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Kanye West and his team continued to string a production company along with unfulfilled promises of payment, which eventually swelled up to more than $7 million … according to the company, which is now suing Ye. According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Phantom Labs says they worked on multiple large-scale projects with Kanye between

Play video content TMZ.com Boosie Badazz ended up in handcuffs during a Georgia traffic stop, which threw him into a rage, and we’ve obtained the wild body cam footage of the incident. According to cops, Boosie was the passenger in a black Cadillac SUV on Wednesday morning with a 19-year-old man named De’Shun Lawrence …

Play video content TMZ.com Ashanti‘s in the middle of a full-fledged renaissance, which includes a new children’s book and re-recording her self-titled debut album — and it’s clear she’s not looking back when it comes to Irv Gotti or her old label. We caught up with the R&B sensation in NYC, where she said laying

Fake Drake will get his wish to fight in the Celebrity Boxing arena … just not against the man to whom he owes his livelihood. Damon Feldman of Celeb Boxing tells TMZ Hip Hop that Lamar Odom — AKA ex-NBA champ, husband to Khloé Kardashian — has agreed to square off against Frake … and

Prosecutors in New York say they discovered a scheme to sell stolen handwritten lyrics from some of the Eagles’ most famous songs … and now 3 men have been indicted as a result of the investigation. Here’s the deal … prosecutors say the men were in possession of about 100 pages of Don Henley‘s handwritten

Griselda rapper Conway The Machine isn’t playing nice with NYC DJs Funkmaster Flex and Suss One — he’s telling the old-school vets is time to hang it up for good. Conway The Machine Calls Out Funk Flex, DJ Suss One & Other Gatekeepers In New York pic.twitter.com/9JvzxIqycC — First Class 🏁 (@1DJFirstClass) July 11, 2022

Play video content TMZ.com Omarion‘s been a hot topic since his Verzuz battle with Mario — where the other B2K members deemed “he got served” — but now ya could say Omarion’s hitting back with some docuseries tea. The singer appeared Monday on “TMZ Live” and let us in on his secret to handling all

Kanye West‘s left his mark on a ton of industries — shoes, clothing and even stem players — and now he’s laying the groundwork for what could be a retail store for all his wares. Ye and his legal team recently filed to trademark “YZYSPLY” for retail stores, online ordering services and online retail store

Play video content Instagram / @iknowyouwatching_ As more overzealous fans get handsy with rappers, the more consequences they face — just ask this poor guy, who got ejected off stage through the force of Lil Baby‘s burly bodyguard. The Atlanta MC was performing in Switzerland this week — at the Openair Frauenfeld Festival, no less

Polo G‘s lawyer thinks cops in Miami did the rapper dirty by only releasing parts of his 2021 arrest that make him look like the bad guy … but Miami PD is denying it released the bodycam footage. Polo’s attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ this is something he’s never experienced in his decades of work

Britney Spears is again bemoaning the fact that she’s been the subject of documentaries and TV specials of late — saying she considers it grade-A bullying by Corporate America. The pop star posted lengthy thoughts about this on Saturday, which she’s addressed before. She writes, in part … “I feel like America has done a

Guys and gals, take notes … Russell Wilson and Ciara just put on a clinic for how to celebrate an anniversary — getting in a romantic dinner in Italy AND personalized fireworks for the occasion! TMZ Sports has learned … the couple — who have been across the pond for the last few days —

Doja Cat‘s quiet efforts to hook up with Joseph Quinn are now out there for the world to see — and she’s pissed at his co-star Noah Schnapp for blowing her cover by posting their DMs. Doja went live on TikTok Thursday night to address what went down, and you can tell she was trying

Before this cute kid was putting out top chart bangers and making viral TikTok videos, she was just a city kid working the cash register and growing up in The Bronx. She first emerged on the scene when she was portrayed as a feisty and quick-witted rapper on VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop.” She holds

Gunna‘s come up short again — denied bond for the second time, because the judge believes his involvement in the Young Stoner Life camp could lead to witness intimidation. Judge Ural D. Glanville once again rejected all of Gunna’s attorney’s motions … leaving the rapper stuck in his Fulton County Jail cell at least until

Travis Scott stopping a concert for a rowdy crowd is backfiring — ’cause the family of one of the Astroworld victims thinks it shows him picking and choosing when he puts fan safety first. Alex Hilliard, an attorney representing Ezra Blount‘s family, tells TMZ … Scott’s actions at the July 4 Coney Island show don’t

Eric Holder has been found guilty in the murder of Nipsey Hussle … gunning the rapper and activist down in broad daylight back in 2019. Play video content The jury returned the guilty verdict in an L.A. courtroom Wednesday, about 3 weeks after the trial began. He was found guilty of 1st-degree murder for killing

Scoring anything Janis Joplin owned would be cool, but an instrument that belonged to Janis AND Jimi Hendrix is a whole new level of rock memorabilia. We’re talking about a hand-painted mandolin that fetched a whopping $281,250 after 29 bidders battled it out. The history on this item is pretty cool, so that price could

R. Kelly just won a mini legal battle against the feds, who just did an about-face and took the disgraced singer off suicide after he filed a lawsuit against the prison, TMZ has learned. In newly filed court docs obtained by TMZ, Metropolitan Detention Center Warden Heriberto H. Tellez — who was also named in

Katy Perry sent a message this holiday weekend to express frustration about the Roe v. Wade decision — but all Twitter wants to do is point out what it sees as hypocrisy. The singer tweeted Monday about the 4th of July and what it means in her eyes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s