Kyrie Irving won a title and many a playoff series in the six years he played with LeBron James. He’s only won two playoff series in the six years since. A meme maker called Kyrie out for his lack of playoff success. Kyrie, who recently shaved his beard, reacted to the disrespect with a prediction. […]
Stephen A. Smith and IMG Academy in Florida have organized a basketball camp, and the price tag is a whopping $2,899. The thing is, Smith is a commentator for ESPN, not a hooper, and he averaged a reported 1.5 points per game while playing for Winston-Salem State University. So, naturally people were shocked that his […]
Image via y2kdaily/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. Pete Hunt is still trying to figure out a justification for posting a link to Celly Cel & UGK’s “Pop […]
Beyonce doesn’t seem to be someone with a lot of opinions. Or thoughts, for that matter. But she expressed something last night during her show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. When she did her “Break My Soul” remix, she changed the lyrics from “Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl” to “Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu.” Beyoncé seemingly […]
Anti-gang advocate Charleston White has a history of poking at gang members and rapper wannabes, ostensibly to help clean up the streets. But he may have shown his true colors during a chat with Adin Ross. White wanted to talk about Bronny James, LeBron’s son, who was in the news last month for having an […]
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350Heem’s mixtape party couldn’t have gone any worse. The 25-year-old ended up dead. On Saturday, Heem and a 48-year-old woman were shot outside the Jade Fox Lounge in Lakeland, Florida, where the party for his tape Taking Chances 3 went down. The woman is in critical condition, and Heem didn’t survive. 23-year-old woman Jamilah Johnson has […]
Image via LUCKI/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. Yousef Srour says it’s Oppenheimer before Barbie if you want to leave the movies with a sliver of hope in […]
Keith Thurman was an undefeated title holder until he lost a split decision to Manny Pacquiao in 2019. He’s only fought once since then, a win. His next fight might be against a woman. Claressa Shields is the current WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring, and WBO middleweight woman world champion. She challenged Thurman to a […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine got beat down in a sauna for being a snitch. That’s not going to happen to Gunna. Wunna, who has a hit album and a hit single, travels with security. In fact, if you even mention the word “rat” in Gunna’s presence, his goons will be right on you. “I want you to […]
“You see who I walked out here with, right? I’ma always keep it a hundred with you,” said Drake after the Philly rapper walked him to the stage. “The last time I was in this building, that man right here, he’s been representing this city since he started in this sh*t … That man, me […]
The mother of the late FBG Duck, who recently became a highly paid OnlyFans star, has been the victim of a scary crime. She was arguing with her baby daddy in a driveway outside of a home while broadcasting on IG Live. After about a minute of yelling and declarations made “on Duck”, he ran […]
Cardi B went on a rampage in Las Vegas this weekend, tossing mics at multiple people. One of the mic tosses was preceded by an audience member tossing water at her. Cardi B throws her microphone at an audience member who threw a drink at her ? pic.twitter.com/fKmFLFGzKw — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 30, 2023 […]
Album Cover via Amaarae/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. Donna-Claire says ScHoolboy Q […]
Last week Offset released the track “Jealously”, featuring his wife Cardi B. To promote the song, Set did a promotional video starring Jamie Lee Curtis where they parody an old James Brown interview. [embedded content] Tate Kogang, who is signed to Nicki Minaj, suggested Set and Bardi were doing too much. That led to Cardi […]
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith recently caught some heat for sharing a tweet about Kim Kardashian. “Is Kim Kardashian a ‘prostitute’? Is Kris Jenner a ‘pimp’? read the message, which probably has to do with Kim’s sex tape with Ray J, and Ray saying it was all Kris’ idea. One of the people who criticized the […]
NBA YoungBoy paints his nails. He’s not the only young rapper who does. Perhaps it hits different when YB does it, given he comes from the streets. YoungBoy doubled down on his traditionally feminine sense of beauty and gave the finger to his haters by tattooing a nail polish bottle on his arm. NBA Youngboy […]
This wasn’t the only time Cardi B threw a mic this weekend. Cardi B throws her microphone at an audience member who threw a drink at her ? pic.twitter.com/fKmFLFGzKw — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 30, 2023 In addition to that toss, which came after an audience member threw a drink at her, Brazy Bardi […]
Cardi B is not to be messed with… The New York rapper was performing at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas over the weekend, and things got heated after a fan threw a drink at her. Cardi was performing her smash hit “Bodak Yellow,” when it all went down. After the drink was throw at her, […]
On Thursday, Terrence Crawford jumped on Instagram and explained he wanted Eminem to walk him out before his fight against Errol Spence Jr. “This is 2 crazy.!!! You r 1 of my favorite boxers rn,” Em responded in the comments. So it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Shady was next to Crawford when he […]
Twisted Black promising rap career hit a snag in 2007 when he got a 30-year sentence for dealing crack. The Texas rapper was released earlier this month. He dropped a “First Day Out” Freestyle this week. In it, he took shots at Rick Ross and Tekashi 6ix9ine, a former CO and a proud truth-teller. [embedded content] “I’m […]
Bundles are back. And Travis Scott is taking full advantage of them. His Utopia album is slated to do between 450K and 55oK in its first week. About 275K are streams; the rest will result from bundles. Travis Scott – Utopia on pace to sell 275K first week (Without Bundles) – Bundles expected to be +250k […]
When Kevin Garnett was playing with the Timberwolves, he went to a Snoop Dogg show the night before a game. A noon game. Not only did he go to the show, he hung out with Snoop after, until the sun came up. It didn’t go well. KG had been leading the league in rebounds but […]
Drake showed NYC native Lil Kim some love during his Madison Square Garden show. But it doesn’t look like he hooked her up with a good seat. Drizzy gave Kim a shout-out from the stage and then met with her backstage. So it should have been a nice night for the 49-year old. However, Kim’s […]
Kodak Black’s verse on Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Shaka Laka” is the most controversial feature in some time. There was widespread surprise that Yak would work with 6ix9ine. Not only is Tekashi a proud snitch, whereas Black represents himself as from the streets, but Yak and 6ix9ine have beefed in the past. Kodak countered the criticism by […]
The jury in the YNW Melly double murder trial could not come up with a verdict, so the judge declared a mistrial. Melly, who is accused of killing his YNW crewmates Juvy and Sakchaser, will be tried again. The new trial will likely start very soon. When it does, the prosecution may pursue a different […]
Superstar Pride, who was the hottest young rapper in the game for a moment, is being held without bail for shooting and killing his barber, Marcus Wheatle. Wheatle’s grandmother, who witnessed the murder, believes Pride killed her grandson because he refused to accompany him on a trip to California for a video shoot. Mississippi police […]
Tupac Shakur’s crown ring was sold for $1,016,000 at a Sotheby’s auction this week. It turns out that Drake bought the ring. He showed it off Friday, July 28, on Instagram Stories. “Utopia out now Meltdown,” he captioned the photo, referencing his song on Travis Scott’s new Utopia album. But on that cut, Drizzy says […]
Image via Carl Lawrence 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. Michael McKinney understands the […]
NBA YoungBoy is serving out his house arrest in Utah. It appears he’s been adopted by a local family. In a new Vlog, YB hangs out with his new kin and then speaks on spending $25 million. [embedded content] “I stay fresh every day and don’t never post nothing. I’ll f*ck your head up, boy. […]