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Kanye West canceled his Sunday night gig at The Forum in L.A. hours before he was set to take the stage.

Sources tell TMZ the rapper is taking a breather to deal with personal issues. Kanye's week took several interesting turns after he first announced his support for Donald Trump at Thursday's San Jose show, and then two days later dissed Beyonce and Jay Z from his floating stage.

The concert tonight was already a rescheduled show from earlier in the month when he decided to cut it short and stormed off the stage.

Newt Gingrich thinks the Broadway protest of Mike Pence is laughable ... because Pence walks away with all the marbles.

The White House could become kinda lonely for Donald Trump, at least for a few months, because TMZ has confirmed Melania will be staying back in NYC while 10-year-old Barron completes his school year.

Sources connected with Trump tell TMZ, Melania doesn't want to disrupt Barron's life in the middle of the school year, so her home base will be Trump Tower until June at the earliest. She's extremely close to her son ... very clearly the priority in her life, and we're told she thinks it's too much to yank him away from school, friends, sports, etc. right now.

Jason Derulo was right in the middle of a nightclub brawl that stopped only after sheriff's deputies brandished their weapons.

It's unclear what started the fight around closing at 2:00 AM in WeHo outside Bootsy Bellows. You see Jason fully jump into a circle of guys with one on the ground getting punched and kicked.

L.A. County sheriff's deputies swarmed the area ... some carrying stun bag rifles, which deploy little bags with beads. It appears no shots were fired, but just the presence of cops was enough to end things.

Kanye West went after the woman he fiercely defended just a few years ago ... none other than Beyonce.

Yeezy went ham on Bey Saturday night at his concert in Sacramento, indignant because Beyonce said she would only perform at the 2016 VMAs if she won the night's top honor, Video of the Year for "Formation." She competed and won against Kanye and Drake.

It's ironic ... he was skewered in 2009 for interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video over Beyonce.

And Kanye had harsh words for Bey's hubby, Jay Z, for not respecting him enough to return a call.

And get this ... at the end Kanye embraces Kid Cudi, who had famous beef with Yeezy.

Mike Pence has fiercely defended Donald Trump, until now, because the VP-elect has strong, unalterable views on what goes down on Broadway.

Pence appeared Sunday on Chris Wallace's FNC show and sung the praises of "Hamilton," where he was booed and lectured Friday night. Trump, on the other hand, called the play "overrated" and has demanded an apology from the cast for trying to publicly school his Veep on inclusion.

As for whether Pence thought it was appropriate for fake Aaron Burr to lecture him at the end of the play ... it sounds like he thinks it was out of line.

Prince's siblings have called a truce in what has become an intense war over his estate ... and they're actually coming together Sunday night to pay homage to their late, famous bro.

Sources connected with Prince's estate tell us, the singer's sister, Tyka Nelson, has organized a trip to L.A. for the entire brood. Prince's "Purple Rain" snagged a posthumous nom for Top Soundtrack, and you know the drill ... there are few surprises, so we're guessing he'll win.

As for why "Purple Rain," released in 1984, is nominated this year ... the noms are based in part on sales, and after the singer's death the album hit #2 on the Billboard 200. Other nominees include "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Suicide Squad: The Album."

FYI ... the AMAs last year were Prince's last TV appearance.

So, with a little breathing room, what do we think of Trump now? And could it be ... Marc Anthony and J Lo redux? So we gotta ask ...

James Packer now claims he was bullied by ex-fiancee Mariah Carey into participating in her reality show, but we obtained video that makes it clear ... the yacht owner was fully on board, sources connected to Mariah tell TMZ.

Our sources say James has now asked producers to scrub him from the series. We're told he's even asked to see proof he signed the appropriate releases, and turns out he did not. So, James may actually have a solid argument that his mug should not be shown on the program.

A couple of racist customers got into the 2016 political spirit by humiliating their Hispanic waitress.

The waitress is an older woman, originally from Mexico, who's been with Dallas BBQ in NYC for 25 years. She says she served a couple who spoke loudly and disparagingly about immigrants.

Things got nasty, we're told, when employees realized the couple planned to dine and dash.

The couple started cursing on their way out, and when the waitress checked the credit card receipt she discovered her "tip" ... an invite to go back to Mexico.

Shaunie O'Neal has a message for any racists that might try to bully her children ... don't try it ... saying her kids are completely ready, willing and able ... TO FIGHT BACK!

We got Shaunie out at LAX and asked her what it's like raising youngsters (she has five kids) in the tense racial and social time the country is going through right now.

Remember ... one of those kids is high school basketball star Shareef O'Neal, who's choosing from a huge number of colleges, some of which are in the South.

It's clear Ms. O'Neal ain't scared at all ... saying she's taught her kids all about defending themselves and none of their hearts pump any Kool-Aid ... at all.

Vivica A. Fox has has looks that can 'Kill!'

Here’s a 28-year-old version of the red-hot actress posing for a pic in Hollywood back in 1992 (left) and 24 years later ... the sexy "Kill Bill" star at a local news event in Philadelphia earlier this week (right).

Foxy!

The question is...

One of Drake's guests who threw down at his infamous Memorial Day bash has to face the music now ... she's been charged with a crime for the chick fight.

The L.A. County D.A. is slapping Denaysha Coleman with 2 misdemeanors for assault and battery, and a warrant's been issued for her arrest. It's unclear if Coleman's melee was one of the many captured in videos that day.

No need for Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather to duke it out in the ring ... 'cause hip-hop legend Warren G says the outcome would be a beatdown ... and Money Mayweather would do the beating.

Kanye West and Donald Trump go wayyy back -- in fact, Trump implied the two were the best of buds last year -- and it makes the rapper's pledge to the soon-to-be Prez even more believable.

Trump was at a press conference in September 2015 -- just after 'Ye announced his 2020 bid -- and spoke extremely highly of the rapper. Trump even mentions Kanye parades around exclaiming his admiration for the future President-elect, saying, "He goes around saying Trump is my all-time hero."

You'll remember ... Kanye shocked fans and was met with a chorus of boos in San Jose Thursday night after admitting to fans he was Team Trump.

Judging by this video, it doesn't look like 'Ye's comments were as out of left field as everybody thought.