TMZ Live

The Game stepped up his Flint water crisis game ... forking over $500k from his own pocket ... and charity-shamed Madonna and Jimmy Fallon while he was at it.

Game came on "TMZ Live" to talk about his big donation -- he teamed with AvitaWater, which matched his check for a whopping $1 mil total for residents of Flint. His sister and her kids live there ... so, it was personal for Game.

He also explained his shot at Fallon and Madonna -- calling their $10,000 pledges, "cute" -- saying there's a method to his madness.

As for posting a screengrab of his wire transfer, and therefore revealing he has $13 MILLION chilling in checking?!!! Game says it's hard earned cash, and it's going to serious good.

Young Dro's night in jail was all over pills -- well, allegedly just one HALF of a pill to be exact ... TMZ has learned.

We broke the story ... the Atlanta rapper was arrested Thursday, and now we know it was for 1/2 a pill of Xanax. Law enforcement sources tell us police found it on Dro after he went through a TSA checkpoint in Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport.

Dro posted bail Friday morning, and came on TMZ Live a few hours later to explain Xanax was the least of his problems when he got busted. At least that's how he sees it. ... we'll see what the D.A. thinks.

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard think we're absolutely crazy for even raising the question ... Would Obama take a job running a studio after he leaves office ... but if he's interested, they're hiring.

Brian and Ron appeared on "TMZ Live" Wednesday, and Brian made it clear ... the Prez is overqualified for the job.

BTW, Brian, the exec producer of "Empire," would absolutely offer Obama a role on his show, but being a Lucious hack won't cut it.

Michelle Dobyne is now known around the world as the "It's Poppin!" lady -- her epic firsthand account of a building fire went viral, and she's already going a little Hollywood.

Michelle appeared on Wednesday's "TMZ Live" to tell us how her life has changed overnight due to the viral video -- AND the 17-year-old girl who found her and got her a manager (the girl's mother).

It's a crazy story and, of course, no one can tell it the way she does. Michelle also told us she's going to appear on "Maury" next week, and she's hoping to use all this publicity to get into stand-up comedy.

As for getting displaced by the fire -- we had a little surprise for Michelle and her 3 kids. Miss this video? "Not todaaay!"

And catch the full interview on "TMZ Live."