RAPPER FLO RIDA ARRESTED FOR DUI IN MIAMI BEACH!

(Booking photo courtesy of Miami-Dade Department of Corrections)

Our friend rap artist and entertainer Flo Rida was arrested early Thursday in Miami Beach on a drunk driving charge, according to Miami-Dade jail records.The 31-year-old singer whose real name is Tramar Dillard, of Miami Gardens, was arrested onSouth Beach on charges of DUI and driving with a suspended license. Bond for each charge was tentatively set at $1,000 according to the records.

The entertainer was driving onSouth Beach in a 2008 Bugatti, worth more than $1M, when he was stopped by Miami Beach police about 3:30 a.m., the entertainment site TMZ reported.Quoting from a police report, TMZ also reported that bystanders attempted to get the officers to let Dillard go and some offered to give the entertainer a ride home. Dillard's blood alcohol limit was found to be .185, more than twice Florida's legal limit, the report said.

We met Flo Rida at the MMVA's in 2008. He's such a nice guy. Even gives fans his phone number to call him anytime.

Soulja Boy DROPS OUT of the Yote Concert! Y.O.T.E. Inc. Concert NEWS

What the hell? Can't any of these deals go right? This means I literally have to "kiss SB thru the damn phone" now to get my interview. Well here's the bad news I got today. At least Flo is still on the bill!!!

Soulja Boy has dropped out of SUMMER HEAT 2k9 taking place on Thursday, July 23rd at the Ricoh Coliseum (C.N.E. Grounds). Having negotiated in bad faith Soulja Boy's representatives advised he would be cancelling the date in order to join another tour. FLO RIDA and KEVIN RUDOLF remain confirmed for July 23rd's SUMMER HEAT 2k9 more artists TBA. Y.O.T.E. Inc. remains committed to bringing fans quality events.yoteinc.com 416.800.9084 for more information.

ON LOCATION IN SOUTH BEACH FOR FLO RIDA'S NEW VIDEO "SUGAR."

Flo Rida’s new blazing track “Sugar” was shot on S. Beach yesterday and this was sent to me. As you know HipHossip was the first ever media to interview him in Canada. Check the chic in the video. They look good in all that white including Flo's underwear!

OLD NEWS: FLO RIDA'S PHONE NUMBER HAS BEEN CALLED BY HIPHOSSIP FOR MONTHS BEFORE CNN ANNOUNCEMENT.

In an attempt to reach his fan base on a more intimate level, the Floridian rapper has made his personal cell phone number public.

But Hiphossip was the FIRST he told that to last year June 2008. He has the number posted prominently on his MySpace since May 2008 and I call him frequently on it. Now that it's all over CNN, try getting a response.

"If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call," he says. "A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important."

To prove that the number he shared on camera during our interview was the real deal, he showed CNN his iPhone. The device was on overdrive, constantly lighting up and vibrating with an influx of texts and calls.

"Yo this is your boy Flo Rida," he said to one caller. "What's your name? What's good?"

But it was too much for the person on the other end -- he or she hung up before uttering a response.

He keeps two phones of course. The main phone and the fan phone. I used to do that for my fans back in Africa.

FLO RIDA'S AMERICAN IDOL PERFORMANCE.

FLORIDA OVERCOMES ONE HIT WONDER STATUS!!

CAKETIME: HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLO RIDA!

Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew. Later, he appeared in numerous popular rap mixtapes, most notably in We the Best by DJ Khaled in 2006, when he was signed to the Poe Boy Entertainment label, distributed by Atlantic Records. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its lead single "Low" was a number-one hit for ten weeks in early 2008.

Flo Rida received worldwide acclaim and popularity due to the chart-topping success of his first single, "Low", featuring T-Pain. It was his first official single from his debut album Mail On Sunday and the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2 The Streets. "Low" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Elevator", featuring Timbaland, "In the Ayer" featuring will.i.am, and "Roll" featuring Sean Kingston followed and all charted on the Hot 100 and other charts. He also collaborated with many other well-known artists in the hip-hop industry, such as Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil' Wayne, Trey Songz, Yung Joc, Trina, Brisco, and Akon.

After the success of Mail on Sunday, Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B and pop singles, including "We Break the Dawn" by Michelle Williams, the remix of "4 Minutes" by Madonna and "Running Back" by rising R&B star Jessica Mauboy. During the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the Fox dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance in the US and 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. Watch the pressroom video of that award show in Toronto below. I asked him a question as well.




Flo also performed at the first ever MTV Africa awards in my country of Nigeria last month, November 2008 (above) as well as the MTV Japan awards in October 2008 (below.) MTV really loves him!!



I also made history by being the first ever reporter to interview him in Canada on June 9th 2008, a week before his first trip here to the June 15th Much Music Video Awards. It was Flo's first visit to Canada. We finally met as you can see above. FYI, KJ the Kid Reporter was the first kid in the world to interview him as well in that very same phone interview. Special thanks again to Atlantic Records' David Miller. Below is that phone interview.

BETTER THAN ATL'S DIRTY AWARDS: GRAMMY NOMINATED FLO RIDA TO PERFORM AT THE PORN INDUSTRY OSCARS!

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Flo Rida “So You Think You Can Dance” Video.

Flo was on the June 19th show.