Metro Boomin is in the throes of a horrific family tragedy — he’s lost his mother at the hands of her husband, who took his own life thereafter … TMZ has learned. The producer — who’s cranked out hits for Future, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, Migos, Travis Scott, Drake, Kanye West and 21 Savage, just

Play video content Boosie is a happy man this weekend — he looks like someone who just found out they weren’t the father on “Maury” … except, he’s celebrating vicariously through his own seed. The rapper posted a wild video showing himself screaming in pure joy from within his car … touting the idea that

Play video content TMZ.com Johnny Depp could have been Paul McCartney in Scotland Friday night … the crowd went wild when he took the stage as fans screamed, “INNOCENT, INNOCENT!!!” Johnny was back in action with Jeff Beck, this time at the Glasgow Concert Hall. The venue was packed to the gills, as 3,000 fans

Play video content TMZ.com Desiigner says bystanders helped him chill out during his altercation with the police — praising them for helping him to calm down — but says he’ll no longer mess around with tinted windows. We got the rapper in L.A. Friday, who admits the standoff and shouting match on Wednesday was intense,

Play video content TMZ.com Drake is smoother than whiskey … generously picking up the tab for two women from Detroit after swigging down a couple of shots with them! In case you missed it, the 6 God went viral after schmoozing it up with a couple of ladies in the Motor City. We spoke with

PETA is pissed at Jack Harlow for “glamorizing horse racing” in his latest music video … calling on him to make things right by donating his earnings for the project immediately. A rep for PETA tells TMZ … Jack made a big mistake showing off the sport in his “Churchill Downs” video with Drake. They

Mariah Carey is allegedly, and ironically, a big scrooge … she’s being sued over her blockbuster Christmas jingle, with another artist claiming his song — by the same name — inspired hers. Mariah is being sued for copyright infringement by Andy Stone, who says he co-wrote and recorded a song called “All I Want For

The late great Phife Dawg famously quipped he liked his girls “brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian” … and while Joe Budden‘s observation of NYC strip clubs doesn’t see it that way, Waka Flocka Flame disagrees with Joe. JB compared the personal crusade to a declaration of war … because someone has to do it,

Celina Powell, the infamous rap fan — and alleged dater of some rappers — is going from social media sensation to prison inmate … TMZ has learned. A rep for the 17th Judicial DA’s Office tells TMZ … the 26-year-old was sentenced to 2 years in a Colorado State Prison for violating probation from a

Play video content TMZ.com Desiigner had a not-so-friendly exchange with cops after getting pulled over … leading to a shouting match while things got sorted out. The whole thing went down Wednesday in L.A. after law enforcement sources tell us the “Panda” rapper was pulled over for driving without license plates and tinted windows. We’re

Play video content TMZ.com Baltimore rapper Young Moose is $300,000 richer now that the city of Baltimore’s reached a settlement with him over a dirty cop who was caught planting crack on him back in 2012. Young Moose joined “TMZ Live” Wednesday in hopes his situation would help uncover other potentially corrupt police officers, and

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Xan pulled a fast one Tuesday by pulling out of his own headlining ‘Born Dead Tour,’ leaving fans, and even his touring partners, in limbo!!! We caught up with Dropout Kings frontman Adam Ramey, who says he and his band of rap-rockers were totally not feeling Lil Xan’s abrupt exit

Play video content UPDATE 6:49 PM PT — Jesse Jackson tells TMZ … “Today, I was overjoyed, humbled and glad to be honored by a community-based seminary whom we have worked with down through the years and know what we do. “I was also pleased to be honored with WAKA Flocka. His entrepreneurial abilities are

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Uzi Vert‘s got his buddy Jack Harlow‘s back …  saying the people trashing the rapper are out of their minds. We got Lil Uzi outside of Catch in WeHo Sunday, and he jumped into the TMZ Celebrity Tour bus to snap some pics with his fans! He’s clear … the

Master P is mourning the death of his daughter, Tytyana Miller. The 52-year-old rapper took to social media Sunday night to announce his 29-year-old daughter had passed away. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. “Our family is dealing with an overwhelming grief for the loss of my daughter Tytyana,” Master P wrote

Play video content TMZ.com Paul McCartney either took a position in the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard saga — possibly a pro-JD one — OR … he’s just playing a tune/music video that happens to feature the guy. Macca performed in Orlando Saturday at the Camping World Stadium — just one of his many stops on the

Cardi B is enjoying “that life” way more than the guy who owned a nearby yacht that sunk before her very eyes. I can’t believe I’m actually watching a yacht sink pic.twitter.com/dLL3ZJJv9R — Cardi B (@iamcardib) May 28, 2022 @iamcardib Cardi was hangin’ on the beach during a vacay with Offset Saturday, when she spotted

Play video content Lil Pump may have inspired more than one fan when he invited them up on stage to dance … possibly showing an entire community all things are possible. The now-viral video is pretty awesome. Pump was performing at the Metro Metro Festival in Montreal earlier last week when he invited fan Woody

Lance Bass is shedding a light on one of the Uvalde victims whose wish was to go viral on TikTok — something her family is hoping to achieve in the wake of her tragic death. The NSYNC singer reposted a clip Saturday to his IG Story showing a TikTok video originally published by a man

Shanna Moakler‘s marriage to Travis Barker is long gone, and she’s finally decided to cash in. Shanna’s putting the engagement ring she got from her rocker boyfriend back in the day up for auction, and she stands to make a pretty penny. The 4-carat bling could be yours, if you have a minimum of $51,000

Play video content TMZ.com A legendary rock band played a surprise set at a legendary Los Angeles music venue … with Def Leppard jamming out at the famous Whisky a Go Go. The English rock band, which has been going strong for over four decades, took the stage Thursday at the historic nightclub in West

The National Rifle Association is scrapping its benefit concert in Texas … with performers dropping out left and right, the show will NOT go on. Country music star Jacob Bryant was the only remaining act for the NRA concert in Houston, which was scheduled for the organization’s annual conference, and he announced Friday the show

Just off the dome, Kentucky rapper 2KBABY has one hell of a rollout strategy for his “Scared 2 Luv” album — as in, the giant number “2” tatted smack in the middle of his head!!! 2KBABY debuted the new ink piece on Wednesday, captioning the pic “Scared 2 Luv (S2L) ❤️💔🖤” … which, while undoubtedly

Justin Bieber and his wife are checking out of the madness in America — temporarily, at least — with a trip down Mexico way, and it’s a true family affair. Hailey Bieber and her man soaked up the rays off Cabo San Lucas … doing a little snorkeling and hanging out on the deck of

The National Rifle Association will be without one of its performers this weekend … singer Don McLean will no longer play at the event after the elementary school shooting in Uvalde. McLean tells us, “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform

Play video content Instagram / @therealsmilez If you’re invited to hoop at Drake‘s mansion, now you better come prepared … ’cause the rap star’s basketball game has seriously improved!!! The Certified Lover Boy’s friend, Smilez, posted video of the 35-year-old in a pickup game this week … showing the dude going off. Clips show the

The Doja Cat “rapper” debate will come to an end, eventually, and probably sooner than later based on her new declaration. Doja Cat looked past her latest album “Planet Her” (which broke Billboard and Spotify records) and told Elle her next body of work will be bars-heavy. DC says, “I’ve rapped since the beginning, and

Play video content TMZ.com Lupe Fiasco will be dishing out higher learning as part of MIT’s MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars Program, and Jermaine Dupri hopes it’s the start of a new hip hop/schooling trend. TMZ Hip Hop ran into the So So Def Records founder Tuesday at LAX, where he told us not only

Kourtney Kardashian is changing her name to Kourtney Kardashian Barker … at least on social media … taking her husband’s last name after marrying Travis in Italy. Kourtney made the name change Monday on her official Instagram page, which now shows Travis’ last name tacked on to her name, with a flaming heart emoji. KKB

Kanye West is breaking his social media silence to let folks know what he’s been cooking up … a new design for McDonald’s packaging. That’s right. Kanye posted about his new business venture, Monday, on Instagram … after being ghosted from the platform for the last few months. Waiting for your permission to load the