The music of Miami is a diverse and important field in the world of music the Greater Miami area has long been a hub for diverse musical genres for example South Florida has been a hub for Southern Rap Miami in particular is a "hub" for Latin Music in the United States Miami bass (also known as booty music) a prominent hip-hop genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s got its start in Miami; Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell and his 2 Live Crew were among the more prominent Miami Bass acts largely because of an obscenity scandal fomented by Broward County Florida Sheriff Nick Navarro Moreover although not a South Florida native Jimmy Buffett rose to prominence after moving to Key West Florida and has long been associated with the "South Florida lifestyle" Other notable South Florida-based musical performers include Gloria Estefan Marilyn Manson Mental Crutch Vanilla Ice DJ Laz and Pitbull, City of Miami Cemetery Miami Florida Business directory; Eastern North Atlantic The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades. . University Park houses almost all of the university's colleges and schools as well as all the administrative offices and main university facilities University Park is also home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential House the home of FIU's president the Wertheim Performing Arts Center the Frost Art Museum the International Hurricane Research Center and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium FIU Arena and the FIU Baseball Stadium! ! . The northern side of Miami includes Midtown a district with a great mix of diversity ranging from West Indians to Hispanics to European Americans the Edgewater neighborhood of Midtown is mostly composed of high-rise residential towers and is home to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Wynwood is an art district with ten galleries in former warehouses as well as a large outdoor mural project the wealthier residents of Miami usually live in the Design District and the Upper Eastside which has many 1920s homes as well as examples of Miami Modern architecture in the MiMo Historic District the northern side of Miami also has notable African-American and Caribbean immigrant communities including Little Haiti Overtown (home of the Lyric Theater) and Liberty City. Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach Contents In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises.
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