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Lil Wayne and Chris Brown have been named in a report from Business Insider that suggests the artists used millions of dollars in taxpayer money on private flights, parties, and shopping sprees.
Weezy’s team received a $8.9 million grant from a COVID-19 pandemic relief program, of which he reportedly spent an estimated $1.3 million on private flights.
The rapper used $460,000 of the grant on clothes and accessories from high-end brands, $175,000 on expenses related to the promotion of his marijuana brand GKUA, and approximately $15,000 on luxury hotel stays and flights for several women including an adult movie star.
Another $2.14 million went to settling a debt owed to his former manager Cortez Bryant, and $1.71 million in commissions went to his manager at the time, Mack Maine.
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was designed to provide “emergency assistance for eligible performing arts businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Data on the entities and organizations that received federal money is listed as having last been updated in February 2022, though a Business Insider piece from Jack Newsham and Katherine Long, published Wednesday gets into the specifics.
Chris Brown’s company CBE Touring was the recipient of a $10 million grant, with roughly half of that going to Brown himself. The unearthed receipts indicate that he spent at least $80,000 of the grant on his 33rd birthday party.
Of that $80,000, Brown reportedly spent $29,000 on hookahs and bottle service and $2,100 on hiring nude women in body paint. Approximately $179,000 of the grant went to funding a celebrity basketball tournament, which he broadcasted on YouTube.
Brown was notified by the IRS in 2021 that he owed $3.2 million in unpaid taxes and was notified the following year that he owed a further $2.2 million. Plus, according to California’s Franchise Tax Board, he owed $1.3 million in state taxes. He has since settled those debts.
While some of the money Brown and Wayne received went to touring-related expenses, such as contractors and crew payroll, the money they spent on personal expenses appeared to far eclipse what they received.
Rae Sremmurd’s touring company Sremm Touring was also reported as receiving $7.7 million in federal grant funds. The majority of that money went to the two rappers in the group, Jxmmi and Swae Lee.
Marshmello reportedly received $9.9 million, while Alice in Chains’ touring company AIC Entertainment received $4.1 million. None of the money that went to AIC Entertainment went toward health insurance, however.
As Rolling Stone reported, guitar tech and photographer Scott Dachroeden started a GoFundMe to help pay for his cancer treatment in 2022. He died earlier this month. The frontman and lead guitarist for the band, Jerry Cantrell, meanwhile received $1.4 million of funds.
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Lil Wayne and Chris Brown have been named in a report from Business Insider that suggests the artists used millions of dollars in taxpayer money on private flights, parties, and shopping sprees.
Weezy’s team received a $8.9 million grant from a COVID-19 pandemic relief program, of which he reportedly spent an estimated $1.3 million on private flights.
The rapper used $460,000 of the grant on clothes and accessories from high-end brands, $175,000 on expenses related to the promotion of his marijuana brand GKUA, and approximately $15,000 on luxury hotel stays and flights for several women including an adult movie star.
Another $2.14 million went to settling a debt owed to his former manager Cortez Bryant, and $1.71 million in commissions went to his manager at the time, Mack Maine.
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was designed to provide “emergency assistance for eligible performing arts businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Data on the entities and organizations that received federal money is listed as having last been updated in February 2022, though a Business Insider piece from Jack Newsham and Katherine Long, published Wednesday gets into the specifics.
Chris Brown’s company CBE Touring was the recipient of a $10 million grant, with roughly half of that going to Brown himself. The unearthed receipts indicate that he spent at least $80,000 of the grant on his 33rd birthday party.
Of that $80,000, Brown reportedly spent $29,000 on hookahs and bottle service and $2,100 on hiring nude women in body paint. Approximately $179,000 of the grant went to funding a celebrity basketball tournament, which he broadcasted on YouTube.
Brown was notified by the IRS in 2021 that he owed $3.2 million in unpaid taxes and was notified the following year that he owed a further $2.2 million. Plus, according to California’s Franchise Tax Board, he owed $1.3 million in state taxes. He has since settled those debts.
While some of the money Brown and Wayne received went to touring-related expenses, such as contractors and crew payroll, the money they spent on personal expenses appeared to far eclipse what they received.
Rae Sremmurd’s touring company Sremm Touring was also reported as receiving $7.7 million in federal grant funds. The majority of that money went to the two rappers in the group, Jxmmi and Swae Lee.
Marshmello reportedly received $9.9 million, while Alice in Chains’ touring company AIC Entertainment received $4.1 million. None of the money that went to AIC Entertainment went toward health insurance, however.
As Rolling Stone reported, guitar tech and photographer Scott Dachroeden started a GoFundMe to help pay for his cancer treatment in 2022. He died earlier this month. The frontman and lead guitarist for the band, Jerry Cantrell, meanwhile received $1.4 million of funds.
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