50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and following the sex tape incident, he had to pay $7 million in damages. He had to pay $17 million to a headphone company leading to debts of around $25 million.
MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy once and had several creditors at the time. The list included his brother, many lawyers, a few banks, department stores, and utility companies.
Lil Kim was under huge debts of around $650,000. This included legal bills worth $186,000 and she even filed to stop her mansion from going to public auction.
DMX suffered from financial issues despite being successful. He filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and was under debts of somewhere between $1 million and $10 million.
Lisa Lopes’ personal life brought financial troubles for her. She had a dispute with her boyfriend Andre Rison after which the latter set some sneakers on fire, burning down the whole house.
Bow Wow claimed during a child custody cast that he earned only $4,000 a month. He leased a Ferrari F430 and when the leasing company came to claim their money, the rapper was stuck with a bill of $200,000.
Wyclef Jean was hit with $2.1 million in tax liens from the IRS in 2010. His former lawyers filed a legal judgment claiming that he owed them $100,000.
Young Buck’s house was raided by agents and they took everything that was of value. The plan was to auction everything from his music catalog that went up for sale.