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Tons of celebs hit up Stagecoach this weekend outside Palm Springs ... and it lived up to the previous festival with a bullet.

Kelsea Ballerini, Shawn Johnson East, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jake Owens, Guy Fieri, Mason Ramsey, Tanya Tucker, Morgan Evans, Lindsay Ell, Chris Lane and lots more enjoyed the sunshine and cool nights at the country music festival.

Florida Georgia Line headlined Friday night, bringing out Jason Derulo and Yodel Kid Mason Ramsey. Jake Owens and Kelsea Ballerini also performed Friday.

Justin Bieber is looking to put roots down in L.A. again and he's eyeing a $10.9 million home in Brentwood.

Bieber has been a serial renter the past few years, hopping between homes in Hollywood, Bev Hills and the San Fernando Valley. We're told the 7-bedroom, 8-bath modern home in Brentwood is appealing to the Biebs partly because it comes with great neighbors ... his manager Scooter Braun, as well as Lebron James and John Travolta.

The 7,890 square foot home was developed by Ramtin Ray Nosrati of Huntington Estate Properties, who's known for developing homes for celebs and athletes in the past.

The listing agents for the pad are Cindy Ambuehl and Dan Urbach of The Agency.

Yodel Kid rocked Stagecoach Friday night ... upstaging Florida Georgia Line no less.

11-year-old Mason Ramsey -- the boy who became famous after yodeling at a Walmart in Illinois -- took the stage during Florida Georgia Line's encore at the country music festival, and fans went nuts.

The kid really worked it this time, even dressing like Hank Williams ... and it was much appreciated.

Two weeks ago he entertained an entirely different group at the same venue -- Coachella -- where he yodeled during DJ Whethan's set at weekend one of the festival.

Thing about Mason ... even though he pre-teen, he's super confident in his skills and it telegraphs to the audience.

Tekashi69 just flushed $4.9 million down the toilet because the headphones company he was about to lock a multi-million dollar deal with is bailing on him.

We spoke with a rep at TUNES Audio who told us 6ix9ine being a person of interest in an NYC shooting was enough to make them decide not to close the deal. The rep said they believe "at this time it is in the best interest of our company to move on. We wish him well, he's a great artist."

We broke the story ... under the deal, the NYC rapper was to promote TUNES Audio's red $249 headphones for a $4.9 million check, but that's not gonna happen now that he's a person of interest and barred from Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Kanye West's new track is out, and the lyrics include lines like "poopity scoop," "scoobity doop" and more "scoopity woops."

Kanye tweeted a link to his site Friday, which shows the song is labeled "Lift Yourself Master." Like a lot of things the rapper has said or posted on Twitter this week ... it's hard to tell what's really going on here.

Is this really a full track? Will it be on one of his new albums? Or ... is he just having fun in the studio?

Whatever it is ... it's probably going to get stuck in your head once you listen to it.

Dan Aykroyd's suddenly fired up to get the band back together, and this time his 'Blues Brothers' reboot could have 2 of the hottest women in hip-hop and comedy ... if Dan and our camera guy get their way.

We got Elwood Blues leaving e. baldi restaurant in Bev Hills, and asked him about his rumored "Soul Sisters" project. He excitedly told us he's making serious progress, and then our guy dropped the casting gem on him.

Cardi B and Tiffany Haddish! You gotta see Dan's reaction -- he's down with it. In fact, he even made our photog an offer he probably shouldn't refuse.

Blac Chyna's defending the photo she posted -- but already deleted -- of her daughter, Dream, rockin' pink hair ... telling us her haters need to brush up on what's cool with kids these days.

We got Chyna at LAX Friday -- with her bf, YBN Almighty Jay, so looks like they're still going strong. Anyway, while they were waiting for their ride we asked her about the backlash against the pink hair extensions.

Chyna says they're just "baby clips" and EVERY kid has 'em -- which sounds like it might be a little bit of a stretch. And even though she took down the photo, BC had a very direct message for people criticizing her or her kid.

Too Short's turning the tables on his rape accuser by suing HER over what he calls blatant lies that screwed his biz ... TMZ has learned.

Short's pissed about what Teana Louis told BET.com last May. According to his lawsuit, she said, "It's extremely devastating when you're a young woman and you have to accept that your first sexual encounter was rape by a cruel old man that is nearly 60 years old."

He says she also spread similar lies on her social media.

You'll recall, Louis sued the rapper for allegedly raping her. She also filed a police report, but as we first reported, the D.A. decided not to charge him. That makes sense, according to Short, who says in the docs ... he and Louis only "cuddled" a few times, but NEVER had sex.

On the heels of the D.A. dropping the case, Short says he thinks Louis is guilty of filing a false police report, and adds all of her public lying has cost him dearly. In the suit, filed by his attorneys, Rob Reichman and Sean Macias, Short says valuable business partners pulled out of deals because she made him seem like a rapist on the loose.

Too Short says all he ever wanted to do was help her launch her music career, but when it didn't work out ... he wished her well, and tried to move on.

Singer-songwriter Eric Bellinger just outdid everyone who dresses their kid in designer duds by dressing up his pet goats in Gucci ... horn-to-toe!

Eric, who's written hits for Usher, Justin Bieber and Chris Brown, was on his way to the Gucci store Thursday when we spotted him on Rodeo Drive. He told us he was taking his pets because Gucci staffers didn't believe he had 2 goats that needed t-shirt fittings -- $1800 worth at that!

Gucci tees start around $480, which means even his goats won't wear entry level Gucci. Eric topped off the outfits with multi-colored tape on their horns to match the tees, of course.

It gets even more unbelievable when Bellinger, a yoga enthusiast, starts talking about WHY he has a pair of goats in the first place. Dude's clearly an animal lover.

Kanye West has hatched a plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of Chicago residents, and his circle of super famous friends is also getting in on the action.

Sources close to Kanye tell us the rapper created the idea of an organization called Donda Social a while ago, but it's gained some serious momentum this week. We're told the group's focus will be in Chicago, in neighborhoods facing severe problems with housing, education, gun violence and drinking water.

Kanye's friend and G.O.O.D. Music affiliate, Malik Yusef -- who's also involved in the project -- tells us Kanye's wrangled a group of A-Listers and close buds to help too. We're told the celeb friends include Common, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Don C and several other Chicago natives.

The plan is for members of DS to physically visit the struggling areas, listen to the people and come up with real and practical solutions ... and most importantly -- money.

Beyond money, Yusef says the famous folks involved in the program will get loud to change the political agenda in Chi-town and make these issues a priority.

Kanye took some heat for calling out Chicago native and former President Obama on Twitter Wednesday for not helping the city out. Looks like Ye's about to take things into his own hands.

We're told the big announcement could come as early as today.

If ya ever imagined Cardi B and Offset at prom -- with a kid on the way -- it probably looked a lot like this.

Hip-hop's new super couple was feeling the love Thursday night in Vegas where she performed for the Billboard Latin Music Awards. Offset was all over that baby bump as they posed for pics.

It's really their first PDA since Cardi went public with the pregnancy on 'SNL.'

They both did their best to keep the pregnancy under wraps, at first ... even though we knew weeks before the announcement. But Offset got down to uterus level, and made the point -- he and Cardi are both loving this joyous occasion.

Cardi has put a halt on her live performances till after the birth.

Cardi B thinks she had every right to drop her ex-manager because she says he was pilfering boatloads of her cash behind her back.

Sources tell us Cardi first confronted her manager, Shaft, on Super Bowl weekend, claiming he essentially cooked the books to make it appear Cardi was pulling in less money that she was actually making, and he was keeping the difference.

Our Cardi sources put it this way ... if Cardi got a gig that paid $100,000, Shaft would tell her she was making $50k and allegedly pocket the balance.

What's more ... Cardi's fiance, Offset, went ballistic when he learned she was paying Shaft a 20% manager's fee ... way more than he says is the norm. Offset pushed her hard to give Shaft the boot, which she did.

TMZ broke the story, Shaft is suing Cardi for $10 million for breach of contract, claiming she had an obligation to keep him on, especially since he was the driving force behind her meteoric rise.

Our Shaft sources say he acknowledges 20% is a high management fee, but he used a lot of the money to pay writers and producers who engineered her music. He thinks Offset was on a mission to sack him just so he could control her and her career.

We've reached out to Cardi and Offset's team for comment ... so far, no word back.

Mike Posner's still coping with the loss of Avicii, and says the world-famous DJ's death has been a harsh reminder for him -- nothing lasts forever.

We got the singer at LAX Thursday and asked him how he feels about his hit track, "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" -- known for its mention of Avicii in the second line -- now that he's gone. He tells us it definitely has a much deeper meaning now ... and will always make him think of Tim.

Mike also says he wants his friend remembered for his music above all else, because that's the highest honor for musicians ... and what he hopes for himself. He shares some fond memories of working with Avicii, too ... even on the never-released stuff.

Future may not be a deadbeat dad, but he's a repeated absentee one ... at least according to Ciara, who's trying to drag him into court over it.

Ciara blasts her baby daddy in new docs, claiming he's skipping too many scheduled visits with little Future ... who's now 3 years old. According to the docs, Future no-shows for visits 37 percent of the time, and frequently he does so at the last minute -- which screws with her schedule.

She also says when their son goes to Georgia, where Future lives, the child spends most of his time with grandma or great-grandma -- instead of Dad -- and she rarely gets to FaceTime with her son.

She also says little Future has health issues that have been exasperated by all the cross-country travel. She doesn't say why that's Future's fault, but does say it's another reason why the travel schedule for their son needs to change.

Ciara says the boy is constantly exhausted due to the travel and, as a result ... has emotional breakdowns while he's at school.

4/27 3:46 PM PT -- Cardi's attorney, Paul LiCalsi at Robins Kaplan LLP tells us, "After a full investigation of the facts, we will be responding to these allegations in detail in court. But even on it's face, Shaft's claim raises a huge question. For a hefty commission, a manager promises to carefully counsel and guide an artist in her or his career.

He continues, "In exchange, the law imposes a high fiduciary duty on the manager to always act in the artist's best interest, not engage in conflicts of interest, not overreach, and not self-deal."

Cardi B is on the receiving end of a lawsuit by her ex-manager, who claims he turned her from an Instagram wannabe to a star and she repaid him by giving him the shaft.

Speaking of shaft, a guy with that name claims he began working with Cardi B in 2015 after she sought him out, hoping to propel her from social media to music stardom.

Shaft (real name Klenord Raphael) claims in a new lawsuit, he taught her the ropes of the music biz and orchestrated her relationship with VH1's "Love & Hip Hop."

Even more significant, Shaft says his contacts and personal team of writers and producers are responsible for her megahit, "Bodak Yellow."

Shaft goes on to allege her monster hit allowed her to secure major record and publishing deals worth millions.

He's also claiming she defamed him by telling her fiance, Offset, and others he robbed her blind. Shaft says last December, Offset texted him and said, "[U] better stop play acting like u don't know u taking her sh** from her u a snake. U can't hide from me N**** and u not bout to play my WIFE."

Shaft blames Cardi's makeup artist/publicist for poisoning her against him.

Shaft's rep tells TMZ, "Since discovering Cardi B in 2015, Shaft has played an integral role in developing her music career and public image. While he is proud of their successful collaborations as she evolved from Instagram influencer to music megastar, Shaft is disappointed by her actions to freeze him out of her career, which are detailed in the complaint."

The rep continues, "Shaft is confident that his lawsuit will validate his conduct and substantiate his legal claims."

He's suing for $10 million.

Kanye West's friend and G.O.O.D. Music affiliate, Malik Yusef, says the rapper's upcoming announcement Friday is going to be huge ... like, humanity huge.

We talked to Malik about Kanye's big news -- which Yusef says is coming tomorrow -- and he gives us more than just a hint about what it will involve. If you guessed it has something to do with Ye's hometown ... give yourself a pat on the back.

But that's not all. Malik, who's also based in Chicago, tells us Kanye's enormous impact on the city already -- both musically and culturally -- is just a start ... and what he has planned for Chi-town is a microcosm for the whole country.