A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of two counts of first-degree assault in the alleged shooting A$AP Relli on a Hollywood street in 2021 and is now a free man. The verdict came after a three-week trial and three hours of jury deliberation. Relli testified that Rocky fired multiple shots at him after an […]
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There’s been a big hubbub made about Serena Williams joining Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at Super Bowl LIX and Crip Walking to “Not Like Us.” Some took it as a huge shot at Drake. Mainly, because they dated, and Drake dissed her husband Alexis Ohanian in his 2022 song “Middle Of The Ocean.” Alexis already […]
Kanye West is king of the long, rambling message. His latest came last night on X, and he defended selling a swastika shirt. The 47-year-old directed people to his Yeezy.com website in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this month where he sold the t-shirt for $20. That was before Shopify removed the site for violating […]
Did you know Tyga dropped his NSFW album a few weeks ago? If you didn’t, you are not alone. It didn’t do very well. The initial tally had it doing a respectable for 2025 22K in its first week. However, when they rerun the numbers using Billboard’s new shipping guidelines it only did 4K, which is […]
Drake was mostly making love, not war, on his new album with PARTYNEXTDOOR. But he still has some anger to let out after the rap game ganged up on him last year. Drake’s former pal DeMar DeRozan with the Compton and the culture over Drizzy when he co-signed Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss of […]
Cardi B had some romantic fun on Valentine’s Day. And it wasn’t with her on-again, off-again husband Offset. Bardi was spotted on a date with football player Stefon Diggs in Miami on Friday. The two retired to a hotel room around 2 AM. Diggs has been linked to Cardi and to at least five other […]
Next week, the jury will deliberate on the fate of A$AP Rocky, who is facing 24 years for shooting A$AP Relli in the hand. 50 Cent believes Rocky will walk free. And he’s willing to put some money behind that opinion. “I got ASAP beaten this case I’ll bet 500, 000 on it, that […]
Earlier this week, conservative E-girl Ashley St. Clair announced that she had given birth to Elon Musk’s 13th child. During her pregnancy — which was kept secret — St. Clair had bragged that her payouts for posting content on Musk’s social media site X had skyrocketed. Antonio Brown, who recently declared bankruptcy, has a new […]
Lil Wop was Gucci Mane’s protege for a minute. Then he began transitioning to a woman. Then he stopped the transition because he decided he’d rather have sex with trans people than be one himself. Then he was arrested for gooning in public. Now he’s claiming he has a video of him and Kanye West […]
Kanye took some time out from his regularly scheduled antisemitism to heap praise on the Jewish rapper Drake. Ye doesn’t usually get along with the Canadian, but he found his new track “Gimme a Hug” so undeniable he had to Tweet about it. “Gimme a hug is incredible,” Ye typed. “Sheeeeesh.” Here is the track […]
Drake’s album with PARTYNEXTDOOR is off to a good start, rocketing to the top of the daily Apple Music charts. Where it lands after a whole week remains to be seen. While much of the rap world has turned against Drake, Young Thug- who was locked up when they went at Drizzy 20v1- is celebrating […]
Last year, a woman claimed that Jay and Diddy raped her at one of Diddy’s VMA afterparties in 2000 when she was 13 years old and filed a lawsuit with lawyer Tony Buzbee. There were many holes and inconsistencies in “Jane Doe’s” story. Now, the case has been dismissed. Hov took a victory lap after […]
A$AP Rocky’s trial for shooting A$AP Relli got heated today. Defense attorney Joe Tacopina and Deputy District Attorney John Lewin sounded like they were about to throw hands as they squabbled during closing arguments. “Ooo I’m so threatened by you!” Attorneys at the #ASAPRocky trial go at each other’s throats. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin […]
Drake watched most of the rap world turn against him in 2024. But at least one of his Atlanta homies stuck with him when it seemed like he hadn’t a friend in the industry. “Savage, you the only n*gga checkin’ on me when we really in some s**t, brudda,” Drake rapped on his new track […]
Sexyy Red is a romantic. But what gets her juices flowing isn’t chocolate, roses or poetry. She wants some good old-fashioned violence. During a chat with Montreality, she recalled her favorite Valentine’s Day gesture. “The most romantic thing somebody did for me, it was my first boyfriend,” she told Montreality. “I was just in high […]
Drake and PND’s new album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U dropped last night in time for Valentine’s Day. Chalamange wasn’t feeling the love CTG ripped the album this morning on The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God react to Drake’s new album with PARTYNEXTDOOR: “I didn’t think that it was gonna be any smoke on the album […]
DJ Akademiks was recently accused of grooming a 15-year-old boy. Ak says he was just joking around. However, the latest cancellation attempt on the rap pundit has weighed heavily. According to Wack 100, Ak was thinking of quitting and then killing himself. Wack 100 says Akademiks told him that he wanted to kill himself after […]
Madonna and NLE Choppa were recently seen at New York Fashion Week together, and now people are saying they’re a couple. The “Material Girl” is 66 and Choppa is 22, by the way. “Madonna about [to] turn him out like she did Dennis Rodman😂😂😂,” wrote one of Choppa’s followers after he posted the photo of […]
It was reported yesterday that Kanye West and Bianca Censori split up, and they hired divorce attorneys. Right away, people on social media said Ye’s racist rant and selling a swastika shirt might’ve ended the marriage. It turns out, however, the couple isn’t divorcing, according to one of Ye and Bianca’s reps, who gave a […]
Eleven days ago, Bianca Censori stood naked beside her husband, Kanye West, at the Grammys. Now, they are headed for a divorce. According to The Daily Mail, the two have split and have each reached out to divorcee lawyers. The tabloid reports that Censori will get $5 million to end the marriage, which began in […]
Ebro doesn’t think Kendrick’s attack on Drake was about Drake. Instead, the radio personality believes Kendrick is going after a sickness that has infected Hip Hop and Drake just happens to be the most prominent victim. Omg I thought yall were exaggerating lmaooo this isn’t absolutely insane man? 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/UwKMEr4Mof — dmcb (@dmcb__) February 12, […]
Here’s something that shouldn’t be surprising: Fans of Kendrick Lamar liked his Super Bowl halftime show and those who prefer Drake or Lil Wayne over the Compton rapper didn’t. Just look at social media. There seems to be just as many people who praised Dot’s performance compared to the people who dissed it. TDE President […]
Gillie Da Kid spoke about his son YNG Cheese being shot and killed during a recent interview on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay. The 25-year-old was tragically gunned down in Philadelphia in July 2023. Gillie said that he was later told by police that 17-year-old basketball phenom Noah Scurry killed his son. Gillie received the […]
Image via Michael McKinney Independent rap journalists will recommend you new music until their voices give out. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci.” Slow month, huh? No such thing. In January, plenty of world-class DJs […]
Ty Dolla $ign stuck with Kanye West when Ye drove most of the music industry away with his ridiculous behavior. He’s no longer sticking with him. Kanye spent the last week being antisemitic and pornography on Twitter. That was too much for Ty. He posted a message of tolerance and unfollowed Ye on social. Ty […]
Puff Daddy is sitting in a federal penitentiary in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on trafficking and other charges. He may never again feel the light of freedom. Orlando Brown tried his best to bail The Diddler out. Orlando Brown says he tried to bail Diddy out of jail. pic.twitter.com/0XbO8DlvcN — No Jumper (@nojumper) February 12, 2025 […]
The entire time when Drake and Kendrick Lamar were battling, Pusha T was cheering Kendrick on from the sidelines. He once said that K Dot put on a “master class” during the battle and claimed the Compton rapper damaged Drake’s soul. Then yesterday, Pusha, who battled Draked in 2018, celebrated Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance by […]
Soulja Boy and Marlon Wayans beefing with each other probably wasn’t on your bingo card, but here we are. The two began going at each other earlier this week after Marlon criticized Soulja for performing at one of Donald Trump’s inaugural events. Soulja accused Marlon of selling his soul, and Marlon said the “Crank That” […]
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