Floyd Mayweather on Forbes' List - I suppose To Be Number One And Number Four

Floyd Mayweather isn't ALL smiles over his top rank on Forbes' highest paid athletes list this year ... telling TMZ Sports he shoulda been technically No. 1 AND No. 4!!

"Conor's at No. 4 because of me," Floyd said of the UFC superstar he boxed back in August.

"I'm No. 1, and the guy that's No. 4 is because of me."

The shade over the Irish fighter didn't stop there -- especially when we asked if he thinks Conor can ever get to his No. 1 spot.

"Absolutely not. Conor McGregor can never get to No. 1 without Floyd Mayweather."

For the record ... Forbes credited Floyd with making $285 mil the last 12 months, and Conor with $99 mil. Their respective purses from their monster summer fight were estimated to be around $200 mil and $70 mil ... so Floyd might have a point.

As for what he did to celebrate being top dog ... Floyd wouldn't say -- though he WAS eager to show our camera guy some of his insanely expensive whips.

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Floyd Mayweather - No MMA For Now

Bad news for Conor McGregor ... Floyd Mayweather's changed his mind about an MMA fight -- telling TMZ Sports he's way too busy to take a fight in the Octagon any time soon. 

"I'm not thinking about fighting right now," Floyd told us while shopping with his crew in Beverly Hills. 

Remember, Floyd was flirting with the idea of taking an MMA fight in 2018 -- with his eyes on McGregor -- and even reached out to UFC champ Tyron Woodley to set up a training program. 

But Floyd says life has gotten in the way ... and he's been spending way too much time focusing on his family and growing his real estate business. 

In fact, Floyd says he's a MAJOR investor in One Vanderbilt -- which he says will be the tallest skyscraper in New York.  

Floyd says he's got more than $100,000,000 invested in NYC real estate projects -- and that's more important to him right now than learning a new combat sport. 

The good news ... Floyd isn't completely closing the door on MMA, and insists he's keeping himself in shape just in case.

Stay tuned ...

Kim Kardashian Admits She Cried Over Kanye West's 'Slavery' Comments!

Sticking by your husband isn't always easy…

In Kanye West's new song Wouldn't Leave off his new album Ye, the musician reveals how wife Kim Kardashian reacted to his comments about "slavery" being "a choice."

He raps:

"My wife callin', screamin', say, 'We ’bout to lose it all!' / Had to calm her down ’cause she couldn't breathe / Told her she could leave me now, but she wouldn't leave."'

On Monday at the 2018 CFDA Awards, the KUWTK star told ET Online that she, in fact, cried and fought with him over his controversial words.

The reality TV personality confessed:

"Did I cry about it? Did I fight about it? Yeah… That's not stuff we put on social media — I'm not going to start tweeting what my thoughts are, but we have those moments and that was the one song that he didn't really play for me until the last minute, so I heard that last minute and it meant a lot to me… I really like that song… But yeah, we have different views sometimes, but that's my husband, you know?"

Although she heard that song at the last minute, Kardashian was present for most of the recording sessions.

"I was in the room for making all of the songs and hearing things and it's a really fascinating process, especially since he scrapped his whole album and redid it in the last two weeks and just came up with all new songs… I left to go home for, like, two days and then I come back and it was a whole new album. It's fascinating to see the process."

As we reported, a day after the album dropped, songs from the LP dominated the Apple Music and Spotify charts.

"I'm so happy that it's been well-received because I've seen him go through a lot and he's just the most genuine person… He might say things that might get misinterpreted and people don't see the context behind it, but I always know his heart, so I'm glad that it was really well-received."

Overall, Kim credits Kanye for helping her find her voice as a woman.

"He is so confident… He would always build up my confidence to be who I want to be, and so I'll voice my opinion when I think there's something that is maybe done wrong — or even if the messaging is right [and] the communication isn't quite there to figure that out."

She added:

"But I always believe and trust in him that he will always eventually explain himself because I know it's hard… I know what he really means when he says something and I know people will too at some point."

Despite the drama, these two truly love each other!

Islamic group, MURIC, gives Falz seven days to withdraw ‘This is Nigeria’ video

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked singer, Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, to withdraw his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and apologise to Nigerians, or face legal action.

The group said this in a statement signed by its director, Ishaq Akintola, and made available to PREMIUM TIMES.

In the recently released video, some girls dressed in hijab were seen dancing the “shaku shaku” dance.

Responding to criticisms that trailed the video, Falz explained that the girls were a representation of the abducted Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity. .

But MURIC, said the dancers in the video in no way depict the situation of the girls. .

The group also condemned “a character that dressed like a Fulani man, who suddenly abandoned his traditional guitar and beheaded a man” featured in the video.

Describing the video as “thoughtless, insensitive and highly provocative,” MURIC said it could brew religious and ethnic crisis. It also said the video is spiteful and intended to denigrate Islam and Muslims.

“MURIC rejects Falz’ explanation that the girls in hijab in his ‘Shaku Shaku’ dance symbolise the Chibok girls because nothing in the video indicates that the girls represent the Chibok girls,” the statement read. .

“At least none of the Chibok girls have been seen dancing like a drunkard. They are always in pensive mood. Do they have any cause to be dancing? Are they happy? .

“The video manifests ethnic bias against Fulanis while it ignored the criminal activities of ethnic militia of the Middle Belt who have also massacred Fulanis and rustled their cattle in their thousands.

“It is a hate video. This video has the potential of causing religious crisis of unprecedented dimension. It is an assault on the self-dignity of every Muslim. It is freedom of expression gone haywire.

“We therefore demand its withdrawal and an apology to Nigerian Muslims within seven days or the authors and their agents will face legal action if they fail to comply.”
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The group called on security agencies and the National Film And Video Censors Board to clamp down on the video.
The group also said, ‘We therefore give notice of impending legal action against the artist behind the ‘Shaku Shaku’ video unless the latter is withdrawn and an apology is widely published within seven days.”

PREMIUM TIMES reached out to Femi Soro, a member of Falz’s management team on Tuesday, for his reaction to the threat.

“We have nothing to say. We are not withdrawing the video neither are we commenting on their claims. If they have any grievance they can head to court and we will meet them,” he said.

Source: Premium Times

KANYE WEST 'YE' HITS OVER 100 MIL TOTAL STREAMS ... In Just 3 Days

Kanye West's album, "Ye," is already crushing numbers ... and it's only been available for a few days.

Numbers for the 7-song project are astounding -- Kanye's filled the top 7 song spots on both Spotify and Apple Music -- and the album's already accumulated over 100 million streams total.

To add to those stats ...

-- #1 iTunes Album in 63 countries.

-- #1 Spotify global peak position.

-- #1 Apple Music album in 83 countries.

West debuted the album to a few hundred people at a ranch in Wyoming ... complete with open bar, tons of celebs, campfires and horses.

OPRAH BUYS HUGE ISLAND ESTATE In the Great Northwest

Oprah Winfrey is now a Pacific Northwest land owner, but you'll have to take a ferry to find her new crib ... and she dropped major coin to keep it that way.

O just bought a sprawling 43-acre estate on Orcas Island tucked away in an inlet, north of Seattle. The property she purchased is known as Madroneagle, and she spent $8.275 million to have it all to herself.

The estate comes with a main house, a guest house, a gazebo with glass walls, a barn and workshop, a sauna and a craft shed. The main house is 3 stories with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The guest house is also a 4 bed, 3 bath, but significantly smaller in square footage.

Sources close to the deal tell us Oprah never set foot on the island to see the new pad in person. She clearly read enough to pull the trigger, though. We don't know if she's planning to actually live there part-time, but it looks like she should!

Fun fact: The island is known as a hot spot for whale watching. It's in the name, after all.