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Duane "Keefe D" Davis, el hombre presuntamente responsable del asesinato de Tupac Shakur hace más de 25 años, finalmente tuvo su día en la corte después de dos retrasos.

Keefe D estuvo presente y esposado el jueves por la mañana en un tribunal del Condado de Clark, en Las Vegas, para hacer frente a su cargo de asesinato, del cual se declaró no culpable después de que le designaran a un defensor público.

Como informamos, el sospechoso de 60 años de edad se presentó por primera vez en la corte a principios de octubre, pero su abogado nunca apareció retrasando la lectura de cargos un par de semanas. La segunda audiencia se retrasó por el mismo motivo.

Después de la audiencia inicial, el fiscal del distrito Steve Wolfson dijo que se esperaba que Keefe se declarara no culpable del cargo de asesinato con uso de un arma mortal.

Recuerden, Keefe D fue detenido a fines de septiembre y las imágenes captadas en cámara lo muestran bastante calmado mientras es llevado a la parte trasera del carro policial.

Suge Knight está haciendo una afirmación audaz sobre Akon en su nuevo podcast "Collect Call", en donde lo acusa de haber violado a chicas menores de edad en el estudio. Se trata de una declaración que solo podría llevar a Suge a los tribunales.

Akon le dice a TMZ Hip Hop que sus afirmaciones son falsas y que no va a aceptar ese tipo de calumnia. Dice: "Tengo que dejar muy claro que niego absolutamente las escandalosas, falsas y repugnantes afirmaciones que Suge Knight hizo de mí en su podcast".

"Nunca he llamado, recibido o tenido contacto alguno con Suge Knight desde que está en la cárcel. La voz que escuchaste en su podcast fue como un soundbite grabado previamente de una entrevista que hice con DJ Vlad hace 3 años con respecto a Suge Knight en 2009".

Y continúa: "Nunca he sido invitado al podcast de Suge Knight. Siempre he creído en construir positividad en el mundo y mis acciones y legado hablan de eso".

"Es desafortunado que tenga que defenderme de estas mentiras y voy a involucrar a mi equipo legal para presentar una demanda por difamación en contra del señor Knight, mis oraciones por él aún continuarán".

En 2020, Akon se refirió a un violento enfrentamiento entre Suge y el road manager de Akon, la que dice, se originó en una disputa de negocios entre él, Suge y Detail.

TMZ publicó la historia en 2009, Suge quedó noqueado en el pavimento y un hombre en el campamento de Akon, Robert Carnes Jr., fue detenido por delito grave de asalto en Scottsdale, Arizona.

Como informamos por primera vez, Suge lanzó un podcast con el fundador de la revista The Source, Dave Mays, para hablar de su colorida historia como fundador de Death Row. Está grabando el podcast mientras cumple una condena de 28 años por homicidio voluntario.

Steven Tyler allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a New York City phone booth back in the '70s ... that's the claim from his accuser in a new lawsuit she's filed nearly 50 years after the alleged incidents.

The accuser, Jeanne Bellino, says she was a 17-year-old model in NYC when a friend arranged for them to meet Aerosmith and party with them. She says she was walking down 6th Ave with Tyler and his entourage when she made a comment about a song lyric that rubbed him the wrong way.

In docs, obtained by TMZ, Bellino claims Tyler grabbed her and shoved her into a phone booth, where he stuck his tongue down her throat, groped her body, pinned her against the wall of the booth and began "humping her pretending to have sex." She says his pants were on, but she could tell he was aroused.

She says she got out of the phone booth, but then stayed with the group and went to a nearby hotel. Bellino's reasoning for remaining with the group was that she needed her friend for transportation. Once they got to the hotel, she alleges Tyler pulled the same routine he did in the phone booth -- groping and humping her while clothed, this time at an entrance to a bar in the building.

At that point, Bellino claims she fled the hotel and took a cab ride home ... where she immediately told her sister what had allegedly happened with Tyler.

In the suit, Bellino says she still requires medication to deal with "long term physical injury" associated with her trauma. She's suing the Aerosmith frontman for damages.

Tyler was also sued for sexual assault last year, when Julia Holcomb claimed they met in 1973 when she was 16.

As for Bellino's lawsuit, she's claiming Tyler committed "at least one misdemeanor or felony." That's important because there's no statute of limitation for certain types of felony sexual assault under NY state law.

Duane "Keefe D" Davis, the man who's allegedly responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur over 25 years ago finally got his day in court after 2 delays.

Keefe D was present and in handcuffs Thursday morning at a Clark County courtroom in Las Vegas to face his murder charge ... he pled not guilty after being appointed a public defender.

As we reported, the 60-year-old suspect first showed up in court at the beginning of October, but his lawyer never appeared ... delaying the arraignment a couple of weeks. The second hearing was again delayed for the same issue.

After the initial hearing, Clark County D.A. Steve Wolfson said Keefe was expected to plead not guilty to the charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon.

Remember, Keefe D was arrested near the end of September -- and the body cam footage of the arrest showed him acting pretty calmly while being put in the back of the cop car.

Suge Knight's making an audacious claim about Akon on his new "Collect Call" podcast, accusing Akon of raping underaged girls in studio ... a statement just might land Suge in court.

Akon tells TMZ Hip Hop ... the claims are false, and he's not standing for the slander. He says, "I need to make it very clear that I absolutely deny these outrageous false and disgusting claims Suge Knight made on his podcast about me."

"I've never called, received, or had any contact with Suge Knight since he has been incarcerated. My voice you heard on his podcast was as a soundbite previously recorded from an interview I did with DJ Vlad 3 years ago regarding Suge Knight in 2009."

He continues, "I’ve never been a guest on Suge Knight’s podcast. I always believe in building positivity into the world and my actions and legacy have spoken to that."

"It’s unfortunate that I have to defend myself from these lies and I will be involving my legal team in filing a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Knight, my prayers for him will still continue."

In 2020, Akon addressed a violent confrontation between Suge and Akon's road manager ... which he says came from a business dispute between himself, Suge and Detail.

TMZ broke the story back in 2009 ... Suge was left KO'ed on the pavement and a man in Akon's camp, Robert Carnes Jr., was arrested for felony assault in Scottsdale, AZ.

As we first reported ... Suge launched his podcast with The Source magazine founder Dave Mays to discuss his colorful history as a founder of Death Row. He's recording the pod while doing 28 years for voluntary manslaughter.

J. Cole is reveling in the moment his Drake feature on the "For All The Dogs" album emerged as a chart-topper, and says they got there thanks to loyal fans ... who still buying downloads!!!

Lil Yachty got Cole’s reaction to his first-ever No. 1 hit, "First Person Shooter," on the latest episode of "A Safe Place" podcast." He also asked Cole if he was upset the track was surpassed by another Drake hit -- the Yeat-featured, "IDGAF" -- shortly thereafter.

Cole’s no hater -- he tells Yachty he wasn’t actively rooting for his fans to stream 'FPS' over "IDGAF," but he did credit them for still subscribing to old school, brick-and-mortar ways ... actually purchasing the song by downloading from iTunes.

Billboard reports Drake and Cole sold 4,000 downloads and ranked No. 7 on Digital Song Sales after the first week ... in comparison to its 42.2 million DSP streams and 4.3 million radio streams.

Not exactly staggering figures on the iTunes end, but every bit counts in the race to the top!!!

The track actually gave Drake his 13th top hit, tying him with Michael Jackson for the most among solo male acts … hence all the memes he’s been posting.

The Beatles are back together, and dropping one last song -- it features John Lennon on lead vocals, and they couldn't have done it without some help from ... AI.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr made an emotional and powerful statement with the release of their final song, "Now and Then" ... using new tech to clean up and boost a demo recording Lennon made back in 1978.

In a short film accompanying the song, the icons explain that John recorded his vocals ... and 14 years after his murder, his widow Yoko Ono handed over the tapes to Paul.

They tried to release the song in the nineties, but with poor muffled audio, the track "languished in a cupboard" for years and was eventually shelved -- until now.

Artificial intelligence has restored the song, with fans now able to hear Lennon clearly sing, "I know it’s true. It’s all because of you. And if I make it through, it’s all because of you." The voice of the late George Harrison is also featured on the track.

Unlike many other biz projects made in memory of those who have passed, Lennon's family is thrilled with the final product. His son Sean says, "My dad would’ve loved that, because he was never shy to experiment with recording technology. He would’ve loved that."

Los Beatles vuelven a estar juntos "Con un poco de ayuda de los amigos".

Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr hicieron una emotiva y poderosa declaración con el lanzamiento de su última canción "Now and Then", utilizando la nueva tecnología para resucitar la voz del difunto y gran John Lennon décadas después de que él escribiera la canción.

En un cortometraje que acompaña a la canción, los iconos explican que John grabó las voces en los años setenta y que su viuda, Yoko Ono, le entregó las cintas a Paul 14 años después de su asesinato.

El grupo trató de lanzar la canción en la década de los noventa, pero con un mal audio y dificultades técnicas. La pista "languideció en un armario" durante años y finalmente fue guardada hasta ahora.

La inteligencia artificial ha restaurado la canción y ahora los fans pueden oír a Lennon cantar claramente: "Sé que es verdad. Todo es gracias a ti. Y si lo consigo, es todo gracias a ti". La voz del fallecido George Harrison también aparece en el tema.

A diferencia de muchos otros proyectos realizados en memoria de los fallecidos, la familia de Lennon está encantada con el producto final. "A mi padre le habría encantado, porque nunca se avergonzó de experimentar con la tecnología de grabación", comenta su hijo Sean. "Le habría encantado".

Latto has a whole lot to celebrate after her track with Jung Kook broke a record for fastest to reach a billion streams on Spotify ... and she told us why she's HYPED about the big news.

We got Latto Wednesday at LAX and congratulated her on the huge accomplishment for "Seven" ... and the one word she used to sum up her reaction to it is "crazy."

Latto says the track's record-breaking success has made her really grateful. She choked up as she told us about recently losing a dear friend, and said she feels this Spotify record is a sign her late pal still has her back from the afterlife.

In terms of what's next, Latto is more than ready to collab with the BTS member on another hit -- saying she's even got something in the works that'd be perfect for Jung Kook.

She also gives a shoutout to his army of fans -- in the U.S. and abroad -- telling us they've been showing her nothing but love and support, and she's all for making them happy again.

Latto tiene mucho que celebrar después de que su canción con Jung Kook rompiera el récord de ser la más rápida en alcanzar los mil millones de streams en Spotify y nos contó lo que se siente vivir semejante éxito.

Nos encontramos a Latto el Miércoles en LAX y la felicitó por el enorme logro de "Seven" y la única palabra que utilizó para resumir su reacción a la misma es "loco".

Latto dice que el éxito de la canción la ha hecho sentirse muy agradecida. Se le heló la sangre al hablarnos de la reciente pérdida de un querido amigo y dijo que siente que este disco de Spotify es una señal de que su difunto amigo todavía la tiene de vuelta desde el más allá.

En cuanto a lo que está por venir, Latto está más que dispuesta a colaborar con el miembro de BTS en otro éxito, e incluso ha dicho que está preparando algo que sería perfecto para Jung Kook.

Ella también da un saludo a su ejército de fans en los EE.UU. y en el extranjero, diciéndonos que han estado mostrando nada más que amor y apoyo y ella esta con todas las ganas de hacerlos felices de nuevo.

Britney Spears memoir "The Woman in Me" has officially been out for just over a week, and while she moved an impressive number of copies, there's still one royal who's got her beat.

In a release Wednesday from Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books, Spears said, "I poured my heart and soul into my memoir, and I am grateful to my fans and readers around the world for their unwavering support."

The release reveals "The Woman in Me" sold 1.1 million copies in the United States -- that's including print, pre-sales, e-books and audibooks.

While Britney's figures may seem staggering, Prince Harry's book, "Spare" sold 1.6 million copies in the United States in the first week. Remember, it was release night when Britney took to social media to claim her book was "The highest selling celebrity memoir in history."

However, Britney barely did any press to promote her book ... so the number is impressive regardless.

As we reported, her email exchange interview with People Magazine was the only one-on-one she did about the book ... and the rest was up to her social media posts. We were also first to tell you that was a decision made by Britney ... she just didn't wanna do press.

El libro de memorias de Britney Spears, "The Woman in Me" lleva una semana desde su lanzamiento, y aunque sigue moviendo un número impresionante de copias, todavía se queda corto si lo comparamos con las confesiones reales de Harry.

En un comunicado publicado el miércoles por Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books, Spears afirma: "He volcado mi corazón y mi alma en mis memorias, y estoy muy agradecida de mis fans y lectores de todo el mundo por su apoyo incondicional".

El comunicado revela que "The Woman in Me" ha vendido 1,1 millones de ejemplares en Estados Unidos, incluyendo copias impresas, preventas, libros electrónicos y audiolibros.

Aunque las cifras de Britney pueden parecer asombrosas, el libro del Príncipe Harry, "Spare", vendió 1,6 millones de copias en Estados Unidos en su primera semana. Recordemos que fue la noche del lanzamiento cuando Britney se lanzó a las redes sociales para afirmar que su libro era "el libro de memorias de famosos más vendido de la historia".

Sin embargo, Britney apenas hizo prensa para promocionar su libro, por lo que el número es impresionante a pesar de todo.

Como informamos, la entrevista a través de correo electrónico con la revista People fue el único intercambio uno a uno que hizo la estrella del pop sobre su libro. Todo el resto fue lo que ella misma publicó en sus redes. También fuimos los primeros en decir que fue su decisión el no hacer ningún tipo de prensa.

Offset y Quavo están honrando a su hermano caído de Migos, Takeoff, en el primer aniversario de su muerte, compartiendo una mirada retrospectiva de sus mejores días juntos.

Offset publicó sobre Takeoff el miércoles, justo a un año de que le dispararan afuera de un bowling en Houston. Él escribió: "Los tiempos que pasamos no tienen precio, lo que construimos en este juego, nunca quisieron darnos las flores que influimos en el mundo."

Junto con el conmovedor video, Offset agregó: "Te amo Take, sigues aquí con nosotros, estoy seguro que sí!!!! Migo 4Life!!!!!!"

Quavo también honró a su difunto compañero de banda y pariente, con una foto de Takeoff y el comentario "No puedo olvidarlo, no lo olvidaré, NUNCA lo olvidaré 🚀♾️ ¡Recuerdo!"

También ha compartido obras de arte suyas en sus historias de Instagram.

Offset and Quavo are honoring their fallen Migos brother, Takeoff, on the one-year anniversary of his fatal shooting ... sharing a look back at their better days together.

Offset posted about Takeoff Wednesday, which marks a year since he was shot outside a bowling alley in Houston. He wrote, "The times we spent is priceless what we built in this game they never wanted to give us our flowers we influenced the world."

Along with the touching video, Offset added, "I Love you Take you still here with us I just know you are!!!! Migo 4Life!!!!!!"

Quavo also honored his late bandmate and relative -- sharing a pic of Takeoff with the caption, "Can’t forget it won’t Forget It NEVER Forget it 🚀♾️ I Remember!"

He's also been reposting artwork of the guy on his IG story.

Mariah Carey está siendo llevada a los tribunales una vez más por su clásico éxito de Navidad, por dos hombres que afirman que escribieron una canción con el mismo nombre.

Andy Stone y Troy Powers van tras Mariah por al menos 20 millones de dólares en daños y perjuicios por su canción "All I Want For Christmas Is You", que resulta tener el mismo nombre de su canción navideña de 1989.

TMZ publicó la historia, la nueva demanda es casi idéntica a la del año pasado en la que Stone criticó a Mariah por supuestamente copiar su pista después de que su canción tuviera amplia difusión e incluso llegara a las listas de Billboard en la temporada navideña de 1993.

En los nuevos documentos obtenidos por TMZ, Stone y Powers afirman que hay similitudes sustanciales en el gancho lírico, melodía y la sensación general en comparación con su canción original, añadiendo que Mariah "obvió estas obras en la historia sobre el origen de la canción, como si esas obras fueran suyas".

Hay que admitir que es difícil evitar la pegadiza melodía de Mariah cuando llega noviembre. Stone y Powers van por el gran cheque y le están pidiendo al juez que la cancele.

Mariah Carey is bein' taken to court once again over her classic Christmas hit ... by the 2 men who claim they wrote a song of the same name.

Andy Stone and Troy Powers are coming after Mariah for at least $20 million in damages over her song, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" -- which happens to be the name of their 1989 holiday song.

TMZ broke the story, the refiling is nearly identical to last year's suit -- in which Stone called out Mariah for allegedly copying their track after their song got extensive airplay and even made it on the Billboard charts in the 1993 Christmas season.

In the new docs, obtained by TMZ, Stone and Powers claim there are substantial similarities in the lyrical hook, melody, and overall feel compared to their OG song ... adding Mariah's "palmed off these works with her incredulous origin story, as if those works were her own."

Gotta admit, it's hard to avoid Mariah's catchy tune when November rolls around ... Stone and Powers are looking for the big paycheck and are asking the judge to shut her down nonetheless.