When The Checks Stop Coming In: The Human Beat Box
Posted by Bossip Staff
Yes. Another one bites the dust, again:
Rap icon Doug E. Fresh – best known for his ’80s hit “The Show” – has been socked with three foreclosure actions by banks looking to collect more than $3.5 million in unpaid mortgages on a trio of his Harlem homes.
The rapper, 46, also is being chased by American Express for nearly $60,000 in credit-card debt, and the IRS just slapped him with a $367,000 tax lien on top of more than $40,000 owed to the state tax collector, records show. The golden-voiced rapper, whose real name is Douglas Davis, grew up in Harlem. After his skill at vocally imitating drumbeats and percussion sounds made him famous in the 1980s, he stayed in the neighborhood, investing in local real estate and raising five sons.
He fell behind in payments and, according to a foreclosure suit filed in Manhattan in late August, 2008, he now owes more than $1.73 million. Davis is putting the finishing touches on Doug E’s Chicken and Waffles, a new Harlem restaurant slated to open next month. He declined to comment on his woes.
Ok, we know the economy is rough, but gotdamn, how does a cat let himself slip into over a milli in debt?? Maybe congress needs to get together and create a bail out package for some these broke-ass celebrities. Sheesh.
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DOUG E. FRESH IS THE MAN…
No not Doug E…didn’t they pay you for Virgo!
Gez Lousie…am I going to see all my beloved black folks business put out here…I think I am
Damn I thought his paper was straight amongst the senior citizen MC’s
Boy, you better pay American Express. Ken Chenault ain’t havin’ it. Please pay your credit card bill because people are getting laid-off here left n’ right.
Doesn’t he travel still and make money abroad? I thought that’s how all you old school rappers was still making your paper, by performing in Europe and Japan and all that.
You better call your peoples and book some shows. Ken Chenault wants his money.
@ Redd Tony
LMAO @ Senior Citizen MC’s
Word, I thought he was still in the game somehow, doing SOMETHING to still make that paper.
Am I the only one who thinks doug looks like a turtle?
These celebs need to get they money right.
LMAO!!
Didnt you know that even in the game they try and keep up with the Joneses?? Everybody wants to look good, and pop champagne, and floss. But no one can pay their bills.
Old school MC or New school artist……I have no sympathy because there are people making WAY less out here and are STILL gettin’ it in. So…sorry for ya!
Donald Trump, Ed McMahon, Willie Nelson, Fred Sanford, Sammie Davis Jr, Wesley Snipes…
Why is it that people do not learn from the mistakes of others? We should know by now that paying the IRS must be done first and foremost or they end up owning your *****!!!
Before you ball out of control, pay the irs!!
@Nina: LOL
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Thats what I thought of when you said that!! Which one was the green one? Or was there a green one?
Donatello
Michalangelo
Leonardo
and what was the other one?? lol
Beatboxing Fool. He’s two steps away from minstrel status.
I agree with Hannibal. DE Fresh is cool. Let’s pray for him. He is talented and has longevity in the game and does not appear to be cracked out. I bet his property in Harlem has tax liens on it and not just a lapse in mortgage payment. Doug stays working unlike some of these hip hop slouches.
Damn..
I just seen him at Club Karma rockin the mic. My guess is that he was leasing them out and the recession had folks not making payments (hopefully)…
I like Doug E Fresh-I would do the wop to “The Show” when I was little. I pray for his financial deliverance…
I think the other turtle’s name was Raphael(?) I hope Doug E. gets it together. Makes no sense in this.
he don’t lease ***** his kids and they peoples be there *****in around all day acting “harlem” and dougie be out working the wife be right there to if EVERYBODY got a phukin job they could help dougie out at the house instead of thinkin daddy donald…
@Raquel26…lol the other one is Raphael. Their all named after famous renaissance artists…. yhea that was one of my fav cartoons as a kid.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles….. ROCK!!!
he needs to do a vh1 reality show asap
I agree Jewish Baby. Never thought about that one.
Beatboxing Fool. He’s two steps away from minstrel status.
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Peoples Always come with these hatin ***** dumb ***** comments
Dougies a harlem legend , get ya jealous ***** back to kansas
@Pedro… morning darling!!
I didn’t know he still had any money left to be spending like that… or think he could
Da f@#k man. How is everybody going broke.Bad spending habits maybe? Or were they really financially set in thye first place? Hmmm……………
DAME DOUGE
Im just shocked Doug made enough money off that crappy ***** song to have enough to get into debt $3.5 million dollars, Doug e’s chicken n waffles? $60k owe’d to american express?
Damn, not Doug E. Brotha used to put on a hell of a show though.
LOL @Nina & Raquel26
Yall ain’t right with the turtle reference……….and the Teenage Mutant Turtles at that? Wrong, just plain wrong (he does kinda look reptilian though).
Ahem, ahem……*clearing throat*
To whom the person who has said that “we” are jealous and need to take our a**es back to Kansas?
Who would be jealous of someone who owes the IRS??
I pay my bills AND taxes. These *****s should be jealous of ME!
And besides, you look like the future of another artist who will end up foreclosing on some sh_t. I’m sure you are on that “ballin’ outta control” tip.
Dayum….when n_ccas gone learn???
Stop trying to ball out and spend what you probably dont have in the first place. Because WE ALL know that record labels FRONT you the money…….THEN you have to make that money back PLUS some to pay off some other people (mentioned in the contracts you dumb n_ccas dont read)…..then you get your cut.
But ya’ll n_ccas soooooo happy to have signed a 3-4 million contract that you end up blowing all that cash on sh_t like cars with rims, houses you cant pay the mortgage on, good times, trickin on some groupies, etc……BUT low and behold, your CD aint do that well…..SO…..now you owe for what you spent (that wasnt yours) PLUS make up for the money that you were SUPPOSED to bring in.
These dumb a** n_ccas dont know how to handle no bizness. Thats why they end up looking stupid when a dude named Sal Saperstein done juiced you for your cash.
@Nina:
Mine too! I wanted to always be April the reporter when me and my cousins played! lol
But he does have a slight resemblance. All he need is a shell. lol
@okifusayso-
There is a son who’s suppose to take the thrown saw him @ a Harlem Day concert Doug E killed it completely set the stage on FIRE brought out an 8 piece band took it back to the James Brown era all the way to now…all son had to do was come on & rock HE WAS SO WHACK poppa Doug had to stop him midway thru & apologize to the crowd! could tell by Doug’s face he was disgusted at his kid & he told him in front of everyone that rockin the stage is a privledge the son is a young FINE thing & he know it, dude was too *****y coming out like he already a star.
Doug do be away overseas working he performs for EVERYBODY I want him to host my wedding {maybe now I can get him @ a good rate?} Last year he was charging $25k per performance
Raquel26
If you ever had the fortune to see Doug perform live you’d understand how much of a legend he is…but then again if your standards are judged by today’s music perhaps you would not.
@Manhattan:
I am the epitome of real hip-hop. Todays gabbage, not garbage, gabbage is nothing but piped in music in the studio and lyrics with no rhyme or reason. Pun intended.
But me liking real hip-hop, or this garbage that’s out now does not have any relevance as to you paying the IRS. Well, Doug E, paying the IRS. Hey….the story could be bogus; I mean look at how much they (Bossip) got wrong about T-Boz. BUT…..why do I have to act like paying your bills isnt more important when in fact, its MORE important than beat-boxing????
So, I guess Doug E could have gone to the IRS and said…”But I’m a legend…do I still have to pay”? You think they care that he’s a legend?
And what kind of message does this send to our youth? If you’re a legend, you dont need to pay your bills??? Nah, you got it twisted.
Pay your bills.
$25,000 for “the show” and “all the way to heaven”? Slick Rick was the star of that crew and when he left it died!
I wouldnt consider Doug a legend, Chuck D is a legend, Rakim is a legend, KRS One is almost a legend, LL when he was making good bragging music is a legend, Dr Dre is a legend, Ice Cube legend, Biggie, Pac etc all legends……….
Doug, not so much.
DAMN DOUG…WITH ALL THE MONEY THESE PEOPLE MAKE OR MADE,THEY DONT BELEIVE IN PAYING OFF THEIR HOMES..
Damn, Dougie had loot like that? I’m shocked at the money owed than the actual foreclosure. Didn’t know he had it like that. Sorry, I don’t feel bad when you owe the bank 3.5 mil. I feel for these hard working people out here trying to make it who are falling behind and losing their cribs.
Well I don’t feel sorry for him. He should have ben content with one home. He is an old skool rapper. He doesn’t have money like that. What a dummy.
FORGET THE BROKE ***** CELEBRITIES TRY GIVING SOME MONEY TO THE PEOPLE IN THE GHETTO WHO NEVER HAD ANYTHING.
@Its6amHoGetOut,
You reside in Hawaii your opinion on this subject means nothing!
@Raquel26
I agree 110% on the subject of paying bills. IRS comes first that is something I never play with. I have little sympathy for making a large income & not being aware of what their accountants are doing,. But who knows maybe it was a bad investment deal there is thing affecting us all called a recession you know.
Anyway what I was referring to was the musical aspect of who Doug E Fresh is. Anyone who respects hip hop knows the man is a LEGEND. Brillance is not only measured by album sales there are entertainers who never put out a record yet are able to make a substantial living soley off of concert sales Doug is one of them.
Now I’m done with this subject!
Bossip seems to enjoy kicking folks while they are down. Sad.
I would love to look in the pockets of BOSSIP writers; it seems like they enjoy this ***** and half of the folks they write about still have more money than these wack ***** BOSSIP writers.
Like Ms T said BOSSIP gets a kick out of kicking people when they are down.
all these years and no investments well I guess its back to the projects
I hope he gets it together. I’ve been waiting for months for Dougie’s Chicken & Waffles to open up.
$3.5 milli? he must have some nice brownstones in harlem. HAD, i mean HAD some nice brownstones….
I see he on that Wesley Snipes tax payment plan. sheesh.
Shame… I used to live down the block from Doug E.’s house in the 200 block of W. 131st St. He really hooked the place up – by far the freshest house on the block. I’d hate to see him lose it.