Too Short was dealt a tremendous loss last week … the rap legend’s brother was found murdered in their Oakland hometown — but he’s slowly getting back in the saddle!!!

TMZ Hip Hop chopped up with Too Short in West Hollywood Wednesday night, and while things are understandably heavy for him right now, he’s got to keep pushing.

He says his emotions are too raw to convey what he’s feeling properly but he felt he could bank on a bit of socialization to perk him up, so he stepped out to popular hotspot The Abbey with friends.

Short Dog’s brother Wayne was gunned down on January 29 during a botched robbery in his marijuana grow house.

Taylor Swift feels she was used by Blake Lively in her war with Justin Baldoni, and she resents Blake calling her one of her “dragons” and leveraging her name.

As we reported, there was a critical meeting at Blake and Ryan Reynolds‘ NYC penthouse with Justin to discuss a scene that Blake had rewritten for “It Ends with Us.” Justin has said the meeting got super heated, and he felt ambushed because Ryan and Taylor showed up.

But a well-connected source close to Taylor tells TMZ … Taylor came to Blake’s apartment at the time Blake told her to, not knowing anyone else would be there. In other words, Taylor had no idea there was a meeting going on with Justin.

The source goes on to say … Justin was about to leave after the 2-hour meeting as Taylor walked in, and she was introduced to him for the first and only time. We’re told all Taylor said to Justin was how excited she was to see the movie because he was her friend’s boss.

Our source says Taylor believes Blake timed her meeting with Justin so Taylor would arrive before he left and is baffled by Blake later characterizing her as her “dragon.” The source adds, “It’s weird to say that about a friend.”

Remember, Blake texted Justin after the meeting … referring to herself as Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones,” and Taylor and Ryan as her protective “dragons.”

And there’s more … the source says, “Taylor is also learning Blake has been inappropriately leveraging her name for a long time, like telling a young actress that Taylor ‘cast her,’ which simply did not happen.

TMZ dropped a new podcast Wednesday, “Two Angry Men,” in which Harvey asked Justin’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, about subpoenaing Taylor for a deposition. It’s easy to read between the lines, but one thing is clear … Taylor feels used.

Here’s something Jesus would not do … a man attacked a priest in the middle of a prayer, running out from a pew to tackle the reverend … and it’s all on video.

The unholy incident went down Tuesday during a service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane, WA … and footage shows the moment a priest was tackled to the ground.

Ya gotta see the video … Rev. David Gaines is kneeling in prayer with other priests when a man rises from his pew and runs towards the altar … scaling a few steps and clumsily wrestling Gaines to the ground.

Chaos ensues as other priests pull the attacker away … and when the dust settles, cops arrest the guy they believe is responsible for the attack.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, cops say the attacker here is a 40-year-old homeless man named Joshua Summer … and he’s been charged with fourth-degree assault.

Unclear what provoked the attack … but Rev. Darrin Connall told KHQ in Spokane the man was quietly sitting in his pew for about 45 minutes before going on the offensive.