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A day at the beach is supposed to be relaxing.

But shortly after Entertainment Tonight's Rob Marciano sat down with Jennifer Lopez on the Fort Lauderdale Beach video shoot set for "Live It Up," J-Lo's latest collaboration with Pitbull, gunfire cast a dark cloud over production.

"BREAKING: Gunshots fired on Fort Lauderdale Beach DURING my JLo interview," Marciano tweeted yesterday afternoon. "No kidding. Security scrambled her away."

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The beef is still hot.

Last month, Trick Daddy got heated over Lil Wayne disrespecting Dade County, LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh (and wife), and the #HeatGang. So he showed out, rolled up, and confronted Weezy at Miami's King of Diamonds strip club.

There was apparently a scuffle, a flicked cigarette, some nasty words. However, the 305 Mayor says, the Young Money maniac's just lucky that he escaped without major injury.

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-Lil Wayne Scuffles With Trick Daddy, Tossed Out of Miami's KOD Strip Club
-Trick Daddy "Sent Lil Wayne Packing Like a Little Bitch," Says Miami Rapper
-King of Diamonds' Disco Rick: "Lil Wayne Is KOD... Trick Never Made Him Leave"

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Kastle and Austin Paul: "We up."

Mainstream pop music's become so overly sexualized. Entertainers like Rihanna, Trey Songz, and Chris Brown present sex in a really cartoonish way, at times verging on pornographic.

Meanwhile, the underground seems to be maturing, bringing the real sexy back. Last night at Bardot, Kastle and Austin Paul brought the kind of sexy that makes you want to dance close to somebody, not just dry hump on a dance floor.

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-Pharrell on Miami's Austin Paul: "The Future!"

Who's in the mood for some "aphotic tekno/psychedelic noise"?

Awesome. 'Cause local cult of experimental tuneage Roofless Records and its high priest Matt Preira are convening a kickoff ceremony for the Spring of Rites Florida Tour at Wynwood's Gramps tonight.

Go forth. Descend into the eternal out-there. And enter the ranks of what Roofless seems to be calling the "Black Acid Tabernacle."

It's a battle of bawses.

Last month, sneaker mob Reebok killed its endorsement deal with Maybach Music Group honcho and rapper Rick Ross in the wake of his "U.O.E.N.O." rape lyrics scandal.

"Reebok holds our partners to a high standard," the athletic shoe hustlers stated, "and we expect them to live up to the values of our brand. Unfortunately, Rick Ross has failed to do so."

Now, though, the Reebok CEO is dissing Rozay even harder.

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-Rape Victims Demand "Reebok Drop Rick Ross for Bragging About Drugging and Raping"
-Rick Ross's Reebok Endorsement Deal Killed Over "U.O.E.N.O." Rape Lyrics
-Rick Ross Finally Apologizes for Rape Lyrics: "One of My Biggest Mistakes and Regrets"

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Miami, meet Dude Skywalker, a trio that's "time-traveled from the year 3046 to bring you dance music of the future."

"Upon arrival in this dimension, we dropped our first tune, 'To the Floor,' which blew up virtually overnight with support from local DJs, an array of Internet blogs, and lots of international SoundCloud love," the Dudes tell Crossfade. "We are explorers of sound with no regard for genres, time, or space -- just that good shit."

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-Pharrell on Miami's Austin Paul: "The Future!"

One day, you're a young artist struggling to find yourself in a strict Christian household. But then, only 15 months later, you've moved out, released your first EP, and scored a co-sign from Pharrell who tweets that you're "the future!"

Life is strange that way. Just ask 20-year-old Austin Paul, a rising Miami singer-producer who'll celebrate the unveiling of his six-song debut, Velvet, when he opens this Thursday for future-sound tastemaker Kastle at Bardot.

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-Review: Kastle and Austin Paul Brought the Real Sexy Back at Bardot Miami, May 2

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"Retired marimbero" and Miami New Times columnist Pepe Billete doesn't know many specifics about the Battle of Puebla, Mexico's victorious May 5 mêlée against France during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862.

However, that isn't stopping the frisky felt puppet from hosting tremenda fiesta to commemorate the occasion with Nadastrom, Craze, and Sabo at Grand Central on Cinco de Mayo.

Promising a night of drunken debauchery, culonas en nota, and moombahton, Billete sat down with Crossfade to promote his upcoming party, Cinco de Massive.

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-Cinco de Mayo 2013: Seven Best Parties in Miami

Via Phresh James' Facebook page

Over the last few years, the so-called "New Miami" hip-hop scene has started to thrive, with artists J. Nics, Lil Fway Champ, Flight School Preps, Jigg, and 24-year-old Phresh James leading the charge.

A couple weeks ago, though, the scene seemed to take a big blow, when Phresh took to Twitter, announcing that upcoming The Greater Good would be his final project.

We here at Crossfade wanted to know if this retirement is real. So we hit up Phresh with some questions about his new slabs, quitting, and Miami's hip-hop movement.

Via facebook.com/Staccato-du-Mal

Vintage gear enthusiast and reclusive composer, Ramiro Jeancarlo, is renowned the world over as Staccato Du Mal.

Under this handle, and in cahoots with post-punk electronica label Wierd Records, Jeancarlo has cemented a position for himself in the pantheon of contemporary coldwave, dark wave, and experimental, mostly-beat-oriented music.

Adding to the forever bubbling underground hype is a keep-'em-wanting-more approach that takes the concept as far as it can go without pulling the plug.