Bubba Sparxxx is now officially a member of a group with a dubious distinction: emcees who are in tax debt.
Like Bow Wow, Nas, Mase, Lil’ Kim, and many others before him, Bubba owes back taxes.
TMZ.com reports that Timbaland’s former artist owes $29,266.88 in back taxes from 2006. Originally, the amount was only $15,000, but interest and fees have accrued, doubling what the rapper owed.
The State of Georgia is now reportedly garnishing the rapper’s wages through BMI, taking $3,622.45 since March of this year thus far. BMI is responsible for sending out royalties to artists, and the amount garnished was all the money Bubba was owed during that period.
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Sparxxx’s camp has yet to comment on the matter.
[June 24]
UPDATE: While Bubba Sparxxx owes $30,000 in back taxes to Georgia, the former Beat Club rapper actually owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Federal Government.
“I was having a good time and just wasn’t attentive to a lot of issues,” he told TMZ. My main issue was Mr. Tax Man, which I neglected because of doing things I had no business doing.
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“This past year I have now changed all of that. I have stopped partying and hanging out … I got a tax lawyer and a business accountant to get my tax situation handled,” he continued. “I plan on paying my debt with my new album.”
