Meth, I Totally Understand
Despite recent reports that Method Man is broke, he says his cashage is just fine and that his weed habit is to blame for not paying his taxes.
Method Man is $52,503 in arrears on his personal income taxes, the state Department of Taxation showed up at the Staten Island native’s home at 6 a.m. March 19 with “four NYPD cops and the repo team,” Meth said. “I knew why they were there. It wasn’t like ‘Oh my God! Noo!! Don’t take it!’ like it is on that TV show ["Operation Repo"]. I was half-dressed, and it was so early that I just said, ‘Okay, you’re taking the truck. … Aight.’”
“Myself, I’m a pothead,” he said. “It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else. Sure, [the tax department] sent letters to my house saying, ‘We need this money.’ They started sending them in 2002. Here it is, 2009, and I never paid this s- because I don’t think like that!”
“I could have easily just written them a check for whatever amount, but no – I waited until they knocked on this door and were like, ‘We got your truck and we outta here,’ ” he laughed.
“Now I’m thinking we’ve gotta get our truck back, which means I have to get all my paperwork together,” the rapper continued. “That means days of going through mail, ’cause I got mail like woah. I’ve found checks from 2005 that have never been opened yet. And we’re talking a significant amount of money! But I never opened [the tax department's] letters … so this is how the tax man came to Meth’s house and took his truck. Not because I was broke! I got plenty of money!”
“Because I got high, I forgot to pay. It was stupid. I’m an idiot for that.”
