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Paul Wall is sipping hard on Texas tea for his new single "Bounce, Rock, Skate," and he's invited a pair of Lonestar legends, Bun B and Chalie Boy ... as TMZ Hip Hop's revealing for the first time.

The Big Swift-produced track is a dedication to Houston's undeniable old-school car culture ... both Paul and Bun drop slick references to the city's slab riders, which sit sideways as CB smooths out the chorus with melody.

"Bounce, Rock, Skate" will serve as the first taste for Paul Weezy's upcoming album ... which we're told will be dropping before the year's up!!!

Paul's been on a tear this year -- he recently told TMZ Hip Hop how his guest feature on That Mexican OT's hit song, "Johnny Dang" brought him back to rap relevance ... and also saw his legacy shine getting a shoutout from Drake during the Houston stop for his "It's All a Blur" tour.

Selena Gomez dice que necesita un descanso de Instagram y va a eliminar su cuenta después de ser criticada por sus comentarios sobre el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina.

Selena publicó y luego borró una historia de Instagram el jueves, donde reveló sus planes de salirse de la red, explicando: "Estoy harta de esto. No apoyo nada de lo que está pasando".

La decisión se produjo solo unos días después de que Selena publicara un post sobre la guerra en Gaza y luego fuera aplastada por los usuarios.

Como informamos, Selena se refirió este lunes a la guerra en Medio Oriente, condenando el asesinato y la tortura y diciendo: "Eso es lo que me enferma. Me gustaría poder cambiar el mundo. Pero un post no lo hará".

El post de Selena sobre Israel-Palestina fue recibido con toneladas de odio en la red, con la gente acusándola de no hacer todo lo posible por ayudar a los más necesitados, por tratar de hacerse la víctima y criticándola por decir que su plataforma es inútil.

Como hemos informado, otras celebridades han enfrentado reacciones negativas por sus opiniones sobre el conflicto en curso. La ex estrella del cine para adultos Mia Khalifa perdió su trabajo con Playboy después de defender a Hamás, mientras que toda la familia Hadid está recibiendo amenazas de muerte por sus comentarios.

Selena Gomez says she needs a break from Instagram and is going to delete her account ... after being blasted for her comments about the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Selena posted and then deleted an IG story Thursday where she revealed her plans to get off IG, explaining ... "I'm done. I do not support any of what's going on."

The decision came only days after Selena posted about the Gaza war and then got dragged.

As we reported ... Selena spoke out Monday about the war in the Middle East, condemning murder and torture and saying, "That's what makes me sick. I wish I could change the world. But a post won't."

Selena's Israel-Palestine post was met with tons of hate online ... with folks accusing her of not doing all she can to help those in need, dragging her for trying to be a victim and blasting her for claiming her platform was useless.

As we've reported ... other celebs have faced backlash for their takes on the ongoing conflict ... former adult film star Mia Khalifa lost her gig with Playboy after defending Hamas, and the entire Hadid family is getting death threats.

Rae Sremmurd's Slim Jxmmi is back on PlayStation after cutting himself off for his New Year's Resolution, but it's a win in his book ... because he's no longer addicted to the controller!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the "Black Beatles" rapper Wednesday at LAX, and he admits he fell short of the year-long sabbatical he intended for his PS.

As we reported at the top of the year, Jxmmi complained his video game activity was cutting into his time for making music.

Jxmmi tells us he used the video game vacation to record an EP -- in addition to his other 2024 vocal obligations, and only hopped back on the sticks around August-September, roughly 9 months away from the game.

He says he tapped back into "NBA 2K" and "Call Of Duty," but is no longer glued to the TV like he once was and now breaks up his playing by simply going outside and touching grass.

Video game addiction isn't the only thing in Jxmmi's rearview mirror -- he's done with New Year's resolutions too.

Jason Sudeikis and Lake Bell looked pretty content at a recent Guns N' Roses concert in Los Angeles ... but it's best not to assume there's any spark between the two.

The actors enjoyed a rock-filled night together at the Hollywood Bowl Wednesday -- sharing a private box in the iconic outdoor theater. The two were seemingly in great spirits ... chatting it up as the night and the show went on.

In case you're wondering, sources close to the two tell TMZ ... the pair aren't dating -- they've known each other for 15 years and have worked on a couple of projects in the past, including "What Happens in Vegas" in 2008 and "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" in 2011.

As you know, Jason was engaged to Olivia Wilde for 7 years before calling it quits in 2020 -- they had a nasty custody battle, with Olivia getting her wish when a judge denied Jason's request to move their case from CA to New York.

Since the split, Jason's been linked to his "Ted Lasso" costar, Keeley Hazell ... while Lake -- who was married to artist Scott Campbell until 2020 -- was linked to Chris Rock last year.

Jason Sudeikis y Lake Bell se veían muy contentos en un reciente concierto de Guns N' Roses en Los Ángeles, aunque es mejor no asumir que hay algo entre los dos.

Los actores disfrutaron de una noche llena de rock juntos en el Hollywood Bowl el miércoles, compartiendo un palco privado en el icónico teatro al aire libre. Los dos estaban de muy buen humor y se les vio charlando durante el espectaculo.

En caso de que te lo estés preguntando, fuentes cercanas a los dos le dicen a TMZ que la pareja no está saliendo. Se conocen desde hace 15 años y han trabajado en un par de proyectos en el pasado, incluyendo "What Happens in Vegas" en 2008 y "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" en 2011.

Como ustedes saben, Jason estuvo comprometido con Olivia Wilde durante siete años antes de que todo terminara en 2020. Tuvieron una desagradable batalla por la custodia, con Olivia consiguiendo que el juez le negara la petición a Jason de mover su caso de California a Nueva York.

Desde la separación, Jason ha sido vinculado a su coprotagonista de "Ted Lasso", Keeley Hazell, mientras que Lake  —que estuvo casada con el artista Scott Campbell hasta 2020— estaba saliendo con Chris Rock el año pasado.

Steven Tyler supuestamente agredió sexualmente a una mujer en una cabina telefónica de Nueva York en los años 70, esa es la afirmación de su acusadora en una nueva demanda que ha presentado casi 50 años después de los supuestos incidentes.

La acusadora, Jeanne Bellino, dice que era una modelo de 17 años en Nueva York cuando un amigo les organizó una cita con Aerosmith y una fiesta con ellos. Ella dice que estaba caminando por la 6 ª Avenida con Tyler y su séquito cuando ella hizo un comentario acerca de una letra de la canción que se frotó por el camino equivocado.

En los documentos, obtenidos por TMZ, Bellino afirma que Tyler la agarró y la empujó a una cabina telefónica, donde le metió la lengua en la garganta, manoseó su cuerpo, la inmovilizó contra la pared de la cabina y comenzó a "fingir que tenían relaciones sexuales". Dice que llevaba los pantalones puestos, pero que se dio cuenta de que estaba excitado.

Dice que salió de la cabina telefónica, pero luego se quedó con el grupo y se fue a un hotel cercano. El razonamiento de Bellino para permanecer con el grupo fue que necesitaba a su amiga como medio de transporte. Una vez en la habitación del hotel, ella alega que Tyler hizo la misma rutina que hizo en la cabina telefónica, manoseándola y simulando la acción sexual mientras estaba vestida, pero abruptamente salió de la habitación.

En ese momento, Bellino afirma que huyó del hotel y tomó un taxi a casa,. donde inmediatamente le dijo a su hermana lo que supuestamente había sucedido con Tyler.

En la demanda, Bellino afirma que sigue necesitando medicación para hacerle frente a las "lesiones físicas a largo plazo" asociadas a su trauma. Ella está demandando al frontman de Aerosmith por daños y perjuicios.

Tyler también fue demandado por agresión sexual el año pasado, cuando Julia Holcomb afirmó que se conocieron en 1973 cuando ella tenía 16 años.

En cuanto a la demanda de Bellino, ella afirma que Tyler cometió "al menos un delito menor o grave". Eso es importante porque no hay plazo de prescripción para ciertos tipos de delitos de agresión sexual bajo la ley del estado de Nueva York.

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 "Keffe 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.

Keffe 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, Keffe 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.