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Chris Brown had some ... choice words for haters after Pitchfork gave his new album an awful review -- and even shaded Zara Larsson in the process.

Check out his heated Insta Story from Tuesday -- he tells fans he knows they want him to say something about the criticism ... but instead, he says "We kickin' they ass!" He takes his passionate clapback to the next level, adding ... "I'ma keep my foot on they neck and we ain't stopping."

He says he's all about his fans and getting on his upcoming "The R&B Tour" with Usher, which is set to kick off in June. And, he encourages the haters to go listen to Swedish pop star Zara, who recently said she has Chris' music -- along with other abusers -- blocked on Spotify.

Nick Cannon and DDG fired some insane shots at each other during their 'Wild 'N Out' battle in L.A. Saturday night.

The free-styling duo faced off in front of a live audience at The United Theater on Broadway as part of Netflix is a Joke Fest ... and went back and forth about their respective baby mama drama.

DDG was the first to take it there, saying ... "Nick doing this show to pay child support. But he really should wild 'n abort."

Tekashi 6ix9ine celebrated his girlfriend Aliday Alter's pregnancy at their gender reveal party Friday ... but according to him, he only planned to celebrate if they were having a boy!

Check out a clip from his livestream from the shindig -- he tells pals Clavicular, N3ON, and Adin Ross he only wants a son ... and if the gender results show a baby girl -- they're heading to the abortion clinic.

The group of streamers was noticeably shocked and seemingly tried to play it off as a joke, but 6ix9ine doubled down on the plan with Aliday right next to him! He also said she was in total agreement with him.

Need a timeline cleanse? Kendrick Lamar just reunited with his seventh-grade teacher in a clip guaranteed to hit you right in the feelings!

Check out the video -- Kendrick pulled up to his alma mater, Centennial High School in L.A. on Friday, where he shared a super sweet embrace with his former teacher ... who proudly told him how happy she was to see everything he’s accomplished.

Kendrick took his time chatting with her, listening closely as she explained her daughter actually convinced her to come to the event after hearing Kendrick would be there.

Pooh Shiesty swears he's innocent in his federal kidnapping and robbery case involving Gucci Mane ... and he said as much in court.

The rapper was arraigned Friday in federal court in Dallas, Texas and pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him ... Pooh's lawyer, Kent Schaffer, tells TMZ.

As we reported ... federal prosecutors filed robbery and kidnapping charges against Pooh, his father, and 7 other defendants, claiming they robbed and kidnapped Gucci and others back in January inside a music studio in Dallas.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance pulled 128.2 million viewers -- but also garnered some intense backlash from people pissed off about the content of the performance.

TMZ obtained more than 2,000 complaints sent to the FCC following February's Super Bowl LX .... and more than 100 involved messages that the Puerto Rican superstar's performance was raunchy, full of dirty sex-talk, and all-around inappropriate.

Just check out some of the complaints in our gallery -- many people protested about his alleged gyrating ... with one viewer claiming they felt they were "forced to see a man's penis and balls." Others were peeved he grabbed his crotch, while another person complained dancers allegedly grabbed each other's breasts.

Rihanna's got some fresh ink ... and it was inspired by her kids.

RiRi took a piece of paper with some scribbles her young children made and brought it to a tattoo artist, who recreated the childhood artwork and inked it on the back of her knee.

It looks like the kids took some red, brown, orange, yellow, green, purple, black and blue markers and drew lines all over the paper ... but Rihanna's tattoo is just black ink.

NYC got an unexpected supergroup Thursday night ... and no one seemed interested in lowering the volume!!!

Check it out ... Shaboozey, J Balvin and Jimmy Butler turned a fancy NYC hotspot into full-on karaoke chaos ... partying until nearly sunrise while celebrating Balvin's new album and birthday all at once.

The trio hit up Crane Club for the release of Balvin's new collaborative album, "Omerta" -- which dropped on his birthday -- and we're told the energy stayed sky-high until around 4 AM.

DJ Khaled's backing a fellow hip hop star's candidacy for national office ... encouraging fans to vote Uncle Luke for Congress.

The multihyphenate DJ spoke in support of the former 2 Live Crew leader during an event at Brooklyn Chophouse in Miami on Thursday ... telling the assembled audience no one loves Miami or Broward County more than unc.

Khaled says he will always show up to back Luke, who is running to rep Florida's 20th Congressional District ... giving the dude a quick hug at the end of his impassioned speech.

Seth Rogen and Jon Stewart are keeping their new message simple ... "F*** Kanye West!"

The comedians appeared onstage together this week at The Greek Theatre -- a world-famous outdoor venue in L.A. -- alongside a host of other jokesters during the "Netflix Is a Joke" festival, when the controversial rapper came up.

We broke the story ... Dave Chappelle embraced Ye last week by bringing him out during his show at The Comedy Store. So, Rogen -- who is Jewish -- seemed to be responding Wednesday night at the Greek, joking he'd said critical things about Jews in the past, and got more crap for it than the guy who made the song, "Heil Hitler."

Kodak Black is a free man again after getting locked up for alleged drug trafficking -- but he now has to abide by some strict court-ordered conditions, TMZ has learned.

The rapper was freed from a Florida jail Thursday after posting $75,000 bail. As you know, Kodak was busted Wednesday after police say they linked him to some MDMA -- a synthetic hallucinogenic drug -- during a 2025 incident in Orlando.

According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, the judge imposed special conditions on Kodak's release from jail, requiring him first and foremost to stay away from illegal drugs.

Rihanna seems to be trying to tamp down speculation she was beefing with A$AP Rocky at the Met Gala -- with a new video of them having a blast together.

On Thursday, RiRi posted the 45-second montage clip to X showing the famous couple smiling, holding hands, and partying the night away at Monday's gala in NYC. Translation: there's no trouble in paradise.

YNW Melly's attorneys are blasting the decision to keep him locked up as he awaits retrial in his double murder case ... and they're citing a recent ruling involving the alleged Trump attempted assassin.

Melly had his bond denied Thursday and his lawyers, Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout, ripped the decision in a statement to TMZ ... "The irony is that in the last few days, the nation saw a United States Magistrate Judge apologize to an individual accused of an attempted assassination of the President for his mere days in solitary confinement and not a word by this Court regarding the three years."

They're referencing Cole Allen ... a judge apologized to him in court for his jail condition.

Big Meech is not the father ... and the DNA test results in a recent paternity suit are definitive.

The Black Mafia Family cofounder's attorney, Alan Soven, tells TMZ ... Meech has been cleared in a paternity case after Labcorp results came back Wednesday showing a 0% probability of paternity.

Soven says the findings confirm what he previously told us ... Meech is not biologically related to the woman who filed the claim, and he adds the case is now expected to be dismissed.

8:46 AM PT -- In the arrest affidavit, obtained by TMZ, cops said officers in Orlando found a pink bag with MDMA and $37K in a car during a bust in November.

Kodak Black is back in the clink -- and this time it's for allegedly trafficking drugs.

The rapper was arrested Wednesday in Florida and booked into the Orange County Corrections Department for trafficking "METHYLE.-METH (MDMA)" -- a synthetic drug that acts as a stimulant, according to official records. 

Kodak posed for his "Kodak moment" behind bars ... as you can see, he looks pretty darn serious with his wild dreadlocks sprouting in all directions.

Lil Yachty doesn't need a fancy hat for the Kentucky Derby ... he's got a new $90K chain for the occasion.

A rep for the rapper tells TMZ ... jeweler Erin Barnett hand-delivered the expensive ice -- a custom diamond chain and racehorse pendant -- at SoCal's Santa Anita racetrack on Derby Day.

Yachty was flashing the new bling at an owners-only party for Run Fast Racing app users on Saturday.

He's a partner of the Run Fast Facing app -- where fans can co-own racehorses and make money when they win. Yachty owns 16 horses himself.