Druski and Rubi Rose’s relationship came off as a joke at first. But it was a real thing. Until it wasn’t. Now that they’ve broken up, Druski is reflecting on what he learned about dating someone famous on the Internet for being hot. Druski reveals he stopped dating Rubi Rose because she cost too much […]
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If you are wondering what ever happened to Vultures 2, you may be about to have an answer. This morning, Ye announced the follow up to his joint album with Ty Dolla $ign will drop on Friday. “ALL ORDERS FULFILLED,” read the announcement. “VULTURES 2 COMING AUGUST 2ND.” What exactly “all orders fulfilled” means, we couldn’t […]
Lil Yachty watched a good chunk of the rap game turn on his sleepover buddy Drake this year. He thinks he knows why it happened. Lil Yachty speaks on the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef 👀 “I think people just hating on Drake ‘cause he’s the guy. It’s also probably that he f**ked everyone’s b***h” […]
Twitter hated Ice Spice’s Y2K! album. But Pitchfork really liked it. This may be a case where Twitter is real life. We don’t have a projection yet for Ice’s first week because, according to HitsDailyDouble, it won’t crack the top 20. The 20th album on next week’s chart is set to do 27K. So, barring […]
Paige Reese Whitaker is the third judge for the Young Thug RICO trial this month. The first judge was removed after being accused of misconduct, and the second stepped aside after learning her deputy had an improper relationship with one of Thug’s co-defendants. A new judge is a new opportunity to ask for bail. Thug has […]
About a decade ago, Waka Flocka Flame advertised a 50K a year job as his personal blunt roller. 6000 people applied. Adin Ross also wants a joint roller. As a sign of the inflationary times, he’s offering 120K a year. Adin Ross is seeking to hire a joint roller for $10,000 a month 😭😭#adinross pic.twitter.com/eNJnBj64ly […]
The word on the internet street is that The Game isn’t the only rapper who may lose a home. There is a rumor that Cardi B and Offset are struggling to make payments on their Atlanta mansion and may face foreclosure. Bardi pushed back hard in a now-deleted Tweet. “LMAOOO You bum btches wish,” she […]
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Keefe D, who will soon go on trial for his involvement in the murder of 2Pac, has implicated Diddy in the crime. Keefe claims that Diddy offered him a million dollars to kill Pac and Suge Knight back in the day. He didn’t take the money, which he claims went to another gang banger. In […]
But not Boosie Badazz. Boosie used his platform on VladTV to declare the consensus winner Kendrick is currently well ahead. “Ain’t no doubt [Kendrick won] cause they still running,” Boosie said. “When you run a race and one just stop, one still running. You still running. You stretching it to win the race. When you […]
Image via SdotFrmdaBlock/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Steven Louis is Webmaster Emeritus at www.thug.com. [embedded content] [embedded content] The “G Perico breakup song” is as conceptually disarming as […]
The consensus on Twitter is that Ice Spice’s Y2K! album is not very good. That shouldn’t be a surprise. Ice’s lyrics have long been derided as awkward and trite. As for rapping skills? When Kai Cenat recently asked her to freestyle, she silently twerked. However, Ice has a big fan in Pitchfork. The once venerable music website […]
New York rapper Rowdy Rebel left Los Angeles last week with this message for the local savages. “La I’m outta here Smd,” he typed. “All Hoovers Smd [skull emoji]” He also told the city to perform oral sex on him. Rowdy was angry about an incident with a Hoover. According to Wack 100, Rowdy has […]
Femcees have been beefing on wax like the fellows. They are also getting shot like their male counterparts. A little more than a week after Tan DaGod was murdered at a meet-and-greet, Stunna Girl has been shot. Luckily, Stunna survived to post the gruesome images on social. Prayers up for Stunna Girl pic.twitter.com/G3vTzA2WaE — Peter […]
You can call Lil Yachty a lot of things. But you can’t call him poor. Boat jumped on Twitter this weekend to brag about how much money he made in the first bit of his career. He did so after his net worth was compared to Kendrick Lamar’s and Playboi Carti’s. “yall ve letting this […]
Drake is the most streamed artist of all time. But, lately, he hasn’t been in his usual perch as the most streamed current rapper. Instead, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem have been snagging the top spot. That just ended. Drake is back to being the most Spotify streamed rapper, even though it’s been almost a year […]
The public consensus is Kendrick Lamar won his beef with Drake. That’s not necessarily how the pros view it. Vibe mag asked three battle rappers, Dizaster, John John Da Don, Jaz The Rapper, who won Drake v. Kendrick. All three picked Drake. Battle rappers said Drake won 3-0 Kendrick pic.twitter.com/Sr2Df2gIUr — Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) July […]
The murder of PnB Rock was a family affair. Rock allegedly was shot to death by an unnamed 17-year-old during a robbery at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles in 2022 Prosecutors say the teen’s father, Freddie Lee Trone, drove the getaway car, and his wife, Shauntel Trone, was arrested for being an accessory to […]
The 6 God has fallen. Drake joined the nu-metal band Limp Bizkit last night for their Toronto show. When Fred Durst announced Drake was in the house, the house booed. Drake gets booed at a Limp Bizkit concert at the Budweiser Stage venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. pic.twitter.com/AMiZchFNLN — The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) July […]
HoneyKomb Brazy was released from prison last November after serving about 3.5 years on a 13-year sentence for guns and other nasty stuff. A month later, Brazy was pulled over in Mobile, Alabama. The cops found a firearm and controlled substances, all in violation of his probation and his status as a 4x convict. Federal […]
Soulja Boy has more than just smoke for Drake these days. SB went off on B. Simone after she criticized his music. [embedded content] “I have never been nowhere talk to no b*tch and they said let’s go to a B. Simone comedy show. Let’s listen to B. Simone tell jokes. Who the f#ck is […]
50 Cent and Cuban Link have been dating for years. There was talk they had broken up in January. However, we’ve heard that before, and they always seem to find each other again. This week, it looks like Cuban found Travis Scott. Here’s a video of Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines leaving the club with Travis […]
Last night, the DJ Premier track “Ya Don’t Stop”, featuring Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and Big Sean, dropped. When folks heard about the track, they found it odd that Wayne would get on a song with Rick Ross, who has been beefing with Weezy’s little bro, Drake. But it was also possible the track’s recording […]
Last year Ice Spice said in an interview that she doesn’t consider herself a lyricist. “Obviously, lyrics go into music and I do think about them and I do be having bars in my music, but they’re just super simple,” she said at the time. So, when Kai Cenat asked her to freestyle when she […]
Over the last several weeks, multiple influencer types have said they are removing their BBL because they realized the aesthetic is unpleasant. That’s music to Coi Leray’s ears. The daughter of Benzino has long been teased for her skinny frame. She took a victory lap on Twitter. Coi Leray speaks on “skinny” being the new […]
Earlier this week, Funny Marco said he had to cancel his tour with Bobbi Althoff because she wasn’t good enough to justify people paying their hard-earned money to see her. That blindsided Bobbi. She addressed the cancellation and his comments in her own video. Bobbi Althoff responds to Funny Marco’s video explaining why he canceled […]
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Rowdy Rebel was recently in Los Angeles. The New York rapper took a shot at the Hoovers on the way out. “La I’m outta here Smd,” he typed. “All Hoovers Smd [skull emoji]” It’s unclear the context, but New York rapper Pop Smoke was killed by gangbangers associated with the Hoover Crips. What do you […]