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Rapper Mellow Rackz is in police crosshairs after cops say she got into a fight with her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and swiped the woman's cell phone.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Mellow Rackz is a named suspect on a robbery report after getting into a fight in the lobby of a West Hollywood hotel early Monday morning and allegedly walking away with someone else's cell phone.

We're told Mellow was in town for Rolling Loud, and her boyfriend booked them a hotel room ... and also, unbeknownst to her, booked a room in the same hotel for his ex.

Yella Beezy is in police custody in Texas, where he's been arrested and hit with a capital murder charge in the death of rapper Mo3 ... TMZ has learned.

The rapper was busted in the Dallas area on Thursday, where he's currently in jail.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ ... Yella is accused of intentionally and knowingly causing the death of Melvin Noble AKA Mo3 on November 11, 2020.

Fivio Foreign has been quietly wilting away in New Jersey jail since January on multiple charges ... but his attorney says it's the weakest case he's ever seen!!!

TMZ Hip Hop spoke to Adam Lustberg, who's been repping Fivio for years and tells us he expects the Brooklyn drill pioneer to be released in a couple months.

We obtained the docs ... Fivio is accused of pointing a gun at a woman who was simply asking him for a car jumpstart on New Year's Day in Edgewater, NJ.

DJ Vlad rebukes the notion his interviews put people in jail ... Big U, Bricc Baby just got locked up on RICO charges, and have done VladTV interviews in the past -- but they don't discuss active cases!!!

TMZ Hip Hop linked with Vlad on Thursday to discuss the sweeping Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips takedown ... VladTV is mentioned one time in the federal complaint stemming from the interview Vlad and Adam22 had last year.

Big U sent a cease-and-desist to "No Jumper" to take down an interview that allegedly contained some of the crimes listed on the feds' docs ... and Adam just resurrected the clip.

50 Cent has set his beef with Diddy aside -- all for the greater good of Kanye West's welfare!!!

On Thursday, Ye made sure 50 heard what he said loud and clear by doubling down on his fury towards Jay-Z and Beyoncé's kids with a post to replace the one he deleted yesterday.

In the latest post, Ye screamed, "50 I SAID JAY Z AND BEYONCES KIDS ARE R******* LETS MAKE THE HOT WATER BOILING HOT OR LIKE POPLE SAY BROILING HOT." 50 had admitted he'd taken the day off from social media posting in the wake of Ye's tirade ... and now thinks Diddy's advice from their phone call earlier this week is the right way to go!!!

Rapper Too $hort is getting back into the movie biz with his manager, David Weintraub, and their first film together has some major star power!

The Hollywood heavyweights are executive producers on the drama flick, "Freaky Tales," featuring a slew of A-List actors ... Pedro Pascal, Tom Hanks, Jay Ellis, Ben Mendelsohn, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, rapper Symba, singer Normani, and Too $hort himself.

"Freaky Tales" is a wild ride through 1980s Oakland, California, giving an in-depth view into the city's music and sports scenes ... namely hip hop and basketball. $hort plays the role of a crooked cop, and Oakland rapper Symba takes on the part of $hort as a youngster.

Kim Kardashian is worried about the long-term impact Kanye West's unhinged social media meltdowns will have on their children ... TMZ has learned.

For almost a week, Kanye has been going on escalating online rants about how he feels he's been mistreated within the Hollywood music industry, plus personal attacks on the Kardashians ... including the mother of his four children.

Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Kim is devastated, and she's worried about Kanye’s actions and how they will impact their 4 children.

Adam22 is swatting down accusations that his "No Jumper" platform led to the arrests of Big U, Bricc Baby, Luce Cannon ... all familiar faces on his podcasts!!!

According to the federal complaint, several comments and recounts made on the "No Jumper" podcast played a significant part in the sweeping raids that led to 18 arrests of Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips members, including Big U, who feds say is the ringleader.

Charges include drug trafficking, conspiracy, firearms offenses and bank fraud ... and feds were tipped off from the loose lips on the podcast mics.

Tina Knowles is keeping her cool ... following Kanye West's appalling verbal attack on Beyoncé and Jay-Z's kids.

Tina -- Beyoncé's mom -- hopped on Instagram Wednesday and posted a video of herself seemingly addressing Kanye's X rant targeting Jay and Bey's 7-year-old twins -- Rumi and Sir.

On Tuesday, Kanye wrote on X, "Wait has anyone ever seen Jay-Z and Beyonce’s younger kids" ... before questioning the twins' mental capacity.

Kanye West's wild claim Kim Kardashian is pimping out their kids strikes people close to her as laughable -- especially considering he's been hanging with the controversial Tate brothers ... TMZ has learned.

Kim and Ye's co-parenting relationship hit a new low Wednesday as he fired off a string of outrageous posts on X ... the most offensive to Kim being the one where he accuses her of sex trafficking, due to North's involvement in an FKA Twigs song, and an accompanying TikTok.

However, sources familiar with the situation tell us the issue of trafficking already came up last week during an emergency hearing over North. We're told Kim abruptly pulled the plug while North was visiting her dad, because security guards informed her Andrew and Tristan Tate were going to be arriving at the location.

3/20 -- 6:38 AM PT -- Big U turned himself in yesterday evening L.A. time but he's denying all allegations against him.

This story is developing.

Eugene Henley Jr., AKA Big U -- an ex-manager of Nipsey Hussle and a high-ranking member of Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips street gang -- is now charged in a federal RICO complaint that includes allegations of murder, human trafficking and extortion.

Officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. held a press conference Wednesday confirming 10 people have been arrested, including part-time rappers Bricc Baby and Luce Cannon ... who've been frequent guests on the 'No Jumper' podcast.

Big U is listed in the docs as the Rollin' 60s kingpin and is accused of murdering an aspiring Las Vegas rapper in January 2021 in Las Vegas after the unnamed rapper allegedly recorded a diss track taking shots at Big U.

Cassie's weighing in on Kanye West's recent pro-Diddy posts ... signaling the rapper should just keep his mouth shut about the whole situation.

The singer-songwriter reshared an IG post featuring Playboi Carti's response to Ye ... after Ye recently said both he and Playboi "beat women" but they're not hated as much as Diddy is ... a post that pushed Carti to share "YE STFU."

Cassie doesn't add any of her own words to the post on her IG Story ... but, it looks like she's co-signing PC's message wholeheartedly.

Diddy's legal archenemy, Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, is withdrawing himself from more than a dozen sex trafficking lawsuits filed against Diddy in New York federal court.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Buzbee is moving to withdraw as a representing attorney in 15 cases filed in the Southern District of New York.

Buzbee says he's backing out of the lawsuits until he is admitted to practice law in SDNY.

Iman Shumpert is adamant he never leaked any sort of information to the public about his messy divorce with Teyana Taylor.

The former NBA star's attorney, Stephen C. Steele, said in a statement to TMZ Sports on Wednesday that Shumpert vehemently denies Taylor's allegations that he recently dropped nuggets about their split to media members in order to drum up interest in his new rap music.

"My client, Mr. Iman Shumpert, has never whatsoever leaked any allegations or claims stated in any of the pleadings in" the Taylor/Shumpert divorce case, Steele said. "Mr. Shumpert adamantly denies that he has provided any information to any media."

Gelo Ball's going from BBB to TNA -- the hooper-turned-rapper just released the visuals for his new track with GloRilla ... and it's chock-full of strippers.

The video for "Can You Please" is set in a strip club ... showing Gelo arriving at the joint in a Ferrari and rocking a jacket from his brother LaMelo's LaFrance clothing line.

The vid gets crazy from there ... with a bunch of women dancing on poles and twerking in front of Ball and his crew.

Teyana Taylor's legal team has filed a petition for citation of contempt against her ex-husband Iman Shumpert ... fake reports about their divorce settlement burned down Instagram and they're claiming Iman deliberately leaked sealed documents about their divorce to the media!!

According to docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Teyana claims she's been getting skewered on social media over misleading reports about who got what in their divorce.

Taylor insists it wasn't a "settlement" at all because the parties only got what was awarded by the court ... including vehicles and a tour bus, which she says she paid for on her own.