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Rapper Doug E. Fresh Owes Uncle Sam Big Time

By Ruth Manuel-Logan on Dec 8th 2010 11:22AM
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Rapper Doug E. Fresh Owes Uncle Sam Big Time


Legendary hip-hop "human beat box" Doug E. Fresh is rapping the blues this holiday to the tune of $2.27 million in back taxes that he owes the feds.


Fresh, whose real name is Douglas E. Davis, has been down debtor's row before in the not-too-distant past when, back in 2008, he was hit with three foreclosure actions by banks that were looking to collect $3.5 million in unpaid mortgages from three New York City properties that he owned.

The record producer and iconic pioneer of beat boxing now faces yet another New York City tax lien, which was filed on Oct. 20 with the New York City Register's Office.

As the former front man for the '80s group The Get Fresh Crew, Fresh's extraordinary talent for imitating drums and using other unique sound effects with just his mouth and microphone shot him to stardom when he performed his beat box talents throughout the duration of the record 'La-Di-Da-Di,' while Slick Rick rapped.

Fresh remains renowned with contemporary artists. The devout Scientologist also recently opened Doug E.'s, a chicken and waffles fast-food restaurant in Harlem after a three-year delay.



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