Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. When Myles Andrews-Duve gets this bread, all the[…]
Ever since Erykah Badu dropped her 1997 album Baduizm, she’s developed a huge global following that still supports her. But the 53-year-old has also become somewhat of a sex-symbol, especially these days since she’s been showing a lot of skin. Last month is a prime example, because she went viral after a clip surfaced that[…]
50 Cent took some time off from clowning Diddy over his sexual assault suits but hopped right back on his neck a few days ago. Fif performed at Phoenix’s Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Sunday, March 3, and talked to the crowd about having to cancel a show there last year because of a heat[…]
Meek Mill’s Twitter fingers have been on fire since a new lawsuit alleged Meek used to have sex with Puff Daddy. Meek and his sexual orientation is only mentioned once in Rodney Jones’s 73-page $30 million filing against The Diddler. Nevertheless, Meek has expressed the belief the suit was filed when it was to torpedo[…]
Dave Chappelle had some fun with Making The Band contestant Dylan Dilinjah in a classic sketch in which he spoofed the show. According to Dylan, the skit’s popularity ruined his career. “This is something I didn’t say at all. So, I have no control over this. You said I’m top five rappers. You said I spit hot[…]
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. F*ckers in school telling you, always in the barbershop, “Steven Louis ain’t ’bout this, Steven Louis ain’t ’bout that.” You instantly recognize that[…]
Sexyy Red may have lost a lot of her baby weight, but some said it’s too early for her to be thirst-trapping. The St. Louis native recently shared a video of herself twerking in a barely-there skirt and pink bra, which some liked and some didn’t. “The baby weight looks so good on her,” one[…]
Gunna’s music career is soaring at the moment after the success of his A Gift & a Curse album. But his reputation in the streets is still in tatters after being branded a snitch by those who say he told on his co-defendants in the RICO case against YSL and Young Thug. Quando Rondo believes[…]
According to HitsDailyDouble, French Montana’s commercial mixtape, Mac & Cheese 5, had a 62K opening week, much bigger numbers than French has been posting lately. Those numbers are also very odd. HDD has French moving 50K in physical albums, an unheard-of ratio of sales to streams for a rapper in 2024. It would appear French[…]
Apparently, there is black marker of unrealesed Lil Pump songs. According to Pump, a rogue producer is selling his tracks despite the fact that Pump keeps physically assaulting him. “Hey, the same producer I slapped is selling my songs. So now you gonna get slapped two times. And if I see you for a third[…]
Schoolboy Q went almost five years between albums. Q’s sixth album, Blue Lips, finally dropped yesterday. Hitsdailydouble projects it will do 30-35K SPS in its opening week. That continues Q’s sales decline. Q’s 2014 album, Oxymoron, did 139K first week and it’s been downhill from there. Meek Mill had the other big rap release this week. There[…]
Saweetie was supposed to release her debut album Pretty Bitch Music in the summer of 2021. But Saweetie delayed the album to “reconstruct” some songs. It still hasn’t dropped. Saweetie explained why during a chat with Allure. “I just feel like nobody was caring about my music,” Saweetie says of the people around her at[…]
Boosie Badazz is the most regular of guests on DJ Vlad’s couch. He’s paid handsomely for it: 500K a year for the chats, according to Boosie. His last trip there went bad. According to Vlad, Boosie’s dog bit him. Like I said earlier, Boosie’s dog bit me before our interview yesterday. Here’s a pic of[…]
Meek Mill’s sexual orientation is very much in question after a new lawsuit claimed Puff Daddy used to have relations with a young Meek. In response, Meek’s Twitter fingers have been blazing. But his Tweets have mostly attacked DJ Akademiks — who reported on the lawsuits — and have suggested the allegations are part of[…]
Meek Mill has had crazy weeks before. Like the one he decided to take after Drake and was forever branded Twitter Fingers. But nothing like this week. It started with a lawsuit that named Meek as one of Puff Daddy’s male lovers. Now, it’s wrapping up with a car crash. Meek just posted the results[…]
NBA YoungBoy has been under house arrest in Utah as he awaits his Federal trial in Louisiana for gun possession. Yesterday, the federal prosecutors asked a judge in Louisiana to set a hearing to deal with YB’s “noncompliant behavior.” According to the Feds, NBA was caught using drugs in violation of his probation and has[…]
50 Cent has remained closer to Tony Yayo than any of his other G-Unit soldiers. But he’s not down with Yayo stealing from his closet. “This n*gga got my jacket on,” 50 noticed. “Let me ask you a question. When you found this jacket that you know you didn’t pick out, that you know you[…]
Last week, Cam Newton brawled with three men at a youth 7×7 football game in Atlanta while dressed as a warlock. He addressed the fight on the Fourth & One podcast. Newton acknowledged there had been verbal beef between him and a rival youth coach. “It was all just words, but it became more than[…]
The beef between Meek Mill and DJ Akademiks now involves outside forces. Last night, the cops came to Ak’s house during a livestream, and he believes Meek was the one who sent them. Meek Mill has officially lost it,he allegedly called the cops on Akademiks while on stream 😭😭🤣 pic.twitter.com/XJI0MEJlhG This morning, Ak commented on[…]
Lil Wayne said he was treated poorly when he attended the Lakers, Washington Wizards game on Thursday, and believes it’s because of what he said about Anthony Davis. Lil Wayne had some things to say about how he was treated at the LA Lakers game pic.twitter.com/YuVgrEjJNZ “Wow! Got treated like sh*t at the Laker game[…]
Meek Mill is having a tough time. Everyone thinks he’s gay — or at least gay for pay — because he was named as one of Diddy’s sex partners in a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit a male producer filed against Puff. Ex-star football player and current CTE haver Antonio Brown has a question for[…]
