{"id":2017982,"date":"2026-06-29T21:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017982"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:47:59","slug":"twista-pleads-guilty-to-440k-in-tax-evasion-charges-faces-up-to-5-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017982","title":{"rendered":"Twista Pleads Guilty to $440K in Tax Evasion Charges & Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTwista (born Carl Mitchell) has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay taxes for five years between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 52-year-old owes the IRS more than $440,000 in back taxes and now faces up to five years in prison, according to Chicago federal court documents viewed by Billboard<\/em>. Each of the five charges comes with a one-year maximum sentence along with a $25,000 fine. <\/p>\n

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    \n\tTwista entered a guilty plea on Wednesday (June 24), which the court accepted. The Chicago native is slated to be sentenced on Oct. 22.<\/p>\n

    \n\tBroken down by year, the hefty six-figure sum of tax liabilities includes $18,891.25 for 2019, $5,715.83 for 2020, $32,571.71 for 2021, $71,703 for 2022, and $49,102.73 for 2023.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe \u201cOvernight Celebrity\u201d rapper was also found to have unpaid tax liabilities from 2011 through 2018. Including penalties and interest, the annual totals are listed as $5,101.98 for 2011, $9,619.26 for 2012 $40,263.33 for 2014, $25,574.22 for 2015, $95,568.57 for 2016, $17,241.44 for 2017, and $69,706.59 for 2018.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cMitchell entered into agreements with a third-party company to pay him advances on future royalties, knowing that the IRS would not be able to levy these funds,\u201d the IRS claimed, while alleging that Twista received payments totalling $578,322. <\/p>\n

    \n\tFederal prosecutors claimed that Twista bought luxury cars instead of using the funds to make payments on his tax liabilities. <\/p>\n

    \n\tThe purchases named in the court docs list a \u201c2015 BMW I8 worth $81,893.81, a 2016 Tesla Model X worth approximately $65,099, a 2022 Chevrolet Corvette worth $100,354.03 and a 2025 Jeep Gladiator worth $64,400.75.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tHailing from Chicago, Twista rose to prominence in the early 2000s and became known for his speedy rapping and breath control. His 2004 Kamikaze<\/em> album topped the Billboard 200, and he\u2019s been part of three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: the No. 1 hit \u201cSlow Jamz\u201d with Ye and Jamie Foxx, \u201cOvernight Celebrity\u201d (No. 6) and Trick Daddy\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s Go\u201d (No. 7).<\/p>\n

    Billboard<\/em> has reached out to Twista\u2019s attorneys for comment. <\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1405091209-e1782761625235.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Twista (born Carl Mitchell) has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay taxes for five years between 2019 and 2023. The 52-year-old owes the IRS more than $440,000 in back taxes and now faces up to five years in prison, according to Chicago federal court documents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2017982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}