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Diddy wants a Black woman in his corner when his federal trial begins -- in less than 3 weeks -- and that's why he's searching for a new attorney to add to his defense team.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Diddy's lawyers are searching for a Black female attorney to join his current trial team of Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.

Keep in mind, the mogul's attorneys have already raised race as a critical part of its defense ... accusing the feds of trying to take down a rich, successful Black man.

Stevie J has been one of the few Diddy supporters who's never wavered throughout the numerous lawsuits and charges ... and he wants the world to know the embattled Bad Boy mogul is doing just fine!!!

TMZ Hip Hop bumped into Stevie in Bev. Hills on Monday full of energy, calling for Diddy's freedom.

We thought he was on a hot lunch date -- but turns out, the woman accompanying him is his new artist, Miala Doche.

Watch out A$AP Rocky ... looks like your girl Rihanna has marriage on the brain.

Check out these super sexy Instagram photos ... which show RiRi decked out in lingerie featured in her Savage X Fenty Bridal Collection.

Turns out the "Love on the Brain" singer is her own best saleswoman because she's just smoking hot in all these pics -- and there's a video as well to make your heart beat faster.

K-Ci of Jodeci has officially bounced back after a recent pneumonia scare, and he's invited to the cookout ... as in Charlie Wilson's "R&B Cookout Tour"!!!

On Monday, Uncle Charlie announced the 21-city excursion that will also feature the talents of Babyface and El Debarge.

We broke the story back in February ... K-Ci was hospitalized after going down with pneumonia.

8:23 AM PT -- Sean Kingston's attorney Zeljka Bozanic tells TMZ ... "Mr. Kingston’s bond has been posted and he is in the process of being released."

He's back to home detention, with GPS monitoring, and is required to surrender his passport.

Sean Kingston was in lockup Tuesday 'cause he couldn’t cough up the $100K cash bond tied to his federal wire fraud case.

Kingston, who got hit with a guilty verdict last month alongside his mom, Janice Turner, on all five charges, is now sitting tight at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, TMZ has learned.

Following his conviction last month, he was confined to home detention pending sentencing on the condition he could post a $100K cash bond. But now that the singer and rapper is unable to come up with the money, he's been taken into custody.

Lil Nas X is dealing with a concerning medical situation ... revealing he's lost movement on one side of his face.

The "Old Town Road" hitmaker took to Instagram Monday night from his hospital bed, revealing he's unable to move the entire right side of his face -- even demonstrating it by smiling, with the left side of his mouth lifting while his right side stayed still.

Surprisingly, he didn't seem to sweat the issue at all, laughing as he showed his 10.4 million what was going on. Cracking himself up, he said ... "Bro, I can't even laugh right, bro. What the f**k. Ah! Oh my God."

These two lovely ladies are throwin' their lace right in your face!

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The question is: who'd you rather?!

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Will Smith released his first album in 20 years, "Based on a True Story," last month to mostly closed ears ... the album failed to hit any Billboard Charts ... a new career low!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Tony Rock at LAX on Monday and he's openly admitting he hasn't heard ANY of Will's new album but happily gave us his review of the "sh***y album," anyway.

To be fair, Tony admits his bias towards Will stems from the 2022 Oscar fiasco where his big bro Chris Rock was slapped onstage on live TV.

Nick Carter is being sued by a woman who says he raped her and infected her with a bunch of sexually transmitted diseases ... but he says her allegations are bogus.

The Backstreet Boys singer is being sued by a woman named Laura Penly, who claims he sexually assaulted her multiple times.

In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Penly claims she met Nick in 2004 when she was 19 years old and they started banging for a couple weeks ... meeting up at a Los Angeles apartment to hang out and have sex. She says she asked him to wear a condom but he refused and told her he was "clean" from STDs.

Those twentysomething influencers could never -- Paris Hilton pulled up to Coachella like the desert was her runway, serving main character energy in a seriously sexy, skin-tight catsuit.

Paris was serving body confidence and pure fierceness -- rocking a cut-out fishnet 'fit that showed plenty of skin at the festival's Neon Carnival over the weekend ... and let's just say, it left little to the imagination!

PH was all about that dominatrix energy -- piling on layered chain necklaces, and even after dark, she kept her signature shades on for that extra A-list touch.

Ray J and Princess Love are technically still married despite filing for divorce four times -- and they recently exercised their marital right to suck each other's face off in public!!!

A source close to both Ray and Princess tells TMZ Hip Hop the controversial couple have always maintained a "hot or cold" relationship, even amid the multiple divorce filings.

All signs pointed to the meter being red-hot at last night's Millennium Tour in Miami.

If you thought the women on Blue Origin’s mission were clinging to their seats in panic -- nope! They were over the moon, almost … and having an absolute blast the whole way through.

Katy Perry was up there doing the most, flashing the onboard camera feed a daisy in honor of her daughter, and casually revealing her 'Lifetimes' setlist on a butterfly card -- along with Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez gazing down at Earth like the ultimate girl squad in space.

The zero-gravity vibe was major, with the crew -- including NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn -- kicking back in total style for their 12 minutes of weightless wonder.

Drake will have to wait another week to see if his latest breakout hit will hit No. 1 ... Kendrick Lamar is STILL in his way!!!

On Monday, the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart emerged with Kendrick and SZA's melodic duet "Luther" still stingy with the top spot for its 8th week in a row!!!

Drake's "Nokia" single has been climbing the charts and hit a new peak position of No. 2 ... the traction just wasn't enough to topple "Luther."

Diddy says the feds have him all wrong and he's just an innocent man ... because he's pleading not guilty to a couple new charges against him.

The Bad Boy Records founder appeared in court Monday in Manhattan for his arraignment on two new charges ... one for sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and another for transportation to engage in prostitution ... a couple things he says he definitely didn't do.

Feds tacked on the charges in a recent superseding indictment ... the third one we've seen so far in the Diddy case. Diddy showed up in court today with white hair and a short beard, and pled not guilty to the superseding indictment charges.

Jed Gould, AKA "Jed The Fish" -- a longtime DJ at renowned L.A. rock radio station KROQ -- has died, TMZ has learned.

Jed's death was announced on his Instagram account this morning, in a post noting he died at 6 AM today at his home. Megan Holiday, a current DJ at KROQ-FM, tells TMZ ... Jed died from lung cancer. He had recently been diagnosed with the disease, and unfortunately, he experienced a very rapid decline.

Jed joined KROQ way back in 1978 ... the station has long been known as a big-time outlet for alternative rock, new wave, and punk rock. Jed last spun records on the air there in 2012, when he left his afternoon slot, and later returned as host of a 1980s-music-themed satellite show ... and he's worked a couple other station gigs around California, before and after his KROQ tenure.

The "American Idol" crew had aloha-t of fun in Hawaii, and we've got the behind-the-scenes shots just for you!

From the stage to the beach, the 'Idol' judges -- Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan -- took their duties to the shore, and they took obligations seriously!!!

Ryan Seacrest joined Lionel and Luke on the sand for a round of push-ups -- with Underwood acting as their drill sergeant!