Rick Ross is facing some heat from the State of Georgia over an alleged unpaid tax bill.
In Touch reports court documents obtained by the outlet reveal the Georgia Department of Revenue claims Ross owes $64,995.21 in back taxes from 2021. The original amount was $29,043, but interest, penalties, and fees ballooned the total.
Ross has yet to resolve the matter and the state has filed a tax lien listing a Florida address tied to the rapper. The property listed is the one Ross purchased from ex-NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire for $3.5 million in 2021—and he also owns property in Georgia. The timing of the exclusive report reaching the light of day is somewhat messy, considering they follow Rozay’s recent performance at the Crypto Ball in honor of President Trump’s inauguration.
Rick Ross & Snoop Dogg performing at Donald Trump’s crypto ball event in DC pic.twitter.com/oViEMHyKME
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Though the amount Ross was paid for his performance has yet to be disclosed, it’s being speculated that performers including Snoop Dogg and Soulja Boy were paid handsomely. Tickets to the event were reportedly $2,500 for general admission and reached upwards of $100,000 for VIP packages.
Trick Daddy also recently claimed that Nelly made $1.5 million for his performance during the inauguration. Not to mention that the Trump family generated billions of dollars over the weekend following the crypto ball as both the $Trump and newly introduced $Melania meme coins surged to billions in market value.
This apparently isn’t the first time Ross has faced tax issues over properties that he owns. The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a tax lien on the rapper’s property that was first issued in 2012 and 2016. To avoid asset seizure, Ross paid $4,617,370.86 to the IRS. The debt was discharged in 2018. This isn’t the only legal issue Ross has been dealing with lately. He’s also battling a lawsuit from Darris Straughter, a paraplegic man who claims Ross’s 2024 Car & Bike Show in Florida wasn’t wheelchair accessible—despite promises that it would be.
The irony of it all, though, is that Ross recently criticized Trump after droves of people expressed their belief that the country collectively made more money during his presidency compared to Joe Biden’s term.
“I just don’t want nobody to be delusional,” Ross said in his critical remark. “You can’t be a delusional [expletive]. Did he [Donald Trump] have you eating, or was it a nationwide, worldwide pandemic and you [expletive] stole the money?”