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”. Â 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, Â 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 â 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] âIâm not in a position of speaking politically correct anymore,â he said on Cigar Talk. âFor what Iâve done for the culture and what Iâve 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. XXXtentacionâs 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. Â 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. Â 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. âNobody fears Bron. Nobodyâs […]
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. âPeople that Iâm a fan of, I donât give a f*ck, Iâma 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. âTo everybody thatâs 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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A bag of Flamin Hot Cheetos notoriously hospitalized Lil Xan. He was also hospitalized with Covid only to find out he didn’t have Covid. Another time  Xan was chased around town by a bunch of suburban 10th-grade 2Pac fans and needed the local police to save him. Such incidents may leave one with the impression Xan […]
Blueface wanted to make the point that he will smack a bitch just like he will a dude. So he Tweeted this. “My hands is bisexual for anybody who feel a typa way get up with me,” Blue typed. One could see how that could confuse people. Apparently, it confused a good chunk of the […]
An invite from JAY-Z to the Roc Nation brunch is a sign that you’ve made it in the culture. Comedian and actor Marlon Wayans doesn’t know why he’s never been mailed one. During an interview with Big Boy, he called out Hov for snubbing him while allowing no-name chumps at his late-morning gala. âI get […]
Detroit rapper Babyface Ray said that some people believe having a regular job is corny because it isn’t something they can stunt with on social media. “The world so crazy due to social media and what be going on,” he said while speaking to The Hip Hop Lab. “I just feel like a lot of […]
With all of the headlines that Azealia Banks has made over the years, it might surprise some people that she’s only released one album, 2014’s Broke with Expensive Taste. But she’s currently gearing up to drop two new LPs, Fantasea II and Business & Pleasure, which she discussed with Dazed. Not only that, Banks says she’ll […]
Macklemore’s The Heist notoriously defeated Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D City for best rap album at the 2014 Grammys. Then Macklemore made the situation even more awkward by posting a text he sent to Kendrick in which he says it sucks that he “robbed” him. When asked about it, Kendrick said that he thought Mack is a […]
Corey âGhostâ Holland Sr., a former drug kingpin, believes 50 Cent and his TV production partner Courtney Kemp stole his life story for their hit show Power. Holland says his relationship with Kemp and her father goes back to the 90s and alleges Kemp and 50 based hundreds of Power scenes on his experiences in the […]
In 2017, Young Buck and Starlito got into a fight at a basketball game in their hometown of Nashville. Not long after Starlito hit Buck with a diss track and back dissed back. Six years later, it’s water under the bridge. The two pushed for a photo and Buck captioned it with an explanation of […]
Drake headlined Argentina’s Lollapalooza this weekend. His set left something to be desired He only played for about 4o minutes, less than the 90 minutes a headliner is usually allotted. On top of that, Drake arrived late for the show and demanded the live stream be cut before he went on. wow drakeâs lollapalooza Argentina […]