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.
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.
