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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."

Master P keeps trying to retire from rap in favor of basketball, but the game keeps pulling him back in ... like a No Limit Records Verzuz Cash Money Records showdown!!!

During this year's ComplexCon, Birdman and his legacy will be squaring off against P's in a battle for New Orleans hip hop's soul. No, seriously.

Thankfully for the culture and music history, No Limit and Cash Money's rivalry never crossed the line like other rap feuds, but their competition moved mountains for the future of Southern hip hop.

Andra Day's former management team is suing her for $850K for breach of contract ... but the "Rise Up" singer is barking back with a suit of her own, claiming it's HER who's owed a ton of money!!!

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Andra is suing Jeffrey Evans and his companies -- Buskin’ LLC and BassLine Management -- for allegedly misappropriating her funds and living large on her dime.

Andra claims Evans retained $600,000 meant for her debut album recording from Warner Bros. Records in 2015, failed to separate her publishing income in a separate account from other money, and extravagantly traveled around with her footing the bill.

Offset sat down for a candid conversation with Keke Palmer ... and was confronted with those pesky Saweetie sleepover rumors -- which he flat-out denies!!!

Keke also quizzed Offset about his ongoing divorce from Cardi B -- which he confirmed hadn't been finalized yet -- and openly admitted his philandering toppled their nearly 7-year marriage.

In the case of Saweetie, Offset dismissed the narrative as a simple rumor as he shifted in his seat and referred to Cardi B as "bro" as he detailed his side of the story.

8:57 PM PT -- Pooh Sheisty's lawyer Bradford Cohen tells TMZ ... "Lontrell is elated to be released and looking forward to getting back to work. I always like to see clients try to better themselves and comeback bigger than ever after learning from a prior mistake."

Pooh Shiesty, the Memphis rapper whose music had the streets on lock -- and redefined ski masks into "Shiesty Masks" a few years ago -- is back on the scene after being released early from his 5-year prison sentence!!!

The 25-year-old rap star -- whose real name is Lontrell Williams -- posted up with fellow Memphis artists K Carbon and CEO Big30 late Monday night ... dripped in the latest Gucci fashion and diamond-encrusted jewelry while holding stacks of cash, like he never left the scene.

According to Pooh's prison conditions, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, the rapper is to refrain from possessing controlled substances, must submit to one drug test within 15 days of his release, with at least two more periodic tests to follow at the court's discretion, and report to a probation officer.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is already going straight to the top for a get out of jail free card ... because President Trump says Diddy has asked for a presidential pardon.

Trump was talking to reporters Monday at the White House when he revealed he'd gotten a special request for Diddy.

POTUS said, "I call him Puff Daddy; he has asked me for a pardon."

Whoopi Goldberg has a wild suggestion for allies at the Super Bowl worried about ICE agents harassing fans in light of Bad Bunny's announced halftime performance ... just do a Latin accent!

Whoopi made the surprising proposal on Monday's episode of "The View" in response to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's threat that ICE will be "all over" the Super Bowl.

Goldberg joked ... "Everybody, get a little cocoa butter, sit in the sun, that's the first thing." She went on ... "And this is the only time you can probably ever do this: Give yourself a Latin accent, and just see if she can tell who's who."