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Kylie Jenner could have an unwelcome visitor soon ... a repo man looking for a G-Wagon.

We've learned, a repo company has been hired to reclaim a 2013 G-Wagon Tyga owned ... it's the same one he gave to Blac Chyna. Remember, Tyga had it repainted last August and Kylie was seen driving it to her birthday dinner at Nobu. It looked like it was her birthday present, but she denied it.

According to the docs we've seen, Tyga hasn't made payments on the SUV since October, and now the repo company is on the hunt. The docs ID Kylie as Tyga's girlfriend and give her address as a possible place to repo the G-Wagon.

Our repo sources say the company has been trying to get the whip since last month, but they've been thwarted because it's been parked at Kylie's house and she's behind 2 security gates.

This is the latest in what seems to be a series of Tyga's financial woes. He was slapped with tax liens totaling $120,000 and also faced eviction for non-payment of rent.

Kylie Jenner's Sweet 16 looks like a Chuck E. Cheese's party compared to a Quinceanera thrown by a Texas family that dropped more than 1.5 million bucks to score performances by Pitbull and Nick Jonas.

Maya Henry has a very rich dad -- personal injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry -- something he made clear with a lavish Latina coming of age bash.

Henry's wife spilled the beans, telling us they paid Pitbull just under a million. She says they dropped another couple of hundred thousand on Nick. Each performed for an hour in a flower-festooned, block-long tent.

President Barack Obama sent a touching note to a former teacher, wishing him a happy 80th birthday, and the teacher was so moved ... he's unloading it for big money.

The birthday note was sent last year to Obama's prep school teacher at Punahou School in Hawaii named Bill, and in it he said he was "grateful for educators like you that made such a difference in the lives of so many young people -- including me."

Touching, right? It's even on White House stationery.

Well, ole Bill's now hawking the keepsake through autograph dealer Moments in Time. It's going for $12,500 right now ... as the NY Post reported.

Nicole Scherzinger just spent some of her 'X Factor' and Pussycat Dolls money on a $3.7 million Hollywood Hills bachelorette pad which has some of the best views in L.A.

The 4 bedroom contemporary is 4,200 sq ft across 4 floors. It has a wine and cigar cellar and home theater. No pool, but there's an outdoor spa which overlooks some sweeping views from downtown L.A. to the blue Pacific.

We're told the asking price was a little under $4 million, but Nicole's realtor Rami Elminoufi was able to get it down. Jason Oppenheim served as the listing agent.

Mayweather-Pacquiao would never have happened if a Hollywood waiter didn't get involved ... so claims the waiter who's suing to get a chunk of the financial windfall from the fight of the century.

Gabriel Salvador says he was a waiter at West Hollywood hot spot Craig's when regular customer and CBS honcho Les Moonves came in for a meal. Salvador, an avid boxing fan, says he told Moonves he could set up a meeting with Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach -- which, he thought, would be the first domino in making the fight happen.

According to docs obtained by TMZ Sports ... Salvador eventually got all 3 men together at Scarpetta in Bev Hills in May 2014. For setting up the sit down, Salvador says he told all parties he wanted a "customary finder's fee" of 2% of gross proceeds earned by Pacquiao, Roach and CBS/Showtime from the fight.

In the suit, he says Moonves and Roach agreed to the terms and Roach even said, "You will never have to work another day as a waiter in your life."

Salvador admits he got a ticket to the fight, one night at a Vegas hotel and a $10,000 check to cover expenses.

After the fight, he says Moonves told him CBS didn't make any money on the fight, and he'd have to collect his fee from Pacquiao and Roach. But Salvador says Keith Davidson, an attorney for Manny and Freddie, tried to strong arm him into accepting $50,000 -- and if he didn't he would lose his job and never land any acting gigs.

Yes, like most waiters in this town ... he's also an aspiring actor.

Salvador, who's still waiting tables, is suing Manny, Freddie, Keith Davidson and CBS for his finder's fee ... which he estimates at $8.6 million.

Sources connected with CBS tell TMZ ... Salvador had nothing to do with setting up the fight and this is him trying to score a payday after the fact.

It's 59 degrees in Big D, but the forecast calls for ICE -- 215 CARATS worth -- around Dez Bryant's neck ... 'cause the Cowboys superstar ordered $200k worth of RIDICULOUS jewelry.

Bryant hit up Johnny's Custom Jewelry in Houston ... and commissioned a Cuban Link chain and bracelet ... as well as 5 "X" pendants for signature celebration move.

King Johnny -- the shop's owner -- tells TMZ Sports Dez wanted something unique ... so he designed and fabricated each piece, diamond by diamond ... which took 2 months.

The breakdown: 175 carats for bracelet & chain, and 40 carats for the pendants.

#ItsGoodToBeRich

Christian Slater destroyed his father's acting career by going public with allegations his dad is suffering from mental illness ... according to a new defamation lawsuit.

Thomas Knight Slater -- who's acted under the name Michael Hawkins -- says his son did an interview last year where he described his father as suffering from "manic-depressive schizophrenia."

Hawkins denies the comment and points out his son has no medical creds to make such a diagnosis.

In the suit -- filed Wednesday in L.A. and obtained by TMZ -- Hawkins says the article resulted in him being "blacklisted" in Hollywood. He says he was hoping to land more roles in the "autumn of his life," but that won't be possible after Christian's lies.

Hawkins had roles in soap operas like "Ryan's Hope" and "As the World Turns" in the '70s. He's also had small roles in some big movies -- 'Amityville Horror,' "Midnight Run" and "Mommie Dearest."

Neverland Ranch is up for sale in a complicated deal that still has ties to Michael Jackson.

The Ranch is on the market for $100 million, and the seller, Colony Capital, has posted a YouTube video to entice prospective buyers.

It's interesting ... Colony Capital was involved with MJ in the last years of his life, bailing the singer out when he was about to lose the ranch. Colony essentially excused the massive debt Michael owed on the property and took title. The company is in the hole, we're told, to the tune of around $70 million.

If and when the property sells, the Michael Jackson Estate could get some of the profit ... a portion in excess of what Colony Capital invested.

Kanye West just did Jay Z a HUGE favor -- his new album put Tidal back in the game by giving the music service a huge financial shot in the arm.

Sources connected to Tidal tell TMZ ... "The Life of Pablo" and its debut at MSG has already been streamed millions of times in less than two weeks, which is a record for the service. We're also told subscribers to the app have more than doubled from around 1 million to 2.5 million.

In fact, we're told the album's been so successful his team is discussing plans for another release, which may include a physical copy.

Tidal reps have been tight lipped about numbers, but they've gotta be happy with this: The new subscribers could eventually add up to at least $15 mil in additional revenue.

Not a bad feather in Yeezy's cap.

Brian McKnight could lose his home all because Uncle Sam says he failed to pay his tax bill.

The IRS has filed docs to extract $340k out of the value of McKnight's Southern California home in order to satisfy an unpaid tax bill ... after several attempts to pay it off didn't work.

According to the docs, McKnight and the IRS setup an installment plan in Feb 2010, but that went south when McKnight stopped paying a year later.

The IRS claims it warned Brian his home could be on the line if the debt wasn't settled, and now the taxman is making good on the threat. We've reached out to his reps, but no word back yet.

More money problems for Grandmama ... this time Larry Johnson's being sued for close to $500,000 after allegedly blowing off a bank loan from 2007 ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Bank of America claims the former NBA star -- who filed for bankruptcy last year -- is in the hole to the tune of $494,446.57 ... because he stopped making payments on his $450k loan in 2010.

Johnson's got serious money problems ... crazy for a guy who reportedly made more than $80 MILLION during his NBA career. Last year, he was accused of being a deadbeat dad to 4 different women.

Kesha has run out of money to fund what has become a very expensive legal battle ... and, no surprise, she's blaming her financial woes on Dr. Luke.

Sources connected with the singer tell us, aside from the fact that Kesha "has been on ice for 3 years," they say Dr. Luke has withheld royalties from her. As a result, she has virtually no income.

We're told Kesha did not solicit money, and Taylor Swift gave her the $250k on her own accord.

Our Kesha sources say so far, no other celebs have donated money.

Taylor Swift is sinking $250k into Kesha's legal fund as a "show of support" in Kesha's up to now losing battle to cut ties with Sony and Dr. Luke.

Kesha tried unsuccessfully to get out of her contract with Sony, on grounds one of its star producers, Dr. Luke, allegedly raped her. Luke has strongly denied the allegation and a judge has ruled she has all sorts of options to fulfill her contract at Sony, by simply working with another producer.

Kanye West will not take money from fans who dug deep into their pockets when they heard he was deep in debt.

There's currently $7,000 in a GoFundMe account earmarked for Kanye. Jeremy Piatt, who created the account, tells us he was contacted by GoFundMe a few days ago and told he couldn't touch the money himself ... he needed to contact Kanye's people and only they could access the cash.

Our Kanye sources tell us he will NOT take a penny from the account.

So what to do with the loot? Jeremy says he wants to keep a little bit for himself, but the GoFundMe people tell us he's dreaming ... he's not getting a penny.

As for what happens to the money ... it all goes back to the people who donated it.

Nice try, Jeremy.

A collection of Mario Puzo's rough drafts of "The Godfather" was snatched at an auction for the very godfatherly price of $625k.

Puzo's children unloaded 45 boxes filled with reams of handwritten notes and drafts from multiple versions of the famous novel and screenplay ... which Francis Ford Coppola eventually brought to the big screen.

Puzo died in 1999.

Kanye West just scored a new job offer ... from the Philadelphia Police Department.

Philly's boys in blue are apparently concerned about Kanye's cash flow problems -- the whole $53 million thing -- and just shouted him out on Twitter: "We R hiring, @kanyewest! Starting salary of $47,920; u could be debt-free by the year 3122!"

This might be an offer he can refuse, but think about it -- add some Yeezys to that uniform!

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