Please help support the musical ecosystem we’ve made for ourselves by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Fuck a Tesla, Miguelito has rigged a ’67 Impala for space travel. Space has become cynical and exhausting, as a place and a concept. It is still a ā€œnew frontierā€ but in the sense that it […]

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2020 is coming to its end (think God, right?), but even though the year got on our nerves it gave us time to explore new music, and artists were able to focus on creating dope tunes for us. This year was extremely good for Latin artists who took over mainstream charts and rose to superstars […]

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Support your source for the best new rap music every week by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner uses writing as a front for his scam empire. Bladee & Mechatok – Good Luck I was looking for a tweet I saw that said Bladee needs to be cast in Euphoria to […]

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The new Channel Tres albumĀ i can’t go outside is out now. On Thursday, Los Angeles-based artist Channel Tres released his latest EP,Ā i can’t go outside. The project features a pulsing track with Tyler, the Creator called “fuego.” Stream the new track below. In preparation for the project’s release, Channel Tres joined Apple Music’s Zane Lowe […]

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The producer joined Rick Rubin on a new episode of Broken Record for a career-spanning interview. Pharrell is the latest guest on Rick Rubin‘s consistently insightfulĀ Broken RecordĀ podcast. Dialing in over a Zoom line, the pair of hitmakers discussed Pharrell’s Virginia roots, the origins of The Neptunes, the producer’s biggest hits (and perceived misfires.) Towards the […]

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Exclusive – Pete Rock just unleashed his new album Petestrumentals 3,Ā his first official sample-free endeavor and follow-up to 2015’s Petestrumentals 2.Ā  Aided by the immense talents of Jack White’s drummer Daru Jones, guitarist Marcus Machado,Ā bassists MonoNeon and Christopher McBride, keyboardist BigYuki and vocalist Jermaine Holmes, the 14-song project harnesses Rock’s innate love for jazz and […]

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NEW YORK, NY – The Diplomats are synonymous with New York City. With Dipset bleeding orange and blue, upscale streetwear brand KITH called on Jim Jones, Cam’ron and Juelz Santana to reunite and put together a freestyle inside the world’s most famous arena for the New York Knicks x Kith collaboration’s campaign. Kith reunited Dipset […]

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Rick Ross has erected his own rap Mount Rushmore: The Miami Edition and naturally, it consists of himself and two other legendary Florida rappers. On Sunday (December 13), Rozay posted an Instagram post featuring himself, Trick Daddy and JT Money. He wrote in the caption, “THIS PICTURE GOING ON MY WALL” and tagged Maybach Music […]

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Pop Smoke collected another posthumous accolade this week. SoundCloud revealed their 2020 Playback series, which saw the streaming platform name the late Brooklyn rapper as SoundCloud’s Top Artist for 2020. Pop’s catalog received over 191.5 million streams in the calendar year. ā€œWe celebrate the life and work of Pop Smoke as our Top Artist,ā€ SoundCloud […]

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Rumors of a B-Side to Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By album began making the rounds on social media over the weekend. The chatter picked up steam after fans spotted director Cole Bennett, who was behind Shady’s “Godzilla” video, in Detroit’s 8 Mile area. A heavily bearded EminemĀ was then captured in front of a green […]

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Despite Pfizerā€™s COVID-19 vaccine being authorized for emergency use across the U.S. on Friday (December 11), one person who won’t be taking it is NLE Choppa. The Memphis-bred rapper took to Twitter on Sunday (December 13) to urge his 931,000 followers to avoid the vaccine altogether. “Stay away from the vaccines,” he wrote on his […]

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TheĀ VerzuzĀ showdown has been postponed. Ashanti has revealed that she’s tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of tonight’s VerzuzĀ battle with Keyshia Cole. The singer took to Instagram to break the news. “Hey y’all I can’t believe I’m saying this but I tested positive for COVID-19,” Ashanti wrote. “I’m ok and not in any pain,” she added before […]

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Eminem’sĀ 2002 hitĀ “Lose Yourself” has been utilized as a motivator for sports teams, used in commercials to push products and even pulled into presidential campaigns. The Academy Award-winning single from Slim Shady’sĀ 8 Mile soundtrack is also admired by former United States presidentĀ Barack Obama. In a sit-down with Attn, Obama broke down how he turned to Hip […]

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Los Angeles, CA – North Philly artist Popp Hunna is urging listeners not to abuse prescription meds, despite the success of his anime soundboard-channeling hit “Adderall.” During a recent video interview with Genius, he took the time to denounce illicit consumption of the popular upper and also distanced himself from glorifying substance abuse. “I just […]

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Too $hort and E-40 are stepping into theĀ VerzuzĀ arena this month. According to an Instagram post from the popular Instagram Live series, the two Bay Area legends will go head-to-head on Saturday (December 19), bringing nearly five decades of Bay Area Hip Hop to Apple TV and, of course, Instagram Live. “Y’all know we had to […]

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