After recently paying off a $1.13 Million tax debt, rapper Lil’ Wayne faces uncle Sam again; this time for $5.6 million against his Miami mansion. “The IRS filed the enormous tax lien against him Monday in Miami. Seems Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, can’t shake the tax man. In December, he paid off a […]
After prison bids, owing taxes is slowly becoming the new rite of passage of rappers. Beef between rappers is beginning to pale in comparison to their battles with Uncle Sam. MC Hammer got the ball rolling with his $30 Million bill to the IRS (that later led to a one-sided beef with Jay-Z) and now […]
Nas reportedly owes the IRS over 6 million dollars in tax debt, with at least 3 tax liens filed against him from Georgia to New York. According to Yo Raps, “the trouble started in October of 2009 in New York. The IRS filed a $2,584,236 lien against [him] behind owed taxes, listing the address of […]
Unfortunately for Kelly Rowland, compliments from Kanye West don’t pay the taxman.
Young Buck is breathing a sigh of relief after the IRS canceled an auction of his possessions that were seized during a raid on his home earlier this year.
Legendary R&B songstress Anita Baker is being sued for an unpaid debt by her house painters. According to published reports, Ray A. Smith Painting and Decorating claims that Ms. Baker owes them $15,000 for work done in her Grosse Pointe, Michigan home. In court documents filed in a Wayne County Circuit Court, the lawsuit states that […]
Oprah Winfrey is making sure that the 300 audience members involved in her upcoming Australia trip won’t get saddled with the gift taxes that blindsided recipients of her big car giveaway in 2004.
TMZ is reporting that actor Chris Tucker owes more that $11 million in federal back taxes.
Katt Williams is having even more financial problems, it seems.
Add Steve Harvey’s name to the list of celebrities latest celebrity hit with a tax lien. According to the Detroit News, one of Steve’s companies owes more than $2.1 million in federal taxes.
Toni Braxton’s financial woes continue to mount after the R&B singer allegedly fell behind with tax payments, according to a new report.
Eve is the latest artist to run into tax troubles, as the rapper/actresses tax bill recently landed online. According to The Detroit News, Eve owes over $357,000 to the IRS in deliquent state and federal taxes. The IRS in Los Angeles filed two liens against her in January 2008, one for $242,245 and another for $56,597. In January of 2009, the Los Angeles IRS filed two more liens against Eve, one for $29,439 and other for $29,059. In January of 2010, Eve placed her four bedroom, five bathroom Los Angeles mansion up for sale for $2,295,000. In February, it was revealed that Eve was a part of the federal government’s investigation into her ex-boyfriend, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. Obiang is accused of setting up a number of front companies, including one in honor of Eve named Sweet Pink Inc. He then allegedly laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in corrupt funds that were reportedly illegally diverted from Equatiorial Guinea’s gas and oil reserves.
