Sneakerpimps 2009 Miami was ridiculous. The Clipse and the Cool Kids tore it down! And of course, we have the exclusive look at how it went down. From the attendees, to the vendors and performances.We get an incredible HD video of the event brought to us courtesy of DerickG and DerickG.com.
Shout outs to Safe from Mi Gente Clothing, Rick (Abstrak), Alexis, and the rest of the Invazion family, Dave Jeff, Clark Kent, 004 Connect, Nepz, Like Mike Clothing, Last Rights Clothing family, the whole Shoe Gallery fam, Soles Inc, Plus Givens, Female Sneaker Fiends and everybody else we saw out there.
Written By DRO | Posted In Music
Saturday May 30th 2009, 5:59 pm
Pitbull’s lead single for his new album Rebelution, out in stores this September. “Hotel Room Service” – produced by Jim Jonsin.
Pitbull - Hotel Room Service Produced by Jim Jonsin
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Saturday May 30th 2009, 5:09 am
Casely has been hard at work with his album 1985. And he drops this mixtape while the public waits for it. DJ Affect handles the mixing duties and the Diaz Brothers bring that production support. Download below.
Written By DRO | Posted In Music Videos
Saturday May 30th 2009, 1:24 am
You know what, ya’ll can hate on Benzino all you want, but I can’t front, he pays taxes in Dade County so I gotta show some respect to his movement. Plus, I met him a couple times at different events down here, and he’s always been cool. So either way, he’s been down in Miami for quite a few years now and he’s back at it on the hip-hop tip with his new group 1st 48, which features Cognito (wow, remember “Big Bank”?) and Monsta, who is claimed to be Trina’s little brother.
The video is for a song called “No One”. Directed by The ICU and produced by Buggah Da Govannah’s On Point Entertainment. It was shot all around Miami at what I assume is Tamiami Airport, under I-95 and by a strip club. And according to Buggah, the video almost got shut down for not having permits while shooting in Liberty City. Spotted via Jacob with New Times’ Crossfade
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Friday May 29th 2009, 7:07 am
Another leaked record from Ruthless. I was with Ace a couple days ago on a photoshoot I did with him and he was surprised this leaked a little early, but is rolling with it either way – its the official second single of Ruthless and the video for it will be LEGENDARY. Best believe that if they stick to what andwhere they told me they were shooting this at – its gonna be crazy. Listen below…
Ace Hood featuring Jazmine Sullivan & Rick Ross – Champion Produced By The Runners
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Our homie Derick G passed by the video shoot for “Always Strapped” by Birdman and Lil Wayne and hooked us up with a couple photos from the set. Aside from being a photographer, Derick also provides all sorts of cars and luxury vehicles for video shoots through his company ReelRidez. Hit him up if you need some dope rides for your next video and/or event. Check all the photos below.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 8:13 pm
Poe Boy’s Billy Blue releases his official mixtape called 36 Reasons. It serves as the precursor to his album The Story Of My Life. ”Fresh From Head To Toe” is my joint…for real. Spotted over at iBlog126. Download below….
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 6:25 pm
I’m not crazily into Miami’s art scene, but I know a bit to get around. But one thing is for sure – Tatiana Suarez has definitely been one of my favorite artists that I’ve seen down here. I believe she’s in New York at the moment, but either way, her work is extremely detailed and draws you in immediately. And that can be a result of the seemingly trademark eyes that she embeds in her subjects. We connect with each other via our eye contact and I think she uses that little bit of human nature to her benefit to draw her audience into her pieces and keeps them reeled in with it as well. Check more of Tatiana over at www.tatisuarez.com
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 6:21 pm
We posted this back in February, but we had to repost in celebration of seeing Miami-based Last Rights Clothing, now available on KarmaLoop.Com. This has been buzzing since their appearance at Magic in February and I’m glad to see this come into fruition. Get that money fellas!!!
But yeah, this is the commercial that gained controversial headlines last year in June of 2008, where local Miami authorities thought that there was a drug drop-off from a low-flying plane in broad daylight over the waters in South Florida (click here for that story) when it was actually just the filming of this commerical. YOU NEED TO WATCH IT!!!
We The Best. This premiered on Khaled’s mix last Monday on Memorial Day, featuring an all star cast. Here’s the CDQ. Also, photo above taken by me a couple years back at a Trick Daddy video shoot.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 5:27 pm
Bonus:Listen below as MTV gets Pitbull’s side of the story on what exactly happened on that wild night in Aspen where he punched a fan who made it rain in his face.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 5:26 pm
These will be sold in limited quantities so I can almost expect that you WILL NOT be able to get these anywhere. But they’re extremely dope. They take cues from the Nike LIVESTRONG campaign and have a yellow/black colorbase, but use a “For The Love Of Money” theme with currency from all over the world decorated around the design. Too dope. Spotted over at NiceKicks.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 4:15 pm
Yeah, she’s from Miami. Yeah, she’s in the recent Star Trek film that just came out. And yeah this picture is extremely oversized. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 4:08 pm
Smitty is the truth. He’s always been a cool dude everytime I’ve met him. And he’s been on his A-Game lately pumping out track after track and really going hard at it. Well, he links up with Evil Empire and drops this here Fucxxx Smitty mixtape. Which features 21 tracks of freshness, including a track with our homie Ghostwridah. Spotted at DSHH. Download it below.
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Thursday May 28th 2009, 12:00 pm
We interviewed Teairraback in February. And now, she links up with our very own Papa Smirf to release this mixtape. Tracklisting and download below via DaJaz1
01. Cause A Scene feat. Flo-Rida
02. Automatic feat. Nicki Minaj
03. Best I Ever Had (Remix) feat. Drake
04. Hunt 4 U feat. Pleasure P
05. Birthday Sex (Remix) feat. Jeremih
06. Diamonds feat. Kanye West
07. Blame It (Remix) feat. Jamie Foxx
08. Turnin Me Off (Remix)
09. Turn My Swag On (Remix) feat. Soulja Boy
10. Cause A Scene (Remix) feat. Rick Ross
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Wednesday May 27th 2009, 5:30 am
She was the winner of VH1’s I Love Money 2, and she’s straight from Miami. Angela “Myammee” Pitts is incredibly beautiful and she also had what it took to win the grand prize of I Love Money 2. More photos and hopefully an interview with her coming soon. 305 Honey fah’ sho!
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Wednesday May 27th 2009, 4:30 am
Busta Rhymes got on the phone with K. Foxx on 99 Jamz last week to talk some album talk and talk some Miami talk. Listen below and make sure to cop that new album in stores now…
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Mickey Munday, Danny (SG) and Michael Madd – Photography By DRO
This past Saturday was part of the internationally known Urban Beach Weekend that takes over Miami Beach every year during Memorial Day Weekend festivities. Well, on the other side of the bridge in an ever changing Downtown Miami landscape, Shoe Gallery took initiative to put on an in-store industry mixer of sorts entitled the Shoe Gallery Industry Hour. Its main purpose was to serve as a networking event for upcoming artists in the Miami area – as well as an outlet to have their music played in front of various industry insiders and celebrities like DJ Clark Kent (Producer for Jay-Z, Biggie, etc), Mickey Munday (of Cocaine Cowboys fame), Drop (Super Engineer), Michael Madd, Safe (Mi Gente Clothing), Vito, Ball Greezy and tons of other guests in attendance. The artists in attendance that had their music played included Fuze, Blaze, Kiluy, Nappy, Rem & O, Primo, and YD to name a few. All are talented individuals. Check the photos below…
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Monday May 25th 2009, 11:03 pm
Photography By GOTM
Reppin’ South Florida, Dynas unleashes a new track that continues his finesse as one of the smoothest emcees down here. Just with the production by 9th Wonder, you can already see that this track will be on some real hip-hop shit. And it is. Listen and download below…
Dynas – Point Of View Produced 9th Wonder
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Check out the latest issue of 24HourHipHop Magazine with Billy Blue on the cover. It features an interview with Trina I did the photography for a few months back. In the interview she clears up all those engagement rumors, as well as goes into her new album that’s due out in September entitled Amazin‘. Pick up the magazine at local specialty and lifestyle shops in the Dade County area.
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Monday May 25th 2009, 10:59 pm
We’re usually up-to-date with our Mayday! news, but according to the Miami Herald’s Music Blog, Mayday! has lost a group member – their bassist, Primo. Apparently in his absence, percussionist Gianni Cash, has moved on to cover a second set of keyboards to play the bass synths on the keys. A group “spokesman” made clear that ”Lots of new exciting things [are] going on. Lots of new shows, new music, and videos.” You know that regardless, they gotta keep on going at it – because these are some talented individuals. Look out for that EP coming soon!
Amaya Swimwear has pretty much been a staple in music videos and photoshoots for the last few years. And the woman who started it all, Lila Nikole Rivera, deserves every bit of notoriety. Bossip caught up with the South Florida native to talk about what’s new with her and what’s going on in her line of work. When asked to describe what the Amaya Swimwear “woman” is, Lila said…
“…The Amaya Swimwear woman is a very strong fashion forward leader. A woman is comfortable in her own skin and has embraced her curves and silhouette. She is a woman who demands attention when she walks into a room….”
Sneakerpimps 2009 Miami was ridiculous. The Clipse and the Cool Kids tore it down! And of course, we have the exclusive look at how it went down. From the attendees, to the vendors and performances.We get an incredible HD video of the event brought to us courtesy of DerickG and DerickG.com. 
We posted this back in February, but we had to repost in celebration of seeing Miami-based Last Rights Clothing, now available on 
We’re usually up-to-date with our Mayday! news, but according to the Miami Herald’s 
