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The Notorious B.I.G. estate wasted no time threatening Kendall and Kylie Jenner with a lawsuit if they don't put a stop to selling shirts with the legendary rapper's image.

The estate's lawyer, Julian K. Petty, fired off a cease and desist letter to the J sisters with a deadline of 5 PM Friday to stop pimping the shirts ... or face a lawsuit.

It appears the letter was effective -- hours after Petty sent it ... the Biggie shirt -- along with 2 others featuring Tupac's image -- was no longer available on the website.

The estate's adamant it NEVER gave the Jenners permission, and Petty tells us, "This is misappropriation at its finest. I’m curious to hear the justification. I’m even more curious to hear the proposed resolution."

As we reported ... Biggie's mom, Voletta Walace, said ripping her son's image to sell t-shirts on the girls' website is "disrespectful and exploitation at its worst."

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

Conrad Hilton pled not guilty Thursday to violating a restraining order by showing up at his ex-girlfriend's doorstep ... but the bigger news is that he seems to be doing a lot better after getting some serious professional help.

We got Conrad and his attorney, Bob Shapiro, leaving court, and Bob says his client has successfully completed his treatment at Menninger hospital. Conrad chimes in and talks about his current state.

As we reported ... Conrad paid a late-night visit to E.G. Daily's house last month and got too close to E.G.'s daughter, Hunter. When cops showed up Conrad got homophobic.

A judge released Conrad on the condition he undergo treatment at a facility in Houston. Looks like it's mission accomplished.

LL Cool J, Remy Ma, Ice-T, 50 Cent and Fat Joe are only some of the East Coast rappers who showed up to pay their respects Thursday at Prodigy's funeral in NYC.

Services for the Mobb Deep rapper took place at the Frank E. Campbell "Funeral Chapel" on the Upper East Side. Questlove and chef Eddie Huang were also there. Louis Farrakhan showed up in a giant SUV procession.

We're told Prodigy's rapping partner, Havoc, also attended.

Prodigy died last Tuesday after a lifelong battle with sickle cell anemia. Following the ceremony a public service will be held for fans from 2 to 5 PM.

The Notorious B.I.G.'s mom is PISSED Kendall and Kylie Jenner slapped their portraits over her son's image just to peddle t-shirts.

Biggie's mom, Voletta Wallace, posted a photo of one of Kendall and Kylie's new "Vintage T-Shirts" which launched on their site Wednesday. Voletta ripped the biz move as "disrespectful and exploitation at its worst" -- and not just against her son.

Voletta's also pissed about another shirt that features Kendall's face over a Tupac image.

Kendall and Kylie were selling at least 3 of these type of shirts with Pac and Biggie ... at $125 a pop.

All 3 shirts are no longer available. It's unclear if the gear sold out, or if it's been removed from the site due to the backlash.

1:40 PM PT -- Venus is now breaking her silence ... calling the incident an "unfortunate accident" and insisting she explain what happened from her point of view.

"Ms. Williams entered the intersection on a green light," her attorney Malcolm Cunningham said.

"The police report estimates that Ms. Williams was traveling at 5 mph when Mrs. Barson crashed into her. Authorities did not issue Ms. Williams with any citations or traffic violations."

"This is an unfortunate accident and Venus expresses her deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one."

Venus Williams caused a car accident that sent a 78-year-old man to ICU where he died 14 days later ... according to a police report obtained by TMZ Sports.

The driver of the other car -- the wife of the victim -- told cops she was approaching an intersection westbound in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on June 9 when Venus' northbound SUV suddenly darted into the intersection. The other driver says there was no time to stop and she T-boned Venus' vehicle.

Venus told cops she was trying to make it through the intersection but there was a traffic backup and she had to slow down to a crawl, with her car exposed in the intersection.

The driver's husband, Jerome Barson, suffered head trauma and was taken to a hospital and placed in ICU. He never recovered and died 2 weeks later. Barson's wife was also taken to the hospital with broken bones and other injuries, but survived ... according to her attorney Michael Steinger.

Cops say Venus caused the accident. According to the police report, "[Venus] is at fault for violating the right of way of [the other driver]."

Police say in the report there was no evidence Venus was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They also say there's no evidence she was distracted by an electronic device.

We reached out to Williams for comment -- so far, no word back.

Dr. Terry Dubrow thinks Donald Trump not only acted un-presidential by calling out Mika Brzezinski for allegedly showing up at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve and bleeding from plastic surgery ... he says it's flat-out body shaming.

The "Botched" star makes it clear ... Trump has no evidence Mika had plastic surgery. What's more, he says someone showing up bleeding from the face is dealing with issues other than plastic surgery.

On all counts, Dr. Dubrow joins the chorus slamming Trump for his tweets.

Corey Feldman rocked his face off -- or at least part of it -- at a concert in Milwaukee ... and that's the tooth.

Corey Feldman & the Angels played a gig at Shank Hall Wednesday night, but during their song, "Something In Your Eyes," about 30 mins into the set ... Corey got a little too wild with the mic and smashed himself in the face -- knocking out a tooth.

As first reported by Milwaukee Record ... Feldman stopped the show to inform the crowd of his missing tooth and to look for it, and eventually a female fan found it for him and scored a hug.

Corey then went backstage to "fix" his tooth situation while the Angels covered for him, and whatever he did must have worked ... he returned shortly after to finish the show.

Ludacris straight-up stole a cartoon and made a mockery out of it ... so says a website in a new lawsuit.

The website LittleThings is suing the rapper for posting its picture on his Instagram to promote his new single, "Vitamin D."

In docs, obtained by TMZ, LittleThings says it published an article back in March titled, "Is Boob Sweat Normal? 8 Things Women Should Know About Sweating 'Under There.'" The article included the cartoon showing a woman applying deodorant under her boobs.

Two months later, Luda posted the image with the text ... "IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR." LittleThings says its logo is visible in the lower right-hand corner of Luda's IG post ... which included an iTunes link to his new song, "Vitamin D." The post had more than 22k likes before it was deleted.

LittleThings is suing for damages and for a cut of any profits made off its pic.

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

Even Kellyanne Conway has NO defense for President Trump's verbal attack on Mika Brzezinski ... because she tried every possible tactic to avoid the topic.

We got Trump's Counselor Thursday morning on Capitol Hill -- just a few hours after his brutal tweets about Mika. We barely got the question out when she launched into every pivot in her arsenal.

Her agenda for the day, her "bipartisan hug" with Rep. Debbie Dingell ... and when an elevator couldn't come quickly enough, she tried the ole ... how's the weather tactic.

Yeah, "It's a gorgeous day here" ... isn't gonna make this one go away.

Case in point, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan took issue with trump's "tone."

Tara Lipinski got that ass ... and where better to show it off than on your honeymoon?!

The gold medal ice skating legend is putting her killer physique on display in the Maldives -- where she's chillin' with her brand new sports producer husband, Todd Kapostasy.

The couple got married at a fancy ceremony last weekend in South Carolina after dating for 2 years -- then jetted straight for a swanky resort, where their room is literally on the Indian Ocean.

Mazel tov!

Mika Brzezinski took plenty of jabs at President Trump Thursday on "Morning Joe" ... and it appears this is what sparked his Twitter attack.

Mika and her co-host/fiance, Joe Scarborough, went off on Trump over several topics -- from the healthcare bill to "teensy hands." Shortly thereafter, POTUS fired off his tweets about "low I.Q. Crazy Mika" and "Psycho Joe."

The reality is Joe and Mika were just doing their show. It's not like this was their first time being critical of the Donald. Maybe it was just his first time watching, but the news desk banter doesn't seem to justify the President's personal and petty response.

7:08 AM PT -- An MSNBC spokesperson tells TMZ, “It’s a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job.”

If Donald Trump were a doctor this could be a HIPAA violation ... calling out an MSNBC anchor and claiming she was bleeding profusely from a facelift.

It's shocking ... the President of the United States fired off the tweet Thursday, saying Mika Brzezinski and fiance/co-anchor Joe Scarborough were at Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve and he noticed blood and somehow determined it was a reaction from a facelift.

Trump also called her stupid, claiming she has a low I.Q. and Joe is a "psycho."

Mika just fired back -- somewhat obtusely -- with a pic of a box of Cheerios, with the words, "Made For Little Hands" on the box.

A spokesman for NBC also tweeted:

The pieces are now in place for Kanye West to go back on tour as soon as early 2018 ... and we're told it's moving in just that direction.

Sources familiar with the situation tells us Live Nation -- which produced the 2016 Saint Pablo Tour -- has been in talks with Kanye's team and, as one source puts it, "We're ready to jump as soon as he gives the green light."

Various sources tell us Kanye is physically and mentally back ... in fact, better than they've ever seen him. They say he's focused, engaged, and has overcome the issues that landed him in the hospital last year.

We're told when Kanye decides to go back on stage, it will not be a replica of last year's tour. Although the floating stage was pretty awesome, we're told Kanye will almost certainly improve on it or replace it, as well as other various effects.

We're also told he will update the set list. TMZ broke the story ... Kanye had gone to a Wyoming retreat over the last few months to work on a new album.

But ... Kanye is aggressively avoiding artificial deadlines, because it creates stress that leads to bad things. He doesn't have a specific timeline for releasing the album or firing up the tour ... although our tour sources say early next year is the goal.

Lil' Kim has a right to remain silent ... when it comes to talking about the robbery that went down at the L.A. home she intended to rent, and she did -- even at a strip club.

The rapper was leaving Crazy Girls early Thursday morning in L.A. where we first buttered her up, and complimented her attire. We then asked point-blank if she's worried about being named a person of interest in the robbery during BET Awards weekend.

We'll say this ... Kim and Miranda are good friends.

White Goodman is BACK -- and he wants slam his dodgeballs right into Justin Bieber's pretty little unblemished grill!!!

Yes, Ben Stiller's legendary 'Dodgeball' villain is calling out some of the most famous people on the planet -- including LeBron, The Rock and Katy Perry -- to square off in the ultimate Dodgeball game.

In fact, Ben reunited just about every member of the original cast (including his estranged wife, Christine Taylor) to help raise money for the Stiller Foundation, which mostly helps rebuild schools in Haiti.

Tony Hawk has already rejected White -- instead, joining Vince Vaughn's Average Joes squad when they face off this Fall.

Just remember -- dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.

When DJ Khaled's son met Justin Bieber ... tears were shed.

TMZ has obtained video of Justin getting an audience with Khaled's beloved baby boy, Asahd. The meeting went down while Asahd's pop and JB were shooting their "I'm the One" music video, and let's just say it didn't go too well.

Asahd -- who famously never cries or fusses in public -- gave Justin the once-over, and then came the bawling. The Biebs tried his best to soothe the kid ... NOT by singing, "Baby," but that would've been cool.

Khaled's spawn always gets his way -- look at him, you can see why -- and even Justin knows it.