MC Hammer’s request to reverse the ruling that he owes nearly $800,000 in back taxes has been denied, according to Bossip.
MC Hammer was sued by the federal government in 2012 over unpaid taxes from 1996 and 1997. The rapper lost the case and was ordered to pay the money, plus legal fees. He appealed, saying that he accounted for the money in his 1996 bankruptcy filing.
After a long back-and-forth, the court ruled on Thursday (December 17), that the government was owed the $800,000.
(This article was first published on December 8, 2013 and is as follows.)
MC Hammer allegedly owes the federal government nearly $800,000 in back taxes.
TMZ reports that the feds have sued Hammer and his wife, alleging that they failed to pay $798,033.48 in taxes in 1996 and 1997.
This isn’t the rapper’s first sign of legal trouble, as Hammer originally filed for bankruptcy in 1996 after accruing $13 million in debt. His well-publicized financial troubles culminated in the sale of his mansion for a significantly reduced price. He admitted using most of his $20 million fortune in 1997. Hammer also faced obstruction charges in California earlier this year, but they were dropped.
Hammer also made headlines in 2010 when he took offense a Jay Z lyric from Kanye West’s “So Appalled,” resulting in a diss track from Hammer.
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it will be funny when people like lil wayne end up broke
I totally agree
he should sue rick ross for a few milli for using his name as a song
He should thank Ross for shedding some light on his has been name.
Yes, kids. It’s that time again, the time when every internet user gives advice to a once bankrupt & fiscally irresponsible rapper. And, GO!
i agree
hahahaha so true!
Hammer went broke so you know I’m on focus.
how can they say he owes them back taxes if he went bankrupt?
that is nothing for my man Lil Tunechi. he got swag and money. fuck deze old ass pop rapper. swag
Wrong.
Uh oh… Uh oh uh uh uh oh….uh oh.
until I looked at the bank draft saying $5501, I didn’t believe that…my… brothers friend was like they say really earning money part-time from there computar.. there friends cousin haz done this 4 only 10 months and resently cleared the depts on there cottage and bought a great Buick. try here… http://www.Fb39.Com
How is Yeezus not nominated for album of the year but Macklemore’s is? These awards are so trash its honestly sad that they are considered to be so prestigious among popular culture.
MC Hammer was an unfortunate victim of theft. They stole his money and he struggled. He was hiphop god until he went bankrupt. At least Wayne is financially secure.
Lol at you thinking Lil Wayne financially secure. Birdman doesn’t even pay his artists and probably bird feeding Weezy chump change. Get cha head outta ass and back into reality.
Yo dentaldam your dumbass forgot to put in your screen name.
The irony of this comment two years ago lmaoo
So, basically he made roughly $2.5 million between those years. It must have been that Death Row record advance.
I will sck dick for a dolla holla
ew!
MESSAGE!
Hammer blew all his money on bullshit, I don’t feel any sympathy for him.
Hammer didn’t blow his money on dumb stuff… He emplyoeed the hood and took them on the road with him for years…
which is pretty fucking dumb in hindsight!
The 40,000 sq ft house had Italian marble floors, a bowling alley, recording studio, 33-seat theater, 2 swimming pools, tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and a 17 car garage.
Not dumb at all, huh?
Don’t forget he bought all those helicopters for the LAPD…that was really fucking stupid
im sure he still making them cant touch this royalty checks in some back water countries.
Don’t need yo muthafukin sympathy bitch he still live better than you ya crab
Now back to being the water boy for the Warriors. I hope these kids learn that cooning for white folks will only take you so far.
Fuck him so many people who didnt even have half the cash this cock sucker had led alone 800k in taxes you know what i could do with 800k in taxes? I could turn it into millions but instead im stuck fighting day to day like everyone else own a business and shit now but now i owe $50,000 in taxes i gotta pay in by next april wish someone would just make that disapear so i can grown my business spend it on myself or maybe buy a few horses and a stable like hammer huh? Not to mention if he has 800k in taxes he made almost $3,000,000 to accumulate that much in taxes so why the fuck couldnt he have have paid his taxes like a law abiding citizen who has to follow the rules and walk away with his 2.2 fucking million dolllars fuck ive been working for a decade now and i bet ive only earned 800,000 in a decade and that was hard earned fucking money i promise ya that hard ass construction and labor work and he couldve walked away with almost triple what i earned in 10 years fuck this worthless piece of shit he should be drowned in his horses shit and buried in his debt
Its called coonin bruh bruh.