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Lil? Kim is one of hip-hop?s all-time biggest selling female artists but over the past few years, she’s been facing severe financial difficulties.
Over the last decade, Kim (real name Kimberly Jones) has racked up millions of dollars in debt, including back taxes.
Kim was on the verge of losing her 6,000 square-foot gated mansion, but just days before foreclosing procedures commenced, the legendary rapstress filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Sometimes you feel like a billionaire, sometimes you don’t.
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A High senior named Mohammed Islam is finding out the hard way how a small fib can turn into a media sensation in just a few hours.
Islam, who reportedly made a fortune investing in the stock market, is now coming clean about the exact figure.
The New York Post’s headline read: ?High school student scores $72M playing the stock market,? but now it’s been revealed that the true number is closer to ZERO!
“The attention is not what we expected ? we never wanted the hype. This was about friends trying to make something exciting together, ” Mr. Islam said in an exclusive CNBC interview.
In other words, ‘our lie got outta hand’! Details below… Continue Reading…
What could be worse than making money? Well rapper Yung Joc of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta sat down for an exclusive interview with VladTV recently where he explained how making the Forbes list, a feat most would consider an honor, was actually the worst thing that ever happened to him at the time.
Joc ranked #20 on Forbes Magazine’s ‘Richest Rappers’ list back in 2006 when he was at the height of his fame. He was signed back then to Sean Comb’s ‘Bad Boy’ Records and reported earned over $10 million dollars at that time.
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Joc reveals how having his income published in Forbes Magazine brought out the worst in those around him.? Friends sought to borrow money upon hearing of his wealth, and would either ask for more or attempt to make him feel guilty for not offering more when he lent them the cash.
The ‘It’s Going Down’ rapper also revealed that when the Forbes list dropped, even his family started to treat him differently.
You had people who may have come to me and asked to borrow $1,000. And where I was able to give them $1,000. After that sh*t came out n****s was hitting me like ?Damn, my n****a, I asked you for a stack. You could have gave me 10,?
People was looking at it like ?Damn, you been short-changing me all this time. Damn, my n****a, you asking for deals and sh*t. You asking for me to show you some love and give you the hookup. And you made 10 million?? It made people really upset with me, dog. I never seen no sh*t like this in my life.
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How bad is YOUR credit report? Is it bad enough to file a lawsuit?
Well one woman just won MILLIONS in a federal lawsuit filed against Equifax, one of the nation’s largest crediting reporting agencies, which happens to be headquartered right here in Atlanta.
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Have you ever heard of a “reluctant” millionaire? Neither have I! But while some people strive to be rich, or will die tryin’, there are two lottery winners who weren’t in such a hurry.
They actually held off collecting their millions because they were “reluctant” about being rich. 
Ain’t that a b*tch!
The Mega Millions numbers were drawn on Aug. 20, 2010, and there was a winning ticket sold in North Carolina. Raleigh Hill discovered he was blessed with being the owner of that winning ticket but he delayed claiming the proceeds from the million-dollar win.
He didn’t even tell his wife about it until several weeks after realizing his ticket was a winner!
So why the delayed gratification you ask? Continue Reading…
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