Covering everything from Rage beats to niche Twitter icons. Please support the realest hip-hop blog for over a decade running by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Evan Nabavian’s YouTube algorithm is chaotic good. The hidden hand behind much of the French pop canon was a literal giant who cut experimental records between[…]
There was a lot of talk that Gunna would never be accepted by the hip hop community after he walked out of jail with taking a plea deal in the state of Georgia’s case against Young Thug and the YSLs. But that hasn’t been the case, and Wunna is enjoying as much success as he[…]
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. Donald Morrison chooses Key Lime over Pumpkin, and it’s not even close. There were a few notable absences from The Pop Out: Ken[…]
Rick Ross and his crew got jumped in Vancouver by Caucasian OVO goons after he played “Not Like US” in Canadian hero Drake’s home country. While Ross got away with just a punch in the face, one of his security guards got it pretty bad. There is no way to tie Drake to the assault[…]
When a rapper dies before his time, his sales usually explode Think of XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD, or, if you want to go back, 2Pac and Biggie. Julio Foolio was shot to death on his birthday last week. However, it’s the sales of his main opp, Yungeen Ace, that have been juiced. The ghost of[…]
Nicki Minaj has been beefing with Lil’ Kim since she came onto the scene many years ago. Her former manager, Debra Antney, who is Waka Flocka’s mom, said during an interview that she reached out to Kim and tried to settle the beef. 🎙️| Deb Antney longtime manager of Nicki Minaj in the beginning of her[…]
G Herbo has been spotted around town with Caitlin Clark foil Angel Reese, leading to speculation he’s climbing that mountain. That may not sit well with G Herbo’s girlfriend and BM Taina Williams. Here she is singing Sexyy Red’s hit “Pound Town,” emphasizing one line in particular. Taina Williams humorously sings, “My son needs a[…]
Drake hasn’t put out any new music since his beef with Kendrick Lamar. We did get a Camila Cabello featuring Drake track”Hot Uptown” on Friday. It isn’t doing well. The track debuted at #149 on Global Spotify with 1.51 million streams and #92 on US Spotify with 526k streams. It’s not the Drake stimulus package[…]
In 2014, Chicago rappers Cdai and RondoNumbaNine went to a neighboring South Side of Chicago apartment complex looking for revenge for a previous shooting. They ended up shooting and killing a cab driver who had nothing to do with what was bothering them. For their crime, Rondo got 39 years and Cdai 38. From the[…]
Chris Brown’s $2000 meet-and-greets are the stuff of legends. Now, they may be doing something more than lining Breezy’s pocket and providing material for the blogs. Folks believe Chris Brown found his next baby mama at one of them. Bris began following Jsuzart on IG after she bucked up for a photo and quickly liked[…]
That Shaq posted this struck a lot of folks as odd and possibly a confession. Shaq has now apologized to Drake, clarifying that he didn’t do that Photoshop; he just thought it was funny and that Drake would think it was funny. “Let me apologize right quick,” Shaq said. “I sent out a picture the[…]
Julio Foolio was killed earlier this week while celebrating his 26th birthday in Tampa, Florida. He was in the midst of beef with fellow Jacksonville rapper Youngeen Ace when he died. Whether Ace had anything to do with Foolio’s death remains to be seen. Even though Foolio is gone, the beef continues. Foolio Instagram dropped[…]
Lil Wayne will always ride with Drake. Drizzy was his Young Money soldier, after all. Yes, he banged Weezy’s girlfriend when Wayne was locked up. But bros before hos, as they say. Wayne was recently asked who his top five of all time were. He’s included Drake in the past. Would he change that up[…]
Kendrick Lamar is still running the rap game with his Drake diss, “Not Like Us.” Here are the ten most streamed rap tracks on Spotify this week. 42.7m – Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”29.8m – Eminem “Houdini”21.3m – Central Cee & Lil Baby “BAND4BAND”16.2m – Future & Metro Boomin ft. Kendrick Lamar “Like That”14.8m –[…]
Kodak Black encouraged people to eat fake percs in Super Gremlin.” He wants to take that back. Kodak Black says he regrets saying the fake perc line in Super Gremlins: “I was chewing 100 percs a day, if them shits was fake i would’ve been dead” pic.twitter.com/2olG3phedt “I don’t want y’all to hear that, to[…]
It’s official. Bronny James is a Los Angeles Laker, after being the 55th overall pick in the second round of Thursday’s NBA draft. He and his father LeBron James have now made history, being the first father, son duo to be in the NBA simultaneously. LeBron broke his silence on the news early Friday morning[…]
“Freaky-ass n*gga, he a 69 God,” is perhaps the most memorable line from Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss of Drake. But Keke Palmer doesn’t know why it’s considered a diss. Keke Palmer has a question about Kendrick calling Drake a “69 God” on “Not Like Us”‼️👀 “What’s so bad about that? I must be[…]
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. On any given night in Brooklyn, you might[…]
Kendrick Lamar shot a video for his smash hit Drake diss “Not Like Us” last weekend We should be getting that shortly. The word on the digital streets is that Drake may give us another Kendrick diss when he does. pic.twitter.com/k0pgU5VMDO So far, Drake has fired five disses at Kendrick. “Push Ups,” “Taylor Made Freestyle,”[…]
Midnight Thursday night is the traditional time for an album drop. Lil Durk will be dropping tonight at that time. Midnight However, it’s unlikely to be his upcoming album Love Songs 4 the Streets 3. Instead, we will get his “Went Hollywood For A Year” single. So Durk is back at work after drug rehab.[…]
