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Play video content R. Kelly isn’t admitting a damn thing when it comes to the “I Admit It” album that dropped Friday — speaking from jail, he calls the recording a plot to screw him over in court. TMZ obtained this audio Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, says he recorded Friday shortly after they’d met. The

UPDATE 10:17 AM PT — A source at Sony Music tells us despite the album’s claim of being a release from Legacy Release is not true, and it appears this is a bootleg version. It’s still unclear how the album was dropped and who was behind putting it out. R. Kelly just dropped the biggest

NAV‘s taking his 2022 success — his third No. 1 rap album, “Demons Protected By Angels” — and rolling it into 2023 with a tour packed with special guests. The XO rapper unveiled dates Thursday for his upcoming “Never Sleep” Tour … which, of course, takes its name from his smash hit with Lil Baby

Kanye West has lost friends, business deals and billions of dollars for his hatred, and now he can add losing an honorary college degree to his woes … cause the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has taken it away. According to a school letter, obtained by TMZ, honchos decided to rescind Ye’s degree,

Play video content Young Nudy is looking to do serious bodily harm to whoever’s stealing his unreleased tracks and putting them on the Internet … and, frankly, he has the beating all planned out. Nudy hopped onto Instagram fuming with rage after learning a whopping 172 of his songs were placed onto a popular illegal

Play video content Intsagram / @dababy,@humaidalbuqaish DaBaby is currently over in Dubai pushing his “Blame It On Baby 2” album, but he’s also finding time to get wild … at a zoo. The “BOP” rapper paid a visit to the Al Buqaish Private Zoo … a world-renowned animal shelter and checked in with its owner,

Play video content TMZ.com Dozens of Taylor Swift fans, and one angry lawyer/Swiftee, want Ticketmaster to stand trial for allegedly screwing them outta tickets … and right now at least, they’re not interested in settling. Attorney Jennifer Kinder filed the lawsuit last week against Ticketmaster, and she joined us Tuesday on “TMZ Live,” and explained

Trap rapper Hoodrich Pablo Juan is going to do some hard time in prison as part of a plea deal he made, and once he gets out … he’ll have to be on his best behavior for an even longer stretch. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, HPJ pleaded guilty to one

The man charged for shooting Lady Gaga‘s dog walker last year just got a stiff punishment for the crime … landing behind bars for decades. James Howard Jackson was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison in Los Angeles County — this after accepting a plea deal from the District Attorney’s Office. Jackson was one

Christine McVie had some personal items of hers hit the auction block this weekend — and in the wake of her death … you better believe they fetched a pretty penny. The event was held by Julien’s Auctions on Saturday and Sunday in Beverly Hills, where upwards of 800 items belonging to three different Fleetwood

The stars were out and shining bright in D.C. this weekend … this as President Biden bestowed lifetime awards on a handful of them who were honored at the White House. George Clooney, Gladys Knight, Bono and the rest of U2 were on hand Sunday in our nation’s capital to receive their Kennedy Center Honors

Keke Palmer made a big reveal during her monologue Saturday night on ‘SNL’ — the buzz is real … she’s having a baby! Keke’s having her first kid with BF Darius Jackson, and she didn’t just say it … she showed it!!! She said, “There’s some rumors going around, people have been in my comments

Akon is still backing Kanye West, even after the guy proclaimed his love for Hitler and Nazis — going so far as to say, he isn’t offended … ’cause the remarks aren’t aimed at him. The singer sat for an interview with Sky News this week … during which he said he supports Ye’s right

Play video content TMZ.com Bella Thorne is not only friends with Elon Musk, she’s also a big fan of his decision to temporarily kick Kanye West off the platform for spreading antisemitic hate. We caught up with Bella in Miami, where she’s hitting Art Basel, and asked about her relationship with the Chief Twit, and

Play video content TMZ.com French Montana‘s late Coke Boys artist Chinx Drugz is still dropping new music 7 years after he was gunned down — a fact his wife sees as a testament to the countless hours he spent recording. Chinx’s widow, Janelli Caceres-Pickens, and his former manager, Doug “Biggs” Ellison, painstakingly compiled verses, snippets

The only people more pissed than Taylor Swift at Ticketmaster are her fans — a couple dozen of whom are now suing because they got shut out of the chaotic presale for her ‘Eras’ Tour. The fans, who are from all over the country, want Ticketmaster to pay dearly for, in their estimation, allowing bots

Aerosmith called off their concert Friday night in Las Vegas … this after Steven Tyler had fallen ill. The legendary rock band was set to perform at Dolby Live at Park MGM as part of their “Deuces Are Wild” residency … but Steven got sick about 2 hours before they were to hit the stage.

Britney Spears has done a shocking about-face … praising a family member, no less her sister. Britney marked her 41st birthday with a message to Jamie Lynn … “It’s my b-day but you’re my heart so I’m thinking about you … congratulations on being so brave, inspiring, and showing guts and glory in your show

Nick Cannon just had a major health SCARE … landing him in the hospital with pneumonia. The “Masked Singer” host posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed, wearing a face mask, gown and beanie. The father who has welcomed 11 kids with 2 on the way casually revealed his diagnosis to his millions

Hollywood is back at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where President Biden‘s finally getting to entertain a foreign dignitary — French President Emmanuel Macron — as well as famous supporters. Thursday night marks the return of swanky state dinners … as the COVID pandemic forced Biden to cancel such events for the first 2 years of his