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Before this girl wearing her hat backwards turned into an American singer, actress and model ... she was just daringly touching a cactus in Arizona ... but growing up in chilly Chicago, Illinois with her six brothers!

At just 15 years old, this go-getter moved to China to get her music career started -- eventually releasing her songs, "Every Day in Between" and "Uh Oh." She may be pretty like a daisy but you better watch out, because this superhero comes with a powerful shield!

Need one more clue? Her stage name is her father's first name!

Tech N9ne is admitting he was so in love with his 7th grade teacher that he refused to rat about their relationship -- even after they almost got sniffed out!!!

The shocking revelation came on Jelly Roll's wife Bunnie XO's "Dumb Blonde" podcast Monday, with the Strange Music boss also highlighting society's double standards on the matter.

Tech recalls the teacher being young and naturally beautiful, and once he showed her a photo of his father in a police uniform, she began flirting with him daily.

A baseball autographed by Pope Francis is being auctioned off to the highest bidder in the wake of his death ... and it could end up selling for over five figures.

The late pontiff signed a baseball several years ago ... scribbling "Francisco" in black felt-tip pen on a Rawlings MLB ball ... and now that he's dead, the souvenir is hitting the open market.

The baseball is going up for sale through RR Auction ... where it's expected to fetch at least $15,000.

Former college football star Justin Blackmon couldn't fit in the back of a cop car during his public intoxication arrest ... with a police report obtained by TMZ Sports stating a larger vehicle was required to transport him to jail.

The 35-year-old ex-Oklahoma State Cowboys receiver's most recent run-in with the law made rounds on social media over the weekend ... with sports fans noting the drastic change in Blackmon's appearance in his mug shot.

According to the incident report, OSU cops responded to a call regarding a "larger black male" laying on the ground at 1:32 AM on Saturday morning.

Mojo Muhtadi put the break in dancing over the weekend ... suffering a GNARLY shoulder injury while partying with Ryan Cabrera in Las Vegas!

The ex-WWE Superstar turned TMZ Sports TV show co-host was at Ghost Bar at the Palms Saturday night for Cabrera's performance ... when a dance battle busted out.

Never one to turn away from an opportunity to dance, Muhtadi *attempted* a diving shoulder roll ... that went very wrong.

Shannon Sharpe is firing back at his rape accuser ... calling B.S. on her allegations -- while sharing some graphic messages he claims she sent that back his side of the story.

Sharpe's attorney, Lanny J. Davis, released the denial on the Hall of Famer's behalf on Monday afternoon ... just hours after a Jane Doe said in a lawsuit the ex-football player sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in late 2024 and early 2025.

Davis stated the suit -- which was filed by famed lawyer Tony Buzbee -- was nothing more than "a blatant and cynical attempt to shake down Mr. Sharpe for millions of dollars."

"Temptation Island" star Shanté Glover’s tumultuous relationship with Brion Whitley finally bit the dust earlier this month -- but her girls had clearly been bracing for the blowup long before it hit.

TMZ caught up with Shanté’s costars Ashley Moore and Tayler Byrd -- and they make it clear they tried steering her away from Brion back on the island … especially after he got real cozy with not one, but two tempters, Alex and Courtney, in that infamous threesome.

ICYMI, Shanté did go back to Brion after the show -- despite all the drama -- and while he tried to redeem things, even recently telling us he regretted the whole threesome mess, it clearly wasn’t enough to keep things afloat.

Justin Bieber flipped a switch after flipping out on photogs who snapped him on his way into a coffee shop near Coachella ... because he was kind and respectful inside the store.

The Biebs went ballistic on shutterbugs outside The Vintage Coffee House in Indio before Coachella Weekend 1 ... but the shop owner tells us Justin was a completely different person once he walked in the door.

We're told Justin was kind, friendly and sweet after the heated tirade at the paparazzi ... and he was totally calm inside the shop.

Charlie Sheen is playing family man in a rare public appearance ... breaking bread with his famous father and brothers, plus one of his sons, amid some ongoing drama with his daughter Sami.

The actor headed out for a family dinner Friday in Westlake Village in the L.A. area ... accompanied by his pops, Martin Sheen, his brothers Emilio, Ramon and Renee Esteves, and one of his twin boys.

Noticeably absent was Charlie and Denise Richards' daughter Sami ... who recently said she would rather do anything than hang out with her dad.

Cash Money Records original Hot Boy B.G. says he learned about Birdman and Toni Braxton's marriage straight from the source -- that broke the story, not the happy couple exchanging the nuptials!!!

TMZ Hip Hop recently caught up with Chopper City's finest in NYC and quizzed him about the secretive marriage that's been bubbling for roughly 8 months.

B.G. couldn't contain his LOL's but says he was hipped from all the alerts buzzing on the internet.

Anthony Edwards wasn't just torturing Lakers fans Saturday night with his jump shot ... apparently, he was burning them with his mouth too.

Check out some video from Crypto.com Arena that's making its way around the internet Monday -- it shows the Minnesota Timberwolves superstar savagely jawing with some L.A. supporters ... as his team was up big on the Purple and Gold in Game 1 of their playoff series.

Edwards can be heard in the footage boasting to one fan about Rudy Gobert's massive contract ... before bragging about the size of another thing in his immediate vicinity.

Pope Francis died from a stroke and a heart issue.

The Vatican released the official death certificate for Francis on Monday, and Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli says the Pope died as a result of a stroke and irreversible heart failure.

Francis' death certificate also reveals the Pope had been in a coma before his death on Monday morning. That's interesting because we saw the Pope the day before, on Easter Sunday, meeting briefly with Vice President J.D. Vance at the Vatican.

Roman Reigns didn't get a win in his triple threat match at WrestleMania ... but he certainly didn't leave Vegas empty-handed -- thanks to his new luxury watch and diamond chains!!

TMZ Sports is told ... Eric the Jeweler from Mavani and Co. in New York flew out to Sin City to catch all the WWE action over the weekend -- and had the Tribal Chief's newest accessories in tow.

Roman and Eric linked up during the festivities ... and the latter handed over a 44mm Black Ceramic Openwork Audemars Piguet, which is rare and valued at around $450,000.

Donald Trump just got torched -- literally -- at a Spanish festival, where his effigy was strung up and burned as part of their centuries-old Judas tradition … and they did not hold back.

Forget Chucky, this huge blonde Trump dummy -- dressed in a black suit and red tie -- was the real stuff of nightmares as it was paraded through the streets for the Quema de Judas Festival in Coripe, Spain, on Easter Sunday.

As per tradition, the effigy was hung from a tree, set on fire, and brutally blasted at close range by a group of rifle-wielding locals.

"It's Britney, Bitch ... or is it, "It's Tyla, Bitch?!"

Singer Tyla paid serious homage to Britney Spears during her Coachella performance -- owning the stage in a near-identical 'fit to Britney's iconic "I'm a Slave 4 U" look.

No question the "Water" singer slayed in the desert -- exposing her midriff and sportin' a green bralette and short-shorts, but the question here is: Who'd You Rather?!

VOTE NOW!

Kanye West is claiming he and a now-incarcerated male cousin sexually experimented with each other when they were kids -- an experience he's turned into a new song, believing it contributed to both of their dark paths.

Debuting a new grungy song called "COUSINS" on Monday, Ye sings about stumbling upon adult magazines as a kid, noting the mags he found in his late mother Donda's possession were of the homosexual variety.

Ye says he eventually showed the mags to his cousin and they reenacted the male-on-male kissing scenes ... leading Ye to eventually "suck his d!ck" until the age of 14.