Daymond John is mourning the loss of his childhood friend Irv Gotti, like countless others in the music industry — and believes his late friend would have had a hearty LOL at 50 Cent‘s “tribute.”

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the legendary Shark as he pumped himself with stem cell therapy at a research center in Costa Rica — the type of treatment he wishes Irv would’ve adopted.

Dozens of celebrities sent their condolences in the wake of Irv’s death — including 50 Cent in a half-tribute, half-backhanded fashion … “smoking on Irv pack” with a “God Bless ’em” that felt somewhat sincere.

Despite Irv and 50’s complicated history, Daymond believes Irv would have gotten a kick out of 50’s post … something The Breakfast Club’s DJ Envy can understand.

Daymond admits their Queens neighborhoods were rough growing up, but bred tough skin … not to mention how Irv and his record label infamously beat a federal money-laundering case!!!

Irv’s official cause of death hasn’t been revealed but Daymond tells us Irv confirmed he suffered a stroke during their final call last month … and the Murder Inc. exec was missing the vigor he’s known him to have throughout their lifelong friendship.

DayJ recalls, Irv and music video pioneer Hype Williams all got their start sitting on the sidelines of the artist side of the music industry … but went on to make their mark in pop culture.

The good memories include hanging out on Kanye West‘s “Gold Digger” video shoot with Jamie Foxx, Pharrell … and the time Irv told a then-unknown Pitbull to ditch the “keep it real” approach to his music.

And wouldn’t you know it, Mr. Worldwide went on to become a Diamond-selling artist!!!

Irv was only 54.

David Dobrik has officially entered his thirst trap era … and while his friends are there to cheer him on, they’re not above begging for a job in the process.

Dobrik — the YouTuber who went through a dramatic body transformation over the last year — is collaborating again with Hugo Boss, showing off his new chiseled body in the new Boss One boxer briefs. And while Dobrik’s body is nice to look at, it’s the comments on the post giving fans a good laugh.

One from cohost Jason Nash continues an ongoing plea to bring back video versions of their podcast “Views,” which hasn’t posted a new video in over two years. Fans of the Vlog Squad know this is something Nash has been wanting for a while, ever since he made the move to doing TikTok Lives on the regular.

Dobrik’s friend, model and TV personality Harry Jowsey, chimed in … “Alright brother relax, you’re stealing my brand.” But don’t worry Harry, we could never forget your bod!

Harry then posted more joking comments with the words seen on a lot of viral thirst traps across the Internet — we can’t repeat the entire NSFW text, but it starts with “no lube, no protection …”

OnlyFans model and long time admirer of Dobrik, Corinna Kopf also commented, simply stating, “I audibly gasped!”

The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni beef is going big time … getting roasted during the opening monologue at the Critics Choice Awards.

Chelsea Handler is hosting tonight’s award show at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and she poked fun of the “It Ends With Us” costars and their legal war.

The comedian started by thanking Blake and Justin for providing a distraction for lots of folks who have had a tough start to their year.