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Ice Cube thinks Tupac Shakur would be down with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Friday night, but it sounds like he thinks a more meaningful award would be from the so far non-existent Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.

Pac was pretty anti-establishment before he died, but he did show face at some award shows in the '90s. Cube, who was inducted last year with N.W.A., seems to think Pac would view it as an honor.

As for Dr. Dre and Snoop doing the honors and swearing Pac in ... Cube had an opinion on that too.

Tomi Lahren says her personal opinions became the trigger for a vendetta by the folks at TheBlaze where they literally put an X on her dressing room door and launched a public smear campaign against her, and that's why she just filed a lawsuit against her former employer.

The war started when Tomi appeared on "The View" and said she was pro-choice, which made members of the super-conservative website apoplectic.

She says Glenn Beck and company made her life hell, suspending her indefinitely and ultimately firing her.

Tomi has a contract with TheBlaze which lists grounds for termination, and the basis for her termination is not authorized by her deal.

The lawsuit says Beck and his company tried to ruin her career by "a clear attempt to embarrass, humiliate, and undermine [her] reach to her audience on social media and elsewhere."

As we reported, Tomi's been in a dogfight with TheBlaze over her Facebook account, which is 4.2 million strong. Tomi says she, not TheBlaze, owns it.

She goes on, "Beck is known for berating, belittling, and acting in a condescending and heavy-handed way and his treatment of [Tomi], in particular, is a case in point."

She's suing Beck and TheBlaze.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is in a heap of trouble, because the feds have added new criminal charges against him, alleging he tried to screw Uncle Sam out of millions of dollars.

The U.S. Attorney in New Jersey just added tax evasion, structuring and falsifying records to avoid detection of assets. Specifically, the U.S. Attorney says Mike and his brother, who also faces criminal charges, illegally concealed some of the $8.9 mil Mike made between 2010 and 2012.

They say he filed false income tax returns and made fraudulent deductions.

He was originally charged with other tax offenses. He faces decades in prison if convicted.

Mel B's lawyers just got a judge to reinforce a court that Stephen Belafonte is prohibited from distributing sex tapes, photographs or other sexually explicit material of the former Spice Girl.

Lawyers for both sides were in court Friday morning dealing with the sex tapes. Sources connected to Mel B tell TMZ, Belafonte repeatedly threatened multiple times to release sex tapes of her, just before she went to court to get a restraining order against him.

Now this is even crazier. One of the issues raised Friday was that Mel B's lawyers say after Mel B filed for divorce last month and left the family house, Belafonte took 12 to 15 boxes from the garage containing all of the photos of her recently deceased father, along with all of her Spice Girls memorabilia and put it in a storage locker somewhere in L.A.

We're told Mel B and her lawyers Larry Bakman and Susan Wiesner have repeatedly asked him to return the photos but he didn't respond. They also asked him to tell them the location of the locker, but again, no response.

Now get this. Mel B found out Stephen has been paying for the storage locker with her money since 2009. She contacted her accountant and found a recent bill for the facility and it identifies the user name on the locker ... LORRAINE GILLES!!! That's the former nanny whom Mel B alleges had an affair with Belafonte while they were married. She also says he got her pregnant but convinced her to have an abortion.

Mel B's lawyers asked the judge to force Belafonte to give them the address of the Public Storage in question and the required passwords for entry, but the judge has not ruled on the request.

Chris Brown and Lil Wayne are now reportedly targets of a federal drug investigation involving thousands of dollars of narcotics, including lean.

The probe was triggered by a criminal drug trial involving Miami music producer Harrison Garcia who allegedly sent texts to people acknowledging and even bragging he sold drugs to the 2 rappers.

Garcia exchanged texts with an underling to deliver drugs to Wayne, saying, "I'll shoot u some trees (pot)." Garcia responded, "It's for Wayne."

In another text, Gracia sent a screenshot of a $15,000 bank deposit from Chris Brown, saying, "Look who put money my account." The woman said, "What that for LOL" and he responded with with a couple of smiley faces with the message, "Drugs ... lean and sh*t" ... this according to the Miami Herald.

A federal agent testified Garcia also told cops he sold Wayne narcotics ... "a lot of narcotics."

Garcia often poses on social media next to exotic cars, bling, expensive sneakers, stacks of cash and guns ... and has been photographed with CB and Weezy.

The feds believe he used the drug money to buy those toys.

Conor McGregor laced up his gloves and boxing shoes and hit the asphalt in Ireland for a little outdoor training for the Floyd Mayweather fight ... and he looks good.

The UFC star ran through some speed drills with fellow UFC fighter Artem Lobov -- who also happens to train with Conor's coach, John Kavanagh.

Bobby Shmurda has just been sentenced to 4 years in prison for having a shank, but the good news for him ... it doesn't mean extra time behind bars.

The rapper -- who is already serving 7 years for his murder conspiracy conviction -- appeared in court with attorney Paul London Friday and pled guilty to the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband.

The new sentence runs concurrently ... meaning it won't be tacked on to his 7 year sentence.

11:33 AM PST -- We have just been contacted by reps for Journey, who say the band knows nothing about Perry performing and Perry's own reps know nothing about it as well. Several sources who work with Friday night's production say they have been told Perry will perform, but top officials at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame say they have no knowledge of it. The 3 songs have already been blocked for the show.

Journey's rep Larry Solters tells TMZ, "We have just spoken with Steve Perry's manager and he confirmed to us that he will NOT be performing tonight."

One source says, "The wild card is if Perry just decides to sing when he gets onstage."

Steve Perry will give Journey fans a performance the way they want and need tonight ... we've learned he will sing with the band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony.

Members of Journey already confirmed Perry would be onstage with them during their induction in Brooklyn on Friday night ... but until now we didn't know if he'd showcase his famous pipes.

Steve's been on a solo journey without Journey since 1987, and the band currently features Arnel Pineda on vox. We're told they will perform 3 songs at the Barclays Center in Brookyn -- "Lights," "Separate Ways" and "Don't Stop Believin'." Steve will perform at least one of the songs.

Mel B has made a major change to her divorce petition ... she does not want to share joint custody with Stephen Belafonte for 2 reasons ... a domestic violence conviction, and a gun.

TMZ broke the story ... when Mel B filed for divorce last month she said she wanted joint legal and physical custody. Sources connected with Mel tell TMZ at the time she had no idea Stephen had a conviction for domestic violence involving another baby mama. She also didn't know the conviction prohibited him to possess a gun.

As we reported, Mel knew he had a gun and was not happy about it, especially since she alleges he repeatedly committed domestic violence against her. But we're told after recently finding out the gun was illegal to possess, she decided to change her custody strategy.

We're told Mel, who just got a temporary restraining order which prohibits Belafonte from having any contact with her 3 children, will go back to court and make the restraining order permanent.

Our sources also say in the divorce case, she does not want Stephen to have any contact with 2 of her kids, one of whom is 10-year-old Angel, whose dad is Eddie Murphy, and 18-year-old Phoenix -- a child from another marriage.

We're told Mel might ultimately be ok with giving Belafonte monitored visits with their child, 5-year-old Madison, but not now.

Belafonte has asked for joint legal and physical custody of Madison.

President Trump's turned the table on one of his closest advisors ... and his back, too.

Check out this photo taken Thursday during a National Security briefing on Syria strikes ... son-in-law Jared Kushner is right in the middle at the table .... as Steve Bannon was banished to the back.

By all accounts Kushner and Bannon are at war over power and influence.

Steve Perry hasn't performed with Journey since 1991 but he'll be greeted with open arms Friday night as the band is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Members of Journey have confirmed Perry will indeed be onstage at the induction ceremony in Brooklyn, but were mum on whether he'd sing with the group.

Perry ditched the band in 1987 on the coattails of a double platinum album ... they were arguably at their peak. He reunited shortly with the band in 1991 for the all-star tribute to legendary music promoter Bill Graham and performed just a few songs.

Since then, Perry's had his own solo career while remaining living members have continued to tour under the name Journey.

Members of Journey have said they're open to Perry performing a song or 2 with the band, but seems it's in Perry's corner.

Kim Kardashian just had an anniversary of one of her most lucrative deals ... over video that has become a centerpiece of modern pop culture ... a sex tape that made her famous, and very, very rich.

It's the 10 year mark of the release of "Kim Kardashian Superstar." She publicly lashed out at Ray J who seemed behind the release from the get-go. Ultimately, she had to sign on for the release. Now for the numbers, and they are staggering.

-- 210 million views, accounting for online, DVD and VividTV.

-- Someone began watching the tape on an average of every 1.5 seconds.

-- There were significant spikes over the last decade for the following events -- Kim's marriage to Kris Humphries, her divorce from Humphries, rumors she started dating Kanye, her Paper Magazine cover and the Paris robbery.

Sources involved in the deals tell us the tape has raked in north of $100 mil since its release.

Chanel West Coast ignored angry drivers beeping their horns behind her to show off her live rap skills ... and it was worth it.

We got the rapper leaving Catch in WeHo Thursday night ... but before she took off she made her driver/hype man fire up her new track -- which turned out to be a remix of Future's "Mask Off."

Ed Burns says he's finally realizing 49 is just too damn old to "throw it down" on the basketball court ... and he's got the crutches to prove it.

The "Saving Private Ryan" star was gimping out of Yves restaurant in Tribeca with his supermodel wife, Christy Turlington, when he explained how he busted his leg in his rec league.

"Last night, my basketball career came to an end," Burns proclaimed ... "I'm forty-f*cking-nine!"

Jimmy Kimmel smiled, laughed and broke down crying Thursday night while remembering his close friend and beloved comedian Don Rickles.

Jimmy opened "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" by reflecting on his time with Rickles over the years and telling some heartwarming and hilarious stories. Rickles became a very close friend of Kimmel's ... even helping Jimmy through the death of his uncle.

Don's final TV project is a reality show yet to air in which he chats with celebrities -- including Kimmel -- at some of his favorite restaurants around Los Angeles.

Billie Lourd is making big TV deals at the same time she macks it up with Taylor Lautner.

Carrie Fisher's daughter just snagged a role on "American Horror Story," which begins shooting in June. The theme is the 2016 Presidential election.

The 24-year-old is perfect to play Chelsea ... we're just sayin'.