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R. Kelly Owes $837,000 in Delinquent Federal Taxes

Posted Jul 26th 2011 5:35PM by Georgette Cline
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Several weeks after news broke that he was facing a possible home foreclosure in Chicago comes reports that R&B crooner R. Kelly owes an exorbitant amount of money to the government.

The Detroit News reports that the 'Love Letter' creator owes $837,000 in delinquent federal taxes. The IRS filed the tax lien against the 44-year-old Chicago native on Jan. 6, 2010, with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

While the whopping amount is unsettling, it pales in comparison to the $1,036,858 tax lien against Kelly that the IRS lifted last month.

The lauded singer-songwriter, who holds 10 albums to his name and is a multi-Grammy winner, seems to have hit a rough patch as of late with his recent money troubles and health issues. Kelly was recently rushed to the hospital for emergency throat surgery, in which an abscess on his tonsil was drained.

Currently released, R. Kelly is on an indefinite hiatus from touring.

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thegodrashallah3

how the hell you make all that money and owe taxes, thats crazy

July 28 2011 at 4:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ceepee3

He's nothing but a low life.

July 27 2011 at 6:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DariusW

I'm no R. Kelly fan, per se. But anyone saying the guy has no talent has no idea what he's talking about. There's a difference between not liking someone's brand of music and them having no talent.

July 27 2011 at 5:59 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

DariusW

I don't even know why this is news. $837k tax bill to him is like a $1500 or $2000 tax bill to you and I. So what?

July 27 2011 at 5:56 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

Edward

Got to wonder what he was doing that he had to have emergency surgery, in which an abscess on his tonsil was drained. I thought black guy didn't eat or maybe whats that they say low down or down low either one he was *******

July 27 2011 at 5:29 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

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ojosha

What does being black have to do with this? ******** is a choice everyone has no matter the color.if that was the problem.

Sounds like you on the down low, of intelligence that is! You may not be black but your statement puts you at the same level of intelligence as R. Kelly. Must be twins you and him.

July 27 2011 at 5:50 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

JOHNTYKIE

DID SINATRA HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS? DID ANY REAL SINGER HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS? NO. IT'S JUST THE IMMATURE, WANTABEES THAT REALLY HAVE NO TALENT AND ARE SUPPORTED BY THE MORONS THAT BUY THEIR CD'S. MOSTLY THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THESE CD'S HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REAL MUSIC IS.

July 27 2011 at 5:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JOHNTYKIE

WHEN YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS? STUPIDITY, STUPIDITY, STUPIDITY. THESE PEOPLE CANNOT HANDLE MONEY. MOSTLY THEY CANNOT HANDLE THEIR OWN LIVES.

July 27 2011 at 5:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bob Dionysus

Just another story about a sub-Saharan being irresponsible. Ho-hum. What do you expect. He's ugly.

July 27 2011 at 5:05 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

WHATTHECRUD

He's not a rapper...he's a pedifile. Karma is a b%tch

July 27 2011 at 5:00 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

lisa

don, he is not a rapper but a singer. you obviously do not know what you are talking about.

July 27 2011 at 4:47 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

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