YFN Lucci had a good week. The Atlanta rapper, who was facing murder charges, copped a plea on one count of violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act and was sentenced to ten years in prison and ten years of probation. However, almost all the jail time will be suspended, and Lucci will[…]
Ben Shapiro has a long history of denigrating rap. Despite this, the genre continues to thrive. So he’s decided if he can’t beat them, join them. The right-wing personality is featured on “anit-woke” rapper Tom McDonald’s new track “Facts”, which is shooting to the top of the charts. In Ben’s bars, he shouts out Nicki[…]
NBA YoungBoy and his baby granddaddy, Floyd Mayweather, haven’t always been on the best of terms. But whatever was holding up their relationship has dissipated. These days, Money is holding YB down as he deals with his extended house arrest. Floyd jumped on social this afternoon to stunt his extended wheelbase Rolls Royce and brag[…]
In 2021, Meek Mill claimed that he’d never made any money of his music. “i haven’t get paid from music and i don’t know how much money labels make off me!!!!! i need lawyers asap!!!,” Meek typed on Twitter. Less than three years later, he’s singing a completely different tune. I made over 100m in[…]
Snoop Dogg and Michael Jackson were tight. In fact, the late pop star believed he might have been related to Snoop. However, they weren’t on the same page when it came to cannabis. During a chat with Andy Cohen, Snoop spoke about the one time he pissed MJ off. It was at a fashion show[…]
Eminem hurled a bunch of disses at Benzino in a new song titled “Doomsday Pt. 2.” Their beef stems back to the early aughts when Zino was working with The Source magazine, which he co-founded. “Now I got a riddle, one condition, you mustn’t laugh / What is the opposite of Benzino? A giraffe /[…]
During an August show at the Crypto Arena in LA, 50 Cent tossed a mic into the crowd. He was mad because the mic wasn’t working It hit Power 106 host Bryhana Monegain in the head, causing a deep gash. 50 Cent is allegedly a suspect in a criminal battery case after he threw his[…]
Kodak Black has been in federal prison for almost two months. His latest criminal ordeal started when the cops in Florida caught him with coke, oxycodone, and an expired license. That was a violation of his federal probation, and the feds came in and scooped him up. His been in jail without bail since. Yak[…]
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Several years ago, 50 Cent posted a video of Love & Hip Hop figure Teairra Mari taking her ex-boyfriend Akbar Abdul-Ahad’s splooge in her face. Mari sued 50 Cent and Abdul-Ahad for engaging in a plan to sexually objectify, threaten, intimidate, humiliate, and degrade her. She lost that suit in 2018, and the judge ruled that she had[…]
As we reported yesterday, YFN Lucci received a plea deal for the 2020 killing of a man named James Adams. Adams was shot to death in a car Lucci was driving and then dumped on the side of the road. Police believe the shots came from another car. Lucci had been in Georgia’s Fulton Country[…]
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During a session Fivio Foreign did with streamer N3on, N3on used some terminology that Fivio had to correct. Fivio Foreign pressed N3on for calling him “buzzin” instead of “cuzzin” 😳😭 pic.twitter.com/zQieh1p0gb “I got you buzzin,” N3on said. “You gotta call me cuzzin,” Fivio, who claims GS-9 Crip, told him. The rest of the interview went[…]
Lil Nas X did a lot of trolling on social media to promote his new “J Christ” single, and he was heavily criticized. But it turns out, all of his antics didn’t amount to a strong chart showing and some clowned him. Per Chart Data, the single opened up at number 69 on Billboard’s Hot[…]
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. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s[…]
The word on the street is Ice Spice is pregnant. Perhaps with her secret boyfriend. The 24-year-old is pushing back on the rumors. According to Ice, it’s not a baby it’s her body type. “nobody pregnant n*ggas, just phat,” she typed on Twitter. This leaves Sexyy Red as the most prominent pregnant rapper.
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. This Rap-Up is brought to you by Harley Geffner. There’s nothing like a menacing couplet to open a song, and D.C.’s Benji Blue[…]
Meek Mill explained himself after asking a ridiculous question about how people in two African countries stream his music. “Do a lot of people play my music in South Africa I remember having on big show their few years back … how do yall listen to our music in South Africa???? On what platform or[…]
In the end, all rappers fall off to a certain extent. Some do it faster than others. A list of the top ten rappers who fell off is going viral. Shmurda and Desiigner are pretty obvious because they barely even try Others are a little more debatable because one could argue they haven’t fallen off[…]
Last week, Soulja Boy suggested he would pay some of Blueface’s fellow inmates in county $2000 to rape Blue. “I’m finna send the booty bandits. Who needs some money on their books? You gonna get that bootyhole touched, boy,” SB said, and offered up two grand. But he’s backed off that disturbing threat. Instead of[…]
Most people say they are going to lose weight or go to the gym in the New Year. But 50 Cent is already fairly fit. So far, so good. “I’m focused man, practicing abstinence is helping me train harder. I feel great I think more people should try it,” he typed.
