Miami, then add 165,000…
Call them drug-addict miscreants. Call them exuberant idiots. Call them offensive, often incomprehensible animals with a penchant for the ridiculous and a taste for filth. There are a lot of hideous things that you could call Mogliarch the Travesty (government name Zac Negron) and the Weatherman (Sergio Mendez) of rap…
Besides “spaghetti and milk,” Justin Bieber didn’t give much of an explanation as to why he puked on stage last week during the first North American show of his Believe tour. He simply said that he’d try to get better for the following night’s show and inexplicably tweeted an emo-ish…
Sometimes it’s a good thing for a rapper to get caught in some crossfire. All that jazz about living what you rhyme and staying true to the streets and whatever. But is street cred ever worth more than $15,000? Jim Jones and his management team at 4th and Goal must…
Emetophiles (i.e vomit fetishists) are having the best month ever, and there are still 23 days left in October! Last week, Justin Bieber spewed chunks twice while on stage in Arizona during the kickoff to his Believe tour. And this weekend, Lady Gaga one-upped the Biebz by barfing thrice during…
Guys … Kanye is acting really weird. In a totally uncharacteristic move, the mouthiest, most self-righteous rapper breathing deleted all his genius tweets, with basically no warning or explanation. How could he do such a thing? Like, we’re gonna let you finish … But Kanye West is the best tweeter…
Wow, Chris Brown is such a bummer that we’re thinking about moving to The People’s Republic of China so we can’t even Google him. But alas … With each passing day, Breezy does something weird (like get a ratchet neck tattoo of a battered woman that kinda looks like Rihanna),…
It seems as though newly minted Rastafarian, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg), has picked up more than a newfound appreciation for the work of Haile Selassie in service of Jah Rastafari. If the one-time West Coast gangsta’s Twitter is any indication (not to mention his endorsement of Obama), the…
Somebody isn’t paying the piper, and he’s getting on MTV and bitching about it on red carpets. French Montana’s big pool party hit “Pop That,” featuring verses from Miami resident rappers Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Drake, seems to owe a lot of its success to a well-chopped sample from…
Oy vey, what are you supposed to get a 36-year-old, 300-pound MC for his bar mitzvah? Do you go the quarter-pound of OG Kush route? Or the subtly extravagant iPad sleeve made of purebred dachshund fur route? And what’s the difference between a Black Bar Mitzvah and a standard run-of-the-mill…
Even though 2006 inductees Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols might think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is “a piss stain” that charges too much for dinner and a gala, there are plenty of “music industry people” (i.e. not gaping A-holes) who’d be happy to grab a decent…
It’s a sad state of affairs when Rihanna and Chris Brown are sucking face and playing grab ass inside New York City’s Griffin nightclub. TMZ reports that Breezy and RiRi spent the better part of Monday night and early Tuesday morning “all over each other.” The former couple was allegedly…
Dancing is about fucking. Period. Anyone who says they just loooove to dance is either lying or totally DTF. Dancing dirty is just dancing honestly. This mating ritual is an essential cog in the complex machine that is The Birds and The Bees. But there is more than one way…
All is not well on the set of American Idol. More evidence that Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey despise one another was revealed last night after a video of the two Idol judges bickering like two drunk Hialeah chongas at an Ale House was leaked onto the Internet. According to…
What the hell is wrong with you, America? Look at you, sitting there covered in Cheeto dust, hearts pumping pure Coca-Cola, and you’re making fun of this nation’s beautiful pop tarts because they happen to put on 25 pounds? We here at Crossfade are tired of these finger-pointing, gut-busting shenanigans…
