See also "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Parties in Miami and South Beach."

His last album, Planet Pit, peaked at the seventh spot on the Billboard 200 and it was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. But despite his international celebrity, "from the weed to the X, from the X to the blow," Pitbull is 305 till he dies. And like any true Miamian, he's always hustlin'.

That's why Pit will spend part of this Memorial Day weekend pushing Voli Vodka at an exclusive meet-and-greet event at Gulf Liquors on Sunday, May 27, and it'll only cost you a little over $120.
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When talking about Miami house, Murk is a name that reigns supreme.

The seminal DJ-production duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon not only put Miami on the house music map in the early '90s, but they also cut some of the biggest house classics, period.

But what is Miami house? Does the 305 house scene actually have a homegrown sound of its own? "I think it means a lot of things to a lot of people, but mostly means nothing at all," Oscar G tells Crossfade.
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The Duke Spirit

When Crossfade checked in with The Duke Spirit on Thursday, the London rock band was lost and on the run somewhere outside Daytona Beach.

They finally arrived under cover of darkening skies, as the neon tubes buzzed on for the evening in Miami Beach. Crossfade tagged along to see what 29 hours in Miami was like for the band, currently opening for Jane's Addiction on their North American tour.

"I wish my body were a temple," says The Duke Spirit's singer, Liela Moss, as she adjusts her eyes to the dark of a Miami Beach barroom. "I wish I were a perfect, clean-living diva but the forces of alcohol always pull me back."
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Yes, Joslyn James is Tiger Woods' former mistress and a porn star, known for such stiffening cinematic feats as Men in Uniform Love Big Tits and Cougars, Kittens & Cock. That's why she'll be appearing at the Exxxotica expo all weekend.

But Ms. James is also an athlete. And this Sunday night, will be refereeing an intense evening of "ping-porn" and lube wrestling at Chalk Ping-Pong & Billiards Lounge in Miami Beach.

Crossfade spoke with James about the hidden dangers of lube wrestling and what to expect from the event.
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Experience Exzakt at the South Florida EDM Fair.

There's no question that Miami is a bustling electronic dance music hub. We've got the three-headed beast of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival each year, plus a club scene that never sleeps. But let's face it, the vast majority of artists headlining all these parties are from out of town. So what about our own homegrown talent?

Mike Hecked of Miami DJ duo MonStars On Broadway thinks it's about damn time we gave our locals some love and an opportunity to shine. That's why he's partnered up with Brian Perez of the Spirit of Sound Gathering to launch the first South Florida EDM Fair at The Awarehouse in Wynwood during the second weekend of June.
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See also "Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement."

When Jane's Addiction brings its rock party to the Fillmore Miami Beach tonight, it will be a homecoming show for the band's frontman, Perry Farrell.

"I moved to Miami Beach when I was about fourteen, shortly after my bar mitzvah," the icon tells Crossfade. In between becoming a man in the eyes of God and The Man in the eyes of music fans, Perry Farrell was a teenager in Miami, chasing waves, girls, and a good buzz.

Perry Farrell shares memories of his teen years in Miami with Crossfade.
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English rock band The Duke Spirit is due to open for Jane's Addiction at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. But right now, singer Leila Moss and her crew are lost somewhere outside of Daytona Beach with an angry gas station attendant on their tail.

"We have no idea where we are," singer Moss told Crossfade moments ago. "Our tour manager spilled some gas at the pump and a woman ran out after us, yelling, 'That's your motherfucking fault, dude!'

"There was this theatrical showdown until we hit the gas and she chased after. I think we've lost her. But the day's been a bit hairy since breakfast."
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The fiery musical spearchuckers of local big band Lanzallamas Monofónica will soon take their Afro-Latin superfusion sound to the Czech Republic.

They've recently lined up a three-month residency at Prague's Retrokafe, a so-called "salsoteka" that may be ground zero for the exploding Latin dance trend in Europe.

Lead singer Fabi Patino says, "There's just a salsa craze over there right now, like, in Sweden and especially Prague."
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Last week, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel announced that she is transgendered and beginning life as a woman.

Coincidentally, his band played the Lollapalooza festival in 2010 and that festival's organizer, Perry Farrell, is bringing Jane's Addiction to the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday.

Farrell is no stranger to the hazy area between genders. And in a conversation with Crossfade about growing up in Florida (Gabel spent her teens in Naples, Perry spent his in North Miami Beach), he offered some thoughts and support to Gabel as she continues with her transition.
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Hey, Afrojack.

Remember when we found out that Paris Hilton is debuting her DJ career at Pop Music Festival next month in Brazil, and we thought it was stupid?

Then we were like, "Wait, isn't she dating Afrojack?" And we got kind of upset because we thought maybe you had something to do with it.

Well, please forgive us! Your Jacked Summer Tour sounds totally awesome! We still really want to party with you and Putbull at Bayfront Park in June, because we might not get tomorrow!
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