Mary J. Blige is best known for her soulful vocals and heart-wrenching lyrics, but lately it’s her financial woes that have put the Grammy award-winning singer in the spotlight.
The 42-year-old singer and her husband, Martin Isaacs, are facing a $3.4 million tax lien on their New Jersey home.
Court documents show that the Internal Revenue Services filed the federal tax lien against Blige on Feb. 7. The IRS document showed that as of that date, Mary J Blige owed more than $574,000 in 2009, more than $2.2 million in 2010 and more than $647,000 in 2011.
A representative for the singer told the Associated Press Thursday that Blige was working “with her new team to resolve all these issues as soon as possible.”
But the “Real Love” singer may have to work a lot harder if she wants to escape her legal and financial troubles any time soon.
Other than the steep bill that the “No Drama” singer faces to the IRS, Blige also allegedly owes $900,000 in back taxes to the state of New Jersey, according to documents acquired by TMZ. In addition, over the past year she has also faced nearly $3 million in lawsuits for accrued bank loans and received a notice back in February for not paying back rent on her New York City Apartment.
Blige acknowledged back in 2012 that her finances were not being handled correctly and took full responsibility for it.
“The problem is that I didn’t have the right people in the right places doing the right things,” Blige told TMZ. “This should have never been allowed to happen, but it did and now we are fixing it.”
Hopefully things will be handled better by the singer and her financial team this time around.
