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Rich the Kid and his girlfriend, Tori Brixx, are moving out of the downtown Los Angeles apartment where they were attacked and robbed at gunpoint by several men earlier this month ... because neither could sleep there at night anymore.

Rich had been crashing at his gf's crib when the home invasion went down ... the home invasion that landed them both in the hospital. We're told they didn't feel safe after returning there, since cops haven't found the culprits yet.

Their attackers came into the second floor apartment through the fire escape to avoid the building's security, which explains why they'd be sleeping with one eye open now ... and you can tell from the 911 call that it was complete chaos.

Master P thinks a couple of young guys who are huge online will be mainstream stars in no time ... and his upcoming movie's going to be the catalyst.

We broke the story in December -- P was planning to cast some raw and unknown talent for the sequel to his 1998 movie, "I Got the Hook-Up," and he tells us he's stayed true to his word ... by signing social media stars Fatboy and Piola.

P says Hollywood's failed to recognize the power of social media and its big personalities, and believes by casting Fatboy and Piola -- who have nearly 7 million followers on Instagram combined -- he's connecting with an untapped audience.

To put it bluntly, Master P tells us ... "What we're doing with 'I Got the Hook-Up 2' is genius."

He's got high hopes for his new actors too ... telling us they're dynamic, natural talents with amazing chemistry because they're both great friends. P says he's going to add them to the mix with established actors in his sequel and let the sparks fly ... and has no doubt it will work.

XXXTentacion's been laid to rest and won't soon be forgotten by his loving family and fans, but just to be sure ... he got a huge monument in his honor.

X's mother, Cleopatra Bernard, just shared a photo of the rapper's mausoleum with the caption ... "My guardian angel." As you can see, it's been surrounded by flowers, too.

His private funeral was held Thursday in Florida, and was reportedly attended by fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty, and singer Erykah Badu.

Michael Jackson's nephew says Drake should've left MJ's unreleased track off his new album ... because Michael wasn't ready for the world to hear it.

Drizzy's "Scorpion" hit Friday ... a track called "Don't Matter to Me" on the album samples an unheard Michael song that was recorded before "Thriller."

Rebbie Jackson's son, Austin Brown, was in Hollywood Friday and flat out says he's not OK with Drake using the unreleased Michael track. Austin believes if MJ didn't finish the song, Drake shouldn't have used it.

Drake looked happy as hell celebrating the release of 'Scorpion' at the club -- partying, rapping and singing along to his songs ... all while cash rained down from the sky. Pretty fitting.

Drizzy and a crew of about 50 people from OVO hit up E11EVEN in Miami Friday night -- along with Party Next Door and Murda Beatz -- and enjoyed the tracks from his new album from their VIP section.

We're told Drake's DJ hopped up in the booth to play both the A and B sides from "Scorpion," along with some past Drake tunes ... like "Yes Indeed" with Lil Baby.

As we reported ... the rapper's new album has already made a big splash -- both because it features a song with Michael Jackson, and it admits Drake has a son. It also sparked rumors he's banging Bella Hadid.

A lot to celebrate, indeed.

Babyface says it's a serious stretch to say Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" rips off Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" ... and the evidence is right there for anyone to hear.

The singer and mega producer -- who knows all about creating hit music -- was at LAX when we asked him about Sheeran being hit with the $100 million lawsuit over copying Gaye's hit. Babyface says to his well-trained, experienced ear only the chord structures are similar -- and there's a lot more to a song than that.

He named 2 other major elements that clearly aren't copied.

Simply put -- Babyface doesn't think it's copyright infringement and p.s. ... this isn't like Robin Thicke's case with the Gaye family.

We broke the story ... a company that owns a third of "Let's Get It On" claims Ed jacked the melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bassline, tempo, syncopation and ... yeah, basically EVERYthing.

Bella Hadid isn't the chick Drake raps about hooking up with on his new album ... the two are close friends, and that's it.

Drizzy fans jumped all over the track "Finesse" Friday, trying to figure out the identity of the woman he's rapping about in the following verses:

"Should I do New York? I can't decide. Fashion week is more your thing than mine."

"You and your sister. Too hot to handle."

Bella quickly became suspect #1 ... and the Internet took off with that as fact. However, Bella's speaking up and saying flat-out the chick ain't her.

Hadid just replied to some trolls, saying, "Not me!!! that's disrespectful. WHY CANT PPL BE FRIENDS W/o all the insinuation."

Jay-Z and Blue Ivy took a breather from the On the Run II Tour with some QT in Berlin Friday, and one part of their usual entourage was noticeably absent.

We usually don't see Jay and Blue without Beyonce -- but Dad seemed to have things under control while chilling in a park. The father-daughter duo even dressed similarly ... tracksuits, sneakers and white tees.

Even on a day off from work -- Bey and Jay play Saturday in Poland next -- Blue and her pops had to travel with plenty of security to stop fans from swarming in the park.

50 Cent is a man of his word ... especially when the word is "lawsuit," 'cause he's going after a hip-hop blog for using his photo in a post he calls "fake news."

He's filed suit against HipHopDX for its post about Fiddy allegedly selling his catchphrase, "Get the strap," to Bellator MMA. We'll get back to the catchphrase, but the rapper's real issue is with the photo the blog used.

According to the suit, obtained by TMZ, the pic -- showing 50 Cent with Bellator execs -- was taken on June 25 by a guy named Christopher Conrad. 50 says Conrad gave him rights to the photo on June 28. His point ... at no point did HipHopDX have rights to publish the pic.

The site posted an article on June 27, calling out 50 Cent for claiming he sold "Get the strap" to the MMA league for $1 million. That same day, 50 said, "This s**t is fake news Justin Ivey (the writer), you better go fact check. Matter of fact I'm gonna sue you and this website for using my picture."

3:30 PM PT -- Lythgoe tells us he strongly denies giving Taylor, or any contestant, the heads-up on results at any time.

Former "American Idol" champ Taylor Hicks says he had inside information about who was getting eliminated each week when he was on the show -- and says he wasn't the only one.

Taylor was on WJOX radio Friday in Birmingham, AL when he dropped the bombshell. As he put it, "I had an 'in' in the whole production of the show" who told him the results before they were revealed during season 5.

Mr. Soul Patrol says the only night he didn't get the info was the finale in 2006 -- where he was up against Katharine McPhee. He did say executive producer Nigel Lythgoe gave him a "wink and a nod" before the results were announced.

To be clear, Taylor's not suggesting the voting was rigged. However, if what he's saying is true ... you'd have to question the shocked looks on contestants' faces when Ryan Seacrest revealed the elimination.

Also ... for how many other seasons was Taylor's source tipping off contestants?

10:37 AM PT -- It appears Dame has accepted Lee's apology, saying, "We're good bro...appreciate the honesty...time to move forward let's forget the bubble gum sh*t and get the money."

Lee Daniels says Damon Dash gave him a big wake-up call -- a $2 million one -- and now, in full gratitude, he plans to pay off the debt.

The acclaimed director told us he's been thinking about what Dame did for him, and realizes he -- more than any Hollywood studio -- helped him launch his career. Lee admits it's a shame it took Dame accosting him in the middle of a Diana Ross concert for him to realize it, but now wants to do "the right thing."

Lee finally told his side of the story when he sat down for an episode of "Raq Rants" ... telling Raquel, "This black man gave me money when nobody ... would give me money. He did it."

He made it clear Dame's $2 million was an investment, not a loan, but because the 2nd movie -- "Shadowboxer" -- didn't make money, Dame didn't get repaid.

As we reported, Dash has sued Daniels for $5 mil -- the $2 mil plus interest -- but Lee says "We're gonna squash it -- and I feel good about it, he needs it right now and I'm happy to help him, 'cause he was helping me."

XXXTentacion was only 20 when he was murdered earlier this month, but he left behind a will ... which underscores what appears to have been some sort of premonition he was going to die.

According to the will, filed with the court, XXX left all of his property in trust, with his mom as trustee. She filed docs saying the beneficiaries in the trust are her and XXX's 2 brothers. The will states XXX has no children. It's interesting ... his mother claims a prior girlfriend of XXX's is currently pregnant. It appears the will was drafted before she became pregnant. It was signed in November 2017.

As we reported, at the time of his death he was facing multiple domestic violence charges involving alleged brutality against another girlfriend.

As for the premonition of death ... XXX had talked about dying in the last months of his life ... which may explain why he had taken the time to have a will drafted.

The will does not state his net worth at the time of death.

03 Greedo failed to appear in court Wednesday to turn himself in for a 20-year prison sentence and we've learned it's because he missed his flight out of Los Angeles.

Greedo's supposed to be a couple days in to his stint at the Potter County Detention Center in Amarillo, Texas. The trouble started when he missed his original flight to Dallas, which made him miss his connecting one to Amarillo.

The rapper was smart about it, though -- we're told he was in contact with prison officials the minute he touched down in Texas, letting them know about the delay. By the time he landed in Amarillo, law enforcement was waiting to take him to Potter.

The judge had issued a bench warrant for his arrest after Greedo was a no-show, which is standard protocol.

The rapper had a farewell concert two nights before in L.A. where he proposed to his girlfriend ... which, we're guessing, MIGHT have something to do with him missing his flight.

Drake has finally come clean -- admitting he's fathered a son -- even rapping about the paternity test he took to know it was for certain.

Drizzy released his album, "Scorpion," Friday and, as expected, it's full of glimpses into the rapper's personal life. His song "Emotionless" is the first to acknowledge his secret son Pusha T exposed in a diss track last month.

"I wasn't hiding my kid from the world. I was hiding the world from my kid."

The rapper reveals he's taken a paternity test for the kid too, leaving no doubts in the song "March 14."

"Yesterday mornin' was crazy. I had to come to terms with the fact that it's not a maybe. That sh*t is in stone. Sealed and signed. She's not my lover like Billie Jean. But the kid is mine. Sadie used to tell me all it takes is one time. And all it took was one time. S**t, we only met two times."

The album also features a previously unreleased track with Michael Jackson.

TMZ broke the story ... Drake's been financially supporting baby mama Sophie Brussaux since the birth of their son last year. Sources close to the rapper told us last month Drake was planning to take a paternity test to figure out any future legalities.

Andy Dick never saw it coming -- an aggressive bodyguard treated him like some crazed Post Malone fan and ripped him off the rapper's Lamborghini ... and we got it all on video.

The "Better Now" rapper was leaving Poppy Thursday night after killing it at the Hollywood Bowl. All seemed fine and dandy as Post was riding passenger side in his Lambo ... window down and signing his John Hancock before splitting.

But then something strange happens -- Andy shows up. He walks up to the driver's side and tries shooting the s**t when, out of nowhere, a bodyguard intervenes in the most bodyguard-ish way.

Jax has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at the White House on Independence Day, and nothing's going to stop her ... despite the inevitable backlash for hangin' with Donald Trump.

The Season 14 "American Idol" finalist tells TMZ she finds it sad people can't separate politics from patriotism because she has a lot of the latter ... and for good reasons.

For Jax, her upcoming performance is all about honoring her country and her family -- her younger bro is a Marine and her dad was a 9/11 first responder -- she says it's not at all about POTUS.