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Jim Jones is feeling froggy for the new year, and daring any rapper from his era to jump -- on his $100,000 challenge to create a better song than him.

The Harlem Diplomat made the six-figure offer Wednesday on IG, extending the invite to anyone of his rap era, which he says started around 2004.

JJ excluded his workout partners Jadakiss, Maino, Dave East and Fabolous ... but says he'll wipe the floor with his other contemporaries, which obviously includes dozens of big-time MCs.

His reason for the challenge is simple -- Jim says he's seeing too many old rappers comfortable riding on their past glory, and thinks it's time they update their catalog.

No one's taken Jim up on the challenge just yet, but he still has lingering smoke with Clipse rappers Pusha T and Malice ... after shooting a few razorblades their way in a diss-heavy freestyle.

JJ told TMZ Hip Hop last year, he still feels like he's in his prime, and is willing to bet on his skills.

Interestingly enough, his former collaborator Ron Browz just told us his fav collab ever was "Pop Champagne" with Jim and Juelz Santana.

New video has surfaced from the Chrisean Rock incident ... and it's even more dramatic than we initially thought.

Drama Alert posted a lot of different angles of the action -- and you can see the pistol-whipping the CR was referring to in the aftermath ... it looks absolutely brutal. You can also see more of the fight and how exactly it broke ... although it's still unclear what sparked it.

Chrisean Rock's stint on a popular speed-dating show ended abruptly after an armed assailant crashed the set -- and the shocking attack was caught all on camera.

On Tuesday night, Chrisean was in Atlanta when she was scheduled to appear on a new show called "20 Vs. 1" ... a series where the contestant picks from 20 different candidates. The scary moment unfolded as they were filming ... with the footage cutting to an armed man assaulting another man on the set with a firearm, this after a brief scuffle on set.

The freakiest part comes next ... onlookers nearby appear to have convinced the masked man not the pull the trigger after he overpowered his target and had them pinned on the ground. Watch ... you can see that he appears to be carrying two firearms, and he has them drawn and pointed at the guy on the ground.

CR immediately went live on Instagram to tell her followers she survived some "crazy, weird sh*t" ... no argument there. She also took credit for the lack of bullets -- allegedly preventing 4 people from being shot.

Her live stream pissed off her brother Petey but she claimed it was for both of their safety -- got to document the evidence at all costs.

NoLuvMar, the series creator also vowed the truth will be revealed ... he still plans on putting the wild video out on his channel, and he says a lot of assumptions about what happened will be proven wrong.

Another crazy day in the life of Chrisean ... and her baby daddy's is just as dramatic.

Remember, Cardi B said there's another way for Chrisean that doesn't involve so many theatrics ... here's hoping she listens up and surrounds herself with good people.

Ha aparecido un nuevo video del incidente del Chrisean Rock y es aún más dramático de lo que pensábamos en un principio.

Drama Alert publicó diferentes ángulos de la acción y se puede ver la pistola a la que Chrisean se refería... y las imágenes son brutales. También se puede ver más de la lucha y cómo fue que se desarrolló, aunque todavía no está claro cómo comenzó la pelea.

Un show de citas en el que participaba Chrisean Rock terminó abruptamente después de que un asaltante armado entrara al set, y el impactante ataque fue capturado en cámara.

El martes por la noche, Chrisean estaba en Atlanta porque tenía previsto aparecer en un nuevo programa llamado "20 Vs. 1", una serie en la que el concursante elige entre 20 candidatos diferentes. El momento de miedo se desarrolló mientras estaban filmando. Las imágenes muestran a un hombre armado que agrede a otro hombre en el set con un arma de fuego, después de una breve refriega en el set.

La parte más extraña viene a continuación. Los espectadores cercanos parecen haber convencido al hombre enmascarado de no apretar el gatillo después de que este había dominado a su objetivo y lo había inmovilizado en el suelo. Miren, se puede ver que parece estar cargando dos armas de fuego y que tiene al hombre apuntando en el piso.

Chrisean Rock inmediatamente realizó un envivo en Instagram para decirle a sus seguidores que sobrevivió a unos "locos, raros, de mier* a". No hay discusión allí. También se atribuyó el mérito de la ausencia de balas y que supuestamente evitó que dispararan a 4 personas.

Su transmisión en vivo molestó a su hermano Petey, pero ella dice que lo hizo por la seguridad de ambos y porque tiene que documentar las pruebas a toda costa.

NoLuvMar, el creador de la serie también juró que la verdad sería revelada. Todavía planea poner el salvaje video en su canal y dice que se demostrará que son erróneas un montón de suposiciones acerca de lo que sucedió.

Otro día loco en la vida de Chrisean, y el de su papi es igual de dramático.

Sophie Turner y su ex, Joe Jonas, parecen tener las cosas resueltas en lo que respecta a la custodia de sus hijos, razón por la cual ella le está diciendo a un juez que retire su demanda de "secuestro de menores" del año pasado.

Sabemos por los nuevos documentos legales obtenidos por TMZ, que los abogados de la ex pareja están pidiéndole al juez que desestime el caso federal de Nueva York que Sophie presentó por primera vez en septiembre... Esto a la luz del plan de crianza que comenzó a llevarse a cabo en octubre.

En otras palabras, ambos están en la misma página y todo tiene que ver con lo que han trabajado en cuanto a la custodia en los tribunales del Reino Unido.

Mientras que un juez aún tiene que firmar oficialmente, eso sería todo. Todo esto es una gran cosa teniendo en cuenta lo dramático que fue cuando Sophie corrió por primera vez a la corte citando una ley de secuestro infantil.

Usted recordará cuando ella invocó ese estatuto, alegando que Joe estaba impidiendo que sus dos hijos viajaran a verla al otro lado del charco por supuestamente retener sus pasaportes, lo que elevó todo ese asunto a un nivel federal.

También afirmó que ellos, como familia, habían decidido que Inglaterra se convertiría en su hogar permanente, pero debido a que Joe supuestamente mantenía a los niños en Nueva York en medio de su divorcio, ella afirmó que sus acciones iban en contra de las leyes internacionales de sustracción de menores.

Desde entonces, ella y Joe se  han entendido mucho mejor, sí, el divorcio sigue su curso, pero han resuelto temporalmente quién se queda con los niños y cuándo, lo cual están citando aquí como la razón por la que esta demanda será retirada.

Esto solo indica aún más los esfuerzos continuos de los ex para arreglar las cosas en privado - por el bien de sus hijas, suponemos - después de que se inició su separación pública en un pie particularmente amargo.

Los primeros signos de la pareja tratando de arreglar las cosas surgieron en octubre, acordaron un acuerdo temporal de custodia de los hijos, lo cual tuvo a los niños yendo y viniendo durante Acción de Gracias, Navidad y en el medio.

Parece que otros aspectos del divorcio todavía se están resolviendo, pero mientras tanto, ambos parecen haber seguido adelante románticamente, Sophie pasando al aristócrata británico Peregrine Pearson y Joe a la modelo Stormi Bree.

Sophie Turner and her ex, Joe Jonas, seem to have things figured out, for now, as pertains to custody of their kids ... which is why she's telling a judge to drop her whole "child abduction" claim from last year.

Per new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, attorneys for the former couple are asking the judge in their federal case out of New York -- which Sophie first filed in September -- to dismiss the entire action ... this in light of the parenting plan they hashed out back in October.

In other words, they're signaling here that they're both on the same page to dismiss this case ... and it all has to do with what they've worked out custody-wise in the UK courts.

While a judge has yet to officially sign off ... this thing is all but gone -- which is a big deal considering how dramatic it was when ST first ran to court citing a child abduction law.

You'll recall ... when she invoked that statute -- claiming, at the time, Joe was preventing their 2 children from traveling to see her across the pond by allegedly withholding their passports -- it elevated that whole matter to a federal level. So, it was on Uncle Sam's radar.

She also claimed they, as a family, had decided England would become their permanent home ... but because Joe was allegedly keeping the kids in NY amid their still-fresh divorce filing, she claimed his actions ran afoul of international child abduction laws.

Since then, of course, she and Joe have landed in a much better place -- yes, their divorce is still proceeding, but they've temporarily worked out who gets the kids and when ... which they're citing here as the reason that this lawsuit she submitted can now go bye-bye.

This just further signals continued efforts by the exes to hash things out privately -- for the sake of their daughters, we assume -- after they kicked off their public split on a particularly bitter foot.

First signs of the pair trying to work things out emerged in October ... they agreed to a temporary child custody arrangement -- with the kids going back & forth between them over holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and in between.

It appears other aspects of the divorce are still being worked out ... but in the meantime, they both seem to have moved on romantically -- Sophie moving on to British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson and Joe to model Stormi Bree.

Dua Lipa is ready to go public with her new boo officially -- 'cause she brought him to one of the most photographed hot spots in L.A., and made out with the dude in front of cameras.

The singer hit up Sushi Park in WeHo Tuesday night with none other than Callum Turner -- the British actor fella she's been hanging out with a lot lately. Welp, all the speculation about them being a thing was absolutely correct ... 'cause they sealed the deal with a kiss.

The new couple were all smiles as they left the joint ... and right as they were crossing the famed walkway, DL and CT stopped to smooch for a bit -- showing off major PDA.

Like we said ... this is a spot celebs hit all the time in L.A., especially if they wanna be seen out. So, the fact Dua trotted Callum out here speaks volumes ... and it's just the next natural progression for how things have been going for them over the past week.

Remember, it all started with some video TMZ got that showed the two of them slow-dancing at an after-party for his Apple TV show ... and not long after, they went to dinner together.

On its face, it felt like Dua and Callum realized the cat was outta the bag ... and they decided to just get it over with and come out as an item. Their outing earlier this week wasn't the smoking gun on a relationship -- but this sushi date most certainly is.

Dua Lipa está lista para presentar públicamente a su nuevo novio, pues lo llevó a uno de los lugares más fotografiados de Los Ángeles y se besó con el tipo delante de las cámaras.

La cantante fue a Sushi Park en West Hollywood el martes por la noche con nada menos que Callum Turner, el actor británico con el que ha estado saliendo mucho últimamente. Bueno, todas las especulaciones acerca de ellos eran absolutamente correctas porque sellaron su romance con un beso.

La nueva pareja era todo sonrisas cuando salieron del lugar y justo cuando estaban cruzando la famosa pasarela, Dua Lipa y Callum Turner se detuvieron para darse un beso. Una gran demostración de cariño en público.

Como hemos dicho, este es un lugar al que las celebridades van todo el tiempo en Los Angeles, especialmente si quieren ser vistos. Por lo tanto, el hecho de que Dua estuviera con Callum aquí dice mucho y es solo la progresión natural de cómo se han ido dando los acontecimientos desde la semana pasada.

Recordemos que todo comenzó con un video que consiguió TMZ donde aparecían bailando un lento en una after-party de un programa de él en Apple TV, y no mucho después fueron a cenar juntos.

Para ser directos, pareciera que Dua y Callum se dieron cuenta de que el secreto estaba revelado y simplemente decidieron salir como una pareja. Su salida a principios de esta semana no era señal de una relación, pero esta salida a comer sushi sin duda lo es.

Last year's hip hop music offerings left many fans feeling hollow and superproducer Murda Beatz thinks it's because fans are looking in the wrong places -- he says the real heat is in the underground scene!

TMZ Hip Hop got MB's take on where he predicts hip hop's heading ... admittedly a tough question, even for a studio wiz accustomed to collecting plaques.

He'll be expecting another soon for his work on Nicki Minaj's now platinum-eligible "Pink Friday 2," but his personal curiosity is focused on lesser-known acts these days.

The way MB sees it, hip hop is hovering over another reset period -- he's seen it before in 2013 when SoundCloud rap began to bubble ... eventually making stars out of XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD and Ski Mask the Slump God.

He's crowning Destroy Lonely and Ken Carson as his leaders of the new school -- both budding stars are known to bring punk mosh pit energy to their rap shows, and he also named up-and-coming eclectic Bronx rapper Cash Cobain as a playlist favorite.

DL and KC will both be playing at this year's Coachella, so fans can see MB's ringing endorsement in person.

Los fans de Taylor Swift han estado convencidos de que su ídola escribió el libro que se está convirtiendo en la película "Argylle", pero el director está lanzando un balde de agua fría sobre sus esperanzas y sueños.

Matthew Vaughn hizo una entrevista recientemente en la que abordó este rumor/teoría que ha estado flotando alrededor de casi 3 años y es que T-Swift sería la misteriosa autora del manuscrito de "Argylle", del que se está haciendo una película con el mismo nombre.

La escritora se hace llamar "Elly Conway", el mismo nombre de la protagonista de la película, y su verdadera identidad no ha sido revelada. Así que los Swifties han estado convencidos de que Taylor podría ser su creadora (más sobre esto en un momento).

Desafortunadamente para ellos, Vaughn le dijo a Rolling Stones que todo es mentira: "Yo no soy muy fan de Internet y en realidad fue mi hija la que se acercó a mí. Este es el poder de las celebridades y de Internet y me dijo: '¡Nunca me dijiste que Taylor escribió el libro!".

Y añade: "Y yo la miro diciendo: '¿De qué estás hablando con que Taylor Swift escribió el libro? ¡Ella no escribió el libro!' Y yo me reía porque le decía: '¡No es verdad! Ella no escribió el libro'. Pero mi hija estaba convencida de ello".

Matthew luego dice mucho más, definitivamente: "[H]ay una Elly Conway que escribió el libro, pero no es Taylor Swift. Y lo digo porque imagino que Taylor Swift tiene un montón de gente intentando subirse a su carro a diestra y siniestra. No quiero formar parte de ese club. Leí las conspiraciones y pensé: "¡Vaya, no dejan piedra sobre piedra!". Pero no es Taylor Swift. Definitivamente, ella no escribió el libro".

Parte de la razón por la que la legión de Taylor pensó que ella podría ser la autora se debe a cosas sutiles que pensaban se referían a ella, como el gato Scottish Fold (ella tiene 2), el hecho de que usa suéteres de argyle y otras "pistas" que los fans recogieron.

Taylor Swift fans have been convinced that their idol wrote the book that's being made into the "Argylle" movie -- but the director's throwing cold water on their hopes and dreams.

Matthew Vaughn recently did an interview where he addressed this rumor/theory that's been floating around for almost 3 years now -- namely, that T-Swift is the mysterious author who penned the manuscript for "Argylle" ... which is being made into a film of the same name.

The writer goes under the pseudonym of "Elly Conway" -- the same name of the main character in the flick -- and her real identity hasn't been revealed whatsoever. So, Swifties have been eating up perceived Easter eggs that they think point to Taylor (more on this in a bit).

Unfortunately for them, Vaughn's now saying it's all BS -- telling Rolling Stone ... "I'm not a big internet guy, and it was actually my daughter who came up to me -- this is the power of celebrity and the internet -- and said, 'You never told me Taylor wrote the book!'"

He adds, "And I’m looking at her going, ‘What are you talking about Taylor Swift wrote the book? She didn’t write the book!’ And I was laughing because I was like, ‘It’s not true! She didn’t write the book!’ But my daughter was convinced of it."

MV then says much more definitively ... "[T]here is an Elly Conway who wrote the book, but it’s not Taylor Swift. And I say that because I imagine Taylor Swift has a load of people trying to jump on her bandwagon left, right, and center. I don’t want to be a part of that club. I did read the conspiracies and I was like, ‘Wow, they don’t leave a stone unturned!’ But it’s not Taylor Swift. She definitely didn’t write the book."

Part of the reason Taylor's legion thought she might've been the author is because of all these subtle things they thought referred to her -- including the Scottish Fold cat featured (she has 2 herself), the fact she wears argyle sweaters, and other "hints" fans picked up on.

Ni siquiera estamos a mitad de semana, y ya tenemos algunas grandes historias, y te puedes poner al día con el resumen de TMZ.

En primer lugar en TMZ Live, Green Day nos dijo que se aferraban a su decisión de cambiar su letra de O.G. "American Idiot" a "No soy parte de la agenda MAGA" en el concierto "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve".

Nos dijeron el lunes en LAX que no se arrepienten de haber cabreado a los partidarios de Trump y parece que piensan que los EE.UU. son un poco más estúpidos desde que lanzaron por primera vez la canción en 2004.

Saltando a TMZ TV, Taylor Swift ha sido desbancada del primer puesto de Amazon, por nada menos que... Glenn Danzig.

Sí, has oído bien, el legendario cantante de los Misfits, ha destronado a Taylor a causa de un fallo en el sistema. Los pocos que realmente compraron el álbum de Glenn recibieron álbumes completamente al azar, todo por un total de 12 dólares.

Otros empezaron a ver qué álbum recibirían si intentaban comprar el de Glenn en Amazon. Nuestro equipo también hizo el intento... ¡mira el video para ver lo que nos enviaron en su lugar!

Las cosas estaban arrancando en TMZ Sports, donde Michael Babcock y Mojo discutieron el emocionante futuro futbolístico del hijo de la realeza de la WWE Bill Goldberg, Gage.

We're not even halfway through the week, and we've already got some big stories -- which you can catch up on in TMZ's recap.

Firstly on TMZ Live, Green Day told us they were sticking by their decision to change their O.G. "American Idiot" lyrics to "I'm not part of the MAGA agenda" at "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" gig.

They told us Monday at LAX they've got no regrets pissing off Trump supporters ... and it sounds like they think the USA's a lil' stupider since they first released the song in 2004.

Jumping over to TMZ TV, Taylor Swift's been knocked from Amazon's top spot... by none other than ... Glenn Danzig.

Yes, you heard that right ... the legendary punk and heavy metal Misfits singer dethroned TS cause of a glitch. The few actually buying Glenn's album were getting sent completely random albums -- all for a total bargain of 12 bucks.

Others began seeing what album they would bag if they tried to purchase Glenn's on Amazon. Our team also placed an order for Glenn's album ... check out the clip to see what we were sent instead!

Things were kicking off at TMZ Sports, where Michael Babcock and Mojo discussed WWE royalty Bill Goldberg's son Gage's exciting footballing future.

Gwen Stefani y el resto de los miembros de No Doubt se reunirán de nuevo después de un buen tiempo, y lo harán en el desierto como cabezas de cartel de Coachella, nada menos.

La alineación para el festival anual de música acaba de caer, y mientras hay tres grandes actos programados para actuar viernes y domingo durante dos fines de semana diferentes ... parece que Gwen y compañía serán el plato fuerte de la noche, porque los contrataron como cabezas de cartel.

Goldenvoice tiene a Lana Del Rey actuando el viernes 12 de abril y el 19; Tyler the Creator se encargará de las funciones de cabeza de cartel el sábado 13 de abril y el 20; y Doja Cat lo hará el domingo.

Pero, echa un vistazo a la parte inferior de este cartel, sólo se lee ... "Y ... No Doubt". Una vez más, no hay claridad sobre lo que eso significa o qué día la banda podría hacer lo suyo... es un misterio.

Curiosamente, la banda se burló de esto alrededor de una hora antes de que Coachella hiciera el anuncio, burlándose del hecho de que estaban ansiosos por reunirse de nuevo y "hacer un show". Es un clip divertido y algo producido que muestra a Gwen, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont y Adrian Young en un chat de grupo, y luego, se pasan Zoom donde dieron vueltas a la idea de actuar.

Como resulta, que van a hacer un chapoteo con su gran concierto de regreso - golpear el escenario en posiblemente la plataforma más grande en la música ... actuando frente a miles de personas.

No Doubt no ha actuado como grupo en un buen tiempo, de hecho, la última vez que subieron al escenario juntos fue en 2015 durante el Global Citizen Earth Day Concert de ese año en D.C. Desde entonces, realmente no han rockeado todos juntos.

Gwen Stefani and the rest of the members of No Doubt are getting together again after a good long while -- and they're it in the desert ... headlining Coachella, no less.

The lineup for the annual music festival just dropped, and while there are 3 big acts slated to perform Fri-Sun on 2 different weekends ... it looks like Gwen and co. will be the real talent -- 'cause they're being listed as a general, all-around headliner ... with no specific dates.

Goldenvoice has Lana Del Rey performing on Friday April 12th and 19th; Tyler the Creator will handle headlining duties on Saturday April 13th and 20th; and Doja Cat will do Sunday.

But, take a look at the bottom of this poster, it just reads ... "And ... No Doubt." Again, no clarity on what that means or which day the band might do their thing -- it's a mystery.

Funny enough, ND actually teased this about an hour before Coachella dropped the lineup -- teasing the fact they were itching to get together again and "do a show." It's a fun, somewhat produced clip that features Gwen, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young hopping onto a group chat and then a Zoom ... where they kicked around the idea of performing.

As it turns out, they're gonna be making a splash with their big comeback gig -- hitting the stage on possibly the biggest platform in music ... performing in front of thousands of people.

No Doubt hasn't performed as a group in a while -- in fact, the last time they hit the stage together in an official capacity was in 2015 during that year's Global Citizen Earth Day Concert in D.C. Since then, they haven't really rocked out as a unit.

Now, fans will get a chance to see 'em live ... and get underneath it all in person. Sweet!

Katt Williams is on the verge of reminding Ludacris that he also raps ... 'cause he's out here responding to him with bars of his own, spittin' to none other than Suge Knight himself.

Suge and Dave Mays dropped their latest 'Collect Call' podcast episode Tuesday ... with a first-ever preview of Katt's acidic words -- a direct response to the freestyle Luda kicked to combat the viral "Club Shay Shay" interview.

Katt's ether opens with a voiceover of Mike Epps admitting being jealous of not being mentioned in the viral "Club Shay Shay" interview.

Katt then lyrically lunges at Luda's jugular using metaphors that relate to him ... "Move Bitch," "Fast & Furious" -- the biggest burn just may be Katt called out Luda for NOT saying he was lying.

Remember, Katt dissed Luda first by (joking?) that the Atlanta rapper joined the Illuminati only to be rewarded with a wide-faced, light-skinned wife.

Katt is the first guest on "Collect Call" and he and Suge shared their unique origin story, ironically centered around their mutual love for Tupac Shakur.

Rick Ross' bankroll reigns supreme ... just ask the club joker who thought it was a good idea to throw a fistful of money in the Bawse's face.

The superstar rapper recently took the stage for an appearance at E11EVEN Miami nightclub, and an overeager fan dared to deck him in the face with several bills.

A cool, calm and collected Rozay paused during his Friday night performance ... before whacking the guy with a money stack 3x the size of what he'd foolishly hurled at Rick.

The best part might be the sight of Rick walking off with a million-dollar grin.

The fan was a good sport about it -- not like he had any choice, he started it and RR finished it.

Mark Spratley, Jacob Kohn and Doctor Garmentz -- the guys responsible for making the clips go viral -- tell TMZ Hip Hop there was no drama in the club afterward, and Rozay composed himself like a boss should.