taxes

Lil Kim's had her fair share on legal issues and money problems in the past, just last year she was entangled in a lawsuit with her lawyer as well as her former business partner, but the latest legal entanglement is with the IRS.

Busta Rhymes can now add himself to the long list of rappers who get hit up by the IRS for tax evasion. Bussa Bus apparently owes just under $1 million to Uncle Sam, as the ever reliable TMZ reports.

MC Hammer's tax problems continue, even eighteen years after he famously filed for bankruptcy and lost all his master recordings in the process. We reported last December that the rapper owed almost $800,000 in taxes to the IRS, but apparently they're demanding even more, now asking Hammer for $1.4 million.

Remember when Tyga spent over $120,000 pimping out his Last Kings flagship store in LA? Apparently, it would be better served in the hands of the IRS.

While we're quite sure Lil Wayne is not having financial troubles (he's worth an approximate $135 million at this point), he's nonetheless neglected to pay his taxes for 2011 and 2012, resulting in quite the tax lien.

It might well be a good thing that the rapper, Eve, is engaged to the billionaire, Maximillion Cooper (whose name resembles that of a cartoon billionaire).

Another rapper, another tax lien. Master P is the latest emcee to be hit by the IRS with with a massive tax bill. Master P's unpaid taxes date way back to 1999 and 2000. TMZ reports that the California native didn't pay his taxes during those two years, and owes the IRS a sum $237,027.41.

According to the unquestionable TMZ, it seems Stanley Kirk Burrell, aka M.C. Hammer, is being sued by the federal government for $798,033.48 in unpaid taxes. 

Fat Joe was recently sentenced to four months in prison for tax evasion. Joe had plead guilty to the charge, after failing to pay his taxes from the years 2007-2008 on an estimated near three million.

Fat Joe pled guilty to charges of tax evasion back in December, although the rapper is among good company. Most recently we reported on Mary J. Blige's tax problems, plus there was Lauryn Hill's highly publicized case.

Mary J. Blige may find herself in the same boat as Lauryn Hill if she doesn't start paying off taxes real soon. The singer already owes an amount of $900,000 to the state of New Jersey, but now she's been hit with a whopping $3.4 million tax lien from the IRS.

Wyclef Jean recently got back in to the music, releasing his free project April Showers. He's not stopping there though, as that was just a warm-up for his upcoming album.

As reported by the unquestionable TMZ, Snoop Dogg has apparently paid off an outstanding tax bill of exactly $546,270.29.  The IRS hit Snoop with the lien in February, claiming he owed back taxes from 2009 and 2011. That's all for now, folks. Enjoy your Sunday. 

Lauryn Hill's sentencing on tax evasion charges is tomorrow, but the singer has reportedly paid off her $900,000 tax debt today, just in time. Lauryn Hill was ordered two weeks ago to pay off her outstanding debt, and soon after, it was revealed she had signed a new deal with Sony.

Lauryn Hill is still trying to explain the cause of all her tax troubles. Lauryn Hill plead guilty to charges of tax evasion last year, after earning more than $1.8 million for the years of 2005, 2006 and 2007 and neglecting to pay her taxes. Now that the singer's sentencing date is approaching

Ja Rule has been serving time in jail since his 2011 charge of possession of an illegal firearm, however, now the rapper is on the verge of freedom.