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T-Wayne -- the Houston emcee best known for his track "Nasty Freestyle" -- says he's fed up with the backlash he's been getting since T-Pain and Lil Wayne's famous collab album dropped.

The rapper tells us fans of the "T-Wayne" album -- nearly 10 years in the making -- are pissed at him because they think he's trying to compare himself to the hip-hop legends.

T-Wayne says those fans got it twisted ... he's been going by his rap name since he was a kid. His first and middle names are Tyson Dwayne, so it's legit -- and Weezy and T-Pain fans just gotta deal with it.

"T-Wayne" the album's been in the works since 2009, when the Houston rapper was 18. He went on to blow up in 2015 when his hit reached #9 on Billboard.

Pippa Middleton's wedding is hours away, and by the looks of it ... she'll be harder to get to this weekend than Queen Elizabeth.

Security at the Middleton estate is beefed up big time for Saturday's wedding at St. Mark's Church in Berkshire. Surveillance vans, security cameras, and scores of police officers are on the scene.

Although Pippa's wedding to James Matthews -- a millionaire hedge fund manager -- isn't expected to be the worldwide spectacle as her sister's in 2011, it's still getting the royal treatment.

And let's not forget why -- Pippas butt stole the show at Will and Kate's wedding. Ahh, good times!

Lady Gaga's longtime friend, Sonja Durham, has died after a battle with stage IV cancer.

Sonja's husband, Andre Dubois, posted the sad news Friday afternoon. He said she died "peacefully and beautifully" in their home.

Gaga just posted a photo of Sonja and Andre on Thursday with the message ... "Watching one of my best friends in the world show unfathomable courage, strength, and positivity while battling cancer has really changed my life. Thank you Sonja for inspiring me and all of us everyday with your joy."

Gaga's album 'Joanne' features a bonus track titled "Grigio Girls" ... which is about how she and her girlfriends would get together, pop open a bottle and cry for Sonja.

She also dedicated an acoustic version of "Edge of Glory" to Sonja during her headlining gig at Coachella.

RIP.

ALL ABOARD!! Justin Bieber's back on the Cleveland Cavs bandwagon!

Case in point: his concert in Cape Town, South Africa a couple nights ago -- where he was rocking a pair of Cavaliers throwback shorts.

If you'll recall, the Biebs was decked out in Golden State Warriors gear back in March ... but also wore a custom LeBron James jersey at a show in Cleveland last year. You know ... the same gig where he predicted LBJ would bring home a championship.

No word on who JB’s picking to win this year ... or who he’s rooting for if and when the Cavs meet the Dubs in the Finals.

Questlove and "Jersey Shore" alum Pauly D are teaming up to make sure a PA high school prom is lit like Vegas on a Saturday night because they're BOTH hitting the decks.

Pennsbury High is known for throwing insane proms, earning them the label ... Best Prom Night in America. John Mayer and rapper Asher Roth have both performed in the past.

PHS had to scramble to find a replacement for The Roots drummer/DJ after he backed out of this Saturday's prom due to "technology concerns." That's when DJ Pauly D swooped in to save the day. We're told PD is flying in from Vegas Saturday morning to put on the show.

Questlove then backpedaled and said he'd do it after backlash from the relentless students. Who says high school peer pressure doesn't work?

Bottom line ... they've got 2 celeb DJs! BONUS!!

May 20, 11:30 PT -- Justin's neighbor, Norman Resnicow, tells TMZ ... "I have acted for one purpose only, which remains to assure my and my wife's health and safety. Smart people can work [this] out and both my wife and I and Justin are represented by smart people."

Justin Theroux is in a nasty war with a neighbor who's threatened to cut the actor's water and electricity ... according to a new lawsuit.

Justin and Jennifer Aniston are making renovations to their Greenwich Village co-op, and he says that's not sitting well with the guy who lives downstairs from them. In the suit, Justin says the neighbor's been bitching that the sound-proofing materials going in Theroux's pad aren't good enough. He's demanding Justin spend an extra $25-30k to upgrade.

Justin says when he refused to give in, the neighbor launched a nasty campaign ... including threats to cut the water and electricity lines that run to Justin's roof deck, harassing construction workers at the home and perhaps worst of all ... threatening to prune Justin's ivy.

Them's fighting words in the Village!

Theroux says the guy even threatened to set off a PR nightmare when he emailed ... any legal action would be "opening the door to a broad range of allegations that would become publicly available, and which would not please Justin or his wife or their respective publicists."

Mathew Knowles has some insider info that should get the Beyhive buzzin' ... about how much longer we have to wait 'til Beyonce has her twins.

Bey's father came on "TMZ Live" and we asked him to give us a ballpark figure on when the twins will be delivered. Like, should we order a bouquet now ... or hold off a few days, maybe weeks?

Mathew answered ... and seemed pretty confident.

You may recall ... Beyonce and Mathew went through a rough patch before reconciling last year. As for recent reports he's NOT in the know about her pregnancy ... he denies that, and certainly SEEMS to be in the loop.

Soundgarden won't take the stage without Chris Cornell at the music festival they were supposed to play ... but the show will go on with a tribute to their frontman.

Sources with the Rock on the Range fest tell TMZ ... all other bands scheduled to play Friday night in Columbus, OH will still take the stage. The lineup includes Bush, Chevelle and Live -- but we're told in place of Soundgarden, there will be a special performance in honor of Cornell.

Mum's the word on what the tribute will include, but we know it will be right after Live's set.

Live's camp says they plan to celebrate Chris' music during their set too, telling us ... "His voice and lyrics came from a deep and spiritual place and their power will be felt forever."

Huma Abedin has finally filed to divorce Anthony Weiner ... and it appears his guilty plea for texting a 15-year-old girl was the last straw.

Huma filed divorce docs in NYC according to sources close to the situation. The news came just hours after Weiner surrendered to the feds and struck a plea deal ... which will most likely have him doing serious prison time.

Weiner was photographed wearing his wedding ring during his court appearance.

Hillary Clinton's trusted aide first left Weiner back in August 2016. They separated after he was caught in his second sexting scandal. As she put it then, "After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband."

That separation came in the middle of campaign season. The FBI's investigation into emails on Weiner's computer was announced days before voters went to the polls, and possibly impacted the result.

For a guy who wasn't big on passing ... Kobe Bryant delivered a HUGE assist to a high school class in Indiana by bailing them out of their final history exam!!

Here's the deal ... Ben Davis H.S. senior, William Pate, got his U.S. Govt. teacher to agree to cancel the final exam if he get could Kobe to publicly acknowledge him on Twitter.

Sounds impossible, right? Wrong.

Kobe saw Ben's online plea -- and Tweeted at him saying, "Hope you have an A in this class."

The teacher held up his end of the bargain and gave the entire class a "Get Out of Finals Free" pass. As you can imagine, Pate's become a local hero.

Chris Cornell used a common piece of exercise equipment to take his own life.

We've learned the Soundgarden frontman secured a red elastic exercise band attached to a carabiner to the top of his hotel bathroom door. A carabiner is a device commonly used by mountain climbers which they attach to a belt to keep them from falling. The device can withstand enormous weight.

Cornell jammed the door shut with the carabiner at the top of the frame. The carabiner was jammed so tight it left an indentation in the door frame.

As we reported, Chris' family believes he may have taken his life while under the influence of Ativan, and that he had no plan or desire to commit suicide just hours earlier.

According to the police report, obtained by The Detroit News, Chris was on the phone with his wife, Vicky, shortly before committing suicide, who said he sounded "groggy" and repeatedly told her, "I am just tired," before hanging up.

Vicky became alarmed, called the hotel and Chris' security guard kicked down 2 doors and found him in the bathroom with blood running from his mouth.

The market for an 83-year-old racist billionaire is BOOMIN' -- just ask Donald Sterling who hit Beverly Hills this week with a brand new lady on his arm.

The disgraced former L.A. Clippers owner had a smile on his face and some pep in his step as he moseyed from shop to shop while holding hands with his mystery brunette.

No word on where dandy Don's WIFE was during the outing (yes, he's still technically married).

Donald has had no trouble finding ladies since the racist scandal back in 2014 that led to his ousting. He's been seen with hot women at all the L.A. hot spots ... except the Clippers games.

Anthony Weiner shed tears in federal court as he entered a guilty plea for sexting a 15-year-old girl, and agreed to serve prison time, and will also have to register as a sex offender.

The oft-disgraced Congressman appeared before the judge Friday in NYC and was charged with transferring obscene material to a minor. Weiner, who cried and apologized in court, surrendered to the FBI following its investigation.

According to the terms of his plea deal ... Weiner is agreeing to serve 21 to 27 months in prison, surrender his iPhone and pay a fine of up to $350,000. A judge will determine at a later date exactly what his sentence will be.

In court, Weiner stood with his attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown, and admitted his "destructive impulses" had destroyed his life and career. He said he has a sickness "but I do not have an excuse" -- and acknowledged he'd hit "rock bottom." He added he's "committed to making amends to all those I have harmed."

Weiner traded sexually explicit texts with the teen, who lives in North Carolina and did not want to press charges because she felt the texting was consensual.

12:25 PM PT -- We're told the alligator has died. RIP.

This poor alligator never saw it coming -- a motorcyclist mowed over the nearly 11-foot gator on a Florida highway and it's now listed in critical condition.

The incident went down just after midnight Friday in Wimauma, FLA when a 27-year-old man driving his Suzuki GSX-S collided with a gator crossing the highway. The guy flew off the bike and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. The gator was missing chunks of body parts.

The man's expected to make a full recovery. As for the gator, though, boots and belts are in its future.