Snoop Dogg is blazing up in a brand new way … getting picked to carry the Olympic torch ahead of the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Games!! The legendary rapper will be one of the last torchbearers to participate in the traditional relay before it reaches its final landing spot at the Eiffel Tower

Drake jetted out of L.A. in exchange for his OG home bases of Toronto and Texas … but his “California Love” and admiration for Tupac Shakur remains intact!!! Drake posted a selfie Monday night showing himself in a green, airbrushed Tupac “Only God Can Judge” t-shirt … complete with a pair of sparkling emerald-colored Timbaland

Celine Dion will perform Friday at the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and organizers have opened the vault for her … TMZ has learned. The icon touched down in Paris Monday, and sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, she is getting ready to take the stage Friday. Our sources say she will

A couple of Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s luxury cars just sold to the highest bidder — this after the IRS seized them from his Florida estate — and they went for a pretty penny. Tekashi’s 2019 Lamborghini Urus went for a whopping $175,043 at a government-run auction that closed Tuesday … and his 2017 Bentley Continental GT

4:28 PM PT — Turns out, Michael Jackson’s estate doesn’t think these drawings being attributed to MJ are the real McCoy — in fact, they say they have reason to believe otherwise. A rep for the estate tells us they do not accept these sketches as authentic — noting they examined the artwork years ago

Play video content TMZSports.com Everyone from Muhammad Ali, to Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather, have fought in the United States … so when Eddie Hearn says the upcoming “Riyadh Season” event in L.A., featuring a bunch of top-notch fights, as well as a performance by Eminem, will be the biggest in the history of boxing

Brazilian musician Ayres Sasaki died this week after he was electrocuted during a live show … when he hugged a soaking-wet fan onstage. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. The incident — which happened at the Solar Hotel, in Salinopolis, Brazil during Sasaki’s concert — occurred when the singer hugged the wet

Play video content CNN Cyndi Lauper‘s giving her review of Donald Trump‘s leadership skills … saying the former prez isn’t a good boss — because he didn’t stay loyal to his employees. The singer-songwriter joined Christiane Amanpour on her CNN show and openly discussed her time working under DJT on the hit show “Celebrity Apprentice”

Play video content TMZ.com 50 Cent took full advantage of his song “Many Men” trending alongside the Donald Trump assassination attempt — but the song’s producer, Darrell “Digga” Branch, sees it as a bittersweet moment. The veteran beatmaker tells TMZ Hip Hop … having the classic record go viral in 2024 is definitely a plus,

Play video content TMZ.com Well, now we know … Bhad Bhabie is passing off the beating she took at the hands of her boyfriend/baby daddy as one bad night, because they’re back together in a big way. Our TMZ Celebrity Tour bus rolled past Avra restaurant in Bev Hills Saturday, and saw the 2 nearby

Play video content TMZ.com Jordin Sparks isn’t feeling great about her chances to replace Katy Perry as a judge on “American Idol” … but she’s still open to a call, and even has a sense of how she’d do it. We caught up with the ‘Idol’ alum in L.A., where she confirmed she was totally

Kyle Richards is playing cheerleader for Morgan Wade … while estranged husband Mauricio Umansky vacations halfway across the world with a much younger actress. The ‘RHOBH’ star was backstage for Morgan’s concert Friday at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in St. Paul … supporting her close friend and dressing to the nines. We’re told Kyle

Play video content TMZ.com Blueface could be released from jail very soon — and his mother Karlissa Saffold hopes to spoil him rotten with a surprise party to make it official!!! Karlissa chopped it up with TMZ Hip Hop in Burbank on Thursday and she told us she’s eyeing Blue’s upcoming July 29 court hearing,

Play video content X / Spaces Cardi B had time for Joe Budden today and she cleaned the podcaster’s clock — metaphorically speaking — for discussing her stalled album one too many times. On the latest episode of “JBP,” Cardi’s 6-year album delay came up and Joe used his psychic powers to predict she’ll be

Irv Gotti is fighting back against the sexual assault allegations leveled against him in a new lawsuit … and he’s pondering one of his own. A rep for the Murder Inc. Records head honcho reacted Thursday to the civil lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade County by a Jane Doe, and Gotti’s camp is claiming the plaintiff

Play video content TMZ.com Joe Jonas says his new album served as his own form of therapy nearly a year after he filed to divorce Sophie Turner — and he’s promising some great tunes as a result. We caught the singer in New York City Wednesday — where our photog asked him about this project

Play video content Here’s Johnny Depp and Andrea Bocelli performing together over in Italy … and the duo is honoring the late Jeff Beck in the process. TMZ obtained video from Andrea’s concert Wednesday night in Italy … and the legendary singer was doing his thing onstage alongside Johnny, who is playing guitar — which

Play video content Courtesy of MLB / ESPN Folks might’ve thought Fergie gave the worst National Anthem performance ever — but a new contender has entered the chat for a chance at the title … and her name’s Ingrid Andress. The country singer was tapped as the talent to belt out the ‘Star Spangled Banner’

Jack Black has pulled the plug on his tour after his Tenacious D bandmate made a birthday wish … grousing that the would-be-assassin didn’t take out Donald Trump. Jack says he was blindsided by Kyle Gass‘ remark on the heels of the shooting. KG made the comment at their show in Sydney over the weekend,

Soulja Boy‘s opting to take a page out of the 2024 Rap Wars … by dissing Drake to promote a new project!! The ‘Crank That’ rapper is releasing his new album “Swag Season” later this month … a point revealed in his recent line of posts, where he takes big swipes at Drake!!! On Tuesday,

Lee Greenwood is positive Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt was divine intervention … and he’s praying it’ll result in a stronger Christian nation going forward. The country music star — who’s set to perform at the Republican National Convention Tuesday — tells TMZ … he believes faith and prayer from supporters resulted in Trump’s

Murder Inc. Records mogul Irv Gotti is being accused of sexual assault by a woman who claims she dated him for two years … this according to a new lawsuit. According to court docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, the Murder Inc. Records CEO met the woman — who is suing as a Jane Doe

Play video content TMZ.com Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” video brought big business to his hometown fast-food spot and its owner says the Compton rapper has his pick of the menu — for life!!! TMZ Hip Hop spoke with Spiro Vovos, owner of Tam’s Burgers this week and he tells us the first few days

DaBaby‘s taking a plea deal in his 2020 felony battery case … and we’ve learned the “Rockstar” rapper won’t have to do any time for allegedly sucker punching Gary Pagar, the homeowner of a music video shoot location. Play video content BACKGRID DaBaby wasn’t in the L.A. County court Thursday, but pleaded guilty to misdemeanor

Dave Loggins, a country singer and songwriter who wrote the theme song for the Masters golf tournament, is dead. Dave died Wednesday in Nashville … according to an obituary in The Tennessean. The cause of death is unclear, but Dave was said to be in hospice care when he passed. Born and raised in Tennessee,

Play video content Travis Kelce showed his girlfriend ain’t the only one with pipes … the NFL star won a karaoke contest belting out a Whitesnake classic, before dedicating the win to Taylor Swift! The 3x Super Bowl champ skipped the ESPYs on Thursday and opted to sing his heart out at the American Century

Candace Owens is firing back at Eminem after he dissed her on his new album … telling us his lyrics are super lame and accusing him of pandering to Black people. Candace joined us on Friday’s episode of “The TMZ Podcast” and we asked her about Eminem lashing out at her in a song on

Eminem made sure to shame Diddy on his new album, “Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” — he brings up Diddy’s sexual assault allegations on multiple tracks!!! On Friday, Em made good on his promise to push boundaries with his 12th album on the song “Antichrist,” which mockingly paints himself as the world’s bad

Play video content TMZ.com Common has a common view on the 2024 presidential election — he’s not happy with the choices. We got the rapper in New York City on Thursday and our photog asked about celebs like George Clooney voicing concerns about President Biden‘s chances of beating Donald Trump. Common — who campaigned for

Play video content Here’s Jonathan Majors doing his thang at an after-party for his girlfriend Meagan Good‘s new movie … and the guy’s a dancing machine when Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake diss comes on. Jonathan went off on the dance floor Monday night in New York City, momentarily stealing the spotlight during the premiere bash for