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Kanye West is cooking up more than nude bodysuits for his wife -- he's also hard at work on his next solo project, one that might put his popularity to a major test.

Sources connected to the production tell TMZ Hip Hop, Ye is in a "truly great headspace" and has been cranking out songs at a rapid pace ... completing nearly 10 tracks this week alone.

It's been more than 2 years since Ye released a project, the last being 2021's "Donda," and we're hearing the music and themes will be closer to the "old Kanye" sound ... with less political theatrics than some of his recent endeavors.

We're told Ye's frequent collaborator Ty Dolla $ign has also been on hand in the studio, so it's also possible they create a joint album in addition to his solo endeavor.

Fans have been fiendin' for new music from Kanye for some time, which would explain Tuesday's frenzy over a leak of Ye's Dr. Dre collab album "Jesus Is King 2."

The excitement for that surprise drop might bode well for Ye's ability to bounce back from controversy ... again.

He's been silent, publicly, since last year's antisemitic rants that cost him several business partnerships, and his billionaire status -- so, it will be interesting to see how the public responds to a musical comeback.

We're told there's no imminent release date for Ye's new tunes, and he's taking his time with the album in order to mirror the quality his reputation used to hold.

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Kanye West ha estado tramando algo más que atuendos semi desnudos para su esposa. Nos enteramos que también está trabajando duro en su próximo proyecto en solitario, el que podría ser una importante prueba para testear su popularidad.

Fuentes conectadas con la producción dicen a TMZ Hip Hop, que Ye está "con una mentalidad muy positiva" y componiendo canciones a un ritmo rápido. Solo esta semana ha completado casi 10 pistas.

Han pasado más de 2 años desde que Ye lanzó su último proyecto, "Donda" de 2021, y nos cuentan que la música y los temas que vienen estarían más cerca del sonido del "viejo Kanye", con menos teatralidad política que algunos de sus esfuerzos recientes.

Nos dicen que el colaborador frecuente de Ye, Ty Dolla $ign, también ha estado en el estudio, por lo que es posible que creen un álbum, además de su esfuerzo en solitario.

Los fans han estado deseando nueva música de Kanye desde hace algún tiempo, lo que explicaría el frenesí del martes por una filtración del álbum de colaboración de Ye con Dr. Dre, "Jesus Is King 2".

El entusiasmo por esa sorpresa podría ser un buen augurio para la capacidad de Ye de recuperarse de la controversia, nuevamente.

Él ha estado en silencio desde que el año despotricara comentarios antisemitas que le costaron varias asociaciones de negocios, y su condición de multimillonario, por lo que será interesante ver cómo responde el público a un regreso musical.

Britney Spears may have cut herself when playing with knives ... now sporting a bandage and what appears to be a gash on her thigh and lower back.

Britney just posted the video, wearing the same outfit she was in when she spun around, jabbed and clanged together two butcher knives ... only this time she's got the new apparent injuries.

Britney doesn't explain why she's got the white bandage or what caused the cut on her upper thigh or lower back, but they're all new injuries since her first knife video Monday night.

As we told you ... Britney's got a fascination with knives. In fact, when she was taken off her conservatorship there were recommendations given in order to make sure she was safe. One of the most important recommendations was to keep knives away from Britney.

Our sources say she keeps the sharp tools throughout her house -- including inside her bedroom -- as a form of protection out of fear she'll be re-institutionalized.

Of course, Britney claimed the knives in Monday's video were fake, but only after she got a ton of heat for posting the video online. They also sounded VERY real when she clanged them together.

Britney Spears podría haberse cortado mientras jugaba con cuchillos, pues ahora luce un vendaje y lo que parece ser un corte en el muslo y la espalda baja.

Britney acaba de publicar el video, vistiendo el mismo atuendo que llevaba cuando giró y chocó sus dos cuchillos en un baile. Solo que esta vez tiene dos aparentes lesiones.

Britney no explica por qué lleva el vendaje ni lo que causó el corte en la parte superior de su muslo y espalda baja, pero todas las lesiones son nuevas desde que compartió su primer video con cuchillos el lunes por la noche.

Como les contamos, Britney tiene una fascinación por los cuchillos. De hecho, cuando le quitaron la tutela hubo recomendaciones para que estuviera segura y una de las más importantes era que había que mantener los cuchillos lejos de Britney.

Nuestras fuentes dicen que ella los mantiene afilados por toda su casa, incluyendo dentro de su dormitorio, como una forma de protegerse ante el temor de volver a ser re-institucionalizada.

Erica Mena's ousting from "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" is giving the cast plenty of content for an upcoming special ... which Erica says is pretty hypocritical, considering everything was all good until her controversial episode aired.

VH1's airing a special roundtable discussion Tuesday, hosted by "colorism expert" Dr. Sarah L. Webb and featuring cast members such as Lil Scrappy, Yung Joc and Spice, ... who was the target of EM's "monkey" comment, which led to Erica's firing.

After tonight's episode was announced, Erica posted a video claiming she'd been on the set several days after her explosive argument with Spice aired and says the network "proudly" put it out for the world to see.

Her point is "L&HH" producers were fine with her, and only fired her in response to the public backlash that came once the episode aired.

A source close to Erica tells TMZ Hip Hop ... she feels the network is trying to silence her, after the fact, by not letting her participate in the roundtable.

We're also told Erica continued working on the show for 7 months after the "monkey" argument -- another reason she feels producers are only shutting her out to avoid public backlash.

Una mujer de Georgia está siendo tachada de aguafiestas después de golpear agresivamente el piano de un artista callejero y tirar su instrumento al suelo.

Un video que se ha hecho viral en las redes sociales muestra a la joven acercándose al artista —llamado Andrew— dos veces, mientras este toca y canta "Piano Man", de Billy Joel, en la acera de Athens, Georgia.

Lo primero que hace es golpear las teclas en medio de la canción, pero vuelve más tarde y hace lo mismo, provocando que el piano se caiga al suelo. Luego aparece para acercarse al tarro de propinas. Andrew dice que ella tomó el dinero, pero eso no está claro.

Los investigadores de Internet descubrieron que la mujer del video era Shauntae Heard, quien ahora se disculpa por sus acciones.

Shauntae dice: "Lo siento por todos los que han visto el video viral. He asumido la responsabilidad de mis acciones. Sé que estuvo mal y que fui una ignorante, pero por favor, no metan a mi familia en esto. Ustedes tienen problemas conmigo, no con mi familia, no sacan nada con mandarles mensajes a ellos o a mí y ya me he disculpado con la persona afectada".

Y añade: "Todo está bien, yo no robé ningún dinero y no rompí el piano, soy un ser humano al igual que todos ustedes. Todo el mundo ha cometido errores. Nadie es perfecto. Otra vez lo siento... he visto cosas mucho peores ocurriendo en el centro, esto no es nada en comparación, pero sé que no está bien".

Shauntae dice que más tarde habló con el artista callejero por teléfono y él aceptó sus disculpas.

A woman in Georgia is being labeled a serious party pooper after aggressively slamming her hands on a street performer's piano ... knocking the instrument to the ground.

Here's the deal ... a video going viral on social media shows the young woman approach the performer, named Andrew, twice as he plays and sings Billy Joel's "Piano Man" on the sidewalk in Athens, GA.

On the first go-round, she slams the keys in the middle of his song ... but then returns later in the evening to pull the same stunt, causing the piano to fall to the ground. She then appears to reach into his tip jar, Andrew says she took money, but that's unclear.

Internet sleuths outed the woman from the video as Shauntae Heard, and now she's apologizing for her actions.

Shauntae says ... "I'm sorry for everyone that has seen the viral video. I have took accountability for my actions. I know it was wrong and ignorant of me but please keep my family out of it. Y'all problem is with me not my family you don't get anything out of texting them or me and I have already apologize to the person we have talk."

She adds ... "Everything is good no I didn't steal any money, and I didn't break the piano I'm a human just like you all. Everyone has made mistakes nobody isn't perfect again I'm sorry, For my actions I've seen worse downtown this is nothing compared to what I did and I know it's not right."

Shauntae says she later spoke with the street performer on the phone and he accepted her apology.

New Mexico State didn't only beat rival University of New Mexico earlier this month ... quarterback Diego Pavia also allegedly peed on UNM's logo -- an act that was seemingly captured on video!

New Mexico St. and UNM, in-state rivals, squared off on September 16 ... a game NMSU won 27-17. Pavia, their junior signal caller, went 9/14 for 203 passing yards and 2 touchdowns.

Nice game.

But, perhaps feeling he hadn't done enough, Pavia seems to have offered the grounds crew an assist by (allegedly) watering the indoor ... turf?

Per leaked video, a person wearing sweats (no uniform), appearing to be the quarterback, was seen urinating on the Lobo logo. It's unclear if this was before or after the game.

A spokesperson for UNM told the Albuquerque Journal they became aware of the video several days after the game, and notified NMSU of the situation.

If Pavia's in trouble -- and let's be honest, he likely is -- New Mexico State says they will not reveal any disciplinary information, citing "federal privacy laws."

Pavia, who became the full-time starter last season after sharing time as a freshman, has started all five of NMSU's games (they're 2-3), including the team's 20-17 loss to Hawaii on Saturday.

When Beyoncé says, "Everybody on mute," you better keep quiet ... or else ya might end up like this concertgoer who got whacked for ruining the viral "mute challenge."

The clip appears to be from Bey's Sunday night concert in Houston, and shows the repercussions for someone in the crowd who just couldn't pipe down during the popular moment of her song, "Energy."

For those unaware, concert venues have usually gone dead silent as the singer goes, "Look around everybody on mute." The strict silence has been a growing trend throughout her world tour, and the BeyHive has gotten pretty good at it.

They've also become very vigilant of rowdy fan's like this guy, and he ended up getting hit while chomping on some popcorn! Looks like he laughed it off, so it's not clear if they know each other, but the woman who struck him added a "Shut the f**k up" ... so he'd know she meant it.

FYI, fans online haven't been that thrilled with the noisy dude either ... as one person put it, "When the queen says stfu you stfu."

As you can imagine, it's gotta be impossible to get stadiums fully quiet, so some are still going to screw it up and disregard the social media trend.

But most are doing the challenge justice ... even this fan who was quick to stop themself from doin' everyone else dirty!

Cuando Beyoncé dice: "Todo el mundo en silencio", es mejor hacerle caso, de lo contrario puedes terminar como este fanático que fue golpeado por arruinar el desafío.

El clip parece ser del concierto de Bey el domingo por la noche en Houston, y muestra las repercusiones para un hombre en la multitud que simplemente no pudo callarse durante el popular momento de su canción "Energy."

Para los que no saben, en los conciertos suele haber un silencio sepulcral mientras la cantante dice: "Mira a tu alrededor todo el mundo en silencio". El silencio estricto ha sido una tendencia creciente a lo largo de su gira mundial, y a la BeyHive se le ha dado bastante bien.

También se han vuelto muy vigilantes con los fans alborotadores, como este en particular, que terminó recibiendo un golpe mientras comía palomitas (o pop corn). Parece que él se lo tomó para la risa, así que no está claro si se conocían, pero la mujer que lo golpeó añadió un "cállate la puta boca", para que él supiera que lo decía en serio.

Para su información, a los fans de Internet tampoco les ha gustado la actuación del fan, porque como una persona dijo: "Cuando la reina dice silencio es silencio".

Como se pueden imaginar, es casi imposible lograr que los estadios se silencien por completo, así que algunos siguen metiendo la pata y haciendo caso omiso a la tendencia de las redes sociales.

Pero la mayoría está haciendo justicia al desafío, ¡incluso este fan que se apresuró en dejar de arruinar la fiesta para todos!

9:56 PM PT -- Britney Spears just adjusted her caption, saying, "Don't worry they are NOT real knives!!! Halloween is soon!!!" Thing is ... you hear the clanging of the knives as they come together, so they sure seem real.

Britney Spears put her years-long fascination with knives on full display ... dangerously dancing with two massive butcher knives in a bizarre new video.

Spears posted the video Monday holding the razor-sharp blades with the caption, "I started playing in the kitchen with knives today" while she rubbed and even clapped the blades together while dancing.

The whole thing comes across as extremely dangerous -- as Spears clearly isn't trained to hold or handle the tools in such a manner ... at times jabbing them in the air.

While Britney claims she only started playing with the knives "today," we were first to report months ago Britney had a fascination with knives.

In fact, as her conservatorship came to an end, those responsible for her care made a list of recommendations ... one major rec being to keep knives away from her.

Multiple sources tell us Britney saw knives as a form of protection, afraid she's be re-institutionalized. We're told Britney keeps knives all around her house -- including in her bedroom -- and one source said she, "was paranoid someone was going to get her, and she needed the knives as protection."

Now, without Sam Asghari or anyone to truly make sure she's safe, the new video is extremely dangerous alarming to say the least.

Do you think Britney Spears is a danger to herself? Vote below.

Alabama State's Jacob Freeman punched a security guard in the face during Saturday's Florida A&M game, an attack that was caught on video ... and now the wide receiver has been arrested.

The altercation started when Freeman, number 16, lost his cool with a fan on the sidelines ... and seemingly attempted to get to the person. Security attempted to step in and stop JF, which evidently angered the Alabama State player.

That's when Freeman, helmet still on, threw a quick right, landing square on the guard's face, who immediately clutched the area that had been punched.

On Sunday, Freeman was arrested by the FAMU Police Department, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office. Freeman was charged with one count of "battery causing bodily harm".

Freeman took a mug shot and was eventually released from jail.

However, he won't be seeing a football field anytime soon ... Bama St. suspended him for his behavior.

"We do not condone the actions of the student-athlete, nor are the actions representative of the expectations set forth by the athletic department and our university," the athletics department said in a statement.

Hornets head coach Eddie Robinson Jr., during a SWAC coaches media call, said Freeman is remorseful, "but at the same time, he has to go through the process of his actions."

Britney Spears alarmed a lot of people with her knife dance on Instagram, with many looking for answers as to what inspired the dangerous act, and some believe Shakira holds the key.

As we reported, Britney shared a clip of herself Monday with the caption, "I started playing in the kitchen with knives today," dancing and clanking the knives together -- even jabbing them in the air.

The singer claimed the blades weren't legit, but they sure didn't sound like props based on the way they hit together.

However, Shakira recently did something pretty similar -- on national television, no less -- and folks think that's where Britney got the inspo.

In case ya missed it, the Colombian pop star gave a show-stopping performance of some of her greatest hits at the MTV VMAs earlier this month ... and at one point, she danced while both of her hands were occupied by 2 thick daggers.

It appears Shakira was paying homage to an Arabic dance, known to some as the dance of the daggers ... and people online think Britney loved what she saw, so that's why she may have tried it out for herself.

Britney's been catching some heat for her video ... and as we've reported, Britney has a fascination with knives that makes her clip a bit more concerning.

Remember, those responsible for Britney's care made a list of recommendations as her conservatorship ended -- with 1 major point being to keep knives away from her.

Sources have told us Britney sees knives as a type of protection, afraid she'd be re-institutionalized ... and we were told she keeps them all around her house, including her bedroom.

Do you think Britney Spears is a danger to herself? Vote below.

Britney Spears alarmó a mucha gente con su baile con cuchillos en Instagram. Muchos buscaron respuestas en cuanto a lo que inspiró la peligrosa performance y algunos creen que Shakira es la clave.

Como informamos, Britney compartió un video el lunes con el mensaje: "Hoy empecé a jugar en la cocina con cuchillos", luego bailó e hizo sonar los cuchillos al chocarlos entre ellos e incluso los clavó en el aire.

La cantante afirmó que los cuchillos no eran reales, pero claramente no sonaban como si fueran de plástico al golpearlos.

Sin embargo, Shakira hizo recientemente algo muy similar —por televisión nada menos— y la gente piensa que ahí es donde Britney obtuvo la inspiración.

En caso de que te lo hayas perdido, la estrella del pop colombiana ofreció una actuación espectacular que incluyó algunos de sus grandes éxitos en los MTV VMA a principios de este mes y en un momento dado bailó mientras sus dos manos estaban ocupadas por 2 gruesas dagas.

Al parecer, Shakira estaba rindiendo homenaje a una danza árabe conocida por algunos como la danza de las dagas. La gente en línea piensa que a Britney le encantó lo que vio y por eso quiso intentarlo ella misma.

Britney ha estado recibiendo un poco de hate por redes sociales y, como hemos informado, tiene una fascinación por los cuchillos que hace que su clip sea un poco más preocupante.

Recordemos que los responsables del cuidado de Britney hicieron una lista de recomendaciones cuando su tutela terminó con 1 punto principal... mantener los cuchillos lejos de ella.

The wife of a New York Jets player is furious with "Jersey Shore" castmate Angelina Pivarnick ... claiming the reality TV star slid into her hubby's direct messages this weekend -- despite knowing he was a married man.

Alexis Bawden -- Nick Bawden's longtime partner -- said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon ... right after the fullback had taken the field to play against the New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium in Jersey.

According to Alexis, Pivarnick saw her decked out in gear representing her husband while she was on the sidelines at the stadium ... but ignored it all -- and went on to send a DM to Nick on Instagram anyway.

Alexis says Pivarnick wrote, "See u soon" -- and it made her livid because she believed it was an effort to woo her man.

"I just want to say if you're a fan of her, she's weird," she said in a TikTok slamming Pivarnick. "That's weird. You don't message a married woman's man you're going to see him soon after you see his wife go by on the field. Weirdo."

Pivarnick eventually responded after the TikTok went viral ... saying in a since-deleted statement on her Instagram Stories that she never made a move on the football player.

"This s*** that's being told about me sliding into a married man's IG has gotten out of control," Pivarnick wrote. "His wife is clearly a clout chaser and I only spoke to players I knew and in a friendly way."

"I know she's reaching," she added. "She needs to stop trying to slander me and stop being a liar. I am not into married men and would never write that shit. If she doesn't stop my lawyer will send her a letter of cease and desist soon. Not playing. Add this to TikTok girl. What a joke."

El presidente Joe Biden dijo una vez a los votantes afroamericanos "No sois negros" si no votáis por él, pero debido a su desconocimiento de LL Cool J ... La supuesta Tarjeta Negra de Biden está ahora en entredicho.

El pionero del hip hop fue honrado en la Conferencia Legislativa anual de la Fundación del Caucus Negro del Congreso durante el fin de semana y el Presi vivió una de sus peores meteduras de pata llamándolo "LL J Cool J".

Para empeorar las cosas, cuando Biden trató de recuperarse de ese error, se refirió a LL como "niño" generando cringe entre los espectadores. También trató de arreglar ese error...

Salió así: "Por cierto, ese niño... ese hombre tiene los bíceps más grandes que mis muslos". Madre mía Joe😬.

Los republicanos están usando la metedura de pata verbal como un golpe político pero Charlamagne piensa que es un golpe cultural, dándole al Comandante en Jefe y a su equipo de redacción el titulo de "Burro del Día".

Como señala CTG, Joe cumplirá 81 años dentro de un par de meses y sus guionistas deberían dejar de intentar que parezca moderno, pero aún tiene edad suficiente para recordar los días en que el término "boy" (niño) era un término racista utilizado para menospreciar a los hombres negros.

LL ha sido un rapero superestrella desde los 80s —uno de los primeros del género— y ha estado deletreando su nombre en las canciones hace mucho. Un pedazo de historia americana que CTG dice que el Presi debe saber.