Kim Kardashian’s net worth is listed at $1.7 billion. Yet, according to Kanye West, he pays his ex a hefty amount in child support every month. “I pay 200k a month in child support,” he typed. “Just a reminder.” Kim Kardashian’s children with Kanye West are North, 11, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 5.[…]
On “Wacced Out Murals,” Kendrick Lamar said white comedians can’t make fun of black women. “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law,” he raps. It was pretty clear he was speaking about Andrew Schulz. Schulz responded at the time: “Rappers are telling comedians to be more respectful of woman, so[…]
Album Cover via Lex Boogie/BandCamp 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. Son Raw might blow up but he won’t go pop. Lex Boogie is from the Bronx and lives in Atlanta. Senz[…]
Big U has been charged with murder, racketeering, extortion, robbery, and fraud as part of a 43-count federal indictment unsealed in March 2025. The charges stem from his alleged leadership of a criminal enterprise known as the “Big U Enterprise,” which prosecutors claim operated in a “mafia-like” manner, leveraging his influence within the Rollin’ 60s[…]
Destroy Lonely’s voice is fueled by cigarettes. A lot of cigarettes. The 23-year-old claimed he smokes 100 cigarettes before his live shows. Destroy Lonely says he smokes 100 cigarettes before his live shows. pic.twitter.com/MHhbOS6dm7 That’s five packs of cigarettes. That’s fifty dollars worth of cigarettes. That’s way more cigarettes than he’s actually smoking. But it[…]
Sada Baby was arrested yesterday in Shelby Township, Michigan, on a felony drug warrant stemming from an earlier traffic stop in January 2025. During that initial stop in Sterling Heights, police pulled him over for tinted windows and discovered he had an outstanding warrant for driving without a license, a charge dating back to June[…]
There has been much hand-wringing over who LeBron James supports in the almost year-long battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Who cares? What about who the real GOAT, Michael Jordan, supports? Judging from the video below, it’s Kendrick. Michael Jordan requested the DJ to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” in the club. pic.twitter.com/7rPB6AGZSc As[…]
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.” Let’s get right into it—to be blunt, March was stacked. BEIGE and Salar Ansari, performing live[…]
The initial first week projections for Nav’s OMW2 Rexdale were 82K. It ended up with 19K. NAV ‘OMW2 Rexdale’ sells 19K first week. So, what happened? Billboard got tighter with bots and bundles this week, and it would appear the Canadian was botting and bundling. This is a big drop for Nav. His last three[…]
When you think 21 Savage, you think short on the sides and locs on the top. However, the British-American rapper has switched up his hair, which has changed his look. As you can see, he’s now growing his hair out and you probably wouldn’t recognize him if not for the signature knife tat on his[…]
Lil Durk is in federal custody, awaiting trial for murder for hire in the death of Quando Rondo’s cousin. The government believes Durk sent shooters out to Cali to eliminate Rondo, whose shooter Lul Tim killed Smurk’s guy King Von after an altercation between Rondo and Von. But they missed and got Rondo’s kin instead.[…]
We know that DJ Akademiks is good friends with Tekashi 6ix9ine, as the two often hang out. They were even accused of being lovers by Tekashi’s ex-girlfriend Jade. While they probably aren’t bumping uglies, Ak does think of Ak differently than all the other rappers he knows. “I made a lot of artists 10s of millions,”[…]
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. Yoh Phillips is preaching Jugg King Forever. Some[…]
“Hustlers don’t stop, they keep going,” Young Thug raps on Digits. However, some folks hear that as “Horses don’t stop, they keep going.” One Young Thug fan went as far as tattooing the misheard lyric on his back. Thug now promises to enunciate better. And that’s y I’m talking with more clarity UY SCUTI… dam[…]
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 has never seen a single clip from the Jennifer Hudson show, but is inundated with those walk in clips everywhere he[…]
Tay-K is currently on trial for the 2017 robbery and murder of photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar, a photographer who was gunned down in San Antonio during an attempted robbery This is separate from his 2019 conviction for the 2016 murder of Ethan Walker, for which he is serving a 55-year sentence. Today, Tay’s ex-girlfriend Joanna[…]
YK Osiris is always looking for new ways to lose money. His latest get-in-debt quick scheme is to offer fight challenges. Over the weekend, he called out DDG. DDG accepted, conditionally. DDG says he’ll fight YK Osiris if he wins his upcoming fight https://t.co/YWqalK8KDP pic.twitter.com/JgDlsBzmWU It’s not the first time the two have flirted with[…]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is outside these days. But he was locked up not so long ago on probation violations. He was on Diddy’s floor at MDC Brooklyn and spent some time with the disgraced mogul. “He embraced me when I was here, but I’m not sure he’d f*ck with me … if we werent’ sleeping next[…]
Spotify won’t reveal the artists they’ve taken streams from in their latest bot purge. But there’s a good chance Nav is one of them. Album projectors HitsDailyDouble had his OMW2 REXDALE album coming in at 82K first week, which would be good for third place on the Billboard chart, one spot ahead of Lil Durk’s[…]
Kanye West’s love-hate relationship with Drake continues. For the most part, Ye has been giving Drake props while dissing just about every other rapper. “I SAW A VIDEO OF DRAKE WALKING THROUGH HIS HOUSE AND SHOWING HE HAD A LIBRARY OF RYHME BOOKS MAN I WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN AND REMEMBERED THIS WHEN[…]
Earlier this week, Adam22 declared NoJumper is going broke. In doing so, he cited multiple challenges such as high overhead costs, losing their Instagram account, a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former employee, and other factors like the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and poor financial investments. He has announced layoffs within the company[…]
