Dig into a rack of jams this Mixtape Monday including music from Horatio Luna, Namir Blade, Starker, Wigflippa and KC Ortiz. Horatio Luna is first up with Boom Boom, Namir Blade plants his flag with Aphelion’s Traveling Circus, Starker takes a solo trip for The Greenest Block, Wigflippa drops 9/13, and KC Ortiz follows with […]
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Please support our collective of music obsessives by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Will Schube is drinking Perignon out of Pyrexes. Anjimile ― Give Taker Giver Taker by AnjimileGiver Taker by Anjimile Anjimile’s debut came amidst a period of turmoil and change that reflects itself in their lyrical approach. The music, though, […]
It’s the best holiday and it only happens 52 times a year: New Music Friday. Once again, HipHopDX brings you the top singles from today, September 25. Travis Scott f. Young Thug & M.I.A. – “Franchise” For those that didn’t catch Travis Scott’s new Young Thug and M.I.A. assisted single at an IMAX screening of […]
Tory Lanez doesn’t appear to be doing himself any favors in terms of cleaning up his image. On Thursday (September 24), the embattled Canadian rapper dropped a surprise album called DAYSTAR and quickly became a trending Twitter topic. From the very first track, “Money Over Fallouts,” Lanez denies shooting Megan Thee Stallion in her feet and […]
Tory Lanez has been laying low since July when Megan Thee Stallion claimed he shot her in both feet after a night out in the Hollywood Hills with Kylie Jenner. As it turns out, he was busy in the studio. On Thursday (September 24), the former Quarantine Radio host surprised fans with a new album […]
The final New Music Friday of September is jam-packed with a variety of albums for Hip Hop fans. This week’s lineup features the latest works of A$AP Ferg and Action Bronson as well as the major debut of the EarthGang and J.I.D-led group Spillage Village. Also, Elzhi gives listeners another dose of his elite lyricism […]
Megan Thee Stallion is coming to Saturday Night Live. The Roc Nation-managed artist will make her SNL debut on the NBC sketch show’s Season 46 premiere, which is scheduled to air on October 3. “HOTTIES Oct 3 the mf hot girl coach will be on the SEASON PREMIERE of SNL with @chrisrock @nbcsnl,” she wrote […]
Rihanna‘s lingerie line is branching out to men – and if Christian “King” Combs has anything to do with it, it’s going to be “the new Calvin Klein for my generation.” The new Savage x Fenty menswear line was debuted by Combs in GQ on Thursday (September 24), ahead of its October 2 release date. […]
Internet Money promised a Roddy Ricch and Don Toliver-only remix of “Lemonade” would appear when the original offering made it to the top 10 on Billboard. While the song has officially been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and has hit Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 9 – the remix is […]
Armani Caesar may or may not be dating YFN Lucci – but she’s ready to address any shade from his ex, Reginae Carter. After photos of a cozy Caesar and Lucci hit the web on Tuesday (September 22), the Griselda Records rapper said she was “single,” which seemingly prompted a response from Lil Wayne’s eldest […]
Louisville, Kentucky was up in arms on Wednesday (September 23) after the grand jury decided not to charge any of the Louisville Police Department officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death with her murder. Only one of the three officers were indicted — but not for shooting Taylor. Instead, former officer Brett Hankison was charged with […]
Joe Budden has set a new course for his podcasting career. The former Slaughterhouse member announced the launch of The Joe Budden Network following his much-publicized departure from Spotify. “The Joe Budden Network is here,” reads a post from the network’s official Instagram account. View this post on Instagram The Joe Budden Network is here […]
Kanye West’s battle against the music industry has earned him some appreciation from one of his former artists. Desiigner, who’s been a vocal critic of Yeezy, showed gratitude to his old boss after West declared he’d give all G.O.O.D. Music artists his 50 percent share of their masters. “Thanks @kanyewest,” Desiigner wrote via Twitter on […]
Kanye West already has big plans for his position on the board of adidas that doesn’t quite exist yet. Following his demands to sit on the board of both Adidas and Gap, Yeezy followed up with more thoughts the following day on Thursday (September 24). “My first pillar when I’m on the board of adidas […]
T.I. recently spoke to Complex about a myriad of topics, including Kanye West, his new series with 50 Cent and the single “Ring” featuring Young Thug. During the conversation, he also revealed he’d confronted Tory Lanez about the Megan Thee Stallion shooting incident. Tip has been extremely vocal about his support for Megan since the […]
It took $800, but one major Cardi B fan who has some deep pockets got the recognition he wanted from his fave. Taking to Twitter, the London-based fan shared a screenshot of the eight $100 tips he’d sent to Cardi on her OnlyFans account on Wednesday (September 24), asking if it was enough to be […]
Interview – Lil Mosey has been having an impressive run since making his debut in late 2017. The 18-year-old rapper has developed one of the strongest resumes amongst his peers in his rap class and is already a star representing the new generation of Hip Hop artists. He’s already acquired millions of streams, has a […]
Los Angeles rapper Janky of YLSTE has started touting himself as “The New TDE,” sparking rumors he’s the latest artist signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. On Wednesday (September 23), Janky shared a photo of himself with TDE’s golden child Kendrick Lamar and tagged K. Dot in the photo. The post read, “I’m in the studio […]
Los Angeles, CA – Scott Storch has handed out hits to numerous major artists throughout his nearly 30-year career, but there aren’t many of them he remembers as vividly as “Still D.R.E.” The 46-year-old iconic keyboardist drew from his memory bank in a recent video interview with HipHopDX and clarified Snoop Dogg’s claims that JAY-Z […]
Lil Wayne is scheduled to release a different version of Tha Carter V on Friday (September 25). The original project arrived in 2018 after years of delays and legal troubles and boasted 23 songs featuring artists such as Ashanti, Nicki Minaj and the late XXXTENTACION. Ahead of the forthcoming release, the tracklist for new Tha […]
Azealia Banks has popped up on Twitter again to make her disdain for Kanye West painfully obvious. On Wednesday (September 23), the wildly outspoken rapper went off on Ye in a series of tweets after he promised to give all G.O.O.D. Music artists his share of their masters. In one of her tweets, she insinuated […]
Chance The Rapper is feeling the wrath of Twitter after he compared Justin Bieber’s new album to the late Michael Jackson’s 1979 classic Off The Wall. Lil Chano made the inflammatory comment during an Instagram Live session with the pop singer earlier this month. “I feel like we should talk about how fire your album is,” […]
Kodak Black is still fighting for his freedom and his legal team has now turned to president Donald Trump for help. According to TMZ, Kodak’s lawyers Bradford Cohen and Jonathan Schwartz sent a petition to Trump asking for their client’s sentence to be cut immediately. The Florida rapper was sentenced to 46 months behind bars […]
As Kanye West continues to renegotiate his label deal, he’s temporarily turned his focus to business partners Gap and Adidas. Kanye is demanding a seat at the table in both companies’ board rooms before moving forward with either. “I’M WEARING JORDANS TILL I’M ON THE BOARD OF ADIDAS,” he tweeted early Thursday (September 24). I’M […]
A couple years have passed since Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem went back and forth with diss tracks, but it appears there’s still bad blood between them. In an interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday (September 23), the Cleveland rapper reflected on their feud and why he responded. “I don’t feel any type of way […]
Big Sean is keeping up the work rate despite only releasing his new album Detroit 2 this month. In the early hours of Thursday (September 24), Freddie Gibbs posted a video of himself in the studio alongside Sean Don and one of the busiest producers of the moment — Hit-Boy. The Indiana rapper’s 36-second clip […]
Anderson .Paak handles the directing on the video for his latest single. On Wednesday, Anderson .Paak dropped the video for his latest single, “Cut Em In,” featuring Rick Ross. The Hit-Boy produced song appears on the soundtrack for Madden 21. The video, directed by Paak himself, features a cameo from Vine star-turned-actor King Bach. Stream […]
Conway The Machine serves as NPR’s latest Tiny Desk performer. Conway The Machine has made his NPR Tiny Desk debut. The Griselda rapper brought fire to the booth — a dining booth that is — at a diner in Queens for his quarantine performance, where he proceeded to do a five-song set. Three of the songs performed were from […]
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