Nicki Minaj’s ongoing Pink Friday 2 tour is now the ninth highest-grossing tour in Hip Hop history. Here are the top ten of all time, with those starred currently ongoing. $216m – Drake: It Was All A Blur*$111m – Kendrick Lamar: The Big Steppers$105m – 50 Cent: The Final Lap*$103m – Drake & Migos: Aubrey &[…]
Rubi Rose has been with some famous men. It sounds like some of them treated her poorly. The 26-year-old, who is currently with comedian Druski, believes there should be a death penalty for infidelity. “N*ggas who cheat on their girl deserve to die,” she typed. “i don’t make the rules.” Do you think Druski is[…]
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. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s[…]
There will be a Rich Gang reunion in a Fulton County courtroom. Today, Rich Homie Quan was subpoenaed to appear in the RICO trial against Young Thug and other YSLs. That doesn’t mean Quan is or will cooperate. He will likely have to take the stand in the next few weeks. We don’t know what[…]
Meek Mill and 50 Cent have been exchanging blows on Twitter. But it looks like 50 Cent has bigger fish to fry. This afternoon, he posted a message about JAY-Z with the most unflattering photo he could find. “Jay in hibernation he ain’t coming outside till this shit with puff blow over, no brunch, no[…]
Stevie J, who produced for Diddy’s Bad Boy records, posted a video of himself rapping to “Pick A Side,” a song by Diddy’s son King Combs. In the cut, King comes to his father’s defense amid a sex trafficking claim, and disses 50 in the process. So, Fif decided to post Stevie’s video and clown[…]
Considering Meek Mill and DJ Akademiks are long time foes, it’s not surprising that Meek responded to Ak being sued for rape and other alleged crimes by his ex Fauziya “Ziya” Abashe. Ak later responded to Meek and said that his career is in the toilet. They run the influence pages … once all street[…]
Emerging from the Bronx, New York, 19-year-old Vinisetheartist releases “Glitter Tears,” a track that demonstrates her evolving musical identity. Combining rap’s rhythmic punch with the smoothness of R&B, Vinise showcases a style that bridges genres, reflecting her diverse musical influences and personal experiences. “Glitter Tears” is more than a song; it’s an emotional narrative wrapped[…]
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, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. This is Brittany Menjivar‘s POW debut. Buy her book Parasocialite here[…]
Before everything became Kendrick vs. Drake, Diddy was dominating the discourse. The disgraced mogul is facing multiple lawsuits for being a violent Hip Hop bisexual and had his homes raided by the feds on suspicion of human trafficking. Not good. However, if you look at The Diddler’s social media he’s proceeding like everything his fan.[…]
Kendrick Lamar has three tracks — all Drake disses — in the top ten of the Billboard 100 this week, including the number one song “Not Like Us.” That gives him 15 top tens for his career. Which is pretty good. But it’s nowhere near his rival Drake. Drake also placed a track in the[…]
For many years, Kendrick Lamar has been the critic’s choice, while Drake has been the people’s champ. Kendrick has been both during the much-hyped beef between the two men. His Drake-diss “Not Like Us” is now the fastest rap track to 100m streams on Spotify, beating the mark of Drake’s smash hit “God’s Plan” by[…]
With the battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar taking over popular music, the subject of diss records is now being heavily discussed. So, the Roots’ drummer, Questlove, spoke about Tupac Shakur’s 1996 diss song “Hit Em Up,” where he went at The Notorious B.I.G. and other East Coast rappers. In Questlove’s opinion, the song is[…]
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. Five years ago, Miguel Otárola cried watching A[…]
Meek Mill chose violence today, going after both 50 Cent and Soulja Boy for reasons that had little to do with him. Meek wasn’t happy that Fif was mocking Diddy’s son, King Combs, and that Soulja threatened to smoke “British rapper” 21 Savage. Both 50 Cent and SB used a similar strategy in firing back[…]
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 wants to know what they even do in the Met Gala. Chief Keef is doing okay now. In a clip from[…]
Chief Keef dropped Almighty So 2 last week, his first album in three years and only his second in the last seven. It’s possible that Sosa was able to get back in the studio because he’s cleaned up his act. Over the weekend, he explained that he quit lean. “Been clean of lean for 3-4 months[…]
Soulja Boy is pissed off about a Tweet Metro Boomin posted 12 years ago. So he decided to wish Metro Boomin’s mom a Happy Mother’s Day. In 2022, Metro’s mom, Leslie Joanne Wayne, was shot and killed by Metro’s stepfather in a murder-suicide. To SB go too far?
Rapper Sauce Walka and TikTok terrors The Island Boys found themselves shopping at Johnny Dang’s jewelry store in Houston, TX, at the same time. It didn’t turn out well. Sauce and one of the Island Boys began hurling insults at each other. Sauce Walka almost gets into it with one of the Island Boys .#islandboys[…]
