The U.S. government isn”t letting MC Hammer off the hook for the $779,585 it claims the rapper owes in back taxes — and has now filed a lawsuit against the rapper and his wife … to recoup its losses.
According to the docs, obtained by , the back taxes are from Hammer”s most financially troubled years — 1996 and 1997 — and Uncle Sam wants the money back stat, demanding any concert earnings Hammer makes be automatically redirected into the government”s pocket.
Hammer — real name Stanley Burrell — filed for bankruptcy in 1996, after burying himself in $13 million of debt.
Calls to Hammer”s reps weren”t returned.
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