Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Stepperswas a bit of a commercial disappointment, given how much hype had been built for the album. But the tour was anything but a disappointment In fact, it has bested Drake for the most lucrative rap-headlined tour of all time. The tour’s 73 shows brought in $110.9 million from[…]
In 2021, on the red carpet of the BET Awards, Lil’ Kim said that she wanted to face Nicki Minaj in Verzuz. Many were probably doubtful the battle would happen, but Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz suggested that it might. He was a guest on The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, April 26, and Envy asked him[…]
Frank Ocean’s first weekend Coachella set– his first live show since 2017 — flopped. Then he canceled his second-weekend show, citing a broken ankle that nobody believes is broken. Joe Budden thinks he’s scamming because he’s scammed before. “Frank Ocean is a scammer,” Budden said. “He’s a scammer for the way he got out of[…]
Nick Cannon believes that more people should be calling Nicki Minaj the greatest rapper of all time based on the comments he made on The Bootleg Kev Podcast. “First off all, let’s not disrespect Nicki. Nicki is the G.O.A.T. whatever her gender is,” he stated. “She is one of the coldest artists in the last[…]
But Egypt also helped get K Dot out of his writer’s block, according to what Swizz said on The Jennifer Hudson Show. “I’m jealous as hell of that one,” said Swizz. “I thought me and Kendrick was cool but they kicked it off at the Super Bowl game, and I looked and him and Kendrick[…]
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. Ross Olson played Chief Keef’s “See Through” for[…]
On a new episode of the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast, Gillie and Wallo spoke with DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God from The Breakfast Club. The conversation took a left turn when the four started discussing Pete Davidson. According to CTG, Pete was recently at the radio studio, and suggested that Envy had a funny story[…]
In 2019, Soulja Boy’s ex Kayla Meyers accused SB of kidnapping and assaulting her over a six-hour period. Soulja was never been charged in the incident. However, her criminal complaint led to a search of his home that uncovered an illegal weapon. That probation violation cost SB about three months in jail. Now the initial[…]
In a recent interview, legendary coach Phil Jackson claimed he stopped watching the NBA when they went all in on woke. “It was trying to cater to an audience or trying to bring a certain audience to the game. They didn’t know it was turning other people off. People want to see sports as non-political.[…]
Jim Jones has made it clear that he doesn’t believe that Pusha T is a top 50 rapper. “You not in my top 50,” said Jim on The Breakfast Club last week. “You haven’t done that much for me in my life. I didn’t never want to be like Pusha. I never had a Pusha[…]
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. Will Schube still can’t believe Larry David got[…]
The Kardashian Klan likes dating rappers and athletes of African American background. Lil Baby fits that bill. And he may have fallen victim to the biggest Kardashian. There is chatter on the Internet that Baby and Khloe Kardashian are dating after they were photographic together during a meal. Rumors of Lil Baby dating a Kardashian[…]
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. Snail Mail is now Harley Geffner‘s mortal enemy. Rx Papi goes to sleep every night and wakes up every morning thinking about death.[…]
College basketball star Angel Reese made quite the name for herself with both her play and her antics, leading LSU to the first NCAA women’s title that people actually cared about. She stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning where she was asked who’s been sliding in her DMs Angel Reese Says Future And Drake[…]
Rock jumped on Live over the weekend and expressed herself to her followers. “I wish I wasn’t pregnant,” she said. “I was excited at first but now, it’s like, it’s exhausting. Honestly, I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m probably not in the mood for none of the baby traditions and sh*t.” In related news,[…]
Freebandz rapper Boston Richey was caught on tape talking to the police. Rat expert Tekashi 6ix9ine described the interrogation video as “telling without the sandwich and soda.” But the allegations of snitchery haven’t seemed to harm Richey’s career. At least according to Richey. He is now claiming a 50k show rate. “Gettn 50K a show[…]
Pop Smoke’s career was cut short when he was murdered in 2020 But he was around long enough to have an emotional connection with his fans. One of those fans painted a Pop Smoke mural that most folks didn’t think looked anything like Pop Smoke. So he fixed it. The botched Pop Smoke mural that[…]
Last week, Ghostwriter dropped the A.I.-created Drake-Weeknd collab “Heart Of My Sleave”. While Universal Music has since removed the song from the Internet before it was streamed millions of times and the general consensus was that the song was of comparable quality to a real Drake-Abel joint. Now we have an A.I. produced Drake solo[…]
Cam’ron and Mase are friends again, ribbing each other about exposing themselves to Diddy. But it seems like Jim Jones still hasn’t forgiven Mase for telling the world he put Jones and the other Harlem rappers in Dipset on. Capo addressed Mase during his stop on The Breakfast Club. [Jump to 12 minutes.] “I don’t[…]
Chloe Bailey stopped by The Breakfast Club to discuss her new album In Pieces. At the end of the chat, she asked DJ Envy if he had listened to the album. [Jump to 44 minutes.] “I streamed it,” he claimed. The album has been a flop and perhaps that’s why Chloe had her doubts that[…]
