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Diddy's private jet was flown to an island in the Caribbean yesterday while the feds were raiding his 2 homes in the States -- and while he wasn't on this particular plane, it's no less noticeable on the runway ... as you can see in this new shot of the aircraft.

Check out these photos, obtained by TMZ, showing the rap mogul's famed all-black Gulfstream 5 -- dubbed LoveAir -- grounded Monday night at an airport right in the heart of Antigua ... where it landed Monday after traversing the U.S. all the way from L.A.

No sign of any activity near the plane -- law enforcement or otherwise -- and there's no indication anyone onboard was mixed up with what was going on here in the U.S.

TMZ has the first video of Diddy after his homes were raided by the feds Monday -- and instead of being in handcuffs and on the ground ... the guy was kinda just walking around.

Check out this footage we obtained, which we shot around 3 PM PT Monday -- a couple hours after the raids at his homes got underway -- at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport ... where eyewitnesses tell us Diddy and some other people got stopped by the feds.

We're told this shows Diddy pacing around outside a Customs office there at the airport -- and as you can see ... he's not being detained, and he certainly doesn't seem to be in custody here. Instead, Diddy is just walking around all by his lonesome.

Kim Kardashian stunned several of her fans this week, 'cause she nearly turned herself into a near replica of Kanye West's current wife, Bianca Censori. ... so say her IG fans anyway.

KK uploaded an IG photo of herself sporting brown tights with no top, partially exposing her breasts under a gigantic fur coat -- something she seems to have been wearing while in Paris a couple weeks ago ... but which she just debuted now.

She also donned black sunglasses with her hair slicked back, making her almost the spitting image of Bianca. The similarities in their appearances shocked some people, who wrote a series of comments about Kim's Bianca look-alike pic.

Diddy's homes were raided in the U.S. to kick off the week -- but the guy's own private jet is miles away in a completely different nation ... although it's unclear if he's aboard himself.

TMZ has tracked Diddy's personal LoveAir LLC jet -- the well-known black Gulfstream 5 that Diddy has flaunted and flown for years now -- and it looks like the aircraft is currently on the ground in Antigua ... which is down in the Caribbean.

Based on the flight activity, viewed by TMZ, Diddy's jet has been up and down California between Sunday and Monday -- taking off from Sacramento Executive Airport Sunday evening around 5:30 PM PT and landing at Palm Springs Int'l Airport about an hour later.

Montell Jordan splits his talents between music and ministry, and the R&B vet got to combine both of his skills Sunday by officiating his good friend Young MC's wedding!!!

Sources involved in the ceremony tell TMZ Hip Hop the "Bust a Move" rapper married his longtime girlfriend Chantal at an intimate ceremony in Scottsdale, AZ ... surrounded by friends, family and fellow artists!!!

Montell gave attendees the standard wedding objection speech but managed to squeeze in some humor with a reference to his iconic hit "This Is How We Do It."

He and his wife Kristin are the lead pastors of their Master Peace Church in Georgia -- he's an O.G. mack when it comes to the pulpit.

We're told Tone Loc, C+C Music Factory's Freedom Williams, members of the band All-4-One, and several other artists were in attendance to support their longtime friend.

YMC and his "Bust A Move" groove had early '90s hip hop on lock, and even earned himself a Grammy for his classic record.

TikTok is exploding with fans getting groovy to the #Reemski dance ... the hottest new bop set to Cash Cobain and Bay Swag's runaway hit track, "Fisherrr."

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Cash ahead of his upcoming Slizzy Fest next week, and he tells us a simple play on words saying "for sure" during a convo with Bay created the viral moment you see on TikTok today.

Cash tells us a Brooklyn cat by the name of Reem created the dance -- a smooth and graceful distorted twist of the body -- and the East Coast has been going crazy with the Reemski ever since!!!

They're calling their new movement "Sexy Drill" -- an upgrade on NYC's violent and rampant drill movement.

No disrespect to the current players, but Cash & co. say they want the world to party with girls -- not guns!!!

That's the sentiment Cash is bringing to Slizzy Fest, a partnership with The Smoker's Club and featuring Bay Swag, Dusty Locane, and promises to bring out plenty of special guests.

2:52 PM PT -- The scene at Diddy's Los Angeles-area home appears to be winding down, and a new photo obtained by TMZ shows just how bustling it was with law enforcement activity.

Check out this picture ... which shows scores of agents and officers on the ground. Safe to say, they went in locked and loaded -- time will tell what, if anything, they've found.

1:42 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained extra footage of cops on the scene near Diddy's L.A.-area home -- and it looks like officers have shut down the entire area ... with helicopters swarming up above. There are at least two choppers in the area, and a lot of police on the ground.

Drake's dad is jumping into the fray on behalf of his son -- calling out Kendrick Lamar and everyone else who seems to be taking shots at Drizzy over this out-of-nowhere beef.

On Monday, DG posted Drake's 2017 "More Life" album cover art that famously used his likeness and heaped on the sarcasm towards Future and Metro's new "We Don't Trust You" album.

Dennis mocked Future and Metro for using beef to sell records and also convincing the homies to unfollow Drake on social media, knowing it would swirl in the headlines.

Ross and Nav both cut ties with Drake, at least on Instagram, leaving the OVO camp with a lot fewer allies than they had a few weeks ago!!!

Dennis never has issues blocking Drake from criticism, like he did when he spoke to TMZ Hip Hop about Drake's "For All The Dogs" album dodging any Israel-Hamas lyrics ... but it's possible everyone just has a problem with his son.

Future and Metro are expected to bring in big numbers next week atop the Billboard 200 and Kendrick's "Like That" diss is also a potential No. 1 record -- but all these guys have proven to move units without the feuding.

Drake's A-list rap friends are dumping on him after Kendrick Lamar's shots, but he's taking it in stride ... at least, while the public's watching!!!

During his Sunday night show in Sunrise, FL, Drake confronted the internet-breaking backlash from Kendrick's lyrical thrashing of him and J. Cole with a bit of defiance.

“I got my head up high, my back straight, I’m ten f***ing toes down… and I know no matter what there’s not another n**** on this Earth that could ever f*** with me.”

Welp, Bianca Censori wasn't hiding her body for long ... going back to minimalist clothing for an outing with Kanye West -- after covering up big time at dinner with Ye's eldest.

Ye & BC hit up The Grove for a movie date in Los Angeles Sunday ... apparently, checking out "Dune: Part 2" -- and Bianca's style was far more in line with what we've seen in the past.

Check out the pics ... Bianca went with the strapless, backless baby blue top and sheer white leggings during the flirty outing with her man -- who kept it simple in his usual all-black ensemble.

Kanye West's wife, Bianca Censori, engaged in a shocking coverup Saturday night, hiding her body under a fur coat ... presumably because they were chowing down with North West.

Ye, Bianca and his 10-year-old daughter hit up Nobu. and BC arrived in a full, furry coat and leggings to boot!

North was into the attention as they arrived, smiling at the paparazzi. Kanye and Bianca ... not so much.

Bianca's fit is in sharp contrast to what she has not been wearing lately -- namely, clothes.

She stopped shoppers dead in their tracks a few days back, wearing very little as they grabbed some grub at the Cheesecake Factory at The Grove in L.A.

Bianca's dad is none too pleased about what's happened to his architect daughter, who almost never utters a word in public. According to the Daily Mail, he called her a "trashy naked trophy pony."

Kim Kardashian has been interacting with Bianca at a few events lately, and maybe KK got in her ear.

Kanye West is asking major players in the music industry to respect his decision to go by his legally changed name "Ye" ... TMZ has learned.

In a letter obtained by TMZ ... Kanye's chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, fires off a strong message to big players in the music industry -- including streamers, publishers, lyric websites and more -- with a demand that the rapper be referred to as Ye moving forward.

As Milo puts it ... Kanye didn't come to the decision to change his name lightly, as he is aware he's sacrificing brand value that comes with "Kanye West." Still ... the Grammy winner considers it a "slave name" and wants to ditch the moniker across all platforms.

He adds ... "Ye is a Black man in America who wants the right to full self-determination just like everyone else."

Remember ... Kanye officially changed his name to Ye back in October 2021. The artist had a judge sign off on him adopting his longtime nickname as his legal moniker years after speaking in favor of the name's Biblical ties.

Kanye told radio host Big Boy in 2018 that he preferred Ye since it was the most commonly used word in the Bible -- which wasn't actually an accurate statement, FWIW.

Still, Ye isn't the first artist to change their name ... as Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Prince, Bow Wow and Ke$ha have all switched up their public personas in the past.

Yes, you can find 50 Cent "In da Club", but can you locate the discreet changes in these two shots of him outside the club? In order to notice the differences, you may wanna adjust your lens.

Celebrating Dr. Dre's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this week, the iconic rapper hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with Snoop Dogg and Dre. And, of course he was decked out in "a lil' bit of this, a lil' bit of that" ... but his bling ain't ringing true.

"Go, go, go, go, go, go, go shawty!"

Rihanna seems to be putting an age-old theory to the test ... finding out if blondes really do have more fun -- 'cause she's rocking a short, light new hairdo!

The singer-songwriter stepped out in Santa Monica Friday, and her new look was instantly noticeable -- RiRi's usually lettin' her long locks flow, but now ... she's trimmed most of it off.

Just check out the pics ... her hair's not even touching her shoulders at this point -- a pretty sharp contrast to the Rihanna we normally see these days ... who lets her hair fall all the way to her hips. That's the 'do she's been sporting lately, anyway.

Also, peep the jewelry ... Rihanna's iced out with a necklace, earrings and bracelets -- shining bright like a diamond while on her way to an important meeting. It definitely accentuates the blonde hair up top ... and we gotta say, she's pulling the whole look off and then some.

Rihanna's look is noticeably different from one of the last times we spotted her ... as she was leaving Mukesh Ambani's son's pre-wedding bash in India with a swag bag and at least $6 million for her performance on the special day.

No word on how A$AP Rocky feels about the fresh cut ... but when your lady's RiRi, it's hard to imagine you can criticize much about her -- 'cause she's a beauty through and through.

Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty were accused of ambushing a security guard with violence a couple years back -- and it appears they ignored his lawsuit ... 'cause they now owe money.

The rapper and her husband had a default judgment entered against them Friday in L.A. County Superior Court -- this after a judge says they failed to respond to the lawsuit.

As a result, Nicki and Kenneth now have to pay up -- in the amount of $503,318.02.

We broke the story ... Nicki and Kenneth were sued by a guy named Thomas Weidenmuller -- who alleged Petty and Minaj roughed him up in 2019 at a concert she did in Germany.

At the time, Weidenmuller claimed Nicki had berated one of his security guards working under him, and he says he went to her to address it -- at which point, he alleged she threw a shoe at him. He says he dodged it -- however, the guy alleged Kenneth was waiting in the wings.

Weidenmuller claimed Kenneth socked him in the face and broke his jaw ... and he alleged he had 8 different surgeries to fix the damage. He sued in 2022 for hefty medical bills.

Gunna says his decision to bring Flo Milli on the road as his 'Bittersweet' tour mate was an easy one ... as they'd already proved they can kill the stage during last year's test runs!!!

TMZ Hip Hop linked up with the superstar rapper in Bev Hills -- right back on his fave street, Rodeo Drive -- while he was spending his bankroll, and we got the skinny on his 16-city concert rollout.

Remember, Gunna packed out Brooklyn and L.A. venues last year amid rumors he turned his back on Young Thug ... and Flo Milli shone as his opening act at those shows.

On top of that success, he was super impressed with her "Never Lose Me" hit.

They just went halfsies on a freaky-deeky collab, "Edible," and Gunna deferred to Flo Milli when we asked what inspired the track. No kissing and telling with this raunchy record!!! 👀

Gunna tells us to expect big-time creativity, and promises to bring the energy -- which he clearly has a lot of these days, judging from the gym pics he's been posting lately.