Most people do their jobs, go home, and at some point during the year—pay their taxes. The IRS has been known to make examples out of celebrities in order to get the public to know that nobody is above paying taxes back to the federal government. That’s why most people working in the sports and entertainment businesses make sure that their taxes are getting paid. According to 50 Cent, Young Buck isn’t one of the celebrities that’s always paid his taxes.
Check out what 50 had to say about Buck’s early career via HipHopDX
“I had met him before with Juve on the bus and everything. And I told him I liked his music. But I didn’t go further cause I felt like it’d be disrespectful to Juve. But later when I caught up with him and he was under different circumstances. Juve left him in L.A. and he had to—They had all kind of things going on because he was trying to—Juve was getting away from Baby and them by getting down with Suge. And it was just uncomfortable at one point. He had some contracts put in front of him. Instead of signing the contracts he just broke out in the middle of the night. Now when I spoke to him I’m like ‘Yo, take this. I’mma work with you and learn it.’ The next time he got a phone call he was getting paid. He never—In all the other situations with Cash Money days, with Juve. He was grinding and around it and working, doing little things. But he wasn’t actually being paid for it…He genuinely didn’t know that he had to pay the taxes.” – 50 Cent
A word from the IRS: “Pay your taxes or it’s your asses!”
