Michael Rubin has taken over the Hamptons white party mantle from Puff Daddy. DJ Akademiks thinks the sporting goods magnate may have other Diddy-like qualities. Ak recently spoke to Adin Ross, who attended Rubin’s soiree last month. Ross wouldn’t give Ak the details of what happens there beyond the cameras, which Ak found suspicious. Akademiks […]
Add Juvenile to the list of those furious that Kendrick Lamar — and not hometown boy and former Hot Boy Lil Wayne — will be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. He sent a message to the league and Roger Goodell via social media. Juvenile speaks on Lil Wayne not performing at the Super Bowl […]
Image via ShittyBoyz/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. Donald Morrison hopes Kendrick Lamar plays “meet the grahams” at the 2025 Super Bowl. [embedded content] [embedded content] The production […]
NBA YoungBoy will serve 27 months for violating federal gun laws after pleading guilty in a Louisiana court. He will follow that up with five years of probation and pay a 200K fine. He had been facing ten years after being charged with possessing firearms as a convicted felon during a 2020 music video shoot. […]
Birdman has now commented on JAY-Z’s decision to have Kendrick Lamar, not Lil Wayne, perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Like Nicki Minaj, Boosie Badazz, Master P, Cam’ron, and Mase, he believes it is the wrong decision. Like Nicki, he seems pretty furious about it. “Hatin sh*t 4real,” he typed. […]
Former Twitter CEO and JAY-Z stan Jack Dorsey was quick to take a jab at Drake when JAY-Z selected Kendrick Lamar to play the halftime show during this season’s Super Bowl. “big as the SuperBowl,” he typed on his old app, calling out one of Drake’s bars. Drake supporter Adin Ross took offense to the […]
Rich Homie Quan’s girlfriend of 15 years, Amber Williams, is the one who called 911 after finding the rapper unresponsive on their couch last week. He passed away on Thursday, September 5, from a possible drug overdose, and Williams released her first statement on the tragedy this weekend. “This pain is unbearable. The love you […]
Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape.  Harley Geffner wants to know what they even do […]
Kendrick Lamar’s navigation of his (and all of his friends) beef with Drake has made him more popular than ever. Has the Kendrick Lamar backlash begun? The rap world didn’t seem happy that Kendrick Lamar, rather than hometown boy Lil Wayne, was selected to play the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. Now we […]
Kendrick Lamar will be playing the Super Bowl halftime show this season. The big game will be in New Orleans, and many folks think that hometown boy and huge NFL fan Lil Wayne, not K. Dot, should be providing the entertainment. New Orleans OG Master P has now weighed. Â While giving Kendrick his flowers, […]
Sexyy Red only has one mode. And it’s pretty R-rated. When Red ran into Kodak Black she couldn’t help but start twerking against him, even though Yak was with his baby mama and children. Sexyy, also a new mom, and Yak have long had a playful relationship. Do you think there’s more going on?
A big offshoot of the Drake vs. Everybody beef is that many of those everybodies are now unwelcome in Canada. Rick Ross learned that the hard way when he was jumped in Vancouver. SchoolBoy Q wasn’t even let into Toronto. However, Drake not only allowed rappers Trippie Redd and 1400cjay into Canada but also hosted […]
Doja Cat hasn’t been posting much on social media lately. Something about harassment and a hack. But she’s back with a video of her on a stripper pole with a skimpy top. pic.twitter.com/8nP99Kju5c — DOJA CAT (@DojaCat) September 6, 2024 The Paint The Town Red rapper is reading a book as she spins. Last year […]
It’s been at least a few weeks since anyone sued Puff Daddy for sexual violence. And he still hasn’t been indicted by the Feds for sex trafficking. Puff has celebrated his run of better luck by increasingly leaving his house. He was spotted in Miami last week. Now, he is in his old stomping grounds […]
Big Sean received bad news this week when there were no projections for his Better Me Than You album, which was set to finish in the top 20. That turned out to be correct. Sean’s sixth album only moved 22K in its first week, landing 24 on the chart. Sean’s previous worst first week was 72K 2013’s Hall Of […]
Travis Scott’s rerelease of his 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo just did 361K first week, more than any rapper has done in 2024. Quite an impressive feat. His next drop is likely to do more than that. During a chat with Cultured Magazine, LaFlame revealed he is “back in album mode” and “amped” up about what […]
50 Cent called Dame Dash broke during an interview on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. While there is quite a bit of evidence Dame is broke, the former Roc A Fella boss objected to the classification and questioned Fif’s pockets. It was a very entertaining thing to see. Especially if you are 50 […]
We all know dead rappers get the best promo. The fresher the death, the better. Rich Homie Quan, who died of an apparent OD early yesterday morning, is currently number one on the charts and getting praised all over the timeline. Ralo doesn’t want to hear it, calling it fake love. I just seen the […]
Rich Homie Quan died early yesterday morning of an apparent OD. His girlfriend and baby mama, Amber Williams, found him unresponsive on the couch and called 911. Erica Banks was among those who sent their condolence.s. Â In doing so, she revealed she had a secret romantic relationship with RHQ. A lot of folks thought that […]
Dame Dash probably should’ve just taken 50 Cent’s comments about him in stride and kept it moving. But instead he issued a strange challenge to the G-Unit boss, which had to do with their respective TV channels. At the time, Dame was responding to 50 calling him broke in a recent interview. Then later, he […]
Between females removing them and men getting them, BBL are having a bad year. Rubi Rose wants everyone to know they weren’t necessary in the first place. The 26-year-old showed off her natural booty on social. Thick as hell no bbl pic.twitter.com/NyEMZnYEwO — Rubi Rose (@RubiRose) September 5, 2024 “Thick as hell no bbl,” Rose […]
Kanye West has subjected his wife, Bianca Censori, to all sorts of ritual humiliations involving her body, but she doesn’t complain. What Ye has done with his mouth is another matter. Insiders say Bianca isn’t happy with the new 850K metal grill Ye has installed in his mouth. “She tells him what he wants to […]
J. Cole typically doesn’t use features. But he does like to jump on other rappers’ tracks. Cole is on the new A$AP Rocky track “Ruby Rosary.” A$AP ROCKY x J. COLE RUBY ROSARY(PROD. THE ALCHEMIST) 🚨MIDNIGHT🚨pic.twitter.com/V6KXCUdt1H — NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) September 5, 2024 Rocky is among the rappers who ganged up on Drake this year. […]
DJ Vlad wouldn’t pay Marlon Wayans 40K for an interview. It looks like Shannon Sharpe did, because Wayans sat down for a Club Shay Shay session. Wayans gave Sharpe his money with this story about hanging with 2Pac minutes before the rap legend was shot to death in Las Vegas. Marlon Wayans says 2Pac was […]
Image via Robb Bank$/Instagram Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. The Bay Area doesn’t […]
The Atlanta Braves honored hometown boy Ludacris by calling tonight Luda night and having the 46-year-old throw out the first pitch. Luda decided to do it 2004-style by rocking the big arms from his legendary “Get Back” video. First pitch Luda-style@Ludacris | #LudaNight pic.twitter.com/gJ64hdlppH — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 4, 2024 While it wasn’t quite […]
Bankroll Freddie and his father were among 35 members of the AR Crew arrested in Arkansas for disbursing crack, methamphetamine, cocaine, cocaine, and more in 2022 Freddie has been locked up as he awaits trial ever since. He kicked off his jail stint by bragging about how well he eats from the commissary. Instead of […]
There was a time when a Lil Wayne update on his Carter series would send the rap world into a frenzy. That time is over. Nevertheless, there is still some interest in Carter 6 and Wayne took the time last night to detail where he’s at with the project. Lil Wayne says ‘Tha Carter 6’ […]
Cleotrapa has been exposing her former friend Ice Spice. According to Cleo, Ice is an Ozempic-chomping jerk who fakes being Black and abuses those around her. Ice denies the charges. Â However, some folks are buying them Spice has lost on unusual number of Instagram followers in the past 12 days Ice Spice has now lost […]
Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape.  Ryan Pomarico personally ended Brat summer. It’s very likely […]