Special K from the Rickey Smiley Show performs at Broadway Wednesdays last week at Club Play with special guest Floyd Mayweather.

Shot and edited by David “DRO” Rosario (www.drophotography.com)

Filmed & Edited: David “Dro” Rosario – DroPhotography.com

Diddy hosts Club Play. The club was packed and celebrities like Busta Rhymes & Spliff Star, Michael Beasley, Spectacular (of Pretty Ricky), Gunplay (of Triple C’s), Gil Green (music video director) and more. DJing duties for the night handled by Stevie J. Brought to you by Club Play, Headliner Market Group and Abebe Lewis Marketing & Branding.

More info: www.clubplaysouthbeach.com

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I recently got a chance to interview DJ Obscene for the Miami New Times, as well as take some photos of him (pictured above). We talked about his return to the mixtape side of things (with the Ice berg tape that dropped earlier this week), as well as an overall perspective of who he is and what he’s been up to. He’s also one of Y100’s new mixshow DJs and has landed a new mixshow that airs every Friday and Saturday from 10Pm to Midnight on Y100, which is 100.7FM on your fm dial.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW WITH DJ OBSCENE

Nothing special here, i literally put this together in a matter of a few minutes. Just random clips from my recent trip to NYC, over the “Light Up” instrumental by Drake. There’s more video, but don’t think I’m ever gonna get a chance to really put it all together. So here’s what I have so far. And if you missed my photos and recap, click here.

I only stayed a day and a half, but I had a good time up in New York City. I still can’t talk about why I was up there, but I’ll let ya’ll know soon as I am able to.

But all in all, NYC has its certain magic to it. Don’t get me wrong, Miami is the best city in the world….but New York has the edge and that grungy-ness that I like.

So yeah, I had a whole day to kill and find things to do. And what did I do…? Well…

Monday Night - Immediately as I got off the plane, I literally went to the nearest White Castle I could find. I never had their food before and Harold and Kumar seemed to obsess about ‘em. So ordered a few burgers and fries. And the verdict? That shit was the nastiest food I’ve had in a long time. Like real bad. I didn’t even finish the second mini-burger. I literally walked out of there and went to the McDonalds next door for some guaranteed fast food goodness. From there, checked in the hotel. Went to Time Square and called it a night.

Tuesday - Busy busy day. I started my day by visiting XXL Magazine in the Harris Publications offices. Its kinda always been a dream of mine to visit their spot and so, I did. Shouts to the homie Rob for the hospitality, for the tour and for the copy of the new T.I. issue. And I took a photo of their wall of fame, that includes all their covers.

From there, I headed to meet up with photographer Jared Ryder, who is one of my favorite photographers doing it nowadays. And you might recognize his stuff from the Last Rights stuff that he does and also alot of stuff for Complex magazine and countless other publications. Well, I went to check him out at one of his photoshoots that he was doing for Hennessy in the Chelsea area. I also ran into Ariel G, from Bridgez Magazine who was art directing the shoot. But yeah, shouts to Jared, I definitely have a special post about his stuff coming soon.

From there…I headed to the downtown area and caught up with the homie Hanif and visited The Source magazine offices. Met Don Morris and the rest of the staff. And got a chance to politic with Hanif, who’s been doing his thing for a minute. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here. And just as I was leaving Hanif, he was telling me that I should go out and take photos/video of………drum roll please…….Esther Baxter who was in town. I believe she was doing a special photo shoot in protest of BP and the Oil Spill. Now, if you’ve followed The305.com, then you’d know that before Katy Perry took my attention, I was extremely obsessed with Ms. Baxter. Unfortunately, I had another scheduled appointment and couldn’t head out to her shoot and it didn’t work out. But more info on those photos coming soon.

And from there I went to the event and meeting that I was in town for. Wrapped up the evening eating at America’s “first” pizzeria…Lambardis? And I debated going to the Jay Electronica show at Highline Ballrooom, but instead went out for a few drinks and etc at this small-as-shit bar with the homie Godfree from Gamertag Radio and a few other people.

So that’s it in a nut shell…check my photos below…

Photography by DRO – www.drophotography.com
Styling & location provided by Refined By Manda – www.refinedbymanda.com
Makeup services by Nina Arce of Nina’s Make-Up – www.ninasmakeup.com
Wardrobe provided by Iemanja Swimwear – www.iemanjaswimwear.com

Allright, after much anticipation, here’s our photo spread with the lovely Miss Shakur, exclusively here on The305.com. Photos were shot not too long ago on Miami Beach and Downtown Miami. It was a rainy day, but we definitely made it happen. Shakur was a pleasure and a joy to work with and our behind the scenes video should definitely reflect that.  I was behind the camera with the stills and the video footage, and had an incredible team that made this all possible. Click below for all the photos.

Filmed and edited by: DRO (www.drophotography.com)

Here’s a behind-the-scenes video preview of a photoshoot with the lovely Miss Shakur while she was in Miami shooting with photographer DRO, exclusively for The305.com. This video is just a short glimpse into what to to expect. And make sure to stick around for a few blooper clips towards the end of the video as well.

All of the photos and an interview will drop this Wednesday April 7, 2010. Stay tuned.

And click here for a teaser photo to hold you down for now.

I took these photos of Shanell, who is signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money imprint a month or two back at Propmasters studio in Hialeah while she was on her break from filming a video shoot. Very impromptu and spontaneous. Check more of my recent work at www.davidrosario.com/blog

Random photo from a while ago, taken in front of Shoe Gallery when they had this red-light window installation going on. Check more of my photos at www.davidrosario.com

Pitbull “Maldito Alcohol” (BTS) – Hopefully the first of many of these that I do for The305.com. Here’s a video I put together of the behind-the-scenes and making of Pitbull’s video for “Maldito Alcohol”, which is one of the singles for his spanish album Armando, due out sometime in 2010. We started the day off in Studio 27 – located in Wynwood, and then we wrapped up the shoot over at Mia Lounge in Downtown Miami. Press Play and make sure you check out the always beautiful, 305 Honey, Sagia!!!And a big shout out to director of the video David Rousseau with CreativeSeen for allowing me on set. Thank you!

Camera and editing by DRO – www.davidrosario.com

And click here to see the photos/stills I posted last week.

Photo by DavidRosario.com

Here’s a publicity photo I took of local Miami-based producer, LowKey, a couple months back at a photoshoot. LowKey actually has three songs that he produced on Trick Daddy’s new album, Finally Famous which is in stores now. Support Trick and LowKey…buy it and check the credits.

Check more of my photography at www.DavidRosario.com

Here’s some photos I took of Ace Hood back in June for Ozone Magazine. I think they came out dope. THe cover shot looks a little grainy for whatever reason but its aiiight. Ace Hood is cool peoples.

Check more of my work over at www.davidrosario.com

Photo taken almost ten years ago by 14/15 year-old DRO with my ill Film SLR. Memories…

Here’s a new Trina street single “That’s My Attitude” which WILL be on the new album Amazin’, which is slated for a February 2010 release. Shout outs to EDGE who was the engineer who recorded the vocals on this. And also the photo above was taken by me earlier this year in a shoot I did for Trina. You can also see the photo on a couple bus stop advertisements on South Beach, which show the old album release date. Photo of those bus ads below and check more of my work at www.davidrosario.com

Trina – That’s My Attitude

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I was doing a photoshoot with artist, Bizzle a couple days ago. And while we were trying to decide which car to use, while we’re trying to decide, he pulls out his 1987 Buick Grand National from the driveway and burned out with it. It was actually quite f*cking amazing. Cars aren’t built like this anymore. Peep the video footage above courtesy of Napps126.

Photo by Jesse Mead for the Miami New Times

I always wanted to make a post about this, but completely slipped and forgot to. But I I spotted this cool photo over at the New Times. Either way, over at Culture Kings, clothing/sneaker boutique in the Design District, their bathroom is very creatively decorated with an endless amount of stickers and magazine cutouts from floor to celing of that bathroom. And if you’ve ever been, you might’ve seen my “Female Scarface” tearsheet posted in there (pictured above). Too funny. But yeah, Culture Kings always got the fresh gear, check them out over at:

Culture Kings
4300 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 573-2399

Just a random photo of the day from a shoot I did back in 2007 for 305 Magazine of Joanne.  Check more of my work at www.davidrosario.com

You may know him from 99 Jamz, or you may know him for being the Miami Heat’s official DJ. Or you may know him because he’s pretty much EVERYWHERE and represents Miami like no other. DJ Irie has been tapped to play DJ duties for Jamie Foxx’s upcoming Blame It Tour, which is conveniently stopping by South Florida at the BankAtlantic Center on August 29th.  Purchase tickets for it by clicking here.

This was a photo of Pitbull I took back in June 2003, possibly before that. I can’t remember clearly. It was taken behind Fademasters Barbershop. More photos coming soon from this shoot next week when I ressurect that interview The305.Com did with him back then as well.

Check more of my work at www.davidrosario.com

Photo I took of Kobe late last year at this Nike event I was invited to. I honestly almost forgot I took it. But yeah, I didn’t know at that point that they would end up winning the 2009 title.

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I just finished posting the guide to MTV’s Miami Week coverage and you might’ve noticed a link to a feature they did on me as a photographer and as owner of The305.com. Its bascially a straight word-for-word account of what I do on the site and as a photographer. And I’m definitely appreciative that they reached out to make that happen. It really means a lot. Check out the feature, including the background of The305.com and 4 of my top favorite shoots….

CLICK HERE TO READ IT

Hey all, make sure you stop by Soles Inc on Miami Beach to check out some of my photography work printed up and placed inside the store. The store is located right around the corner from Mansion and Sobe Live, next to Starbucks on 12th Street. Mostly its some of the hip-hop related stuff I shot for 305 Magazine. Shout outs to the whole Soles Inc fam for requesting the prints. Make sure you stop by and show them love…

Soles, Inc
35 12th St
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 532-7653

Yesterday, we brought you the exclusive video recap of Sneakerpimps Miami 2009. Well as promised, here are some of the photos. There were Xbox stations, lots of female sneakerheads, lots of sneakers on exhibit and tons of vendors on the DunkXchange floor. And without needing to mention, there were performances and meet-and-greets by The Cool Kids and The Clipse. You also had a “keeping-it-real” moment when Dave Jeff and Clark Kent cleared up the Sneakergate controversy that has surrounded Big Boi during his the previous Sneakerpimps stop in Atlanta (google it).

But once again, shout outs to Sneakerpimps organization for letting us cover the event. Shouts out to Safe from Mi Gente Clothing, Alexis, Rick (Abstrak) and the rest of the Invazion family, Dave Jeff, Clark Kent, 004 Connect, Like Mike Clothing, Bird Club Clothing, Air Traffic Control, Last Rights Clothing family, the whole Shoe Gallery fam, Soles Inc, Plus Givens, FemaleSneakerFiend.Com and everybody else we saw out there.  Check the photos and the video below…

Photography By www.DavidRosario.com

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.

Photo By www.DavidRosario.com

I took this inside of Buck 15, right under the bar. Came out crazy. Check more of Erika Ivette over at her myspace: www.myspace.com/esep

In celebration of Memorial Day Weekend, I had to post this photo of Kia Up. 305 Honey fah’ sho…

Welcome To Miami!!!!!