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Fans are taking drastic measures to get Bad Bunny removed from the Super Bowl LX halftime show ... even launching a petition to replace him with country music legend George Strait!

Multiple petitions have popped up online after the NFL announced the King of Latin Trap would headline the SB halftime show on February 8, 2026 ... sparking enormous controversy.

Some fans would rather see 73-year-old Strait -- widely regarded as one of the biggest/best country music stars ever -- with over a thousand fans putting their John Hancock's to the Change.org petition.

Cardi B’s feeling blessed on her birthday -- she hit up IG reflecting on a wild Year 32 and dubbing 33 her "Jesus year," all while flexing a ton of celebration pics.

Check it out -- the pregnant star was ready to pop but didn’t skip a beat, rocking a skin-tight cutout dress with matching accessories, striking pose after pose for pics that perfectly matched her reflective Sunday IG caption.

Cardi got deep on the Jesus year vibes, saying she’s never felt more protected, chosen, and anointed -- adding, "He never fails to remind me that I’m chosen and that I’m anointed, and that’s the best gift I could ever ask for."

Anotha' day, anotha' dolla for Cardi B -- but let's be honest, she's makin' more than just dollars on the daily. Today however is solely about her 33rd birthday! Sit back -- don't be throwin' beverages -- and enjoy the smoke show!

Whether in a dress or a neon swimsuit, the iconic rapper knows how to drop it like it's hot, it's honestly impressive!

And when she's not with the kiddos, she's puttin' in that work up in the studio ... and when it's showtime she busts out in dope 'fits like this black ensemble.

Blueface's mom Karlissa Saffold is confident her son is just "days away" from being freed from prison, but wants to keep the release date a secret for now ... he needs time to acclimate!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Karlissa -- and Blueface's new GF Angela -- in Los Angeles this week, where they tackled all the recent Blueface happenings.

The platinum-selling "Thotiana" rapper has been packing on the pounds behind bars -- Karlissa notes 70 more pounds to be exact, but she says it's the result of push-ups and sit-ups to pass the time.

DDG released his 2nd album of 2025 on Friday with "moo" ... and chose to lead the rollout with a public plea to his ex, Halle Bailey, to make up amicably for the sake of their 1-year-old son, Halo!!!

On the song "17 More Years," DDG tackled his still ongoing custody battle with Halle, highlighting the time they still have before Halo is considered an adult in the eyes of the courts.

The couple broke up in October last year, and things escalated on the internet after Halo made a viral appearance on Kai Cenat's stream, eventually leading to a temporary domestic violence restraining order being filed against DDG.

Bhad Bhabie and her baby daddy Le Vaughn can't seem to make anything go smoothly ... because the simple act of climbing on a tour bus turned into a dramatic scene.

Check out this footage Bhad Bhabie uploaded from her latest vlog ... she's in her pajamas screaming at Le Vaughn in a parking lot, begging him to get on a bus.

There's some pushing and shoving but it's mostly just Bhad Bhabie nagging Le Vaughn to get the show on the road ... he seems to be toying with her, running away from her and then pausing to smoke.

Sean "Diddy" Combs had to break some tough news to his 2-year-old daughter after a judge sentenced him to 50 months in federal prison ... and he got emotional when he had to tell her that daddy wasn't coming home as soon as his family had hoped.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Diddy was talking to the mother of his youngest child, Dana Tran, on the phone after sentencing and she put their toddler daughter, Love, on the phone, and the kid asked her father when she could see him and where he was.

Diddy was at MDC Brooklyn ... and we're told he choked up when Love told him, "I miss you, Daddy." An emotional Diddy replied, "I miss you and love you very much, Love."

Think Cardi B owns the twerking throne? Think again ... 'cause she just went cheek-to-cheek in a twerk-off with a male dancer at an event!

Check it out -- pregnant Cardi was glowing on the blue carpet at MISTR’s National PrEP Day in West Hollywood Thursday ... she spun around and went full twerk mode, giving a scantily-clad dancer a serious run for his money.

The vid’s a little spicy ... we even had to blur the male dancer a bit, legs spread very wide, while Cardi kept it classy, standing tall ... though still shaking it.

SunRay Funday! Ray J hit the streets of WeHo last week ... for the second weekend of the "TMZ Brunch Bus"!!!

The singer-songwriter hosted the booze-adjacent tour alongside DJ Myles P, who manned the turntables live onboard the bus, and set an immaculate vibe.

The 2-hour Sunday tour -- offering free food and mimosas -- takes off from the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood at 12:30 PM, making stops at L.A. hotspots like The Henry, TomTom, and The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker.

Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the judge ruled "the allegedly defamatory statements in 'Not Like Us' are nonactionable opinion." In other words, Drake can't sue for defamation over the song lyrics.

As you know ... Drake was suing UMG for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's vicious diss track ... Drake claimed UMG knew full well Kendrick's lyrics and images in the music video, referring to Drake as a supposed pedophile, were false and dangerous.

Lil Jon stirred up a Southern hornet's nest on "The Breakfast Club" this week when he split the crunk music roots between Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis ... and DJ Paul has something to say!!!

The Three 6 Mafia de facto leader took to IG to stamp Memphis as the true originator of crunk music ... noting how, as a lifelong Outkast fan, they grew up with "booty shake" music as ATLiens and joked it was GOD -- by way of Three 6 Mafia -- who delivered the club-rocking sound to the world!!!

Paul counts ATL and NOLA as complementary cousins to the Memphis movement, which was not too far off from Jon's POV.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement has left a lot of people asking for a different choice ... and they just got their wish.

Turning Point USA -- the nonprofit cofounded by the late Charlie Kirk and now headed by his widow, Erika Kirk -- is putting on their own halftime show the same day as the Super Bowl.

The company posted Thursday it's "thrilled to announce The All American Halftime Show."

Diddy's four-year prison sentence for Mann Act convictions is starting to set in, but Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda think he's got it better than most ... the Bad Boy hitmaker can't ignore the fact that he's something close to a billionaire ... can he?!?

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with 50 Cent's G-Unit Soldiers at LAX this week for the full-circle moment, having gotten their take on the Diddy case ahead of the trial.

Now that Diddy's fate is nearly sealed -- barring a permanent prison home -- Yayo and Murda tell us not every convicted felon heads to the bing with millions in the bank ... consider Brother Love blessed!!!

Tim Westwood -- longtime DJ for BBC Radio and Capital Xtra -- is facing multiple accusations of rape and sexual misconduct, dating all the way back to the 1980s.

Thursday, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service gave the Metropolitan Police Service the green light to charge Westwood with 4 counts of rape, 9 counts of indecent assault, and 2 counts of sexual assault ... stemming from incidents related to 7 different women.

Diddy should serve the remainder of his 50-month sentence in a federal prison as close to the New York metropolitan area as possible ... at least according to the judge who imposed the sentence.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Judge Arun Subramanian stops short of naming a specific prison where Diddy should do hard time and instead says Diddy should stay close to home.

Besides geography, the judge says Diddy should be shipped off to a prison with "any available substance abuse program, including the Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), for which he qualifies."

Eric Dickerson is urging Bad Bunny to pull out of the Super Bowl halftime show if he is, indeed, not a fan of the United States ... saying the "Tití Me Preguntó" crooner should straight up "keep his ass where he's at" if he truly feels some type of way about the Red, White and Blue.

The NFL legend made his opinion loud and clear during a chat with a photog out at LAX on Monday night ... saying he's "heard some stuff" Bad Bunny's said about America -- and if it's true, he'd rather anyone else play during February's big game.

"I'm from the U.S.," Dickerson said. "I love my country. And if you don't like the United States, just get your ass out of here and don't come over here."