Drake and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur Tour will play four dates in the Canadian cities of Montreal and Vancouver. Drake will be doing those dates alone because Savage will not accompany Drizzy into his home country. While there is no official word on why 21 can’t cross the Northern border we have a pretty […]
50 Cent and Lil Wayne are two of the most popular rappers of all time. But radio personality Ebro believes a Verzuz between the two wouldn’t be fair. In fact, he believes it would end in humiliation for Lil Wayne. What Jadakiss did to Dipset… Is what 50 will do to Wayne… @yourboyeddie wasn’t outside […]
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Soulja Boy isn’t the first rapper to be charged with illegally advertising crypto. But he’s one of the first. SB, Lil Yachty, Akon, Jake Paul, Ne-Yo, Lindsay Lohan, Austin Mahone, and Kendra Lust have been charged by the Feds with “illegally touting” crypto securities Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) “without disclosing that they were compensated […]
Quavo let it be known on his song “Greatness” that Migos won’t continue without Takeoff, who was shot and killed in November. But that doesn’t mean you won’t be hearing new rhymes from the late rapper, because Offset teased a song with him. Offset previewing music with Takeoff & Icewear Vezzo ?? pic.twitter.com/tyZUOsH57D — Wave […]
Mehgan James of The Hollywood Groupchat podcast implied that Yung Joc is a one hit-wonder for his 2006 cut “It’s Goin’ Down.” “How have you been able to sustain a 20-year career off of one hit?” she asked him. “Well, I got more than one hit. I got hit records,” Joc responded. “Tell me about […]
Like a lot of young rappers, Cassidy used his newfound money to buy himself a nice whip. The 40-year-old discussed his regret on how he purchased a Bentley while speaking to BagFuel. [Jump to 46 minutes.] “It’s a lot of big things that I bought I wish I wouldn’t have bought like a Bentley, like […]
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. Kevin Crandall will miss Rudy Gobert in a […]
Fast-emerging Hip Hop artist, Duce Doit, is making waves in Chicago’s music scene with his signature sound that exudes confidence and authenticity. The young rapper and songwriter recently released a trap track called “Tweak,” which pays tribute to Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall single “Rock With You.” Duce Doit, pronounced as duce (doo chey), meaning […]
Cassidy says he will battle any one…even Eminem. The rapper recently sat down with the African Cultural Art Forum and discussed his place in battle rap, as well as Philly culture. When it came to “who is the best batle raper,” Cass was quick to mention Eminem, claiming he’s a fan, but would battle him […]
There’s been talk of tension between Latto and Ice Spice. People were suspicious when Latto made like she didn’t know the words to Ice’s “Bikini Bottom”. The track has been ubiquitous on TikTok and the belief was that Latto is on that app enough to have heard it many times. Latto also has issues with […]
Last year, 42 Dugg was arrested by the feds for failing to report to a West Virginia prison to serve a six-month sentence for gun possession as a felon. Agents caught the rapper in a private jet he was taking back home to Detroit after watching an NBA playoff game in Memphis. He tried to […]
Quando Rondo has been getting heat on the Internet for having a girlfriend he started dating when she was in high school. He defended that by pointing out that he’s not that much older than her and she was 18 when they began dating. Bae, how old you is,” Rondo said, and summoned her to […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine finally suffered the consequences of being a troll and snitch. Yesterday evening, the 26-year-old was stomped in a LA fitness sauna by multiple men and ended up in the hospital. Footage pic.twitter.com/Pc9iXLxm7v — Raphousetv (RHTV) (@raphousetv2) March 22, 2023 The assault pleased Twitter and Elon’s app had a lot of reaction to the […]
DJ Drama said that his place in Hip Hop should never be questioned based on all he’s done for the culture. [Go to the 5:35-mark] [embedded content] “I’m not in a position of speaking politically correct anymore,” he said on Cigar Talk. “For what I’ve done for the culture and what I’ve given to people […]
Hasbulla looks like a small child. But he’s actually a 20-year old man with achondroplasia, a condition that makes his appearance seem younger than his actual age. He rose to international fame on social media during COVID. The other day he met Mike Tyson. From how the former champ reacted to the TikTok star it’s […]
Dedrick Williams, 26; Trayvon Newsome, 24; and Michael Boatwright, 28, were found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the killing of XXXTentacion. As the verdicts were handed down Boatwright went out of his way to show everyone he had no remorse, blowing a kiss. XXXtentacion’s killer smiled & blew a kiss at the […]
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Tekashi 6ixine has lived a charmed life since he snitched on the Nine Treys. It’s no longer so charmed. The troll rapper was brutally beaten in a South Florida LA Fitness gym sauna this evening. Tekashi was in the gym without security when he was attacked by multiple men. He was rushed to the hospital […]
Lil Nas X has been accused of faking gay for clout ever since he came out of the closet. It was just a few days ago that the “Old Town Road” singer denied he was finessing with a rather graphic description of the gay things he will do. But now it looks like the gig […]
NLE Choppa has eyes for Ice Spice. He let that be known by naming one of his recent tracks “Ice Spice.” Ice responded by telling Choppa “play it cool.” But there was more to it. Choppa tells Jason Lee that he had been texting Ice for a minute. But then the number changed. [embedded content] […]
There’s a segment of the rap game that thinks T.I. is a snitch. And that was before T.I. admitted that he pinned a gun charge on his dead cousin back in the day. (Tip has since claimed that he was joking and exaggerating when he copped to the ghoulish rat move.) Lil Pump was barely born […]
Mario Chalmers played with Lebron James for four years in Miami and won two titles with the future Hall Of Famer. But he has an interesting take on how the rest of the league viewed James. According to the Alaskan point guard, players didn’t LeBron like as they did Michael Jordan. “Nobody fears Bron. Nobody’s […]
The D.O.C. will forever be known as Hip Hop’s biggest what if. He lost his voice after a 1989 car crash and wasn’t able to rhyme. He released a couple of albums since the crash and his debut album No One Can Do It Better, but he hasn’t rhymed on a song in nearly 20 […]
The public doesn’t know why Andrew Wiggins, who isn’t injured, is out indefinitely. However, his Golden State teammates have explained that Wiggins is going through some “real sh*t.” Twitter has decided the “real sh*t” is a rumor that Wiggins recently discovered that at least one of the two children he has with his partner Mychal […]
So, one would probably assume that when he got to talk to the Brooklyn rapper, he showed a lot of admiration and gushed about his music. Instead, J.I.D froze up. Even though Jay told him he loved his latest album The Forever Story. “People that I’m a fan of, I don’t give a f*ck, I’ma fan […]
Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Abe Beame is imagining riding around in a truck on a Spring day with the windows down, blasting drumless rap. In 2019, a long-running prestige institution came to an end on HBO. It was a show with a sticky premise baked […]
Rick Ross’s prize Buffaloes are wreaking havoc in his Georgia neighborhood. She expressed concern about the danger to her small children and also contacted the city about the invasion. In response, Rick Ross has told all of his neighbors they have nothing to fear. “To everybody that’s wanting a statement or response for my bulls, […]
Amanda Bynes is currently on a psychiatric hold after wandering the Los Angeles streets naked and alone. According to TMZ, Bynes was seen walking near downtown L.A. early Sunday morning without any clothes. She then waved a car down and told the driver she was coming down from a psychotic episode, and then she called […]
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