Former NBA player Ben Gordon has been in what appears to be a mental health crisis for the last several years. Cam’Ron was on the scene in December when Gordon lost his mind in Harlem. “It’s ya boy Killa Cam, reporting for It Is What It Is Talk, outside of Harlem Hospital where former NBA […]
Rappers making headlines for saying something controversial on someone’s podcast is the norm these days. Ice-T certainly notices the trend and he sent a warning to those going on a podcast for an interview. Artist Public Service: Doing Interviews can be risky if you Don’t know what you’re doing… They will talk to you for […]
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Rick Ross’s second annual car show is slated to go down on June 3 at his massive estate in Fayetteville, Georgia. But the Rick Ross Promise Land Car & Bike Show is now in jeopardy. Fayetteville has denied a permit for the event because it “is not in compliance with Fayette County Zoning Ordinance.” Ross’s […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is trending on Twitter today for a very specific reason. The folks on the social media app believe he has come out of the closet as a homosexual. 6ix9ine got a boyfriend now??? i knew that rainbow hair wasn’t for show ? pic.twitter.com/mHXxF8j9CI — ? (@60404) May 16, 2023  In addition to […]
Timbaland sat down on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay and said both Drake and Jay-Z helped to pull him out of a difficult time. “Jay-Z is a prophet,” said Timbo. “God sent him. I ain’t never seen nobody like him. Hov actually raised me, and he don’t even know it. He raised me in the […]
Cardi B likes to use Twitter and communicate with her 30 million followers on her social media app. Sadly, the femcee has been shadowbanned because she posted some questionable content. So she is using her celebrity status to appeal to Twitter boss Elon Musk for full reinstatement. “I’m shadowbanned cause I posted a picture of […]
Last week, Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corinne pushed back on a report that her dad was still hospitalized four weeks after suffering what is thought to be a stroke while shooting the movie Back In Action. And she is correct: Â He’s no longer in an Atlanta hospital. In late April, he was transferred to a rehab […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine likes to stunt his Mexican heritage. But at least one Mexican wants nothing to do with him. Peso Pluma, who is our neighbor to the South’s most streamed rapper, had some shade for 6ix9ine when asked about New York City. “There’s rats, yeah … including 6ix9ine,” he said of The Big Apple. Tekashi […]
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Rick Ross stopped by Drink Champs for an interview and talked about being one of the few rappers in the game who can make music on the spot. He first spoke about Drake. [embedded content] “We in the two percentile when it comes to writers and creators. It’s called a two percentile. The two percentile […]
Rubi Rose expressed this opinion about male-female relations on Twitter over the weekend. “I feel like the man is supposed to pursue the woman… ion text/call guys first ever. Unless it’s my man and we locked in. Am I childish or that’s how it’s supposed to be,” she typed. Blueface disagreed for a biblical reason. […]
NBA YoungBoy doesn’t leave his home in the Utah mountains. He can’t, actually, as he’s still under house arrest. Soulja Boy, who’s beefing with YB over release dates, is ready to meet him outside when he is legally able to. Soulja Boy continues his NBA YoungBoy tirade: “Bring your p-ssy-ass outside”https://t.co/3Yh0bOWXIA pic.twitter.com/TvTmIcrSEn — HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) […]
Memphis star Ja Morant got an eight-game suspension for flashing a gun in a strip club in March. But he hasn’t learned his lesson. Yesterday, the 23-year did it again and flashed a gun on IG Live. Â (While listening to his guy NBA YoungBoy’s new album, of course.) NBA star Ja Morant pulls out a […]
J Prince loves his corded headphones… A lot of people have been clowing the Mob Ties boss for using the “old school” headphones, and he finally decided to respond to his critics. According to Prince, he doesn’t use the headphones because he’s old, there is a very specific reason. Prince says that earbuds, including Apple […]
Body and face. Yesterday, she jumped on Instagram and treated her followers to what her face looked like before and after she removed her facial fillers. “I was looking at old pictures you guys, that face was looking crazy,” she said of her former filler filled face. “That first picture was like a few months […]
Jonathan Majors is having a tough run. He was dumped by his management company, his PR agency, and numerous movie and commercial projects after being arrested in New York City for roughing his girlfriend. Disney is also weighing whether to replace him as Kang in the MCU. While there are reports that multiple women have […]
Young Thug was hospitalized for the second straight day on Friday. Thugger had complained of chest pains on Friday morning, as on Thursday. The judge presiding over Thug’s pre-trial hearings was forced to delay the proceedings for the second straight day. Thug’s lawyer has attributed his clients poor health to bad prison food. Get well, […]
Drake is a very rich man. But he wants to be even richer. One of the ways he hopes to acquire even more wealth is by selling $415 socks. Now these aren’t just any socks. Â They are limited edition handspun cashmere “Air Drake” socks, which are part of a collection celebrating the four-year anniversary of […]
We didn’t get a new album from Lil Durk last night. But we did get the single “All My Life” which features J. Cole. Cole’s verse is getting praise up and down the Internet. The best praise came from Durk. Lil Durk says J Cole smoked him on his own song ?? pic.twitter.com/ltc4pgythg — Wave […]
Earlier this week, it was reported that Jamie Foxx was entering his fourth week of hospitalization after suffering what has thought to be a stroke while shooting the movie Back In Action. A source who spoke to Radar Online said that Foxx’s family was preparing for the worst. Now a member of Foxx’s family — […]
Lil Yachty was among the rappers that NBA YoungBoy dissed on his new  Richest Opp album. “Lil Yachty mad about JT, f*ck, bitch, play with me / Half of y’all ain’t got more money than me,” rhymes YoungBoy. Last night, Boat wonder why YB came after him like that. So YB told him exactly why.  According […]
Nicki Minaj had a recent Twitter exchange with her fans and said her forthcoming album NM5 will change the game. Oh yes fractions warned, SFG did what fractions warned. Red Ruby Da Sleeze MOTHERED so hard & is now the standard. NM5 is the best thing that will come out of 2023 & will raise […]
Jadakiss was the clear star when his group The Lox defeated Dipset in Verzuz a couple of years ago. Jim Jones said that he’d like a rematch, which may or may not happen. But what may go down instead is a Verzuz battle between Jada and several rappers at the same time. At least that’s […]
Covering everything from Rage beats to niche Twitter icons. Please support the realest hip-hop blog for over a decade running by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Abe Beame is going to be upset when Lil Dicky shows up in a Wes Anderson movie. The Follow is an interview series I plan on […]
Usually Ice Spice herself is turning heads, but things are different this time around. Pictures of her mother have surfaced online, and the thirst is real in the comments. A lot of people are saying that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. What do you think? Ice Spice’s mom is going viral […]
This week, video leaked of Lil Meech getting arrested for trying to bring a gun on a plane back in December. During the incident, Meech first tries to pin the gun on a minor (possibly his little brother) and then his security guard. [embedded content] The charges against Meech were ultimately dropped. That has led […]
You would probably call Lil Durk an A-List rapper. Certainly, if you just consider his generation. But during a recent Lil Durk-Lil Baby debate, Bootleg Kev made an interesting point about Smurk. He doesn’t really have a big hit besides features on other rappers’ songs. [embedded content] “You know what Lil Baby has that Lil […]
Not only did the Lakers lose the game last night to Golden State, shrinking their Western Conference semi-finals lead to three games to two, but they may have lost Anthony Davis. The All-Star center was rolled off the court in a wheelchair after suffering what is being described as a “mild concussion.” It was mild […]