Celebrity Feuds

Soulja Boy is sorry ... to Chris Brown ... to Lil Yachty ... and to everyone else he's beefing with, because he has something more important to focus on -- his mother's illness.

Soulja posted a video Wednesday morning apologizing for his erratic behavior -- calling out Chris for street fights and such. He says he just got news about his mom being hospitalized and it's the wake-up call he needed.

As we've reported ... Soulja has feuded with A LOT of people in the last year, and even threatened violence. Now he says that's all over.

Good timing. Chris's attorney, Mark Geragos, is now involved, saying he's going to file a lawsuit against Soulja ... most likely for some of the crap he talked about Chris and his daughter, Royalty.

Soulja Boy and Chris Brown's feud is going beyond fake-ass Twitter beef and hittin' the streets ... according to O.T. Genasis, and it sounds like that could mean real violence.

We got the "CoCo" rapper out Tuesday night at 1 OAK in L.A., and he says the hate between Breezy and Soulja is very real. He never uses the word "gang," but the insinuation is clear.

You can tell O.T. was pretty turnt -- even before he admitted it -- but his insight seems on point, based on what went down with Soulja in Compton Tuesday evening.

Angelina Jolie is down with sealing documents in her divorce and custody case, but she's going after Brad in a big way, saying if the kids have been damaged it's all his doing.

Angelina just filed legal docs saying she agrees with Brad, their business should be kept private, but says it's audacious of him to accuse her of airing their dirty laundry in public. According to legal docs, filed by Laura Wasser, Brad is lashing out because he's "terrified that the public will learn the truth."

Brad went ham on Angelina after she filed unsealed documents trying to prevent him from altering their custody arrangement, but in the new docs she says all he's doing is trying to "deflect from [his] own role in the media storm which has engulfed the parties' children."

She goes on ... "There is little doubt that [Brad] would prefer to keep the entire case private, particularly given the detailed investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Dept. of Children and Family Services into allegation of abuse."

The FBI and DCFS both closed out their investigations, determining no action was warranted.

Short story ... they've both agreed to seal the file, and they pretty much hate each other.

Soulja Boy is taking his beef with Chris Brown to the next level ... hanging out in Compton -- as promised -- and trying to draw Chris into a street fight.

Soulja was hanging with a bunch of street dudes Tuesday afternoon ... who he claims have his back. In the least gangsta move possible ... he went live on Instagram as he walked around challenging Breezy to come get some.

Chris says he's still down to fight, even though he never showed. Soulja almost got an ass whooping, anyway. Watch what happened when he put his arm around the wrong guy -- and check out this second angle to see how it ended.

Chris Brown wants to go toe-to-toe with Soulja Boy in a boxing ring, and it's all over a photo of Karrueche Tran.

Soulja says the beef all started when he liked a pic of Chris' ex, Karrueche, in a bikini. He says Chris hit him up, and threatened to whoop his ass.

It all sounds like some high school crap, but Chris is actually doubling down now, and reaching out to Adrien Broner to set up a charity boxing match.

His rant is awesome because as pissed off as Chris is, his priority at the moment was hooking up ... but he was way more blunt about it.

For what it's worth -- Soulja's been liking KT's pics for a while now, but she told us ... it ain't happening. Feel better, Chris?

Mariah Carey's people are incensed Dick Clark Productions is trying to lay the blame on her for the New Year's Eve fiasco on live TV, and they say DCP's own people copped to the problem right after it went down.

As we reported, Mariah's team believes DCP "sabotaged" her performance in order to score big ratings. She claims she and her team repeatedly told production people the earpiece was not working but they assured her it would be fine when she got onstage and performed. It did not.

Our Mariah sources insist after the performance, people from Dick Clark Productions were "screaming' about the malfunction, with one production person saying, "I don't care that her ears didn't work. She could've just winged it."

Dick Clark says Mariah's claim of sabotage is defamatory. But she's incredulous, saying she did Dick Clark Productions a favor after they begged for her to sing, and she did it for free.

One Mariah source tells TMZ, "We could be in Aspen right now having the best time instead of being in dog s*** Times Square that smelled like a f****** sewer."

Dick Clark Productions is outraged by the claims Mariah Carey's people made to TMZ, and the company is suggesting the singer has opened herself up to a lawsuit.

Dick Clark's people say Mariah's claim the production company sabotaged her New Year's Eve performance is "defamatory," adding it's also "outrageous and frankly absurd."

As we reported, Mariah's people say they repeatedly told production people her earpiece was not functioning but they ignored the warnings and even falsely led the singer to believe everything would work fine when she hit the stage. Suffice it to say ... the performance was a disaster.

Dick Clark Productions says, "In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, our initial investigation has indicated that DCP had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms. Carey's New Year's Eve performance."

Our Dick Clark sources blame the problems on Mariah, saying she refused to personally do a sound check and there was ample sound on stage for her to hear the music.

Dick Clark Productions adds, "We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry."

Mariah Carey believes her New Year's Eve performance -- which turned out to be a trainwreck -- was sabotaged so TV execs could score bigger ratings than usual.

Sources connected with Mariah tell TMZ they repeatedly complained to execs at Dick Clark Productions that her "inner ears" -- aka earpieces -- were NOT working.

Mariah did an interview with Ryan Seacrest an hour before she took the stage in Times Square and she was having trouble. You can hear her say to Ryan, "It's hard for me to hear you."

We're told after the interview Mariah and her team went to the production trailer and complained to Dick Clark execs her inner ears weren't working. Mariah sources say they were told her inner ears would be on a different frequency when she hit the stage and there would be no problem.

Fast forward to 6 minutes before her performance. Mariah was in the holding tent for last minute makeup, and she was alarmed, telling the production team she could barely hear anything. Mariah sources say they were assured the tent muffled the sound, and it would be fine on stage.

At that point someone said her mic pack wasn't working because the battery was dead, so they changed packs.

Mariah was suspicious and got on stage 4 minutes early to test things out, and she couldn't hear anything in her inner ear. She and her team say they complained repeatedly, but nothing was done.

To make matters worse and even more suspicious, Mariah's people say when she got on stage the prompter wasn't working. The prompter has the lyrics when they appear in the song as well as stage cues.

Mariah ripped the inner earpiece out -- out of frustration -- and thought she had a fighting chance just listening to the music, but the crowd was so loud in Times Square she could hear nothing.

Short story -- Mariah's team believe there are too many coincidences and too many warnings ... they say it was sabotage "so they could get Mariah drama." We know Mariah's people fired off an email to an Exec at Dick Clark Productions, saying, "This is sabotage."

We've reached out to Dick Clark Productions ... so far, no word back.

11:36 AM PT -- Dick Clark Production sources tell TMZ ... Mariah's "sabotage" claim is "silly," seeing how she's the one who decided not to do a sound check, and had a stand-in do it instead. They also say there were 8 monitors on stage amplifying sound, so even without an inner ear, Mariah should have been able to hear just fine. They add Mariah changed her story ... initially saying the track was wrong. Our Dick Clark sources insist her camp provided the track list.

Kordell Stewart says he's sick and tired of his famous ex-wife, Porsha Williams, trashing him in public -- and now he's threatening her with a legal war if she EVER mentions his name in public again.

You already know these two HATE each other ... but things heated up again this week when Kordell claimed Porsha had a role in leaking a private naked video of him to the Internet.

Porsha accused Kordell of leaking the footage himself for publicity -- saying she had nothing to do with "Kordell 'TOOTING' his derrière to the camera for the world to see."

Kordell was PISSED -- and had his lawyers fire off a cease and desist letter to the 'Real Housewives' star demanding she quit trashing him in public.

Kordell also told Porsha to scrub her social media of ANY anti-Kordell posts that may still exist on any of her Twitter, Instagram or Facebook pages.

If she doesn't play ball, Kordell says he won't hesitate to sue her ass immediately.

NBA star Caron Butler says he's "blown away" by George Karl's comments about players, and thinks he hurt his relationship with the rest of the basketball community.

Karl's new book, "Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection," goes after Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin's fatherless upbringings -- "all that money and no father to show them how to act like a man."

Butler -- who played for Karl with the Sacramento Kings last season -- says he got along with every coach he's had during his career ... but couldn't connect with Karl.

T.I. has made the first move to end divorce proceedings from Tiny ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Tiny tell TMZ T.I. thinks Tiny has overreacted because they've always gotten through rough patches in their 15-year relationship. He waited a few weeks so she could cool down after filing divorce docs, but now he's trying talk "sense" into her ... that they're good together.

Each thinks the other was pushed by "jealous friends" into filing to end their marriage.

The 800 pound elephant in the room that's not being addressed ... Floyd Mayweather.

As we reported ... T.I. and Tiny are currently on speaking terms, and have even been romantic together this holiday season.

WIDE RECEIVER BEEF!!!!

Dez Bryant fired back at Cris Carter on Thursday ... after the NFL Hall of Famer blasted him on "Undisputed" ... but now Dez is now trying to de-escalate this situation.

It started Thursday morning when Cris was VERY critical of Dez -- saying his performance over the weekend was not typical of a #1 receiver. At one point Cris said of the WRs who've been targeted 90 times this season, Dez is "the absolute worst."

Dez responded on Twitter saying, "Man you a puppet ... I'll see you around."

Minutes later he deleted the post and said, "I apologize it's not worth it."

Guessing we haven't heard the last of this ...

Randy Moss is going scorched-earth on the mother of his children -- claiming he retired from the NFL early to take care of his kids while his ex dealt with a $4 million drug addiction ... a claim the woman's family adamantly denies.

The ex-NFL superstar aired it all out on a Twitter rant Tuesday morning -- accusing the mother of his children of blowing $4 million on drugs ... and saying she's abandoned her kids.

He added, "Retired because my kids needed me! im here for the REAL father's tht understand our position in life."

We reached out to the woman targeted in Moss' attack -- and spoke with her mother who tells us the drug allegations are simply untrue. She told us her daughter got help for an issue a few years ago but hasn't had problems since.

She also said it's Moss who's blocking her daughter from seeing the kids.

Porsha Williams says Kordell Stewart is DEAD WRONG for insinuating she had anything to do with the release of a naked video featuring the ex-NFL star ... saying the whole thing smells like a publicity stunt.

We broke the story ... Kordell says a naked video of him was stolen and released without his permission and he pointed the finger at his ex-wife, Porsha, claiming she had something to do with it.

But we just spoke with Porsha -- and she ain't havin' it.

"This is obviously a publicity stunt that Kordell and maybe one of his partners in crime came up with."

"The truth is I have not spoken with Kordell Stewart since the day I signed our divorce decree. I have nothing to do with Kordell 'TOOTING' his derrière to the camera for the world to see."

She adds, "I would suggest Kordell find another hobby and wish him a very Happy New Year."

Kenyon Martin says George Karl "took a shot at my mom" when he claimed the NBA star didn't know how to act like a man because he didn't have a father in his life growing up.

Martin just appeared on "Undisputed" on FS1 to address the incendiary comments his former coach wrote about him in his new book ... and Kenyon didn't hold back.

"You're taking a shot at the way she raised me ... and other single mothers out there. You're taking a shot at them."

"My mother was my mother and my father. So for you to say that ... you disrespecting her."

How does George Lopez feel about Tiger Woods reportedly hitting the links with Donald Trump on Friday?

"That's just a couple of white dudes playing golf."

Lopez broke down the situation -- saying everyone knows that "all the golfers are republicans" ... therefore Tiger voted for Trump and it doesn't really surprise him.

George also recounts the time he golfed with Trump -- and once again accused the President-elect of hardcore cheaterism.