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Play video content @charliesangelll / Instagram Waka Flocka‘s wife, Tammy Rivera, is fuming over a CVS employee who she believes racially profiled and harassed her — but she’s also making an appeal to save the woman’s job. ICYMI, Tammy went off Sunday with a couple of video posts … one of them from inside the

Play video content TMZ.com E-40‘s giving new meaning to his classic track “Yay Area” … which now could refer to the gourmet meats and burritos he’s serving up as he enters the food biz. That’s right, E’s got a new handle now — the Goon With the Spoon — to go along with his new

Play video content @jbalvin / Instagram J Balvin is issuing a mea culpa for a music video of his that portrayed Black people — especially women — as animals … namely, dogs … who were literally on all fours. The Colombian reggaetón star took to IG to apologize for the controversial visual offering of his

Ed Sheeran is hitting the pause button, because he says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 … which disrupts a few things in his immediate future. The singer made the announcement Sunday on Instagram, writing … “Hey guys. Quick note to tell you that I’ve sadly tested positive for Covid, so I’m now self-isolating and following

Jay Black, who fronted the ’60s hit group Jay and the Americans, has died. Jay sang some big hits for the group … the biggest of which was “This Magic Moment.” The band posted the death notice on its Facebook page … “Today, we mourn the passing of David Blatt a/k/a Jay Black and we

There is a full-on battle royale over DMX‘s estate, because another woman has reportedly come forward claiming she’s one of X’s kids, and wants in on the estate. Raven Barmer-Simmons has contacted some of the kids of the late rapper, saying she is among them … this according to Page Six, which broke the story.

Lil Nas X jokingly said he had a new song coming out with Boosie Badazz — but the latter didn’t think it was funny … and hurled every homophobic slur he could at the guy. The Louisiana rapper unloaded on LNX Saturday with an expletive-laden diatribe that’s shocking — calling Nas X the f-slur, among

Blueface‘s mom and stepdad say they were attacked in a violent home invasion at a place her son owns … and it sounds like the alleged attackers were there to go after the rapper. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Blueface’s mom, Karlissa Saffold, and her husband got into a physical altercation with

NBA YoungBoy is about to get out of jail as he awaits trial in his federal weapons case … TMZ has learned. The rapper’s attorneys, Drew Findling and Andre Belanger, tell us bail has finally been set for YoungBoy, but he has not yet been released. The judge gave him two options — put up

Elton John says his childhood traumas can still control him today and, in addition to shaping his parenting style … they can make him erupt in anger without warning. Sir Elton had already revealed in his 2019 memoir that his parents had beat him as punishment for things as simple as taking off his school

Tommy DeBarge — a member of the R&B/funk band Switch — and part of the music industry’s famed DeBarge family has died. A family member tells us Tommy has suffered from liver and kidney failure over the years, but recently took a turn for the worse. We’re told he was hospitalized a couple weeks ago,

Swedish House Mafia is back in the house … they’re going out on tour for the first time in nearly a decade, and they’ve got a new single featuring The Weeknd!!! The supergroup just announced plans for their first arena tour since 2012, and they just dropped their new track with Abel … “Moth to

Drake‘s got enemies, got a lot of enemies, but Montrezl Harrell is NOT one of them … so says the hooper, who claims their heated exchange that led to a technical foul was nothing more than friendly banter. After the Raptors spent 2020-21 playing home games in Tampa, Drizzy was finally back courtside in the

Chris Brown has entered the Kyrie Irving COVID-19 vaccine saga … calling the NBA star a “real hero” for refusing to get the jab. The musician — who has been tight with Uncle Drew for years — sang Irving’s praises as he remains banned from Brooklyn Nets practices and games for being unvaccinated … posting

Play video content Lil Nas X is getting his own special day in Atlanta … the city just declared a day in honor of the “Industry Baby” rapper. The Atlanta City Council is behind the move to proclaim Oct. 20 as “Lil Nas X Day” … and they just surprised Nas with a plaque commemorating

Play video content TMZ.com Rick Ross says that his weed-smoking and overall health have changed for the better — and it’s all because of a hemp business he’s gone all-in on … which sounds revolutionary. We got Renzel on “TMZ Live” Wednesday to talk shop about his latest business endeavor — a company he calls

Dr. Dre‘s divorce has been extremely contentious, and something happened Monday that punctuates the bitterness … a process server for his ex-wife attempted to serve him with legal docs at the cemetery where he buried his grandmother. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Dre was at a Los Angeles cemetery Monday to put the

Play video content TMZ.com Kourtney Kardashian is going to be walking down the aisle for the first time in her life — and she’ll be doing it with none other than Travis Barker … who just popped the big question. The Blink-182 drummer got on bended knee Sunday at a beachside hotel in Montecito —