Nas’ new album Life Is Good is dropping later this year, but the rapper won’t see a dime of the money that it or any of his other albums generates because the revenue will be going straight to Uncle Sam. Nas owes the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) $6 million according to TMZ, so the government filed documents in Georgia to have the rapper’s wages from record sales garnished via ASCAP and BMI publishing until the debt... 

Having stumbled upon a vast marijuana field during a patrol in Afghanistan, a group of American soldiers thought it would be a good idea to photograph themselves posing shamelessly while brandishing their weapons among the plants. However, their ‘trophy snaps’ taken in Kabul while apparently on duty have now landed them at the center of a military investigation. The men in full uniform, who have not been identified, are pictured in the... 

An opposition Member of Parliament has said that the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government owed telecommunications service provider LIME EC$2,668,638.57 as of Feb. 24. South Leeward representative Nigel Stephenson said on radio on Friday that the entire nation “ought to take disciplinary action against the Prime Minister for his incompetence”. LIME last weekend began cutting telephone service to police stations and had moved to clinics and schools... 

Triple-crown winner Machel Montano said he will “gladly accept” a role as an official cultural ambassador of T&T if offered at this time. Planning and Development Minister Bhoe Tewarie suggested on Tuesday that “Machel should lead the charge in selling Trinidad and Tobago internationally”. In an interview at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, in Port of Spain, Tewarie said this will be his proposal when the... 

The US government has closed down one of the world’s largest filesharing websites, accusing its founders of racketeering, money laundering and presiding over “massive” online piracy. According to prosecutors, Megaupload illegally cheated copyright holders out of $500m in revenue as part of a criminal enterprise spanning five years. A lawyer for Megaupload told the Guardian it would “vigorously” defend itself against... 

Embattled Dancehall/Reggae superstar, Mark Myrie, more popularly known as Buju Banton may have a lifeline after all following the revelation on Tuesday that an alleged United States government mishap could trigger the dismissal of his case. According to media reports, Buju Banton could walk free from his conviction and subsequent ten year sentence on drug-related charges after the discovery that the U.S. government may have violated the Speedy Trial... 

Hammer time! Looks like MC Hammer is facing financial troubles once again! The U.S. government claims he owes $779,585 in back taxes and has now filed a lawsuit against the rapper and his wife to recoup its losses. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, the back taxes are from Hammer’s most financially troubled years — 1996 and 1997 — and Uncle Sam wants the money back stat, demanding any concert earnings Hammer makes be automatically redirected... 

The wave of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East that have overturned three governments in the past year have prompted the U.S. government to begin developing guidelines for culling intelligence from social media networks, a top Homeland Security official said Monday. Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Caryn Wagner said the use of such technology in uprisings that started in December in Tunisia shocked some officials into... 

If Congress fails to approve a spending bill before midnight on March 4, the federal government will shut down. Lawmakers have spent much of the past week trying to reach a compromise. One possibility is a short-term funding measure like the one proposed by House Republicans on Friday — a move that would likely just put off the threat of a shutdown for two weeks. Either way, the prospect remains. And so do questions about what a government...