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Tyga is mourning the death of his friend and bodyguard, who was killed in a freak accident on an L.A. freeway ... TMZ has learned.

Arlester Henderson -- known as Punch to Tyga and his crew -- was at the wheel early Wednesday morning when he got into a collision with another vehicle on the 10 freeway.

Cops say Punch got out of his SUV to check on people in the other car. That's when he was struck and killed by a passing car.

Tyga's rep tells TMZ the rapper is "devastated, shocked and heartbroken." Henderson was 29.

The mansion Brooke Shields once rented out to Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck ... is back on the market ... if you've got $35k to drop every month.

Shields is renting out 5,345 square feet of paradise in Pacific Palisades. The Swiss chalet-style crib features 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms and even a "Blue Lagoon" style pool.

Shields -- who spends most of her time in NYC -- reportedly rented out the property to neighbors Jen and Ben ... who only used it as a backup property while theirs underwent renovations.

#RichPeopleProblems

The "Wheel of Fortune" wizard who nailed puzzles with just one letter and took home $76k is about to drop some of that dough on a sports car.

Robert Santoli came on "TMZ Live" to explain how he pulled off a near sweep of every puzzle on last Friday's episode of 'Wheel' -- and his strategy was downright genius. And a lot of hard work.

Robert -- whose day job is working IT at a college prep school -- tells us he's eyeballing a new Mustang ... either red or black. He says he fell in love with Ford's muscle car when he was in L.A. shooting 'Wheel.'

Don't worry, Mom ... the 23-year-old also says he's going to pay off his student loans from Fordham.

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland love them some Cirque du Soleil ... so much so, they jacked some of its music for one of JT's tune, at least according to the performing troupe.

Cirque filed a lawsuit against Timberlake and his producer for their song "Don't Hold the Wall" ... from the "20/20 Experience" album. Cirque thinks the hitmakers sampled a tune called "Steel Dreams."

Yes, Cirque does more than acrobatics ... it actually dropped an album in 1997.

It wants a cut of all profits Justin and Timbaland made off 'The Wall.' Unlike most JT songs, it was no commercial success -- never cracking Billboard's Hot 100.

Brooke Hogan has a good idea about who should benefit most from her dad, Hulk Hogan's $140 million sex tape judgment.

We got Brooke at LAX Thursday, and she dropped some financial advice for the Hulkster ... if Gawker's appeal fails, and he ends up getting all that loot.

Watch Brooke's take ... even if she doesn't get any dough out of the deal, she's sure her father's court victory will benefit her in another, very valuable, way.

Jay Z is suing the former owners and execs of Tidal for $15 million claiming they grossly exaggerated their subscribers while luring him in for the purchase.

According to reports, Jay Z was told the streaming service had 540k subscribers when he bought his stake for $56 million, but Jay now believes it was much lower. Jay Z's lawyers said subscriber numbers were a factor in setting the price.

Dana White isn't pulling punches when it comes to Jon Jones -- telling TMZ Sports his decision to cuss out a police officer was just plain DUMB.

Katt Williams had his day in court and the judge wanted to make one thing clear -- she's had enough!

Williams posted bond Thursday, but the judge admitted ... "This was not a popular decision to have you released on bond."

The comedian was arrested for disorderly conduct in that fight with 17-year-old Luke Wash ... who was booked for the same charge.

Check out Katt's interaction with the judge, who offered this tip ... "We all need to slow down a little."

Preach.

Will Smith looked like he was standing next to a mirror on the set of his new movie ... sorta.

Will's shooting "Collateral Beauty" in NYC, and his body double was sticking close during filming -- ready to step in when the star needs a break.

Soulja Boy says someone set up his crew when Panama City cops raided his dressing room and arrested his publicist for weed.

Soulja gave us a play-by-play of the raid, saying he'd been in the dressing room for all of 2 minutes after his set at Club La Vela ... when cops came knocking.

Cops are saying the venue contacted them after someone smelled ganja burning in the room.

Soulja claims nobody in his entourage was smoking ... and the weed cops -- who found less than half an ounce -- wrongfully pinned it on his publicist, Erica Nailor. As Soulja puts it ... she got nailed in a case of "wrong place, wrong time."

Marque Lynche ... the former 'All New Mickey Mouse Club' star died of "acute and chronic" alcoholism ... according to the NYC medical examiner.

The former co-star of Britney Spears and Ryan Gosling died back in December, and was found in his NYC apartment by his roommate.

Lynche -- who also shared the spotlight with Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera -- was a Mouseketeer from 1993 to 1995, and also appeared on season 3 of "American Idol."

Amber Rose took a big ole chunk of Kim Kardashian's ass and planted it squarely on her new emoji app ... at least that's what friends are telling her.

Sources close to Amber tell TMZ she and Kim have a ton of mutual friends ... and Amber's phone has been blowing up all morning about the release of her new MuvaMoji app. We're told everyone can see a ton of similarities, if not exact copies, between several of the images.

Compare the emojis side by side, and it's kinda obvious ... facial expressions, a peach, booty, boob and strippers on poles.

Bottom line? Both are killing it in the app store, so maybe there IS room for 2 big asses.

Busta Rhymes is hot as fish grease over long prison sentences handed down to non-violent criminals ... so he's become an activist, fighting to change "mandatory minimums."

Busta spoke to TMZ inside his NYC music studio and says after a close friend got 20 years for a marijuana charge ... he had to get involved and help change the justice system and the use of elevated punishments.

The hip-hop legend says he teamed up with FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) ... and even scored a meeting at the White House.

Kanye West wants some of what Justin Bieber's got -- he's hiring his manager Scooter Braun to take the reins of his music and fashion empire.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Scooter and Yeezy have been friends and confidants for a long time, but will now consult together on Kanye's brand. We're told his main task will be organizing the staff of 'Ye's ever-expanding businesses.

Our sources say there's already a contract laid out for the deal that's waiting to be signed ... but Scooter's already taken over the manager workload for Yeezy.