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Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G are living proof that drill music can sustain a rap career -- even if their legendary counterpart Jadakiss doesn't agree!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Winners Circle twins at The Million Dollar Giveback: Hip Hop Holiday in NYC and they thought Jada's commentary on drill -- BK, sexy, fires -- was funny but they understand where he's coming from!!!

ICYMI, Jada threw the entire drill movement under the bus in an interview as his son Jaewon laughed on.

2024 will be remembered for many shocking events ... and here, we remember celebrities who tragically died over the last calendar year.

Liam Payne shocked the world when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina ... and the former One Direction member's death is still under police investigation, with lots of moving parts involved.

12 years after Whitney Houston's death and 9 years after Bobbi Kristina Brown's passing, the Houston family suffered another sad loss ... the passing of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney's mom and Houston matriarch, occurred in October. She passed away at the age of 91 after battling Alzheimer's disease in hospice care.

The woman accusing Jay-Z of allegedly raping her as a teenager just got the green light from a New York judge to keep her identity under wraps ... at least for now.

In legal docs filed Thursday, Judge Analisa Torres ruled the "Jane Doe" accuser can remain anonymous at this point in the case. In the ruling, the judge also called out Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, saying he was being combative and trying to "fast-track" the case.

While Judge Torres did grant the plaintiff’s request to proceed anonymously for now, she noted that things could change as the case moves forward and made it clear that she intends to revisit the issue if and when the case progresses.

Isaac Hayes III -- a famous record producer and the son of Isaac Hayes -- is diving into an incident he says went down just outside his gated community on Christmas Eve ... when he filmed a woman cursing at him and making a racist remark.

Here's the deal ... Hayes shared a video on his Instagram where a woman asks him for his name -- accusing him of driving too fast in and out of the Atlanta gated community -- before adding "f*** you."

The diatribe then takes a racial turn ... with what sounds like her saying, "Why don't you be white?"

Muni Long has the best RNB song of the year of the year according to Spotify -- and one thing she's NOT gonna do is share her secret sauce with artists who can't master the recipe!!!

That was the energy the "Made For Me" singer shared with her fans Thursday after walking away from a label meeting with Atlantic Records.

According to Muni, one of the Atlantic bigwigs suggested she use her Grammy Award-winning songwriting skills to uplift the careers of the melanin-challenged artists in the stable, but Muni put her foot down ... "F*** no!" was her exact choice of words!!!

Ray J and Sukihana are blowing each other's backs out -- a tidbit exposed by Ray's estranged wife Princess Love after she got ahold of his phone!!! 😩

On Thursday, Sukihana set chaos into motion when she posted a text message from Princess via Ray's phone alerting Suki that Ray repeatedly keeps trying to go down -- and PL wants no part of that action!!!

In the text, Princess also teases Suki for being just one of many chicks on Ray's roster ... but also lets her in on a secret woman-to-woman -- Ray hates it when Suki FaceTimes him without having her weave in!!!

Viral rapper Dave Blunts wasn't about to let Antonio Brown turn him into a Star Wars meme -- and got personal with his response by throwing the former footballer's legal issues in his face!!!

In case you haven't seen him on your timeline, DB's the reportedly 500lb+ rapper from Delaware whose melodies have drawn comparisons to golden-age Texas hip hop ... and his inability to perform standing up also whiffed Snoop Dogg's radar.

AB randomly took a lightsaber-sized swipe at Dave on a pic from a recent performance, "N**** really is the black Jaba the hutt…."

Beyoncé brought the house -- make that the entire stadium -- down ... delivering the greatest festive gift of all time with her NFL Halftime show at the Texans' Christmas clash with the Baltimore Ravens.

The iconic singer gifted us the perfect Christmas-Cowboy mash-up in her hometown of Houston, performing tracks from her latest album, "Cowboy Carter" -- which all streamed live on Netflix.

As you can see, Bey was in full-energy high gear, delivering tunes like "16 Carriages," "Spaghetti," "Jolene," and "Texas Hold 'Em" ... with special cameos from the likes of Shaboozey and Post Malone.

Drake is not letting a crappy 2024 get him down, because he's fully in the XMAS spirit posing in a massive faux fur coat.

Looks like Drizzy's in Toronto, judging by the snow. He was quick to flex, posting, "Used to look up to some people then I hit a growth spurt…$$$🎁"

It's unclear if he's telegraphing a message to his detractors, in the wake of Kendrick's "Not Like Us" that caused a tidal wave of criticism claiming Drake was a sellout. The $$$ ref is undeniable -- Drake has killed it in that department.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's daughter, Stormi lent a helping hand alongside her father over the weekend at a local Houston toy drive organized by Travis' foundation.

TS and Stormi were on hand at the Winter Wonderland Park toy and food drive in the rapper’s hometown where hundreds of families stopped by. All eyes were on Stormi who sported a festive red Santa hat, and a cozy coat.

During a brief break from giving out presents, Travis was seen capturing a sweet moment on his iPhone of his daughter posing for the camera.

Struggling to come up with food ideas for Beyoncé's Christmas Day halftime show? Fear not ... celeb chef Andrew Zimmern is offering up some snack hacks to help you crush it at the Dec. 25 party!!

The host of "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" tells TMZ Sports ... the real key is variety.

According Zimmern, there will be two types of people at Yoncé's concert -- ones who will be glued to the TV ... and the others who will enjoy the audio while making their way to the food table.

The Baltimore Ravens better hope they don't need to make many offensive halftime adjustments on Wednesday -- 'cause Lamar Jackson says he's skipping the intermission locker room talk for Beyoncé.

The quarterback -- who many feel is currently the frontrunner for the NFL's MVP award -- let his team and fans know on Monday he'll be on the sidelines for Yoncé's Christmas Day concert at NRG Stadium in Houston.

It's, of course, extremely rare for players to opt out of halftime meetings in favor of shows -- the last guy who did it, Bengals kicker Evan McPherson at Super Bowl LVI, received a ton of backlash.

Halle Bailey and her ex, DDG, got together to celebrate their son Halo's first trip around the sun ... and the celeb parents went all out for his birthday bash.

The "Little Mermaid" singer shared photos and videos from Sunday's birthday party on her social media ... smiling and holding Halo.

The party had a "Cocomelon" theme ... there was a ball pit, a couple slides, and a ton of balloons ... plus a cool Cocomelon cake for Halo.

Glen "Big Baby" Davis is being sued by a woman who claims the ex-NBA star screwed up her business deal with Chris Brown, TMZ Sports has learned.

According to court documents we obtained, the lawsuit was filed on Friday in Los Angeles by a pharmaceutical scientist, Dr. Lyndsey White, who says after she initially got involved in a barbeque sauce venture with Davis -- and things went south in a hurry.

In her suit, White claims she and Davis agreed in April 2021 to create "Big Baby Q" BBQ sauce ... and then, a short time later, she says she gave Davis a $30,000 loan to get into a weed business together as well.

Dwight Howard is off the market ... because he's engaged to rapper Amy Luciani.

The pair went public with their relationship Friday and it looks like they've been together for a while ... because they're already engaged.

Amy posted video showing their sparkling, diamond engagement rings on social media ... and the footage shows Dwight admiring Amy's bling as they party in a nightclub.

Mozzy and Kalan.Frfr are all about female empowerment on their brand new "Lucky Her" joint album but instead of promoting themselves on Friday, they dedicated their day to giving back to the women in the SoCal community!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the West Coast MCs at the Women of Watts and Beyond shelter this afternoon ... they donated clothes, Christmas presents, gifts and money to the cause.

Mozzy and Kalan tell us taking care of those who take care of everyone else is a void they're looking to fill.