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Tekashi69 came face-to-face with cops for the 2nd week in a row -- this time NYPD had to bust up his music video shoot.

6ix9ine was trying to shoot in Brooklyn Tuesday and had his crew in place, and several hundred people in the streets of the Crown Heights neighborhood. One big problem though, he did not have a valid permit for the production ... according to law enforcement sources.

NYPD swooped in on the location for a couple of reasons -- the first being the large crowd. Word got out when he promoted the shoot on social media, and the masses swarmed the area. Cops on the scene told Tekashi it was a dangerous situation, because some of the responses online included threats to kick his ass.

It's become a thing since that LAX brawl last week. Even if the Brooklyn crowd had been pro-6ix9ine, we're told the lack of a permit would have gotten him shut down anyway.

In this edition of "They Said It, We Didn't," Damon Dash's boxing coach is giving his unfiltered opinion on Jay-Z in the ring ... and according to him, Hov fought "like Pee-wee Herman."

Dash appeared on "Van Lathan's Red Pill Podcast" and the conversation turned to an underground boxing club in NYC where Dame himself, Q-Tip, Heavy D and Jay-Z would rumble with each other in the ring.

Dame said Q-Tip was the beast of the bunch. Heavy D was dope, too. But when asked if Jay could fight, Dash called up the boxing trainer who ran the gym and let him do the talking ... and talk he did.

"At first he couldn't. He was like Pee-wee Herman. At first he couldn't bust a grape. He couldn't bust a grape, a girl would've beat him up. First time I put him in the ring he got waxed."

To be fair, Dame's trainer went on to say Jay eventually got revenge on the guy who waxed him -- meaning at this point he could probably definitively bust a grape with a punch.

And to be more fair ... Jay doesn't need to fight anybody. He's got people for that (#boss).

The Spice Girls aren't just reuniting, they're becoming a wedding band ... but only for one very special couple.

Mel B went on "The Real" Tuesday and had a very hard time keeping anything secret about the group's involvement with the Royal Wedding -- first disclosing that all 5 girls got the invite from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ... then really spilling the beans.

Scary Spice kept getting pressed for more deets by the 'Real' ladies, and eventually seemed to confirm the Spice Girls will provide some wedding entertainment, as well.

We broke the story ... the girls have agreed to reunite for a series of concerts in the UK and U.S. beginning in late summer. We've also been told their contracts are signed ... despite Victoria Beckham saying there is no reunion tour.

Mel, btw, confirmed they've ALL signed back with their producer, Simon Fuller, and concerts dates are in the near future.

Kylie Jenner's got another mouth to feed ... which might explain why she was in work mode just days after giving birth.

Kylie's company filed legal docs to trademark "Glitter Eyes," and it appears she wants to use the mark on eye shadow for her cosmetics line. But, here's what's interesting ... the docs show Kylie signed the paperwork (she's president of her company, ya know) on February 19. Stormi was born on February 1.

Kevin Smith had no idea he was on the verge of a widow-maker heart attack -- even as the ambulance was coming for him -- and instead thought he'd had some spoiled milk.

The director's recovered enough from the Sunday night heart attack to post video from his hospital room ... and revealed he had no clue what was happening to him. Kevin admits he was slow on the uptake, especially because his father died of a heart attack, and his mother is also battling heart issues.

He says he was never in much pain, but just had trouble catching his breath. In the middle of all this, he actually had a pretty funny interaction with paramedics. Even in crisis, Kevin says he wasn't down to show off his belly.

Once he got to the hospital ... Kevin says he realized this could be the end, and tried to come to peace with that as he thought about all his loved ones.

Tekashi69 just survived an epic ass whooping, but he's not going to Disneyland next -- instead he's dropping 6 figures on some scary jewelry.

The week after the Brooklyn rapper walked away from that epic LAX brawl, and faced violent threats in Texas, he's flossin' a Billy the Puppet charm covered in 24.2 carats of diamonds and black diamonds. It's hanging from a gold and diamond Cuban link chain. We think Jigsaw would be proud.

And get this -- the mouth of the pendant is spring-loaded so it opens and closes when he walks ... freaky.

The rapper worked with Houston jeweler Jimmy Boi to come up with the piece, to match his face tattoo. They previously collabed on his '69' spinner chain, too.

Although, 6ix9ine bragged he spent $300k on the "Saw"-inspired ice, we're told it's only valued at just over $100k. Guess math ain't his thing.

Still, can't imagine this will keep his haters away.

NBA YoungBoy will be cooling off in jail for a while longer after his arrest for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend -- the judge just ordered him held without bail.

The 18-year-old rapper's been transferred to Georgia's Ware County Jail -- where he got a new mug shot -- and faced the judge. TMZ broke the story ... YoungBoy was busted Saturday night in Tallahassee on a kidnapping warrant, related to the attack on his gf, Jania.

Cops say hotel surveillance video shows him body slamming her and then dragging her -- allegedly against her will -- back into the room. Jania has said they were just playing around, but the judge obviously ain't buying that.

Some of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High are planning on using their newfound star power to get their gun control message out ... through a good page-turner.

Sources tell TMZ that at least two of the outspoken survivors have been in talks with publishers for book deals. The deals haven't been inked ... the students are in the meeting phase with book honchos.

We're also told that some of the students have been getting help from high-profile publicists to field requests and schedule media appearances. A lot of these kids have been all over the news lately, so it'd make sense they're not handling all these bookings solo.

According to our sources ... the point of this publicity push is to get their message across loud and clear -- real gun control is needed now, and they're insistent in bringing about change. One downside ... the kids haven't really had a chance to properly grieve.

As for book money ... we're not sure how much a deal would net the 2 survivors. We're told they'd likely donate the cash to March for Our Lives ... which is taking place in D.C. next month.

File this under ... Funny Girl sends in the clones!

Barbra Streisand says she successfully cloned her dog, Samantha, before she died in 2017 ... and she's currently cuddling up with scientific fruits of that labor.

Babs told Variety her pups, Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett, were cloned from Samantha -- a Coton du Tulear -- who died at 14. She says the cells were harvested from cells taken from Sam's mouth and stomach.

She also has a cousin of Samantha's, who happens to at least look identical to the clones. She frequently posts pics of all 3 pooches, but we had no idea just how designer her dogs were until now.

Great news if you're a fan of greased up topless men ... the "Shirtless Tongan" dude from the Olympics tells TMZ Sports he's gunning for a career in topless modeling!

"I've got a few things lined up," Pita Taufatofua told us at LAX.

Of course, Pita shot to stardom during the 2016 Olympics in Rio (he competed in taekwondo) when he carried the flag of Tonga during opening ceremonies ... sans top.

He repeated the same look at the Winter Olympics (he competed as a cross-country skier) -- where he braved the freezing cold to rock the oiled-up, shirtless look again during closing ceremonies.

Ted Cruz said Democrats were the party of Lisa Simpson, and that the GOP was the party of Homer, Bart, Maggie and Marge ... now he's explaining how so.

We got the TX senator Monday at Reagan National Airport in D.C. and asked him to elaborate on the comment he made last week at CPAC, which drew ridicule left and right.

Cruz offers a VERY thorough explanation into why each character -- sans Lisa -- represents Republican values and mirrors the traditional American family. Our question ... he reachin'?

One of the voice actors on the cartoon show clearly thinks so. We got Harry Shearer over the weekend, and he thought Cruz was way out of his element tying conservatism to Springfield.

Jon Stewart says you can't count anyone out of a U.S. political race these days -- and that even goes for staunch conservative Stacey Dash ... who's now eyeing D.C.

We got Jon Monday night leaving Madison Square Garden after a Knicks game, and asked about the "Clueless" star filing docs to run for Congress in California as a Republican.

The former 'Daily Show' host doesn't seem surprised at all by her intentions. Even more interesting ... he gives her a real chance at winning. Hey, it's the Trump era after all.

Nick and Joe Jonas are a couple of ball busters ... at least when they're Down Under.

The bros tried their hand at lawn bowling during their vacation in Sydney, Australia. The game looks like tons of fun. The object -- deliver your bowl as close as possible to the "jack" (or the white ball).

Blac Chyna would make LaVar Ball proud -- she's staying in her lane. Her bowling lane, that is.

We got BC out at Pinz Bowling Alley Monday night in Studio City where we see her show up to her lane with a group of friends already waiting for her. She seems pretty chill ... almost as if she's not currently fighting at least 1 sex tape leak.

Oscar De La Hoya has a challenge for President Trump -- he's "daring" POTUS to come to the Canelo Alvarez vs. GGG fight on May 5 ... to prove he doesn't really hate Mexican people.

"I always have binoculars ready for Donald Trump because I'm not gonna sit him ringside," Oscar tells TMZ Sports ... "I'm gonna sit him way up there in the stands with all the Mexicans and all the fight fans from Kazakhstan!"

"I dare him to come! It'll be great!"

Oscar says he knows Trump is a fight fan -- but tells us he's probably rooting for Gennady Golovkin because "I don't think Trump is a Mexican supporter. He's more of a European supporter."

Blac Youngsta says he's buying one lucky lady butt implants to uplift her -- in spirit and in cheeks -- and he kinda, sorta seems serious about his intentions ... maybe.

We got the Memphis MC Monday in NYC where we asked about his new booty campaign that he just announced ... paying for someone to have surgery done on their rear-end.

Youngsta tells us he's basically doing this to empower women -- and not just to make a hot chick even more fine. Sounds like he wants to help an ugly duckling become a swan.

It's a nice thought ... but we can't ignore the fact that he just dropped a new album with a song on there called "Booty." The man definitely knows how to self-promote.