CELEBRITY JUSTICE ™

DMX says his baby mamas will finally start gettin' paid because he's fired the guy he says kept messing up their payments.

As TMZ reported, X was arrested Tuesday in New York for a contempt of court warrant for failing to pay his ex-wife child support for their 4 kids. The rapper tells TMZ as far as he knew, the child support checks were going through.

However, X says his now former business manager was the guy screwin' up and X has given him the boot. The rapper tells us he's in the market for a new financial manager.

Taylor Swift can "Shake It Off" all she wants, but if she sings about haters hating ... then she's gonna have to pay the songwriter who first came up with the phrase ... according to a new lawsuit.

Jessie Braham says Taylor's signature hit borrows heavily from a song he wrote in 2013 called "Haters Gone Hate." Braham says his lyrics are "Haters gone hater, playas gone play. Watch out for them fakers, they'll fake you everyday."

He points out that his song phrase is used more than 70 times in Taylor's 2014 song. He's basically saying ... her entire chorus is a ripoff of his song.

Braham, who goes by Jessie Graham on his track ... wants $42 million from Taylor, and wants his name added to any new prints of "Shake It Off."

Apparently he hasn't heard most people download or stream music now. Anyway, checkout his song compared to Taylor's.

Ice Cube is true to his name -- the guy who just got sued for the millions and millions of dollars he made off "Straight Outta Compton" doesn't seem the least bit concerned.

Cube touched down at LAX just a few hours after Jerry Heller filed a lawsuit against him, and Dr. Dre, and NBC Universal for defaming him and ripping him off with the 'Compton' script.

There's potentially more than $100 million on the line, so you might expect Ice Cube to be pissed -- but check out the clip.

Young Jeezy will stay $5 million richer ... a jury of his peers just ruled a man claiming to have helped launch the rapper's career gets nothing

Jeezy was in an Atlanta courtroom on Friday for his legal battle with Ellerbee Demetrius, a man claiming to be Jeezy's bff since '95. Demetrius says he's the one who helped Jeezy establish himself in the music biz, and in return he said he was owed money from at least 4 of Jeezy's albums.

As TMZ reported ... Jeezy denies cutting ANY music deals with Demetrius, and says they're far from BFFs.

Jerry Heller is suing everyone connected with "Straight Outta Compton," alleging the movie defamed him ... and he wants $110 MILLION minimum.

Heller has just filed suit against Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the Estate of Eazy-E, NBC Universal and others, claiming the portrayal of him in the movie was false and damaging.

Heller says he was portrayed as "the bad guy" and "a sleazy manager who took advantage of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube." And he says there are other lies in the movie, including:

-- He withheld a $75k check from Ice Cube

-- He fraudulently induced Dre and Cube to sign unfavorable contracts

-- He enjoyed lobster brunches while the contracts were being signed

-- He was fired by Eazy-E

He claims he never gave permission to use his likeness and he wants profits from the movie as well because NBC sold tickets off his back. He also claims producers used his book without permission for pivotal scenes, including the one where Suge Knight strong-armed Eazy-E into signing away his rights to Death Row.

And this is funny ... he says producers didn't even bother to give his character a fake name, like "Gary Beller."

You'll recall Heller sat in the front row with his lawyers when the movie premiered.

He's suing for $35 million in compensatory damages and at least $75 mil in punitives ... plus all profits from the flick.

Abby Lee Miller and Kelly Hyland have finally buried the hatchet in their "Dance Moms" lawsuits ... and all it cost the show's production company was some floor repairs.

The case was settled last week in L.A. and according to court docs, Kelly agreed to drop her lawsuits against Abby and Collins Ave Entertainment. "Dance Moms" can still use Kelly and her daughter's image in show reruns ... for a price.

As part of the deal, Collins Ent. has to pay $17,500 to replace the floors in Hyland's home that she claims were damaged during production. The two sides must also keep up a friendly front.

TMZ broke the story -- Hyland sued Abby twice last year -- once for a brawl during a NY taping of the show and the other for causing emotional stress on her 13-year-old daughter.

Mack Maine and Birdman just got sued for misidentifying a teenage boy for the kid who drunkenly killed 4 people and dodged jail time.

Mark and Becky English claim they were shocked to learn a picture of their 17-year-old son was slapped on the cover of Mack Maine's album, misidentifying him as Ethan Couch.

You may recall, Couch got a slap on the wrist -- treatment facility and no jail time -- for driving drunk and killing 4 people. He got off after making the "affluenza" defense -- claiming he was the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never taught him right from wrong.

Mack made a song about Couch and plastered the young English on the cover. Birdman is also being sued because the album was released on his label.

Former "Big Brother" star Krista Stegall -- who had some infamous drunken escapades -- got busted by cops for a major beef with her ex-husband.

Stegall was arrested in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon when cops spotted her and realized there was a warrant out for her in a neighboring town. Law enforcement sources tell us she allegedly filed a false police report against her ex-husband, claiming his house was unfit for their children.

We're told her ex's pad was fine when cops checked, and that's when the warrant was issued. Police booked Stegall for criminal mischief and unlawful entry -- she allegedly tried to get into his crib at some point.

Back in Season 2 of 'BB' ... Krista got wasted and made out with housemate Justin, who then held a knife to her throat, and got booted from the show. Good times.

Ex-NFL star Kordell Stewart is suing the male viral video star who claimed they had a sexual relationship -- claiming he's never EVER been gay ... not one moment in his life.

The man being sued is Andrew Caldwell -- who became famous for screaming in church, "I'm not gay no more!!!"

Caldwell went on a radio show on October 1st and claimed he had hooked up with Stewart in the past -- and that KS bought him everything from purses to expensive cars.

Stewart denied the allegations -- and in his suit states, "At all times during [Kordell's] life, Mr. Stewart has been, and is, a heterosexual male."

In his suit, filed in Georgia and first reported by AJC, Stewart calls the allegations, "false and defamatory."

Stewart claims Caldwell has since apologized and retracted his statements ... but Stewart isn't ready to let bygones be bygones.

Kordell says he's been subject to public embarrassment and ridicule -- and claims the statements damaged his career, reputation and hurt his family.

He's suing for loss of earnings, emotional distress and impairment to his reputation.

Taylor Swift just laid down the law ... nobody grabs her ass and gets away with it ... because she just countersued a radio DJ who claims she falsified a story about getting groped.

According to the docs ... Swift says she's 100% sure David Mueller lifted her skirt and grabbed her butt in 2013 at a backstage photo op for her Denver concert.

As we previously reported ... Mueller initially sued Swift ... claiming he was fired from his radio gig after the singer claimed the radio jock groped her.

Mueller now claims the assault was carried out by another guy ... but in her docs, Taylor insists Mueller was the one who got handsy, leaving the singer, "surprised, upset, offended, and alarmed."

Olivier Martinez will not wage a custody war with Halle Berry, sources connected with the couple tell TMZ ... because he does not want to go through with the savagery he witnessed between Halle and Gabriel Aubry.

We're told Olivier was horrified by the bitterness between Halle and Gabriel, and the toll it took on their daughter Nahla. He's satisfied with joint custody of their 2-year-old son, Maceo, and we're told Halle is also down with that.

We're also told Olivier has no intention of moving to France and starting a Kelly Rutherford/Daniel Giersch type international war.

It's lucky for Halle, because she wanted to move Nahla to France, and tried unsuccessfully to convince a judge it was a better place to raise kids than the U.S.

Playboy is being sued after a man claims he suffered serious injuries during the mansion's infamous Halloween party.

Michael Jed says he attended Playboy's 2013 Halloween bash and was approached by security guards during the party. Jed says they told him his wristband wasn't legit so they called the cops and placed him under citizen's arrest. Jed says he tried to make a run for it after waiting an hour ... big mistake.

According to the lawsuit, security guards beat Jed to a pulp ... he suffered trauma to his spine, bruises, contusions and sprains to his neck, back, shoulders, arms, legs and wrists.

On top of all that, Jed says he was arrested by cops but later released without any charges.

He's asking for unspecified damages including loss of earnings.

DMX's glorious month or so of freedom came to a swift end when -- once again -- cops busted him on a contempt of court warrant.

The rapper got popped Tuesday in Yonkers, NY on the warrant from a July court date for allegedly failing to pay child support to his ex-wife, Tashera Simmons ... with whom he has 4 kids.

When X appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon, he begged the judge to let him out of jail because he needed to be out so he could perform scheduled gigs and earn money. The judge had mercy and released DMX without bail. He'll have to be back in court in November to work out child support issues with Tashera.

DMX spent 2 months in a Buffalo jail for not paying child support to another woman. He just got out in September.

Tennis star James Blake says he won't hold a grudge against the entire NYPD after he was body-slammed by a cop last month ... but he's still scared of the dude who roughed him up.

Blake was back out in NYC Wednesday -- where he's gearing up to run the marathon -- and told us he strongly believes 95% of the cops in the NYPD are great ... it's that other 5% he's worried about.

As we previously reported, Blake was tackled down to the ground when cops mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.

Blake tells TMZ Sports he is NOT planning a lawsuit against the force ... but does have one request to help make things right.

Since Blake knows a thing or two about police brutality, we asked him how he felt about the situation at Spring Valley High, where a deputy was fired for attacking a student.

Check out the clip.

Kim Richards copped a plea deal in her Target store shoplifting case, and the sentence is going to feel very familiar to her.

Kim appeared in front of an L.A. judge who sentenced her to 300 hours of community service, 3 years probation, and 52 AA meetings.

Kim got precisely the same sentence for a drunken rampage at the Beverly Hills Hotel back in April. The judge decided she won't have to repeat the community service and AA meetings twice ... once will be sufficient.

As TMZ reported, Richards was busted back in August for stealing more than $600 worth of Target merch at a Van Nuys store.

TMZ Sports has obtained photos showing ex-NBA player Glen Rice Jr. moments after he was shot in the leg during a dispute at T.I.'s Atlanta restaurant... as Rice was trying to flee the scene.

You can see the blood streaming down Rice's left leg -- staining his shorts -- as he ran toward a waiting black Porsche ... which was later pulled over by police.

As we previously reported, cops believe Rice ditched a gun on a stairwell on his way to the Porsche. The Porsche was pulled over soon after Glen got inside -- and he was arrested for weed possession and reckless conduct.