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Lauryn Hill joined Wyclef Jean for a Fugees' album anniversary celebration ... and thousands turned out to get a peek at the superstar.

Lauryn and Wyclef gave fans a thrill at Piccadilly Circus ... taking snaps and signing albums to celebrate the release of their iconic album "The Score."

It's all part of the promotional run for a full-album performance Friday at the Diaspora Calling! festival.

Lauryn gave major props to acclaimed Los Angeles artist Lauren Halsey ... who was commissioned to paint a mural for the celebration.

Drake turned ladies' night into payday ... dropping more than $1 million on women at his annual Strong Women, Stronger Drinks bash.

Drizzy hosted the third annual event Tuesday night at Toronto's Casa Loma ... where reports say 10 women each scored $50,000, while six others received $100K apiece.

Videos from the party are wild ... one woman looks stunned as Drake personally surprises her with $50K, while another clip shows off the night's luxury rides -- including G-wagons and BMWs.

A$AP Rocky thinks it's really weird Drake's still seemingly hung up on Rihanna ... and he feels it's about time everyone just moves on with their lives.

The rapper ripped Drake during an interview on "The Jason Lee Show" ... saying it's weird that he and Rihanna have moved on but Drake -- with whom RiRi had an on-again, off-again relationship from 2009 to 2016 -- is "still strung up on that s***. It's bugged out to me."

Rocky says it's especially intense because of smear campaigns on the internet ... with fans running with their own narratives and then popping off from behind their keyboards.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is lucky he's a wealthy music mogul ... 'cause TMZ has learned he coughed up somewhere between 7 to $8 million to his high-powered lawyers over the course of his nearly two year federal criminal case

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Diddy has paid the massive legal tab to his team of trial and appellate attorneys -- namely Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos, Brian Steel, Nicole Westmoreland and others -- dating back to his arrest in NYC in September 2024.

For most people, that would be a staggering amount of money to shell out ... but Diddy isn't most people, and he reportedly has hundreds of millions in the bank.

Here's Rihanna just twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk, twerking all over A$AP Rocky while partying in her home country of Barbados!

The Grammy winner bent over and got low as she moved up on her man as they celebrated at what appeared to be a nightclub Tuesday night ... A$AP didn't hesitate to join in for some naughty moves, giving RiRi exactly what she was looking for.

It was all fun and games ... Rihanna -- in a colorful dress -- grinned from ear to ear after she threw it back on A$AP.

Lil Wayne looks like he may have been making plans to meet up with former "Teen Mom: Young + Pregnant" star Rachel Beaver ... at least according to a series of messages and text conversations we're told he exchanged with her.

In the alleged texts, obtained by TMZ, it appears things started with Rachel -- who is currently 23 -- sliding into Wayne's DMs on November 13 ... writing, "Fly me out I won't say anything like the last one."

It looks like Wayne then asked for her phone number before the conversation moved to text.

The alleged texts show Rachel suggesting they wait to meet up until after Christmas because she'd need time to line up a babysitter for her children. Then, on January 3 around 5 AM, it appears Wayne reignited the conversation with a simple message -- "want u."

Kanye West is being dragged to court by a music producer who claims Ye put him to work on "Vultures 2" under a tight deadline ... then never paid him a dime.

According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the producer -- who filed anonymously as John Doe -- says he was brought aboard Aug. 1, 2024 ... just two days before the album's release.

The producer claims Ye personally directed the recording sessions as he cranked out more than 400 vocal generations and created at least 13 custom A.I. voice models.

He says he was tasked with reconstructing vocals, converting performances into other artists' modeled voices, and even using his own recordings as source material and in some of the finished masters.

The only thing hotter than the Saint-Tropez sun?!? Latto's latest bikini photos from her super luxurious getaway!!!

The 27-year-old rapper first hit us with the 'turn around, stick it out' shot ... accompanied by another derriere-feature ... all while sailing the French Riviera.

Today, she dropped this biker-babe pic on her social media.

She looks super fine ... accessorizing with a Chanel beach bag ... and a pose that's melting in our memories.

Latto had a baby earlier this year, and she's got the after-pregnancy glow here.

Dr. Dre is back for date night at Nobu Malibu ... but this time, he's not dining with "The Valley" star Michelle Saniei ... he's breaking bread with a different brunette.

The music mogul was photographed walking closely beside the a mystery woman as they exited the restaurant Sunday ... unclear who she is, but she's not the reality TV star who only recently confirmed she was dating Dre.

His dinner companion dressed up for the evening in a pastel mini dress and carried what appeared to be a matching Hermes Mini Kelly bag. Dre kept things casual in all black.

Nicki Minaj has a new way of making money … by charging her diehard fans to see all her social media rants.

Over the weekend, the "Pink Friday" rapper announced fans could pay $10 to see exclusive posts on X. 

The entertainer explained, "You can now subscribe to my X account. It's for ppl who wanna have fun, think deeper, grow, learn, laugh, cry, cuss ppl out, look cute sometimes, be yourself at all times… elevate, levitate, meditate."

Nicki Minaj posted an odd video -- filmed in the dark -- pretending to be Dr. Anthony Fauci ... as she continues to rail against him publicly.

On Friday, the "Pink Friday 2" rapper posted a 59-second clip of her acting like she's Fauci ... and she starts off by saying, "Dear Diary, well the press is hot for me."

Nicki, doing her best Fauci impression, continues ... "They say I'm sexier than Tyra Banks. Julia Roberts gasped when she saw how handsome I was. Brad Pitt played me on 'SNL.'"

She takes some shots at Fauci, bringing us back to COVID times ... "Never mind that I sent millions of children back years on their education ... and the elderly are alone and afraid drying by themselves."

Blueface says he and his girl don't have sex now that she's pregnant ... because her baby bump is getting in the way of a good time.

The rapper had Adam22 and Lena the Plug on his Kick stream Thursday, where he said -- with Nevaeh Akira sitting right next to him -- "she's big as f***."

Nevaeh, who's expecting their first child together, told the couple that she doesn't get pleasure from her man while she's pregnant, adding ... "He goes and gives it to somebody else."

North West has pulled the plug on two of her upcoming tour dates, days before she was scheduled to hit the stage, TMZ has learned.

North was all set to hit the stage for her first performance on August 5 with rapper Molly Santana in Dallas, Texas. But, according to Ticketmaster, the show is now canceled along with their August 17 concert in Toronto, Canada.

Not only that, but the official website promoting the artists' "Kimokawaii" tour has apparently been scrubbed from the Internet. The only good news is that their August 25 show at San Francisco's "The Midway" is still listed on the venue's site ... for now.

Nicki Minaj has a grim view of Dr. Fauci's future ... saying he'll be eating from feeding tubes and losing the ability to speak.

On Friday, the rapper posted a lengthy message on X with her bleak assessment of Fauci while also blaming the scientist for the pain and suffering that she believes he caused during the pandemic. Earlier this week, Fauci sat before the Senate to answer questions about the pandemic, but he clammed up and took the Fifth.

Nicki says Fauci -- who was the head of the White House's COVID-19 response -- was responsible for all the trauma to newborns, young children, pregnant women, the elderly and many other people who survived the global health crisis.

Ray J says he'd gladly get back together with Princess Love ... but the conditions have to be right ... and it's not going to be easy ... or cheap.

Ray stopped by "The TMZ Podcast" and Towanda asked him if he could ever see the day where he's back with estranged wife.

While he says he would "love" to work things out with Princess, they need to make some adjustments ... and they need time and a lot of money.

Lil Wayne and Lil Yachty are officially winners at the racetrack ... their horse scored a massive victory and punched its ticket to the Breeders' Cup.

Listenupshance, owned by celebrity-backed Run Fast Racing, won the $400K Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

The 4-year-old gelding, ridden by Emisael Jaramillo and trained by Doug O'Neill, stayed near the front before taking the lead and holding off Maximum Bourbon by a nose.