Yesterday, a video of Drake throwing his shoe at a drone infiltrating his Sydney, Australia apartment hit the Internet. It’s pretty clearly staged event, probably promoting a gambling website. Nevertheless, folks have been making fun of the way Drake threw that Croc. Someone flew a drone up to Drake’s Penthouse in Australia. He threw a[…]
Album Cover via ELUCID/Instagram 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. If reading novels as “research” for the novel he’s writing counted towards the actual writing of said book, Will Schube would have[…]
A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of shooting A$AP Relli. He had been facing up to 24 years on two counts of first-degree assault. Rihanna, his partner and the mother of his children, was delighted with the verdict. “THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD AND GOD ALONE,” She typed. “tHANKFUL, HUMBLED BY HIS MERCY!” Rocky[…]
A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of two counts of first-degree assault in the alleged shooting A$AP Relli on a Hollywood street in 2021 and is now a free man. The verdict came after a three-week trial and three hours of jury deliberation. Relli testified that Rocky fired multiple shots at him after an[…]
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. Steven Louis won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night. The Reaper is out, and he has Clint Mansell-type violin pulls on[…]
There’s been a big hubbub made about Serena Williams joining Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at Super Bowl LIX and Crip Walking to “Not Like Us.” Some took it as a huge shot at Drake. Mainly, because they dated, and Drake dissed her husband Alexis Ohanian in his 2022 song “Middle Of The Ocean.” Alexis already[…]
Kanye West is king of the long, rambling message. His latest came last night on X, and he defended selling a swastika shirt. The 47-year-old directed people to his Yeezy.com website in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this month where he sold the t-shirt for $20. That was before Shopify removed the site for violating[…]
Did you know Tyga dropped his NSFW album a few weeks ago? If you didn’t, you are not alone. It didn’t do very well. The initial tally had it doing a respectable for 2025 22K in its first week. However, when they rerun the numbers using Billboard’s new shipping guidelines it only did 4K, which is[…]
Drake was mostly making love, not war, on his new album with PARTYNEXTDOOR. But he still has some anger to let out after the rap game ganged up on him last year. Drake’s former pal DeMar DeRozan with the Compton and the culture over Drizzy when he co-signed Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss of[…]
Cardi B had some romantic fun on Valentine’s Day. And it wasn’t with her on-again, off-again husband Offset. Bardi was spotted on a date with football player Stefon Diggs in Miami on Friday. The two retired to a hotel room around 2 AM. Diggs has been linked to Cardi and to at least five other[…]
Next week, the jury will deliberate on the fate of A$AP Rocky, who is facing 24 years for shooting A$AP Relli in the hand. 50 Cent believes Rocky will walk free. And he’s willing to put some money behind that opinion. “I got ASAP beaten this case I’ll bet 500, 000 on it, that[…]
Earlier this week, conservative E-girl Ashley St. Clair announced that she had given birth to Elon Musk’s 13th child. During her pregnancy — which was kept secret — St. Clair had bragged that her payouts for posting content on Musk’s social media site X had skyrocketed. Antonio Brown, who recently declared bankruptcy, has a new[…]
Lil Wop was Gucci Mane’s protege for a minute. Then he began transitioning to a woman. Then he stopped the transition because he decided he’d rather have sex with trans people than be one himself. Then he was arrested for gooning in public. Now he’s claiming he has a video of him and Kanye West[…]
Kanye took some time out from his regularly scheduled antisemitism to heap praise on the Jewish rapper Drake. Ye doesn’t usually get along with the Canadian, but he found his new track “Gimme a Hug” so undeniable he had to Tweet about it. “Gimme a hug is incredible,” Ye typed. “Sheeeeesh.” Here is the track[…]
Drake’s album with PARTYNEXTDOOR is off to a good start, rocketing to the top of the daily Apple Music charts. Where it lands after a whole week remains to be seen. While much of the rap world has turned against Drake, Young Thug- who was locked up when they went at Drizzy 20v1- is celebrating[…]
Last year, a woman claimed that Jay and Diddy raped her at one of Diddy’s VMA afterparties in 2000 when she was 13 years old and filed a lawsuit with lawyer Tony Buzbee. There were many holes and inconsistencies in “Jane Doe’s” story. Now, the case has been dismissed. Hov took a victory lap after[…]
A$AP Rocky’s trial for shooting A$AP Relli got heated today. Defense attorney Joe Tacopina and Deputy District Attorney John Lewin sounded like they were about to throw hands as they squabbled during closing arguments. “Ooo I’m so threatened by you!” Attorneys at the #ASAPRocky trial go at each other’s throats. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin[…]
Drake watched most of the rap world turn against him in 2024. But at least one of his Atlanta homies stuck with him when it seemed like he hadn’t a friend in the industry. “Savage, you the only n*gga checkin’ on me when we really in some s**t, brudda,” Drake rapped on his new track[…]
Sexyy Red is a romantic. But what gets her juices flowing isn’t chocolate, roses or poetry. She wants some good old-fashioned violence. During a chat with Montreality, she recalled her favorite Valentine’s Day gesture. “The most romantic thing somebody did for me, it was my first boyfriend,” she told Montreality. “I was just in high[…]
Drake and PND’s new album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U dropped last night in time for Valentine’s Day. Chalamange wasn’t feeling the love CTG ripped the album this morning on The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God react to Drake’s new album with PARTYNEXTDOOR: “I didn’t think that it was gonna be any smoke on the album[…]
DJ Akademiks was recently accused of grooming a 15-year-old boy. Ak says he was just joking around. However, the latest cancellation attempt on the rap pundit has weighed heavily. According to Wack 100, Ak was thinking of quitting and then killing himself. Wack 100 says Akademiks told him that he wanted to kill himself after[…]
