Image via SieteGang Yabbie/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 thinks about André 3000’s verse on “Life of the Party” a lot. [embedded content] [embedded content] If […]
Thirty Five years. That’s how much time Taxstone was sentenced to this week after being convicted of shooting and killing Troy Ave’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter in 2016. In all, the former podcast host was convicted of first-degree manslaughter, two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of assault in the second degree, […]
Adult actress Moriah Mills is pissed that Zion Williams got another woman pregnant when he was banging her, So she’s threatening to release a Zion sex tape of the Pelicans don’t trade him. (Her rationale is that Zion doesn’t deserve to be in New Orleans.) That got her a lot of attention. Attention is addictive […]
Latto is 24. As she figures, that’s a good time to get naked. So she did. Taking it off in the pages of the latest Cosmopolitan. “I’m young right now. I don’t have real responsibilities as far as kids and a husband. I feel like it’s the right time to embrace how my body looks—and […]
Earlier this year, a New York state jury convicted Taxstone of first-degree manslaughter, two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of assault in the second degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in the killing of Troy Ave’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter. Troy Ave proudly […]
Photos of Tyga and pop punk singer Avril Lavigne getting all hot and heavy with each other surfaced back in February. Then the relationship was confirmed shortly after and Lavigne’s ex, Mod Sun, posted a message about being heartbroken. TMZ now says that Tyga and Avril broke up a couple of weeks ago but they’re on […]
According to JasonMartin, he wrote the track that is now “Barbie World” for Saweatie. Here’s JasonMartin explaining what happened while insisting he will still get paid. “Y’all going to give me what I deserve. If Saweatie wants to not trip, that’s on here. But we crafted a record. OK. That was sent over to Nicki […]
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There’s a strain of thought which posits that Yung Miami, a rapper, isn’t very good at rapping. Yung Miami doesn’t necessarily disagree with this. But, according to Yung Miami, it doesn’t really matter. “So I said “hoe RAP FOR WHAT? this pussy pay the bills!!! Cause y’all always saying I can’t rap but I ain’t […]
Chicago rapper Lil Tuda has been murdered at age 14. Tuda was shot in the head in the western part of the city at about 4:45 PM yesterday Another teenager suffered gunshot wounds in the incident but survived. Timothy Lockhart, aka Lil Tuda, a self proclaimed rapper and member of the DMG (Dirty Money Gang), […]
The song “Back Down” is one of the tracks on 50 Cent‘s 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and according to Sha Money XL, he dissed Jay-Z, Cam’ron, Nas, as well as others on an unreleased version. [embedded content] “That record is his traditional patterns of ‘How to Rob,’ your ‘Life’s on the Line,’ […]
Durk talked about the cut in a recent interview on The Nadeska Show and explained why it took a good deal of time to secure the Dreamville rapper’s feature. [Jump to the 20:48-mark] “He went super crazy,” Durk said about Cole’s verse. “It’s so crazy because we’d been talking for like two years and he’d […]
Island Boy Kodiyak Redd recently stunted three icy watches. A Patek Phillipe, a Rolex, and an AP. According to FakeWatchBuster, they are fake, fake, and fake. Kodiyak hasn’t commented on being called out for fugazi timepieces. We just hope he didn’t pay for those watches thinking they were real.
Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. A decade removed from Mac Miller’s sophomore album, Watching Movies With the Sound Off, I’ve come to understand the album as a fitful and necessary moment of evolution. From Mac stepping into the role of a competent producer, to his connecting across […]
Big Pokey is dead at the age of 45. The Houston rapper passed out while performing Saturday night in a bar in Beaumont, Texas and died shortly after Texas Legend dies on stage !! Rest N Peace #bigpokey pic.twitter.com/1oVUW1plTL — BirminghamMusicPlug Follow Us On IG (@bhammusic_plug) June 18, 2023 Pokey’s publicist announced his passing. […]
Sometimes rappers disclose their sexually transmitted diseases in their bars. NBA YoungBoy did. The late Old Dirty Bastard did too. Sexxy Redd is also on team STD. She broke down what she’s had on Angela Yee’s show ?| Sexxy Red opens up to Angela Yee’s Lip Service about her battle with chlamydia (twice). “We was […]
Earlier this year, Taxstone was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter, two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of assault in the second degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in the killing of Troy Ave’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter. He faces up to 25 years […]
Between Tekashi 6ix9ine, Gunna, and Boston Richey, snitching has been in the news lately. Perhaps that’s why Young Scooter felt the need to lay out Freebandz’s policy on snitching for all to see. “FREEBANDZ WE DON’T CODONE SNITCHING,” Scooter typed. This is notable because Richey is still associated with Future’s label. So perhaps an internal […]
Quando Rondo’s bad luck continues… Last year, the Georgia rapper was involved in a shooting in Los Angeles which killed one of his best friends. Things aren’t getting much better, as he was just arrested on drug charges. Quando was hit with 2 counts of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s controlled substances law, 1 count of participating […]
Gucci Mane teamed up with Lil Baby to drop a new track and video today called “Bluffin.” In Gucci’s verse, he had a few bars for Wack 100 and mocks him for beefing online. ” I want my M’s up to one, two, three, four, five one-hundred, I ain’t arguin’ on no internet, I’m not […]
Image via DJ Healthy/SoundCloud 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 […]
A few years back, Steph Curry’s outspoken wife Ayesha Curry had folks cringing for Steph when she was caught jonesing for extra-material flirtations on Jada Pinkett Smith’s now-canceled Facebook show “Something that really bothers me, and honestly has given me a sense of a little bit of an insecurity, is the fact that yeah there […]
Last night Young Thug, who’s locked up and on trial for RICO charges, posted a QR code that leads to a countdown, suggesting he’s going to drop new music next Friday. Gunna, who took a plea deal in the same RICO case and walked out of jail, also posted the code. Gunna posted Young Thug’s […]
Casanova will get between 15-60 years on federal RICO and narcotics charges when he is sentenced on June 27 after pleading guilty. In a pre-sentence letter to the judge, he renounced his ties to his gang, the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation. “I am telling you and anyone that will listen that I wanted out before […]
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he would announce Ja Morant’s suspension for his second gun-waving incident after the NBA Finals. He waited till Denver had their parade and then he hit Ja with 25 games. ESPN Sources: The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant 25 games to start the 2023-2024 season. pic.twitter.com/EGKRU7WqwO — […]
Kendrick Lamar is barely active on social media. But he may be a little more active than he thought. K.Dot has pulled the lid off his burner Instagram page, @jojoruski. There isn’t a whole of content on the page and what is there borders on sh*t posting. But it seems like Kendrick is up to […]
Image via Doctor Jeep/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. Michael McKinney understands the […]
The first week of the YNW Melly double murder trial wrapped up today. He’s accused of killing YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser in 2019. If he’s convicted he could get the death penalty. So it’s not a good situation to be in. It looks like during the proceedings today he saw his chance and tried […]
When Gunna walked out of jail earlier this year he was sporting a much slimmer frame. From the looks of this new photo, he hasn’t stopped losing weight. Gunna’s transformation after getting out of jail is crazy.??? pic.twitter.com/sTKTBD1abg — Hip Hop Ties (@HipHopTiesMedia) June 15, 2023 Yesterday, Gunna announced he was dropping A Gift & […]
Yang-Baby Boloman Derkaiser, the rising hip hop star, has recently released his latest single, “Mercedes Benz,” which has been creating quite a buzz. The song pays homage to the luxury brand, incorporating references to its iconic status throughout the lyrics. But there’s more to the significance of the name in the song than meets the […]