In 2020, Cardi B’s best friend, Yonette “Star Brim” Respass, was one of 18 5-9 Brims, a Blood set, to be arrested by the Feds for RICO and other crimes. Star, who was said to be the highest-ranking female in the set, eventually pled guilty. This week, she was sentenced to one year and a […]
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Saweetie’s body is one of her best qualities. She took it up a notch last night, bedazzling herself with $25 million worth of bling for the Oscar festivities. Saweetie says she’s wearing $25 Million on her body 👀 pic.twitter.com/2PsG6UBdqU — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 11, 2024 “I got $25 million on my body,” she claimed. […]
Chris Brown was canceled years ago. But he never stopped selling music and selling out shows. He stunted he’s success despite being shunned from polite society. “I don’t want to be accepted from none of the mainstream media and fake celebrities,” Brown typed. “I am king in my own lane. Your fave ain’t got sh*t […]
Influencer Josh Ostrovsky, who used to go by Fat Jewish, says he was walked in on Diddy hooking up with male producer Felix The Housecat. It happened years ago. Ostrovsky was invited to a party at Diddy’s house. High on drugs, he wandered into a room he shouldn’t have wandered into and witnessed something he […]
Kanye West’s daughter North is featured on her dad and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 1 album, but that’s not where her rap career is ending. On Sunday, March 10, at a Vultures 2 listening concert, North made a big announcement on stage. “I’ve been working on an album and it is called Elementary School Dropout,” […]
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Drake is a veteran of many tours. He is currently traveling the country with his guy J. Cole and the It’s All A Blur: Big As The What? tour. To keep things fresh, Drake had a dog on stage as he performed his hit “Laugh Now Cry Later”. As you can see, he pets the […]
Blueface is locked up in the Men’s Central Jail in LA for probation violations and should be there until July. He is also in trouble in Nevada for a different probation violation, this one involving the assault of a female. Something may have just happened or is about to happen in that case because Blue’s […]
Drake, 37, likes them young. So young he’s moved on to the little sister division. Drizzy has been spotted out with Latto’s 21-year-old sibling, Brooklyn Nikole. He may have also referenced her in the remix of the 4batz track “act ii: date @ 8” “How you get all of that body and face, though?/What kinda […]
A couple of weeks ago, Glorilla shot her shot at Damian Lillard. “Who n*gga dis is? Cause I want him,” she typed. “Whoever she is can’t whoop me so really dgaf.” Lillard recently divorced his wife and mother of his three children and has complained about his lack of social life in his new home […]
Soulja Boy is certainly not the first rapper to use TikTok. Nevertheless, he’s gone headlong into the app and claims he will now ditch Instagram after making almost 18K on his first TikTok stream “Ha. This just off of one live,” SB said of his earnings. “OK, cool. Goodbye Instagram … y’all catch my on […]
Rick Ross is a financial mystery. No doubt, he is rich. Earlier this year, he flaunted an AP watch he said was worth millions. A watch dealer is pushing back, claiming he has evidence it’s a fake “Ross, bro, I just made a video about your insane green AP. Unfortunately, it’s fake. Why are you […]
Earlier this year, 52-year-old Katt Williams claimed he could run a 4.3 40 — an elite time at any age Then, there was a video of Williams running what looked like a 40 in 4.47—faster than most NFL players. Now we have a more official time for Katt: 4.97. Katt Williams ran a 40 yard […]
On Friday, Meek Mill dropped the EP Heathenism. He did so amid the firestorm created by a lawsuit that suggested Meek used to have sex with Puff Daddy. They say all publicity is good publicity, but Meek’s sales have not benefited from his name being all over the blogs. Heathenism sold just short of 6K […]
Eminem has the rap album with the most weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart. His greatest hits package, Curtain Call, has logged 673. Here are the 25 longest-charting rap projects: Longest charting rap albums EVER💿‼️ (weeks) 673 – Curtain Call592 – good kid m.A.A.d city574 – Take Care511 – Greatest Hits (2Pac)502 – Nothing […]
Instagram thirst trapper and reality TV star Draya has an established history of getting ballers to knock her up. She has two kids with former NFL player Orlando Scandrick. If you thought her fertility history with pro athletes was over because she’s 39, you were wrong. Draya just announced she has a child coming with […]
TDE rapper Reason will likely hear from 50 Cent after he said the actors on his show BMF stink. Bmf got the worst acting on television and I’m here for every second of it — REASON TDE (@reasonTDE) March 6, 2024 “Bmf got the worst acting on television and I’m here for every second of […]
Chrisean Rock is living in Blueface’s house while the rapper is in jail for probation violation, and she said there was an attempted break in. The robbers didn’t get into the home, but they held Blueface’s father at gunpoint in the driveway on Thursday morning, March 7. Chrisean described the incident on Instagram and said […]
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DDG had his first child with his girlfriend, Halle Bailey, earlier this year. They had a sone who they’ve nicknamed Halo. Here’s a photo of DDG holding baby Halo. DDG caught some heat for his unusual technique. He pushed back on that. how y’all gon tell me how to hold my baby 😂 we chillin […]
Photo via Jimel Primm 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. Chris Daly spent the […]
Earlier this week, TikTok figures the Island Boys tried to fight an interviewer who asked why the brothers make out with each other. Island Boys Tried To Press Interviewer After He Asked Them Why They Were Making Out With Each Other. They Instantly Folded pic.twitter.com/6xM7Ilj3qy — STREET MEDIA TV (@streetmediatv) March 4, 2024 “Let’s […]
Steve Stoute was a guest on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay, and he had a lot to say about Jay-Z and Dame Dash’s split. Stoute and Jay-Z have been friends and business associates for years, so he saw their relationship’s demise up close. [Jump to the 48:00 minute mark] [embedded content] “He’s a gigantic, almost, […]
Coi Leray is a wee thing. Too small for first class, it turns out. The daughter of Benzino proved this to be the case by posting a video of her swimming in her first-class seat. Coi Leray shows off her space in first class 👀✈️ https://t.co/5GFcCsp87t — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 6, 2024 “lol this […]
In December, Drake and Camila Cabello vacationed in Drake’s Caribbean home, Turks and Caicos. Rumors of a romance between the two swirled. Cabello was asked about that during a stop on the Call Her Daddy podcast okay camila x drake?and also she’s such a red flag i stan lmao😭pic.twitter.com/rUSFyr4Czz — ivy (@ivy_undrunk) March 5, 2024 “So, […]
There’s no question that offense is up in the NBA. SGA is posting numbers like a prime Michael Jordan. LeBron is having one of the best statistical years of his career at 39. Embiid was on a ridiculous run before he got hurt. Giannis is posting the best stats of his career, and Jokic and […]
It’s easy to tell that Piers Morgan is fascinated with the longtime beef between Ja Rule and 50 Cent, because he kept asking Ja about it in an interview. The Murder Inc. rapper was a guest on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Tuesday, and Morgan asked him who would win a fight between him and 50. [Jump […]
Miami Dolphins wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, said he can no longer have a relationship with Rick Ross, because the rapper didn’t contact him when his house caught on fire in January. Rozay lives near Hill in the Miami suburb of Southwest Ranches and went to the fire. He then gave updates to his social media […]
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.” Sometimes, more is more. This month’s column is, to be blunt, quite […]