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Mary J. Blige on Life, Death, Drugs, and Whitney Houstonnew

"I wanted Whitney to make it ... I didn't want her to die like that."

Miami New Times | S. Pajot | 03-12-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige

Lil Wayne's DEA Bustnew

The agency comes up empty-handed when searching the rapper.

Miami New Times | Kyle Munzenrieder | 02-28-2011 | Music

Tags: DEA, Lil Wayne, Drug Bust

Righteous Maytalnew

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert on his band and the birth of reggae.

Miami New Times | S. Pajot | 11-16-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Reggae, Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, Toots and the Maytals

Check The Rhimenew

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest.

Miami New Times | Stacey Russell | 10-13-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Roots, Kanye West, ATCQ, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip

Lil Jon Talks 'Crunk Rock,' Pitbull and Fine Winenew

Don't make the mistake of thinking rapper/producer/all-around Svengali Lil Jon is a buffoon. The man behind the blinding grills and creatively shocking lyrical allusions to sex is a shrewd businessman and songwriter who swirls the winds of pop into his own entertainment hurricane.

Miami New Times | Arielle Castillo | 09-28-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Crunk Rock, Lil Jon, hip-hop

The 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008new

Busted rhymes from Rick Ross to Fat Joe and back again.

Miami New Times | Ben Westhoff | 12-30-2008 | Music

Tags: hip-hop, Year in Review

Page Six is a Long Way from Black Tide's South Florida Homenew

It's safe to assume it was the first time a bunch of West Kendallites appeared in the New York Post's infamous gossip column. And it's especially notable because they did so for indirectly inciting a minor riot in L.A. alongside a famously celebrated, then disgraced, then semi-redeemed memoirist.

Miami New Times | Arielle Castillo | 07-21-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: New York Post, Black Tide, Light from Above, Page Six, James Frey, heavy metal, Ozzfest

New Order's Peter Hook Speaks About the Band's Final Live DVDnew

Even though New Order has officially split up, bassist Peter Hook isn't exactly resting on his laurels. The 52-year-old travels the world as an in-demand DJ, amid writing and recording new music with Freebass.

Miami New Times | Annie Zaleski | 07-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: New Order, New Order: Live in Glasgow

Kristopher Hull Tries to Bring Classical Music to the Streetsnew

Armed with a full-size upright piano, a repertoire of Chopin's etudes and nocturnes, and his nerves, the 33-year-old pianist planned to storm Miami Beach's Lincoln Road, guerrilla-style.

Miami New Times | Arielle Castillo | 04-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: classical music, Kristopher Hull, pianists, piano