Melvin “Magoo” Barcliff died today of unknown causes at the age of 50. Magoo was known for being half of the duo Timbaland & Magoo, which dropped three albums between 1997-2003. Their first album, Welcome To Our World, went platinum and featured the Top 20 hit ‘Up Jumps da Boogie.’ Magoo met Timbaland when they […]

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Doja Cat is a big star. Big enough to join the ultimate secret society. The 27-year-old says she’s now part of the Illuminati. Doja Cat via Instagram ? “i joined the illuminati” pic.twitter.com/C6K6E0xr4s — RapTV (@Rap) August 12, 2023 She also said her cat has joined Hov and the gang. Doja recently posted a photo […]

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Drake’s For All The Dogs album is “coming soon.” Coming soon is a term with a lot of leeway. In fact, there had been rumors of it dropping yesterday. It didn’t. Instead, there are these posters in Toronto. When presented with photographic evidence of the promo, Drake laughed and denied he had anything to do […]

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When DJ Akademiks gets some Henny in his belly, he can get a bit wild. SZA was the latest victim of an Ak rant. The rotund media figure accused SZA of being fat, comparing her to a “smart car,” among other things. “Let me keep it a bean, SZA is as fat as me. That’s […]

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Image via Arthur Verocai/Discogs 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. Jeff Weiss says it’s […]

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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. Peter Holslin invented maple syrup. Picture Rihanna’s Anti […]

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50 Cent was a guest on the Capital XTRA Breakfast show and was asked if there’s an artist that he wanted to work with but never did. need to hear this ? @50cent reveals who he’d like to work with next! pic.twitter.com/zh4VsoOpc8 — Capital XTRA (@CapitalXTRA) August 11, 2023 “I didn’t do one with Wayne… […]

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As we reported, Tory Lanez released a statement this week about being sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. “In no way shape or form was I apologizing for the charges I’m being wrongfully convicted of,” he wrote in part. ” I remain on the stance that I refuse to apologize for something […]

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New York rapper Naz GPG Is accused of quite a heinous crime. He was arrested yesterday for shooting a four-year-old. The drill rapper has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and multiple assault and weapons possession offenses. He pled not guilty and had his bail set at 500K.   Police say that on July 26th […]

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Earlier this week, Tory Lanez got ten years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. It could have been worse:  Prosecutors were asking for 13, and he could have gotten up to 23. But it could have been better:  His lawyers were pushing for no time, and they had letters from folks like Iggy Azalea and Tory’s […]

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After a lot of conflicting information,  the first week sales for Travis Scott’s album Utopia settled on 496K, the biggest rap opening of the year and the third biggest overall. LaFlame is set for a solid second week, too. According to HitsDailyDouble, Utopia will do 139 SPS and snag another week at the top of […]

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Album Cover via That Mexican OT/Instagram 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. Donna-Claire says […]

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Earlier today, the Instagram page of Lil Tay announced her death and the death of her brother. Given Tay’s history, the death being a hoax was in the back of everyone’s heads. It may be a hoax. Neither the police in Los Angeles nor Vancouver, the cities the siblings lived, are investigating their death, and […]

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It’s been a tough run for some of JAY-Z’s most iconic properties.  Yesterday, his annual Made In America concert in Philadelphia was canceled. Now his original 40/40 Club in Manhattan has shut down. The good news is they plan to reopen another location in NYC sometime next year. At its peak, there were five 40/40 […]

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DJ Akademiks and Erykah Badu have a history of not liking each other. That came to a head yesterday when Badu’s followers asked their woman to work her “magic” on Ak as punishment for his leaking of Megan Thee Stallion-related medical information to Tory Lanez, who was just sentenced to ten years for shooting Meg. […]

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Album Cover via Son Raw/Instagram 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. Son Raw talks […]

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Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for opening fire on Megan Thee Stallion’s feet. Just in: Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. — Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) August 8, 2023 The prosecutors had recommended 13 years; the most he could have gotten was 23 years. […]

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