Money

Hail to the chief ... Conor McGregor!?

During Conor's insanely expensive Rodeo Drive shopping spree in Bev Hills on Monday, we asked the Irish superstar if he would be inviting the President of Ireland to sit ringside at the Mayweather fight.

His response is classic ... "I am the President of Ireland. He's fighting that night!"

Conor is undoubtedly one of the most Irish men alive -- in fact, there was a movement to honor McGregor last year by putting his face on official Irish money.

TBE is firing back at reports he can't pay off his tax liability from that year and has asked Uncle Sam to cut him a break until after he gets his check from the McGregor fight.

FYI, 2015 is the year he fought Manny Pacquiao -- for which he reportedly hauled in roughly $220 million. He also made $32 mil for fighting Andre Berto later that year.

But late Monday night, Mayweather issued a statement essentially saying he's still super rich with no real tax issues.

"While everyone is counting my money and assuming the worst, these are the facts... Uncle Sam, received $26,000,000.00 from me in 2015! What else could they possibly want?"

"I'm sure I would have been notified much sooner if there were any real discrepancies right?"

"Bottom line, everybody just wants to be a part of the 'Money May' show, including the IRS! That's fine, you can crunch numbers all day but in the end, my empire is rock solid and intact! Now Calculate That!"

He also played Donald Trump's "fake news" card -- saying, "Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear, especially when it comes to media in this country."

The issue with Mayweather's check is this ... it doesn't seem remotely close to the federal tax rate obligation he would owe.

If he made $250 mil -- and let's generously say he wrote off $50 mil -- he still owes taxes on $200 mil. And the going federal tax rate for people with high income is 39.6%.

So, he would owe closer to $80 MILLION -- not $26 mil.

Lil Yachty's new chain will have people seeing double ... it's a diamond-encrusted replica of his own mug.

Yachty worked with Gabriel Jacobs, owner of Rafaello and Co., on the piece. Gabe's shop snapped the pic and used it to create the chain and it's clear he paid attention to detail.

It's over 100 carats and took over a month to make. All the diamonds had to be sourced because they're "natural" ... meaning none of them have been artificially colored. Explains the stiff $150K price tag.

Gabe says he's about 95% done. He still has to add Yachty's signature braids into the mix, but plans on hand-delivering the chain to him by the end of the week.

Conor McGregor has landed in Bev Hills -- and he's spending crazy money and talking smack!!!

We got Conor in the middle of a super expensive shopping spree at Versace, Dolce, etc -- where he told TMZ Sports, "I'm on Rodeo Drive! I'm blowing f*cking loads of it!"

We also asked Conor about reports that his opponent Floyd Mayweather owes MILLIONS to the IRS for not paying off his 2015 income taxes ... a number that some estimate could be more than $100 mil.

"That's gotta sting," McGregor said ... "He shoulda paid his taxes and stayed retired and kept my name out of his mouth!"

He also told us he'll be way smarter with his money ... as he continued to drop thousands at some of the most expensive stores in the world.

Conor also had one last note about Floyd -- "He's f*cked now."

Keyshia Cole put a serious hurting on the woman she accused of banging Birdman ... at least according to the woman who's now demanding $4 million to cover a slew of alleged injuries.

You'll recall, Keyshia was dating Birdman in 2014 when, according to a police report, she found Sabrina Mercadel at his L.A. penthouse, flew into a jealous rage, and allegedly beat the hell out of her. Sabrina's now laying out the full extent of her damages (financial and physical):

- $1.5 mil, pain and suffering
- $500k, emotional distress
- $2 mil, loss of use of body part
- $200k, future medical expenses
- $50k, loss of earnings
- $300k, future loss of earnings

Sabrina was also suing Birdman's building, however she's since dropped the pad from the lawsuit. She also insists her relationship with Birdman was "plutonic."

Ted Cruz thinks James Harden deserves every nickel of his historic $228 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets ... just as long as it pays off on the court.

The Texas senator was in D.C. Sunday morning where he was asked what he thought of Harden landing the record NBA deal. He gives a bit of a stump speech answer at first -- saying Harden and CP3 should give Golden State a run for their money.

Good news for Derek Carr ... you won't have to use all that new scratch to fix BROKEN BONES given to you by jealous NFL players ... that's according to one massive Denver Bronco who says it's all good.

We got Domata Peko at LAX -- a 6'3'' 325 pound MAMMOTH who kills QBs -- and asked him if there was any extra incentive to punish Carr, now that the Raiders stud signed that $125 million deal.

If you're waiting for Peko to snarl, you're gonna wait a while, dude goes full Teddy Bear, saying he's happy to see Carr get paid, 'cause it's an inspiration to other players.

Rob Kardashian's brutal rants against Blac Chyna showed her side piece the light -- and now Ferrari is kicking her to the curb too, and saving himself more than 100 grand in the process.

Sources connected to the rapper, tell us Ferrari was hooked on Chyna ... so much so he dropped $135,648 on three pieces of jewelry for her:

- $34,850 for a Rolex
- $56,500 for a gold necklace
- $32,250 for diamond earrings

Ferrari scooped up the booty back in June when he thought he and Chyna were the real deal -- she's even listed as "spouse" on the receipt. We're told they'd talked for a while about getting his and hers Rollies -- but after Rob accused BC of banging several dudes, Ferrari was done.

We're told his manager, Keely the Boss, planned to deliver the gifts on July 5, but that's the day Rob unleashed his allegations. Ferrari immediately called off the delivery and returned everything on Friday.

Grab your wallets, Tupac fans ... the legendary rapper's personally-owned Duke Blue Devils basketball jersey is hitting the auction block!!!

One of the most famous pics of Pac from the '90s shows him wearing the blue #5 jersey, which was worn on the court by Jeff Capel at the time. Pac apparently loved the look so much, he got one for himself.

The jersey -- which has been framed and comes with a letter of authenticity from his bodyguard -- is Tupac's personalized uni that he "frequently wore during his downtime at home," according to Goldin Auctions.

No word on how much the threads are expected to rake in ... but considering it's Tupac, it ain't gonna be cheap.

The auction ends August 5.

Turns out Andre Roberson might not be such a bad tipper after all ... 'cause the OKC Thunder star took his family out to dinner Thursday night and showed some love with a 30% tip this time!!

Roberson took heat for leaving a $14 tip on a nearly $500 bar tab after signing a huge $30 million deal with OKC this week ... which he defended by claiming "there was no service."

Fly Dre and 7 others hit up Texas Roadhouse in Live Oak, TX last night and according to a restaurant manager, the NBA baller was awesome during his visit ... taking pics and signing autographs for everyone.

Blac Chyna doesn't want money from Rob Kardashian ... she wants distance.

Sources close to the warring couple tell us Rob is cutting Chyna off financially. He'll no longer make payments on her Tarzana rental. He also has the 2 cars he gave her and jewelry as well.

We're told Chyna actually returned the cars and jewelry to Rob. She's fine paying the rent herself -- she's squirreled away money from various appearances as well as their reality show. She's also confident she has earning power post-Rob.

The big ticket item -- supporting Dream. Our sources say Chyna has no intention of going to court for child support, at least for now. We know Rob wants to raise the baby himself, and it doesn't seem Chyna is putting up much of a fight on that front. Fact is ... her other kid, King Cairo, is being raised primarily by Tyga.

It's unlikely in the foreseeable future either one of them will go to court for money or custody. They both have significant issues, and we're told they don't want to risk an adverse ruling by a judge.

7:30 PM PT -- A rep for Floyd Mayweather wants to make it clear that the boxer has NO affiliation with "The Mayweather Experience."

The workouts do go down at Mayweather's gym ... but the rep says Floyd makes no money off the camp, and has absolutely no involvement in its operation.

Floyd Mayweather's private Vegas boxing gym has opened its doors for normies -- like you -- to train with Floyd's REAL boxing team ... but it ain't for the poor.

It's called "The Mayweather Experience" -- and for $650 a pop, regular people will get their hands wrapped by Floyd's guys, step into Floyd's ring and hit the mitts with Floyd's dad, Mayweather Sr.

It's essentially a 2-hour fantasy camp for Mayweather-aholics to see if they can make it through TBE's legendary grueling workouts.

Got rich friends? Mayweather's gym is offering training camp packages for groups -- a 6-some will run you $3,500.

We're told Floyd's team has been offering the workout for about a month so far and it's been going great.

Not too late for Conor to sign up ...

Tyga is fully out of the Kardashian spotlight ... but he's still treating himself to a life of luxury.

The rapper just picked up a baller Goyard pendant and 14 karat white gold chain with 60 carats worth of diamonds ... all for $188,000. The necklace also has a custom clasp with the name of his label ... Last Kings Records.

The ice, courtesy of If & Co. Jewelers, was delivered to Tyga earlier this week.

We're told his bling is already paid in full too ... so he doesn't have to worry about another bill in the mail.

Rick Ross was a no-show for a concert, but still made off with a ton of cash ... so claims the company suing him to get back that dough.

Washington County Family Entertainment says it hired Rick for an outdoor concert at Wild Things Park in Washington, PA -- but the Boss bailed just 2 days before the show. According to the suit, obtained by TMZ, Rick's contract explicitly said he "cannot cancel once the contract is executed and tickets are on sale."

WCFE says Rick's camp explained it had to cancel Rick's entire weekend lineup due to family and health issues. The problem is ... Rick go$150k up front, according to docs, but he's refunded less than half that amount.

WCFE is suing to get the remaining $87,500 balance plus expenses.

Andre Roberson -- the guy who just signed a $30 MILLION contract with the OKC Thunder -- left a $14 tip on a nearly $500 restaurant bill ... just hours after inking his new deal.

For real.

Here's what we know ... Roberson and 12 of his friends hit up Chupacabra Cantina in Austin, TX on Wednesday -- downing vodka Red Bulls, vodka sodas and Long Islands.

We're told Fly Dre and his crew seemed to be having a great time while rackin' up the $487.13 tab.

Problem is ... when time came to collect the check, dude left just $13.97 ... that's less than 3%.

Also, Roberson was trying to make the final bill an even $500 -- but miscalculated the math (it's okay, it happens).

Rikki Rockett's divorce is officially over ... and it seems everyone is finally satisfied.

The Poison drummer and his ex, Melanie, will share joint custody of their 2 kids -- 7-year-old Jude and 4-year-old Lucy. Rikki will pay $2,000 a month in child support until the kids turn 18 ... and he'll also cover their club activities -- karate, tennis, swimming, etc. Melanie gets $1,000 per month in spousal support for 3 years.

Everything pretty much went according to their prenup, with one twist -- if Rikki's on a "full scale" tour with Poison ... his child and spousal support payments double in those months.