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Lil Durk Explains His Beef For Promo Policy

Lil Durk has had some high-profile beefs in his day. NBA YoungBoy and Tekashi 6ix9ine come to mind But he wants everyone to know that all of his beef is organic and is not meant to drive record sales. I don’t beef for promo I come up with different waves peeping the police energy y’all[…]

Lil Wayne Is Pretty Confused by His Own ‘Carter’ Series

Lil Wayne has five installments in his legendary Carter series. “I’m going to be so honest with you: I don’t know Tha Carter III, Tha Carter II, Tha Carter One from Tha Carter IV. And thats just my God’s honest truth. You could lie, You could ask me [about] such and such song. I wouldn’t even[…]

R Kelly Thought JAY-Z was Trying To kill him

According to R Kelly’s ex-cellmate, R Kelly believed that JAY-Z wanted to have him killed. R Kelly and JAY did two albums at the beginning of the century. However, things went bad during their co-headlining tour in 2004, and after an altercation between the two superstars entourages Kelly was removed from the tour. Ronnie Bo[…]

50 Cent Blasts Starz For Giving Him $17K Per ‘Power’ Episode

50 Cent has called out Starz many times over his show Power, which he executive produces, and now we know why. During an interview with Vulture, 50 said the network underpaid him and he chalks it up to racism. “Every two years, it felt like we was auditioning for a major carrier,” he explained. “It’s[…]

Tory Lanez & DaBaby Tried to Bum Rush Megan Thee Stallion At Rolling Loud

Tory Lanez will be sentenced on June 13 for shooting Megan The Stallion in the feet in 2020. Prosecutors have recommended 13 years. They want Lanez’s aggressive behavior toward Meg after the shooting to be considered when deciding how long Tory will be going away. In court filings, they cite an incident at Rolling Loud[…]

My Favorite Color’s ‘Car Pack’ EP Is the Wavy American Slowrider

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. Casey Taylor is micro-dosing Aleve throughout the day[…]

Check Out Photos of Drake’s New Girlfriend Lilah Pi

Drake has made it somewhat official with Lilah Pi, who he has been rumored to be dating, shouting her out on his new track “Who Told You” with Ju Hus. “So Lilah Pi, don’t make my eye cry/Let me hold your controller, I’m not one of the controllin’ guys I want you to touch road[…]

DMX’s 6-Year-Old Son Plays “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” On Piano [Video]

It’s been over 2 years since DMX passed away from an overdose. The New York rapper left behind seventeen children, and one of them has started playing the piano. Exodus, who is 6-years-old, recently took up the piano, and showed off his skills on Instagram. He first played “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” but he followed[…]

Latto Explains Why Female Rappers Are The ‘Most Disrespected’

Latto believes that female rappers have to go above and beyond just to compete, while male rappers don’t have to do much at all. The Atlanta rapper spoke to NME about it after being asked if she agreed with Cardi B, who in 2021 said that female rappers are the most disrespected. “I definitely agree[…]

Slam on the CDJ: The Best DJ Sets of May, 2023

Independent rap journalists will recommend you new music until their voices give out. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci.” One of the joys of running a DJ-mix column lies in challenging popular conceptions of what[…]

Chris Paul Has Been Waived By The Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns have waived future Hall of Fame Guard Chris Paul. The 38-year-old had two years and $61 million left on his deal but only $15 million was guaranteed. BREAKING: Phoenix Suns have notified star Chris Paul that he will be waived, making the future Hall of Famer one of the top free agents[…]

Blueface Arrested For Robbery

There’s more drama surrounding Blueface. The off-beat rapper turned no-budget Hugh Heffner has been arrested today in Las Vegas for robbery. There are reports that the charge stems from him getting in the middle of a fight involving his baby-mama-to-be Chrisean Rock. While Blue is known to disrespect Chrisean and request that she gets an[…]

The Drop: The Best British Rap of May 2023

Photo via Junior XL/Instagram Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. The London-born-and-bred producer and ½ of lol K, Junior XL released a smorgasbord of demos titled Delayed Relic: Junior XL Demos 2018-2023 this month. Just like the ambiguous and meta nature of mixtapes, albums being called projects[…]

Lil Tjay Arrested While On IG Live

Lil Tjay’s troubles continue. For the third time this year, he has been arrested on a firearm charge. Or at least that’s what it looked like on his Instagram Live this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/bF5SZhIZNK “There is no firearm in the car,” Tjay says, after the cops tell him there is and everyone is in trouble.[…]

R Kelly Trends Because Of Gunna

R Kelly has been a trending topic on Twitter this week. And the interest in Kells has everything to do with Gunna. In a now-viral video, an Atlanta club goes silent when the DJ plays a track from Wunna, who took a plea deal while Young Thug and his other YSL bros remained locked up[…]

The Rap-Up: Week of June 5, 2023

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 heard that Rihanna reads POW. Gunna’s been seeing the world as colorless for quite some time now. Following the dull greys[…]