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Hulk Hogan's life and legacy are complex ... he did lots of great things on his way to the top, but he made lots of mistakes along the way -- including using racial slurs that hurt fans and friends alike.

Hulk once admitted he was a racist and later walked back those comments ... and we look back on the consequences of his well-documented instances of racism in "TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan."

Hogan was fired from the WWE in 2015 after a sex tape emerged of him using a racist slur in 2007 to describe one of daughter Brooke Hogan's exes.

Up-and-coming Memphis rapper FastCash CMoney was killed in a BRUTAL weekend shootout -- literally 1 month before he was about to have a clean slate with the law!!!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained federal docs from 2019 confirming that CMoney (real name Cordney Smith) was slated to be released from federal probation on September 29 after he and 17 other FastCash members were convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Conspiracy to Possess and Attempt to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana.

CMoney was found guilty of helping the criminal enterprise defraud a bank of over $240,000 and conspiracy to move more than 100 kilos of weed ... and wound up serving an 18-month prison sentence before getting released on probation.

Danielle Spencer -- famous for playing Dee Thomas on the hit ’70s sitcom "What’s Happening!!" -- has died at 60 following complications from cancer, TMZ has learned.

Her longtime friend and former costar Haywood Nelson -- AKA Dwayne from the sitcom -- tells TMZ Danielle passed away Monday night in a Richmond, Virginia hospital ... with her mom Cheryl and her jazz musician brother Jeremy Pelt by her side.

Haywood says he was in Dallas when he got the heartbreaking call -- telling us he always saw Danielle as his little sis. The two last spoke just two weeks ago on the phone, and he says she sounded upbeat at the time.

Huge update in the T-Hood murder case down in Georgia -- cops have identified their top suspect ... and he is the son of "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" stars Kirk and Rasheeda Frost.

TMZ obtained the incident report from the rapper's slaying ... and the Gwinnett County Police Department says their primary murder suspect is Ky Lasheed Frost. T-Hood's mom also told TMZ ... the alleged killer is the son of Kirk and Rasheeda.

As we reported ... T-Hood was shot at his Georgia home Friday, and he later died.

Robbie Brewer's career as a stock car driver came to a tragic end on August 9, 2025, when he died after crashing into a wall during a race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The tragedy grew worse in the days following the event, when it was revealed the driver had actually suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel before the collision.

We're going to look into the background of the late competitor and go over the events of his final time on the track.

Brewer had been involved in racing events for more than three decades, and his first career start on a racetrack took place in 1990, according to ESPN.

The driver racked up a total of 311 Bowman Gray starts, split between the track's Stadium Stock, Sportsman and Tour Type Modified divisions, according to CBS Sports.

Brewer earned himself a track championship in 2011 in the Sportsman competition, and he had a total of 11 career victories at Bowman Gray.

The competitor also appeared in various 602 Modified races in the region surrounding Winston-Salem.

Brewer's final event was part of a Sportsman Division race at Bowman Gray Stadium.

The racer was coming up to a restart with four laps to go in what was the first of two 20-lap features.

However, the competitor's car veered when he reportedly experienced a heart attack, according to Short Track Scene ... and the car crashed head-on into a wall, rolling to a halt near the finish line.

Emergency crew workers cut Brewer out of the wrecked car, and he was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

A spectator spoke to the New York Post and said racing fans descended into "silence and reverence" after the crash. The racing fan recalled seeing several individuals "clearly praying" after the horrific wreck.

Brewer's daughter Courtney made an official announcement about her father's death on her Facebook account Sunday, writing she wasn't the only one who'd lost "a best friend," according to the New York Post.

Calvin Harris just can't let Taylor Swift have her big day ... because hours after she announced a new album, he announced the death of his rooster -- and Calvin says the cock was murdered!!!

The musician, who is among Taylor's famous exes, hopped on social media Tuesday and claimed his "majestic" cockerel Smokey was dead.

Calvin claims the rooster was "murdered" by his "idiot" neighbor's "grimey dogs" ... and he says Smokey's death has left him "absolutely gutted."

The woman Hulk Hogan made his infamous sex tape with just surfaced in public for the first time since the wrestling legend died ... and we've got a look.

Heather Clem ventured out Monday in Tampa, Florida ... rocking a sports bra and some yoga pants as she stopped at a convenience store.

You'll recall, Heather was at the center of Hulk's 2012 sex tape scandal ... they banged on camera while she was married to Hulk's former friend, infamous radio host Bubba The Love Sponge.

Hulk Hogan's Florida bar honored him on his birthday by throwing an all-day rager ... and the festivities got so large, even Nick -- the WWE legend's son -- popped by!

TMZ Sports is told ... Hogan's Hangout in Clearwater threw a 7 AM to 2 AM party on Monday on what would have been the wrestling icon's 72nd cake day, and droves of Hulkamaniacs showed up to pay their respects.

People clad in red and yellow attire cruised through the doors throughout the afternoon ... and at around 8 PM, Nick stopped in to lead karaoke.

Kelly Clarkson -- Brandon Blackstock's second ex-wife -- has been front and center since his death ... but his first ex, Melissa Ashworth, is now grabbing the spotlight.

Over the weekend, Ashworth took to Instagram to post a tribute to Blackstock, who died August 7 following a long battle with melanoma, a form of skin cancer. She was married to him from 2001 to 2012, before he tied the knot with Clarkson in 2013. Both marriages ultimately ended in divorce.

In her IG post, Melissa describes Brandon as witty, charming and an "absolute gentleman who happened to wear cowboy boots, wrangler jeans, and a cowboy hat." She says he was the greatest dad and "loved hard and he fought hard."

Kelly Clarkson got real emotional while belting out her reworked version of "Piece by Piece" just 12 days before her ex, Brandon Blackstock, died -- and the clip is gut-wrenching.

Check this resurfaced TikTok from Kelly’s July 26 show in Vegas -- Kelly was choking up as she intro'd the song -- saying she wrote it back when her marriage to Brandon was full of hope and dreams for the future. But now? It's had a few emotional tweaks over the years, to say the least.

Kelly revealed she’d actually changed the lyrics to the song back in '23, three years after her split from Blackstock. But after some therapy and reflection, she realized they came off a bit angry. So, she tweaked them again, making the new version feel more grown-up.

DJ Unk's larger-than-life presence is still being felt in death ... the late "Walk It Out" rapper just received a shimmering headstone that rivals those Big Oomp chains he used to wear!!!

The blinged-out headstone was crafted courtesy of Cemetery Tim's services, who tells TMZ Hip Hop that it was Unk's wife, Sherkita, who reached out to him and provided some of her favorite photos she wanted to use for his headstone.

Unk's headstone was installed and it debuted Sunday at South View Cemetery in Atlanta.

Linda Hogan is putting her family drama to the side to honor her late ex-husband on Monday ... sharing an emotional tribute to Hulk on what would have been his 72nd birthday.

Linda -- who was married to the wrestling icon for 26 years -- posted the message alongside a throwback picture from their early dating days ... showing them sharing an embrace as they posed for the camera.

"Me and Hulkster .. 1981 Happy Birthday Terry .. I love and miss you so much ..," Linda said.

Jennifer Aniston just dropped a gut-wrenching confession -- her heartbreak over Matthew Perry didn’t begin the day he died ... it began long before.

The actress said in a new interview she and the rest of her "Friends" did everything they could to help Matthew over the years -- but his battle with addiction was a brutal uphill battle he could never fully escape ... and it felt like they'd been "mourning" him for a long time before he died.

Jen told Vanity Fair that losing Matthew was devastating for them, and of course, his fans -- but admits she's relieved knowing he’s finally free from his pain. "There’s a part of me that thinks this is better," she said.

Kevin Mares -- a Bad Bunny fan who traveled down to Puerto Rico to see the artist -- has been shot and killed.

We spoke with Kevin's mother, Sandra, through a friend acting as a translator ... and, she confirmed to us her son was shot early this morning following his attendance at a pool party in La Perla, PR.

Sandra tells us her son was a massive Bad Bunny fan ... and, he planned this trip with his girlfriend and their friends about a year ago -- with the group eager to watch the show on Sunday. They are no longer attending the show in light of the shooting.

Derek & the Dominos founder Bobby Whitlock has died, TMZ can confirm.

His "heartbroken" manager Carol Kaye tells us he passed Sunday morning at 1:20 AM "after a brief illness." He took his last breath at home in Texas, surrounded by family.

His family is currently working to pinpoint a charity fans can send donations to in his honor, Kaye says.

Brady Kiser told cops he realized something was wrong on the evening his son, Trigg, drowned in their backyard pool when he saw his dog acting strangely, according to new documents.

The police released a redacted report about the death of the 3-year-old Friday ... and, in it, they say Brady told an officer his son went outside to play after he finished eating.

Cops say Brady told them he was busy with his infant and lost track of Trigg ... until he turned to look outside and saw his dog standing over the water.