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Drake's rep is ripping apart rumors that he fathered a child with a fellow music star and longtime friend ... calling them complete and total BS.

Here's the deal ... singer-songwriter Keshia Chanté shared her pregnancy Tuesday in an article with the outlet Hello! -- glowing in a maternity shoot and revealing she's having a baby boy.

Keshia wouldn't say who the father is ... though she implied on social media he's in the music industry ... and it didn't take long for Drake's name to get dragged into things.

Lucki is out of the hospital after getting injured in a violent brawl near ComplexCon ... and he's jokingly asking cops to return his car.

The rapper took to Instagram Monday, showing off bandages on his face and saying that he had hundreds of thousands of dollars and his debit cards inside the vehicle -- jokingly asking if the LAPD were "tryna have some fun."

Lucki also said he had no idea what happened during the chaotic incident ... adding there was "a lot going on."

Chris Brown's baby mama, Diamond Brown, is asking for around $45K per month in child support for their daughter, Lovely, saying that's what's needed to cover her and Lovely's expenses. 

Diamond filed court docs proposing that Chris's support obligations should cover her rent and household expenses (about $23K, as well as all school, medical, and extracurricular expenses for their child ($20K). 

Among the monthly childcare costs, Diamond claims $500 for Lovely's clothes, $3500 for child care, $2K for college savings, $2K for gifts, $350 for a haircut, and $1500 for art and sports lessons.  

Offset was seeing red at the blackjack table in Paris ... going off on casino staff during a heated high-stakes session.

Video shows the rapper arguing with employees at a casino on the Champs-Élysées ... repeatedly complaining other people were being allowed to play in what he considered his spot.

Offset says he was betting $10,000 and $20,000 at a time ... and demanded to be treated accordingly.

Chris Brown’s ex and baby mama, Diamond Brown, claims the singer is making threats toward her new boyfriends ... this according to docs filed in their bitter child support war.

In court docs obtained by TMZ, Diamond claims the singer has engaged in "disturbing behavior."

Diamond said her relationship with Chris ended two years ago. She said despite Chris having a new partner, who he had a baby with, he gets "extremely angry with me when I have dated other men since our break up."

Several videos show a violent fight break out in front of rappers Lucki and Playboi Carti outside L.A.'s ComplexCon ... and Lucki was struck in the side of the face.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lucki was in the parking lot around 4:40 PM Saturday surrounded by fans for photos when an unknown suspect hit him in the side of the face, causing a laceration.

That's when another victim was observed getting stabbed ... before LAPD then located 2 additional victims who were injured.

Kim Kardashian has revealed that she was single for roughly half a decade after her split from Kanye West ... but that the decision to put her kids and herself first "felt great."

Kim opened up about her singledom in an interview with The Times and said that -- with the exception of Pete Davidson -- she's been romantically unattached since 2021 ... when she filed for divorce from Ye.

She said ... "I was really single for five years ... And that felt great. I could focus on my kids and projects that I really wanted to be involved with. I really felt no rush."

Future's brother, FBG Casino, cut a plea deal in his fentanyl case ... after federal agents said they found 17 kilos worth of fentanyl in an Airbnb-turned-stash house.

FBG -- real name Rico Deville Buice -- pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute.

While the judge in the case has yet to sentence him ... the plea deal notes the mandatory minimum for the offense is 10 years -- with the maximum sentence being life in prison and up to a $10 million fine.

What's Spooky Season without Megan Thee Stallion stickin' to her now-famous pumpkin-head tradition?!?

Fans and followers associate the start of October with Meg's iconic look, and this year she featured celebrity hairstylist Kellon Deryck.

The tradition goes back to 2021, with the sexy rapper posting herself wearing a giant jack-o'-lantern head ... a sure sign spooky season is upon us.

Chrisean Rock made the craziest-looking pasta for Blueface and his friends ... but after looking at it, they had other ideas in mind for dinner.

Check out the clip -- but make sure you're not about to eat because you might not have much of an appetite later.

As you can see, Chrisean takes plain spaghetti, tops it with ground beef and pours some sauce on ... but she's not done!

Orange is the new obsession, at least for the month of October anyways! Can you score the Hollywood hottie showin' off her assets on the beach?!

She skyrocketed to fame on VH1's "Love & Hip Hop." She was once linked to rapper Fetty Wap. You and her 5.2 million Instagram followers can see this ain't her first sexy shot showcasing her gorgeous curves.

The Game's company says his record label promised a half-million bucks to push his album "Drillmatic -- Heart vs. Mind" ... but claims it left most of that money on the table and the album sales suffered as a result ... TMZ has learned.

In a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, The Game's company, 100 Entertainment Inc., says UMG and Virgin Music agreed to put $500,000 behind marketing and promotion for the 2022 album.

The suit says both sides signed off on a detailed budget allocation just days before release ... with money set aside for videos, digital ads, overseas promotion, and $125,000 for radio.

The Biggest Boss is free again ... and Rick Ross is already looking forward to fancy trips to Dubai and Paris ... and his last order of business is pasta with "heavy marinara."

Ross walked out of jail Thursday in Miami, insisting he's "totally innocent" of the battery allegations against him ... then casually laid out a weekend itinerary that sounded like something straight out of "Scarface."

Here's how Ross is celebrating his jail release ... Dubai on Friday, Paris on Saturday and a Sunday meal complete with a bowl of rigatoni smothered in marinara sauce.

Rick Ross got a rude awakening in court Thursday morning ... because after his lawyer played the celebrity card in a bid to get him sprung from jail, the judge wasn't impressed.

Ross -- real name William Roberts II -- appeared before Judge Mindy Glazer following his Wednesday arrest on battery charges in Miami, and his attorney Bradley Horenstein asked whether the rapper's release could be "expedited" because of his fame and concerns for his safety in jail.

Glazer wasn't impressed by the celebrity argument ... telling Ross, "I have no idea who you are."

50 Cent is going to war with Verizon ... telling "Power" fans to dump the provider over its STARZ blackout.

The rapper and TV mogul blasted Verizon and CEO Dan Schulman on Instagram after the company's Fios customers lost access to STARZ programming amid a messy carriage dispute.

50 urged fans -- particularly viewers in New York and New Jersey -- to switch providers, warning they could miss "Power" and the network's other hit shows.

6:52 AM PT -- Rick Ross' lawyers Steve Sadow and Bradley Horenstein tell TMZ ... "William Roberts II, professionally known as Rick Ross, is being wrongfully accused by an ex-girlfriend whose true motivations are unclear. The ex did not even file a police report until a month after the claimed incident allegedly took place. Mr. Roberts is innocent and has pled not guilty to the charges. He respectfully requests that his friends, fans and the general public not prejudge the situation and allow the judicial process to run its course."

6:49 AM PT -- Rick Ross turned himself in to police Thursday morning and was arrested on two battery charges after an ex-girlfriend called the cops on Tuesday and claimed he had been violent with her ... according to our law enforcement sources.

We're told the woman told police the alleged violent incident went down on August 28 ... she said she was sleeping in the home they shared, and he woke her up in a jealous rage over a photo she was tagged in on social media ... and things quickly turned physical.

Our sources say the woman told police Rick questioned her about lying to him and then slapped her in the face. She said he later accused her of being involved in a relationship with someone else, and every time she denied it, he struck her.

We're told the woman claimed Rick struck her in the chest several times, choked her to the point where she could not breathe, grabbed her by her ponytail and slammed her against a wall.

Our sources say the woman gave police photos of her alleged injuries ... and Rick voluntarily surrendered to police but did not talk to cops about her allegations.

Court records show Rick has pleaded not guilty to both charges. He's still in custody, but we're told his legal team is working to get him released, and he could be out soon.

Rick Ross is in police custody in Miami-Dade County after being arrested on a couple of battery charges ... TMZ has confirmed.

The rapper was arrested Thursday morning on charges of felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery.

Rick is currently behind bars in Miami-Dade County jail. He posed for a booking photo, and it looks like he's wearing a floral button-down shirt in his mug shot.