D-Mac aims to be the first rapper out of Miami’s notorious Brown-Sub section of Liberty City to make a global impact in music. And the new video for his track “Mind State” off his Destiny mixtape makes it perfectly clear that he will settle for nothing less. He is the…
The news of some folks’ death has a way of sounding initially like a bad joke — something so seemingly impossible, it just couldn’t be true. One such unbelievable occurrence was the passing of local musician, music lover and Churchill’s Pub fixture Orlando Sanchez. When news of his death spread…
It’s been a very long time since Phil Collins played his last concert. In 2009, Collins suffered a spinal injury. “Somehow during the last Genesis tour, I dislocated some vertebrae in my upper neck and that affected my hands,” he explained at the time. “After a successful operation on my…
Life in Color is unlike any other music festival. Hello! They shoot paint out of cannons all over everyone! So it only makes sense that the “World’s Largest Paint Party” should employ similarly uncommon techniques when announcing its famous DJ headliners. Pairing the fest’s most peculiar quality (i.e. neon goop!)…
Porn stars, tiny motel rooms, pastelitos, and booty bass. Hell yeah, Jesse Perez is “Still Slangin’ That D,” and he gives you an up-close-and-personal look at the life of a booty gangster in his first-ever music video for the single off Kama Sucia: The Art of Slangin’ D. Filmed in…
Yesterday at Circle House, a girl fainted just from being in the same room as 2 Live Crew. She fell while standing up as the guys were interviewed by DJ Mad Links. Thankfully, she wasn’t hurt, and she didn’t break anything, so the fellas kep it moving. For Fresh Kid…
If you attended last year’s MIA Jamfest, a MicXChange or a WakeUpWynwood event, chances are you’ve noticed E. Banga — and perhaps because her 4’11” height may have given the impression she may have given the bouncer a fake ID. But if you are now reading about her for the…
Jay Z once cut Little Beaver a $60,000 check to sample “Party Life” for the movie American Gangster. The artist also known as Willie Hale is a Miami guitarist so legendary that Jaco Pastorius, called the greatest electric bass player of all time, used to hang out at the TK…
Lil Dred could be the Slick Rick of Liberty City. His storytelling rhymes are movie-like. His raps are fire. And he’s about to hit the avenue with 10,000 copies of his new Hosted by the Streets EP He learned the hustle from his dad, Nate “The Great” Brooks, a three-time…
“Some people turn 100, some don’t,” says Mac Klein, the man who’s been running Mac’s Club Deuce for the past 50 years. “What’s the big deal?” Today, Klein will get to blow 100 candles in celebration of his birthday, but to the bar owner, it’s just another day. “I’m lucky,”…
YesJulz is a Miami party girl with a heart of gold. Whether she’s at Story slinging bottles, throwing FDR Mondays at the Delano, or turning Best Day Ever into a roving international pool party, her number-one priority remains helping disadvantaged youth and rallying peers to take on charity work with…
When every club in town has a DJ, why not go back to basics. Shots Miami, a friendly Wynwood hangout and shooter bar with the hood’s most party-ready name, is expanding its repertoire and giving customers more than just drinks and pre-recorded jams. “We’re trying to get live music going…
In Miami’s over-saturated megaclub market, it’s difficult for homegrown bands to stand out. But the Llamabeats dudes drew local hype from the moment that they burst onto the 305 music scene. And by the time their debut album, Como Se Llama, was released, George Spits, The What’s Good, and MF…
If you’re scanning the FM dial and miraculously land on a song that doesn’t suck, chances are you’ve found Miami’s newest low-power radio station, 107.9, AKA Shake 108. For that, you can thank Miami native Peter Stebbins. The 44-year-old first thought to start his own station years ago, after returning…
With no label and no overground radio backing him, Miami’s Ice Billion Berg has rallied the support of close to 100,000 dedicated fans, mostly in the Gunshine State alone. Thanks to high-caliber wordplay, slamming Magic City beats, a new studio, and a dedication to the grind, his latest mixtape, Damage…
“He was superfunny. He was full of conviction. He was so talented.” Three months ago, on the afternoon of Monday, June 23, 2014, Nicole Salgar lost her 29-year-old brother, Louis, a well-known Miami punk musician and bartender, when he was fatally shot in his own home by an intruder who’d…
You may take for granted that Miami is a great dance music mecca, but there’s a lot of work that goes into it. Big-name DJs don’t just decide to come to town. They’ve got to be invited, and then provided for and paid and all that backstage business shit. Same…
The ForePLAY has ended. So has the “hottest hip-hop Friday in the world.” Yep, Club Play has closed. And taking over its place is SoBe’s newest part spot, Ivy Nightclub. Since its grand opening last month, Ivy’s already hosted some of the biggest names in the biz, including the world’s…
The man appears to be allergic to any article of clothing that covers his taut, tan sexagenarian chest. And yet, Iggy Pop, the 67-year-old rock god, punk pioneer, and Miami resident, who’s spent much of the last six decades going shirtless, is gonna be designing a clothing line. Teaming up…
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…
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,…
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…
