Music

50 Cent has been torching Big Meech and Lil Meech and the future of his 'BMF' series for days now ... a scenario Gianni Paolo thinks is inevitable, 'cause 50 is unrelenting!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the "Power Book II: Ghost" alum in WeHo, where he chalked up the brewing 'BMF' beef to showbiz being tough ... although he feels the series could've survived if it was as popular as his 'P2' series. 😬

We doubt Gianni's actually watching 'BMF' ... 50 seemingly canceled the series in Lil Meech's face ahead of its Season 4 rollout, much to The Game's amusement.

Al Sharpton didn't have a dog in the Super Bowl fight other than rooting for Kendrick Lamar's halftime show -- and he's dropping some historic stats on anyone who says his performance was too Black!

TMZ Hip Hop hooked up with the reverend Tuesday in NYC, just as news broke that Kendrick had broken the NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show record with 133.5 million watching it in real time!!!

Al certifies K. Dot's halftime as the best ever, and will surely buy a mug to hold all those tears conservatives might be shedding over the Super Bowl set.

Music is going to make or break the upcoming Britney Spears biopic ... so says one of her famed songwriters, who wants to ensure the flick does her career justice.

Claude Kelly, a producer and songwriter who collaborated with Britney on her 2008 hit "Circus," tells TMZ ... biopics about musicians are only as good as their soundtracks.

Claude says for someone like Britney, the music will be more important than all the drama from her story ... and he wants to help make sure the soundtrack is legit.

A$AP Rocky is saving his words for his next album or potential victory speech -- he won't be testifying in his assault trial!!!

On Tuesday, Rocky waived his right to testify when the judge asked his attorney Joe Tacopina if they had finalized a decision, after deliberating over it earlier this week.

It was a busy and important day and Rocky was looking dapper but hurried in the court, causing an iPhone to be faceplanted in the process.

D.L. Hughley is railing against everyone critical of Kendrick Lamar's halftime show ... coming to his defense in a major way!

TMZ caught up with the outspoken comedian on the heels of the rapper's multi-layered performance, which some detractors dissed as boring ... but D.L. sees the whole conversation as a win win for Lamar.

D.L. feels white Americans only pay attention to Black Americans when they speak up as athletes or entertainers -- y'know, running, singing, dancing, or telling jokes.

Matt Pinfield's girlfriend and brother say the former MTV host is more communicative than his daughter is letting on ... because he was singing along to music during a recent hospital visit.

Matt's daughter Jessica claims he's incompetent and needs a conservatorship after suffering a stroke ... but his girlfriend, Kara Brown, and his brother, Glenn, say they're being iced out and cut off by Jessica.

Kara and Glenn's attorney, Todd Wolfe, tells TMZ ... Kara had an in-person visit with Matt at Kaiser Permanente L.A. Medical Center on Friday afternoon, with Glenn beaming in on video.

tWitch’s mom and brother are pretty shaken up ... sharing how blindsided they are by the allegations made by his widow, Allison Holker.

Connie Boss Alexander opened up in a tell-all with Gayle King, explaining how Allison called to accuse someone in the family of selling a story to a magazine -- and had them sign an NDA. So, it left them totally shocked when she released her memoir about her life with tWitch and his death.

Connie also shot down Allison’s claim that tWitch had hinted at being sexually abused by a male figure in his journals, calling it completely unfounded.

Drake and his OVO Sound compadre PartyNextDoor are putting Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show shots at them in their rearview mirror ... as they they try to respond to that huge moment in the culture.

Drake and Party unveiled the album cover art Tuesday for their new joint project, "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," which drops, appropriately, on Friday ... Valentine's Day.

The album cover sets the mood featuring 2 models in fur coats braving the Toronto tundra, and Drake has been teasing some of the songs down in Australia during his "Anita Max Wynn" tour.

Kanye West’s website, Yeezy.com, and all the Nazi-loving hate it housed are now off the grid -- the site’s officially offline.

Just a day before the site went dark, it was selling one thing: a white shirt with a black swastika -- something people saw after Ye dropped $8 mil on a 30-second Super Bowl ad directing them to his site.

The merch dropped right after Kanye’s antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic rant, where he straight-up called himself a Nazi and professed his love for Adolf Hitler -- but Shopify, which handled all sales from the site, bailed due to the content.

Sabrina Carpenter might be pop's newest IT girl, but she hit rewind -- serving major Marilyn Monroe vibes in a bombshell photo shoot.

The pics are for Vogue, so yeah, this is a major fashion moment ... and Sabrina delivers, 'cause with those curls and sultry glam makeup, she’s practically Marilyn 2.0!

Sabrina's looks are pure vintage glam with a twist -- corsets, garter belts, and heels that scream old Hollywood meets seductive siren.

Vince Neil's private jet was involved in a deadly crash at an Arizona airport ... but the Mötley Crüe frontman was not on the plane. However, his girlfriend, who was traveling on the jet, survived ... TMZ has learned.

Allen Kovac, Mötley Crüe's manager, tells TMZ … Vince is safe and confirms he was NOT on the plane.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Vince's girlfriend, Rain, and her friend, Ashley were on the plane and are in the hospital. We're told Rain broke 5 ribs, and the dogs the women were traveling with survived the tragic incident as well.

The pilot has tragically been killed, the band says in a statement.

There's gonna be a bunch of kissy faces and red hearts sent to Rosé's phone this week -- she's celebrating her 28th birthday!!!

The BLACKPINK singer has a ton to be thankful for on her special day -- she exploded as a solo artist after releasing her debut album late last year ... with her Bruno Mars collab "APT." surpassing PSY's "Gangnam Style" as the fastest K-Pop song to reach a billion views on YouTube.

She also turned heads as the face of Kim Kardashian's latest SKIMS campaign for Valentine's Day ... modeling the line's latest pajamas and loungewear for the occasion.

The Village People are making a play for two of the biggest musical honors in the U.S. of A. -- induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Kennedy Center Honor.

The V.P.'s Facebook page makes the case ... "For those who doubt Village People brought influence on other artists, Rolling Stone's song influenced by Village People. Clearly the group has had major influence on other artists, thus satisfying the prerequisite for inclusion [in the HOF]."

Fact is ... the Village People have had a string of iconic hits, most notably "Y.M.C.A.," which has had a resurgence courtesy of Prez Trump. But the list is long -- "In the Navy," "Macho Man," "San Francisco," "Go West" and "Can't Stop the Music."

Diddy had a one night stand with a street performer ... problem is, the guy says he was raped ... at least according to a new lawsuit.

The Bad Boy Records founder is being sued by a John Doe who claims Diddy orally raped him and sexually assaulted him anally after spiking his drink.

In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the man claims he was singing and playing guitar on the street outside a popular Los Angeles nightclub in November 2022 when a man claiming to be a talent scout for Diddy invited him to a Diddy party.

Diplo is doubling down on his love for acid -- saying he ain't into weed or shrooms … but when it comes to LSD, his body is all in.

The DJ hit up the 2025 Fanatics Super Bowl Party in New Orleans Sunday, casually admitting he was on acid -- but just a tiny bit, so no full-blown trip … allegedly.

Diplo revealed he microdoses acid 4 times a week, calling it a better natural alternative to weed, cocaine or alcohol -- plus, he says it’s out of his system in just about two hours.

Kodak Black sent fans into a tizzy over the weekend after being filmed inexplicably lying in the street scarfing on chicken wings like they were the last of their kind.

That should make for an entertaining final visual ... we're being told it's all for his next project!!!

Kodak's attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ ... the star rapper is not in any trouble ... nor is he on drugs.