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Things have been pretty rocky between Offset and Quavo since their Migos bros, Takeoff, was shot and killed after a Houston dice game in 2022. There was even talk that the two got into a physical altercation backstage at the Grammys over the Takeoff tribute at the award show. However, the two were able to[…]
Justin Bieber has been behaving erractily lately. Drake’s shooter Top5 believes his fellow Canadian’s problems have to do with his finances. “@justinber didn’t you ask @adinross for a Million dollar Loan the other day?? Bankruptcy is real,” Top5 revealed on social. Last month, TMZ’s documentary on Bieber suggested he was having money problems. So Top5[…]
Yo Gotti was able to pull Angela Simmons after saying he had a crush on her in his 2015 song “Down In The DM.” But the couple is no more, which Simmons talked about in a newly released interview on Angie Martinez IRL. The 37-year-old didn’t go into detail about why she left Gotti but[…]
When Cassie was on the stand in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial last month, she admitted to threatening a male sex worker who said he had footage of her at a freak off. Audio footage of the threat has just been released after being played in court earlier this week, and Cassie can be heard telling[…]
Young Thug’s first post-jail album, UY Scuti, was expected this month. Doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Thug’s guy Lil Gotit explained why you might not be seeing his slime’s album for a while. “It’s label issues that’s goin on with twin, so that’s why the album hasn’t dropped, they’re handling it, he typed.[…]
Bad Bunny is arguably the third biggest artist in the world, following Taylor Swift and Drake. The Puerto Rican rapper does a lot of his business in the US Yet he won’t be visiting any of the 50 states on his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour. He explained why in a chat with Variety,[…]
Antonio Brown, who’s been charged in Miami-Dade County for attempted murder, is currently out of the country. The former NFL great was most recently spotted in Dubai. Brown is accused of opening fire on Zül-Qarnain Nantambu, grazing his neck, during an altercation outside of an Adin Ross boxing event last month. Brown claims Natambu tried[…]
Even though she didn’t mention his name, it’s believed that Nicki Minaj dissed JAY-Z on the remix to Lil Wayne’s song, “Banned From NO.” “NFL, fire some n*ggas and then call us,” Nicki raps. It sounds like she’s criticizing JAY for picking Kendrick Lamar to play Super Bowl LIX and not Lil Wayne, despite the game[…]
The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner has acquired Yamashita’s gold (Waiting for Britney Spears by Jeff Weiss, out now and available here). Stamped out of San Diego[…]
Cardi isn’t really known for her music anymore. But she is known for angry screeds against her ex Offset. It looks like that energy got her back into the studio. Today, Bardi announced that “Outside”, her rumored Set diss, is dropping Friday. Is that something you will be checking out?
Kendrick Lamar has spent the last two years dominating Billboard’s Hip Hop Chart. His Drake diss “Not Like Us” spent 22 weeks at number one last year Now, “Luther”, his track with SZA, has been atop the chart for 25 weeks. “Luther” also topped the Hot 100 for 13 weeks. Are you surprised by what[…]
Lil Wayne has had a huge influence on Drake’s career. According to Weezy’s son, Lil Novi, is even bigger than we knew. Novi was asked who was better, his dad or Drake, and he responded by claiming Wayne was Drake’s pen. Lil Wayne’s son Lil Novi says that his dad wrote most of Drake’s music[…]
We are almost a month into the Diddy. Yesterday, for the first time, the jury was shown some of the notorious “freak-off” tapes, which haven’t been released publicly. The reaction? Laughter. The jurors only watched about 30 seconds of the tapes. They did so with their headphones on. However, since the headphones weren’t soundproof, the[…]
NBA YoungBoy has had a great couple of months. He was released from prison on April 26, months earlier than his expected date. Then, with a controversial pardon, President Trump ended YB’s probation for two counts of third-degree felony identity fraud, two counts of third-degree felony forgery, and six counts of misdemeanor unlawful pharmacy conduct.[…]
Warren G wasn’t included in his stepbrother Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl halftime show a few years back, even though Warren was a big part of Dre’s career and even introduced Dre to Snoop Dogg. During a stop on The Breakfast Club, he discussed being left off of music’s biggest stage and speculated that something must[…]
RZA has been around long enough to see just about all the emcees. During a stop on Drink Champs, the 55-year-old named which one is the best. RZA was asked to compare GZA to Nas when he made his declaration on who is the overall GOAT. “For MC-ing, my favorite, best MC is the GZA.[…]
Pray for Justin Bieber. The 31-year-old appears to be melting down before our eyes. Last week, he crashed out on the paparazzi. Over the weekend, he shared a disturbing text exchange with an unnamed person and admitted he’s a broken man with anger issues. Justin Bieber shares text with an unnamed person 👀 pic.twitter.com/jn3F8zm3tU Who[…]
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Carter VI is getting the worst reviews of Lil Wayne’s career. And, yes, we are including the rock album. Wayne’s daughter Reginea Carter defended the album. Lil Wayne’s daughter, Reginae Carter, calls out fans for saying ‘Tha Carter VI’ is trash. “The fact that y’all can’t get on TikTok and do a fucking dance to[…]
Drake and LeBron James used to be homies. Then came the great Drake vs. Everybody beef in 2024. LeBron sided with Everybody, specifically Kendrick Lamar. So things were probably a bit awkward when Lebron and Drake were at the same place this weekend. It was a wedding for Vinay Virmani, who works at LeBron’s company,[…]
