When Kendrick Lamar and SZA announced their North American tour earlier this week, everyone was very focused on their June 12 Toronto date because of Kendrick’s beef with famous 6 resident Drake. Drake’s goon Top5 said he would only respect Kendrick if he came into town without a police escort.  Charlamagne recommended that Kendrick stay away […]

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Azealia Banks dropped a bombshell by saying she and Drake fooled around in the past. She was tweeting about Drake filing a legal petition against Universal over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” when someone said she’s being overly concerned with the OVO rapper.  AND DID!!!!!!!! https://t.co/bOpOCM7S9L — Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) November 28, 2024 “Damnnn.. you […]

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Will Smith has some women regrets. But it’s not what you think. During an appearance on Vice’s Black Comedy In America, he admitted he made a terrible mistake when he pushed out his Fresh Prince co-star Janet Hubert after three seasons and had her replaced with a new Aunt Viv. “I made a horrible error […]

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In 2022, Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years for a drugs and sneakers deal that ended in gunfire. He was set for release in early 2026 and is currently housed at FCI El Reno in Oklahoma. Until a few months ago, he was active on social media, even going as far as to shoot […]

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JAY-Z’s  Monogram weed brand is in big trouble. Monogram was launched in 2020, with the expectation that Hov’s fans would pay $50 for prerolled joints and other such goodies. They did not, for the most part. Monagram still has nine retail stores across the country. However, JAY’s name is absent from any of their current […]

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Image via Mudbaby Ru/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. Harley Geffner wants to know what they even do in the Met Gala. [embedded content] [embedded content] In August […]

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LeBron James has a great mind for basketball. Not so much for public relations. The soon-to-be 40-year-old has been called out for dismissing the NBA Cup after the Lakers were eliminated, in contrast to how he celebrated taking the in-season tournament title last year. LeBron James went from the only person popping champagne 🍾 when […]

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The word is that a big part of why the whole rap world turned on Drake this summer is jealousy over how much money he makes. It’s not just his record contract. According to DJ Akademiks, Drake has a massive deal with gambling platform Stake. Akademiks said Drake has a $180M deal with Stake and […]

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Today begins December. This means it’s time to start dropping the gun and declaring the best-selling rappers of the year. Here are the ten best-selling rappers of 2024 by total units. #1 Drake#2 Future#3 Kanye West#4 Kendrick Lamar#5 Travis Scott#6 Eminem#7 NBA YoungBoy#8 Rod Wave#9 21 Savage#10 Tyler, The Creator Are Drake, Future and Kanye […]

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Dave Blunts has some of the craziest bars in the Hip Hop game. He’s also morbidly obese. Earlier this month, Snoop Dogg called him out for being so fat he had to sit down while performing “Well put down the chicken wings and Tata chips Newfew and that chair gone break soon get to the […]

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Rick Ross, Future, and A$AP Rocky are among those who turned on Drake this summer, even though they’ve previously received Drake stimulus packages. Some are already crawling back to the Canadian. Blocboy JB wants to make clear that he would have never left. “I’ll Never Switch Sides On Anybody That Helped Me This Rap Game […]

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J. Cole is a certified hitmaker. But it wasn’t always that way. On Cole’s podcast, Cole and his manager  Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad discussed attending LeBron James and JAY-Z’s Two Kings dinner during the 2011 NBA All-Star Game weekend, months before Cole dropped his debut album. During the meal, Hov told Drake to give Cole a […]

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