“Lollipop” was the biggest hit of Lil Wayne’s career, spending five weeks atop the Hot 100. According to Pleasure P, he wrote the track but never got credit or money for doing so. Pleasure P Claims That He Wrote Lil Wayne’s Biggest Hit ‘Lollipop.’ He Says He Deserves A Cut Of The $28M Made From […]
Young Chop just spent a couple of years in Gwinnett County Jail for probation violations. Those violations included such behavior as firing a handgun in a street in front of his home, starving a dog to death, driving without a license or insurance and having an expired tag. Chop didn’t have a very good time […]
SZA’s reissue of her 2022 hit album SOS is also a hit. SOS Deluxe: LANA will top the Billboard album charts in its first week with 171K. The original album did 318K in its first week. Also of note in the Christmas music-dominated week is Kendrick Lamar’s GNX snagging the seventh spot with 75K
JAY-Z is being sued for raping a 13-year-old girl at a Puffy party in 2000. While the woman who brought the suit has remained anonymous, the details of the accusations are public and full of inconsistencies and even impossibilities. However, Hov’s attempt to have his accuser unmasked has been rebuffed with the strongest language possible […]
People have been speculating about the death of rap since its birth. The talk of the genre’s demise has been particularly strong this year. Drake had something to say about that during his Drizzmas stream. Drake speaks on if Rap is dead 👀 “Let’s not go there… It’ll never die… Just, it was a weird […]
Future was one of the many artists who was accused of going at Drake when a bunch of rappers started dissing him. Later, there was talk about them patching things up when Future reposted a tweet from Young Thug about all three of them needing to work together. Then journalist Elliott Wilson said Drake and […]
Kanye West launched his new clothing line yesterday, and he included what looks like a Wolfsangel symbol in the designs. The Anti-Defamation League says the symbol “appeared in Germany in many places” back in the day and “became a symbol of choice for neo-Nazis in Europe and the United States. In the United States, the […]
Drake is a 38-year-old man. He likes to stay young by sucking the blood of the latest hot rapper and getting on Adin Ross’s Christmas giveaway stream. However, he ran into a snag on said stream when Adin read a message that referred to him as “Unc.” “First of all, f*ck you,” Drake said. “Me? […]
Timothée Chalamet is arguably the most famous under-30 actor in the world. During a chat with Narduwar, the French-American thespian explained that he owed his career to Lil B. “Love Lil B. I met him at NYU. I had $50 from a commercial I did. I bribed a kid to give me his ticket. I […]
Eminem spoke about doing an entire album with 50 Cent while on his Shade 45 radio station. He sat down with his manager Paul Rosenberg for an interview and said it’s highly possible that he and Fif will release that project. Eminem Reveals He’s Still Open To Doing A Collaboration Album With 50 Cent & […]
Not too long ago, Ice Spice’s photo with Nobu founder, Nobu Matsuhisa, caused great concern. Many came down on The Bronx Rapper for her ultra thin look, and they’re doing it again. This time it was after Ice performed her song “Hannah Montana” for From the Block. Some criticized her slender frame, others the performance. […]
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.” After spending a good chunk of the year digging through Soundcloud, Boomkat, […]
Videos of Young Thug talking to visitors during his two and half years in jail have begun leaking this week. There a rumors that Thugger was communicating with up to ten women, including Mariah The Scientist, who was and still is a girlfriend. Young Thug took to Twitter this Christmas Eve to apologize to Mariah […]
Christmas time is a tough time of year for Joey Bada$$. His boy Capital Steez killed himself by jumping off a building on the night of December 23 2012. On the 12th anniversary of his Pro Era bros’ death, Joey got into a fight in a NYC store. Surveillance footage has surfaced showing Joey Bada$$ […]
Erica Mena and Nicki Minaj have Safaree Samuels in common. Nicki began dating him before she was famous, and they split in 2014. As for Erica, she was married to Safaree from 2019-2022. Erica bad mouthed Nicki over her ex-husband in the past, and now she’s apologizing. She did it while being interviewed on Bunnie […]
While a lot of people seem to be discussing Instagram model Leena Sayed professing her love to Young Thug in a jail call, another video with Thug is making the rounds. The clip shows his girlfriend, Mariah the Scientist, telling him about Diddy beating Cassie when the video first leaked in May. Thug was unaware of […]
Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter’s relationship with his fiance, Leanna Lenee, has been scrutinized by social media detectives who believe Lenee is treating Travis right. Their latest finding is a video of Lenee playing house with another man around three years ago. Man releases video from 3 years ago of Travis Hunter’s fiancée with another […]
Another lawsuit was filed against Diddy. This time by a guy named Phillip Pines, who says he used to work for him between 2019-2021. In the filing, Pines says his job was to set up up hotel rooms for Diddy’s sex parties, called “Wild King Nights.” He then had to clean up afterward and remove […]
When N.O.R.E called Dame Dash a chatty patty in a recent video, he was referring to Dame always talking about people in interviews. Most times it’s JAY-Z and his latest interview is no different. Dame has been speaking down on JAY since they walked away from their label Roc-A-Fella Records in 2004. His latest interview […]
The Free Tory movement is growing. But Tory Lanez is still not free. Fivio Foreign was able to get Tory on the phone. Fivio Foreign spoke to Tory Lanez on the phone 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sju5b9w8Fu — Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) December 24, 2024 “I miss you bro,” Fivio said. “We need you here.” Tory got a ten-year […]
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Before boxer Devin Haney married influencer Leena Sayed in early 2023, she was really into Young Thug. Here she is in 2022, calling Thugger when he is locked up and awaiting trial on RICO. Law and crimes leaks Devin Haney wife “Leena Sayed” crying on the jail phone to Young Thug saying “I ONLY WANT […]
Earlier this month, JAY-Z’s legal team said HOv had no personal relationship with Puff Daddy, despite a bunch of evidence he did. Now, insiders have told the Daily Mail that JAY-Z plans to cut all ties with The Diddler, saying he has “no loyalty” to Puff and would gladly “throw him under the bus.” “The […]
No Jumper host Adam22 says that Lil Wayne isn’t truly riding for Drake, because he had a friendly conversation with his archnemesis, Kendrick Lamar. As most probably know, Kendrick is playing the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX. Wayne thought he should’ve been selected, because the game is in New Orleans, his hometown. Kendrick then […]
N.O.R.E and Dame Dash are officially beefing after the Queens rapper tore into him on video. This comes a month or so after N.O.R.E said he never got paid for his brief appearance in Dame’s 2002 movie Paid In Full. Plus, Dame brought up N.O.R.E’s Drink Champs show while talking about JAY-Z being sued for […]
Ice Spice declared war on her body shamers earlier this month with a Sponge Bob meme. While it’s true some greasy-fingered basement dwellers have been calling Ice mid, the more common pejorative, so to speak, has been “thin.” Ozmempic Spice has lost a lot of weight and, in the process, shrunk the booty that made […]
Andre 3000 hasn’t done a lot of rapping over the last fifteen years. But he did drop a verse on the 2021 Kanye track, “Life of The Party”. As Andre told the New York Times, the only reason the verse saw the light of day is that Drake — who was beefing with Ye at […]
Latto seemed to us like somebody who enjoys twerking, and there are many videos of her twerking. However, she won’t be Twerking anymore. The 26-year-old was not happy that a clip of her twerking on a Dubai stage leaked, and now she’s sworn off ass-shaking in public for good Latto said enjoy the twerk while […]
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was easily the biggest hit of his summer beef with Dake. And that’s big part of why the world declared Kendrick the showdown winner. However, there have long been whispers that Drake’s “Family Matters” was the best track of the beef. Joe Budden, who has his own issues with Drake, […]
Gillie Da Kid abruptly ended a charity boxing event in Wilmington, Deleware last night after he was told people were shooting at the police outside the venue. Gillie just kicked everyone out from the boxing event he had after people outside shot at police 😳😳😳😳 #gilliewallokoparty pic.twitter.com/uuFWPxwIxx — Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) December […]