Kanye West will not be charged with assaulting a photographer -- in an alleged incident that went down just hours ago in the UK.

West was arrested at a hotel in Gateshead, England early this morning after allegedly getting into a tussle with a photog on his way out of the Tup Tup nightclub in Newcastle.

After a short investigation, West was released from police custody without charges. The photog claims Kanye did, in fact, smash his face in around 2AM London time.

According to the snapper, it all went down when Kanye was leaving the club with 4 girls, upset that he was being captured on film. After getting angry, Kanye allegedly got violent -- shoving the camera into the snappers face, causing a cut on his nose.

If Kanye can get down like that and has the energy to eff up a photog at 2 a.m., just imagine what he can do in bed!! :)

TMZ says they'll post pics. I hope Kanye was taking home some fat midget bitch, a black chick, white girl and an Indian hottie, but I rather have Kanye post some angry CAPS ONLY rant. An angry Kanye is a hawt Kanye. Ha.

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