Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. The Bay Area doesn’t sleep, and neither does Yousef Srour. Welcome to the BAY AREA TYPE BEAT series, a recurring column in which Yousef Srour sheds light on Bay Area artists and Bay Area-adjacent artists. Each week, he handpicks five cuts[…]
Asian Doll is most famous for her relationship with the late King Von. Since his violent death, she’s been linked to Jackboy, Fivio Foreign, and more. According to Asian Doll, she won’t be getting linked to any other rappers in the future. “I’ll never date a rapper ain’t sh*t in that sea for me I peeped.[…]
Benny the Butcher and Griselda have made a name for themselves spitting over boom bap beats. But Benny said he’ll be going with a different sound for his new Hit-Boy produced album called Everybody Can’t Go. NO…my album won’t be loaded up with boom bap beats…I did that already…the sound watered down too much y’all[…]
Lil Durk is the king of cryptic social media messages even when he’s not in album mode. But with Almost Healed coming in less than two weeks, Smurk has been upping his exposure with a barrage of words for his fans to decode. Here’s the latest: “Nun snekay heads up,” Durk typed. “Picked my side don’t[…]
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. There are a lot of very good rappers, but Harley Geffner says Rx Papi is the only consistently great rapper to him right[…]
Rihanna is pregnant with her second child with A$AP Rocky. But that hasn’t prevented the power couple from enjoying themselves. They were sitting in the VIP at the club this weekend when some of the goons started gooning. Rocky didn’t let that stand. “Y’all n*ggaas act like gentleman right now,” Rocky demanded. “You heard. I[…]
Ashanti is officially back together with Nelly. But that hasn’t stopped her from having some fun with the girls. In the video below, the 42-year-old and her mom — who looks a lot younger than her age of 60 — Twerk around in a bowling alley. In addition to being Ashanti’s mother, Tina Y. Douglas[…]
With 12 kids to his name, Nick Cannon often gets accused of being a deadbeat dad. Not because he lacks the money to support his children, but because it’ll probably be challenging for him to give equal time to the full dozen. But the Wild ‘n Out host seemed to respond to that talk by[…]
03 Greedo said that he had it all wrong about J. Cole. In 2018, during an interview on VladTV, the Cali rapper explained why he hated Cole’s music. “I’m making music for the n*ggas who lost somebody in the system, lost somebody in the streets, n*ggas who want to show they have a heart even[…]
Last month, Rick Ross bought two of Meek Mill’s homes. The first was for $4.2 million and the second for a million. At the time, Meek was confused. “Ross bought another crib off me for a “m”yesterday! I had to ask him tf you doing with all this property,” Meek typed on Twitter. During his[…]
Last year, new mother and former adult film actress Lana Rhoades revealed an NBA player — likely a Brooklyn Net — got her pregnant and then told her to shove off when she had the baby. Everyone thought the deadbeat dad was Kevin Durant since she had already suggested that the two had been intimate[…]
The story goes that JAY-Z stabbed Lance “Un” Rivera in 1999 at the Kit Kat Club in NYC because Rivera leaked Hov’s Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter album before its release. It’s more than just a story … Hov got three years probation for the stabbing after all sorts of high-priced legal wrangling Now[…]
Rick Ross and DJ Envy both have car shows On a recent episode of Drink Champ‘s The Bawse opined that Envy’s car show isn’t at the same level as his. So this week on The Breakfast Club DJ Envy mocked Rick Ross for renting out his mansion. DJ Envy had some words for Rick Ross[…]
Tekashi 6ix9ine was recently in the news for possibly coming out of the closet. Perhaps to distract from that, he’s been eating bugs lately. His latest snack was a live tarantula, which he chowed down on in Mexico. #6ix9ine eats a tarantula pic.twitter.com/XhMo7tzsEA “I ATE DIRTY PUSSY BEFORE THIS AINT NOTHING,” 6ix9ine captioned the video[…]
NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk were both supposed to drop last Friday. Only YB did and then he mocked Smurk for knocking off his date. But having the date to himself didn’t lead to big numbers YB’s tape Richest Opp’s did 51K first week and opened at number four on the album charts. While[…]
Nueskii is a pickup artist who films his attempted conquests and posts them on TikTok. Bianca Censori is the wife of famous personality Kanye West. Here’s what happens when they meet in a high-end clothing store. As you can see, Bianca makes it clear that she’s married even after being responsive to his “sexy” opening[…]
Since making a trip to Chicago’s O-Block back in 2022, Stephen Jackson has been fielding a lot of hate. The former NBA player has been accused of “checking in” and having to pay the O-Block goons for protection. It must have got to him, because Jackson went on Instagram LIVE and claimed he would never[…]
Last year, Fetty Wap pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. He will face between five and nine years when sentenced. His lawyers are pushing for the minimum of five. In new filings, Fetty’s legal team says he turned to dealing drugs so he could[…]
Glorilla is 23. So we guess that would make her Gen Z. She has what some would say is a Gen Z attitude toward the institution of marriage. “So y’all believe in marriage in this generation?? I just couldn’t see myself fw one n*gga for too long. N*ggas start n*gga-ing after da first 6 months[…]
The stories of Dr. Dre making artists do lines hundreds of times in the studio are famous. Too Short once said the legendary producer made him say “The p*ssy” for several hours. Xzibit also talked about Dre making him record a line hundreds of times, which was for his 2002 song “Multiply.” [Jump to the[…]
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