There was also sorts of new King Von content last week, perhaps to promote the late rapper’s posthumous album, Grandson. In one of the videos, Von tells the police he’s gay, so he’ll be put in protective custody. King Von tells police he’s gay to get moved into protective custody. pic.twitter.com/3CdXDNUAFR — DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) […]
Drake has been hyping up his For All The Dogs album for a minute now. He set the clock for when it will drop while closing out his show at Madison Square Garden. Drake has set the clock on the release of his next album, ‘For All The Dogs’ to be within the next TWO […]
J. Cole recently chopped it up with Kevin Hart on the comedian’s Hart To Heart show and talked about staying off social media. “I had set rules for myself,” said Cole. “One was like, ‘Bro, you can’t go on social media no more’… Nobody’s there to be like, don’t Google yourself. Don’t search your name […]
Image via Big June/Discogs 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. J. Smith has visited […]
Nas didn’t drop any albums between 2012 and 2018. He’s dropped six albums since. Magic 2 came last Friday. However, HitsDailyDouble doesn’t have a projection for it, meaning it will do less than 26K in its first week. His last two albums, Kings Disease III and Magic II did 29K and 22K, respectively. Does Nas deserve more?
Eminem and Dr. Dre have brought on some pretty good rappers over the years. Both together and apart. This week they inked a joint Aftermath/Shady Records deal with Las Vegas rapper Ez Mil. Here’s a taste of what the 24-year-old can do. This is why we signed him @EzMil27 https://t.co/DCixazJB9J — Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) July […]
Last week, a mistrial was declared in YNW Melly’s double murder trial. Melly is accused of killing his YNW crewmates Sakchaser and Juvy. To no one’s surprise, Florida prosecutors announced that they would retry Melly and the same charges Melly’s mom, who claimed the jury had voted 9-3 to acquit, reacted to the news of […]
Bow Wow is being sued for stealing from a 10-year-old girl. According to court documents, the youngster cash app-ed Bow 3K for a feature. However, the feature never came to be, and the 36-year-old never returned the money. The father of the child wants 15K from the rapper. Bow, who dropped his first album when […]
Image via Trent Tomlinson 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. In case people can […]
Image via Rolling Loud/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. In his house, Donald Morrison doesn’t skip the Entourage theme song My attendance at Rolling Loud Miami as a […]
Boosie Badazz was not happy when Kodak Black decided to work with Tekashi 6ix9ine. Boosie is notoriously anti-snitch. Not only is 6ix9ine a rat, but he’s a proud cheese eater. While Boosie hates that the game has accepted 6ix9ine, he doesn’t hate Tekashi, the player. Got nothing to say bout 69 he doing what he […]
The rap game is fairly safe for homosexual rappers like Lil Nas X and Saucy Santana. Gucci Mane’s former rapper Lil Wop is transitioning to be a woman. It’s safe to say times have changed. ILoveMakonnen, who came out in 2017, wants everyone to remember he walked so others could sashay. Is the man […]
Chance received a lot of critical acclaim after dropping mixtapes Acid Rap and Coloring Book. However, his Big Day project was not popular with rap fans. The Chicago rapper is confident that his next LP, Star Line Gallery, will make up for everything. It’s merched I got the best next album outta all the niggas […]
TMZ just reported that LeBron James’ son, Bronny James, was rushed to the hospital on Monday, July 24, after going into cardiac arrest while working out at USC’s Galen Center. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” said a James family spokesperson. “Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to […]
Kodak Black was paid a million dollars to feature on the Tekashi 6ix9ine track “Shaka Laka”. Or $7800 a word While we wouldn’t call the track a flop, it is garnering nowhere near the streams to repay Yak for his efforts. 6ix9ine paid Kodak Black one million dollars to be a feature on his latest […]
Image via Brock Fetch Show your love of the game by subscribing to POW 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. Matthew Ritchie says that The Manhattans’ After […]
Things got wild last night on a boat Quavo was riding in. At about 10 PM, two men became “very aggressive” toward the captain and his crew after they were informed that their yacht ride on the Miami River was coming to a close. Cornell A. Whitfield and Anteneh A. Workeneh allegedly threatened to kill […]
Joe Budden likes nothing more than to mock Logic. Logic has given Joe some pretty good material. In a recent interview, Logic — who’s biracial — described how his mom — who is white — once got stabbed for dropping n-bombs. “I moved because my mom got stabbed,” Logic said.. “Yeah, she was in the […]
Nas released his new Magic 2 album on Friday, July 21. One Twitter user didn’t like Hit-Boy’s beats on the project and that one was enough for Hit-Boy to respond. only Nas — who hasn’t picked an album’s worth of great beats since ‘94 — would make five albums full of loading screen beats from one […]
Drake has been dodging underwear during his It’s All A Blur tour. During a recent stop, a 36G bra came speeding his way. Drizzy was able to avoid injury by catching the undergarment. Then he marveled at the size of the cup that almost took him out The large-breasted Drake Stanatte who fired the projectile […]
Wack 100 and Charleston White catching a fade makes sense. They are certainly on different sides when it comes to street gangs. But Michael Jordan breaking up a fight between Wack 100 and Charleston White? That doesn’t compute. But it looks like it happened. Time out Michael Jordan stop wack 100 and Charleston white from […]
After barely a day of deliberations, the jury in the YNW Melly double murder trial declared they were deadlocked. The judge agreed and called a mistrial. Melly will almost certainly be tried again for killing his YNW crewmates Juvy and Sakchaser. But he may have a good chance of ultimately beating the charges. According to […]
Florida rapper Boston Richey recently shot an unauthorized music video in the locker room of the Florida A&M football team. The video included some of the players. Now the entire football program has been suspended. “Earlier today, it was brought to my attention that a rap video was shot by a prominent rapper in the […]
Kodak Black got the much-craved Drake stimulus package early in his career. And Drizzy has stuck with his young friend ever since. In a recent discussion with fans, Yak explained how Drake pays him to be his favorite rapper. And pays him quite handsomely. [Jump to nine minutes.] [embedded content] “That boy Aubrey. That’s my […]
After about a day of deliberation, the jury in the YNW Melly double murder trial could not come up with a verdict. So the judge has declared a mistrial. That doesn’t mean Melly is out of the woods. Hung juries do not terminate jeopardy, and the prosecution will likely decide to retry the case from the […]
Lil Wayne‘s tour bus shooter Jimmy “Pee Wee” Winfrey a.k.a. Peewee Roscoe has been arrested again. This time, the arrest happened in Las Vegas. According to arrest and inmate records, Pee Wee was booked on three charges; battery, using a fake ID to evade justice, and to satisfy an arrest warrant from another state. Pee […]
Kodak Black is getting a lot of heat for taking a million dollars to feature on notorious snitch Tekashi 6ix9ine’s track. The track drops tomorrow afternoon. However, Yak has provided a line that didn’t make the cut. In it, he shades 6ix9ine and makes light of the situation. Kodak Black dissed 6ix9ine so hard on […]
Last month, Offset set the record straight on the Migos family relationship While he confirmed that the late Takeoff is Quavo’s nephew, he disputed the longstanding assumption that he was Quavo’s cousin. Quavo doesn’t necessarily agree. In the trailer for his new album Rocket Power, he tells his side of the story. [embedded content] “My […]
Gunplay was pretty upset after a DJ played 50 Cent at his 44th birthday party earlier this week since he and Fif are longtime foes. “Why would you play that?” Gunplay screamed. “Don’t touch me before I shoot this sh*t up! … I’ll kill everything in here!” He explained himself Thursday, July, 20, on Instagram […]
YouTuber JiDion is known for his stunts. In his latest video, titled “Don’t Sleep On The WNBA”, he does exactly that. JiDion got himself some bedding and then feigned taking a nap along the multiple front-row seats he bought to a Minnesota Linx game. At one point he “woke up”, grabbed the ball, and shot […]