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Kanye West has completed his metamorphosis ... he's gone from fighting paparazzi at the airport to breaking up paparazzi fights.

Check out our video ... Kanye not only steps in when 2 photogs go for each other's face, he ends up hugging one of them into a state of calm.

Our photog went in for the warm and fuzzy ... will Kanye and Kim have #3?

As for Kanye's phantom debt problems, he makes it clear he's financially fine, but is still looking for other people's money. And by other people we mean Mark Zuckerberg.

Kesha couldn't hold back her tears as soon as the judge announced she had to honor her contract with Sony Music.

A NY Daily News photog captured the emotional moment Friday in a New York City courtroom. As we reported, the judge refused to grant Kesha an injunction that would have allowed her to record music outside her Sony deal.

Wiz Khalifa is all about bullies -- he's expanding his fur fam with a rare mini English Bulldog named Max.

A rep for SD Bullies -- a popular Bulldog rescuer and breeder -- tells us Wiz hit them up to find a little bro for his 3-year-old Bulldog, Vincent.

Max just met Wiz and he's already living the high life. The 12-week-old pup was privately chauffeured on Thursday from San Diego to L.A.

SD Bullies wouldn't say how much Wiz shelled out, but rare, exotic breeds are their specialty. Translation: Max did NOT come cheap. We're told a similar dog could fetch $10-20k.

Donald Trump just got called out for claiming to be friends with Michael Jackson -- by MJ's brother, Jermaine.

Jermaine ripped Trump, saying ... "name-dropping Michael don't make you cool and won't win you votes. Especially when using botched facts."

It's a known fact Michael and Donald were friends, but Jermaine is taking issue with Trump claiming MJ lost his confidence because of "bad, bad, bad surgery."

Whitenicious founder Dencia just made good on her threats she'd sue LisaRaye McCoy for what she's calling defamatory comments about her skin care line ... TMZ has learned.

Dencia and her company are suing LisaRaye for defamation and product disparagement claiming the "Single Ladies" actress badmouthed her skin lightening products by saying they caused cancer and left dark spots on the skin.

LisaRaye appeared on "TMZ Live" in an attempt to clear the air, saying she didn't single out Dencia's line, and said she was talking about something called Whitealicious.

But Dencia says the two are basically one in the same since they sound so similar and her company even owns the domain to Whitealicious.net.

In her legal docs, Dencia claims LisaRaye knew very well what she was doing since she had multiple calls with LisaRaye about repping another one of her products.

Denica says she lost sales over LisaRaye's comments and repeated attacks on social media. She also wants punitive damages.

We've reached out to LisaRaye ... so far, no word back.

Chris Spivey, the dad caught on camera disciplining his son with a belt on "Jo Frost: Nanny On Tour," is threatening legal action against the show after getting flooded with death threats.

Spivey tells TMZ the footage of what sounds like him whipping his 9-year-old with a belt as the child screamed in pain is "bogus" because it was grossly edited, and he was only hitting the bed. He says producers took the isolated incident and created a whole show around it, but never gave him a heads up it was airing Thursday night.

TMZ broke the story ... Frost called child services in November on Spivey after she saw the disturbing footage captured by the show's surveillance cameras. Spivey says DCFS investigated but found no wrongdoing.

Spivey watched last night and says the show "sucked." He says right after it aired he started getting Facebook threats.

Dr. Drew has told a judge Janice Dickinson is a truth teller, and if she says Bill Cosby raped her then the court can take that to the bank.

Drew filed a declaration in Dickinson's defamation suit against Cosby, in which she claims he slandered her by claiming she lied about him drugging and raping her in 1982.

Drew says during the filming of 'Celebrity Rehab' in 2010, she told him she'd been raped by a "prominent celebrity" but was too scared to reveal his name. She's made statements to others before 2010, claiming the culprit was Cosby.

Drew says he found her to be an honest person. Indeed he says she's sometimes "overly honest ... blunt and unvarnished." He says, "she speaks the truth."

He goes on to explain her past addictions don't make her a liar for life ... "In my professional opinion, an addict may get clean and sober and become an honest and truthful person. I believe that has been the case for Ms. Dickinson."

"Mob Wives" fans won't see Big Ang and her family during her final days ... TMZ has learned cameras weren't rolling to capture the end of her battle.

Sources close to production tell TMZ, filming for season 6 wrapped in January and the cast shot a reunion episode in early February. Ang was a part of both. However, production didn't gather a crew when her health went south a few weeks after the reunion.

We're told the main focus of season 6 will be Ang's cancer battle, and the cast supporting her.

As we reported, Big Ang died early Thursday.

Hello, I'm in California dreaming about ... a deal at Target!!

Yes, Adele was dressed down like any other mom searching for sales Thursday in the West Hollywood Target. Looks like she was checking out a coloring book for her 3-year-old son.

What? Just because a woman sells out SIX nights at Staples Center in no time flat, wins 10 Grammys and releases the best selling album of the year -- she can't get a bargain on laundry detergent?

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom had dinner with friends in Silver Lake Thursday night, but left alone in his car which means, if you couldn't tell by now -- they're totally banging! Maybe. Probably.

They've been inseparable since hitting it off at a Golden Globes party in January, even taking in last week's Adele concert together.

Kesha wept openly in court when a judge ruled she will NOT be let out of her Sony Music contract.

Kesha is accusing her longtime producer Dr. Luke of sexually, mentally, and physically abusing her during the years they cranked out hit music -- and as a result she wants out of her Sony deal.

She had sought an injunction allowing her to make an album outside of Sony, but the judge shot that down Friday morning ... saying she can work with a different producer under the Sony umbrella.

Kesha's attorneys say they're worried Sony will blackball her if she refuses to work with Luke, who was not in the courtroom.

There was no decision on the abuse claims ... that part of the litigation is ongoing.

President Obama was hysterical at the White House reception Thursday celebrating Black History Month, saying people get down in February when they compliment Michelle!

It's hilarious ... you gotta watch.

Beloved author Harper Lee, who wrote the American classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" has died in her Alabama hometown.

A source close to the situation tells TMZ Lee was found at home and appears to have died from natural causes ... at this point an autopsy has not been scheduled.

Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel was published in 1960 and became a classic movie as well, 2 years later ... starring Gregory Peck.

'Mockingbird' was Lee's first and only novel -- up until 2014 when a manuscript was found of her first draft of the book. That was published in 2015 under the title "Go Set a Watchman."

Lee, who suffered a stroke in 2007, lived most of her life in her native Monroeville, AL.

Time has called 'Mockingbird' the greatest novel of all time. The movie version won 3 Oscars. Just last week it was announced Aaron Sorkin will adapt it for a Broadway play.

Harper Lee was 89.

Rob Kardashian got a faceful of DNA on his way out of a laser skin treatment center ... courtesy of Blac Chyna.

BC gave her man a good ole fashion tongue bath outside the Epione Cosmetic Laser Center on Thursday evening -- a far more romantic display than the platonic one posted on IG a few hours earlier.

Now that we see the actual swapping of spit up close ... kinda sorry we questioned their passion. We get it guys ... you're really dating.

#ewww

Kesha got a loud show of support on her way into the NYC courtroom for her legal face off with Dr. Luke.

A few dozen fans chanted "Free Kesha" and held up signs as she walked in Friday morning. Some of the signs featured brutal commentary about Kesha's longtime producer, such as ... "Dr. Luke is a piece of s***t."

Kesha is suing Dr. Luke to get out of her contract, and has accused him of sexually and verbally abusing her for years.