Will Smith Reveals In The 80's He Sold Everything To Pay Back IRS

Will Smith the beans on the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast reminiscing about the late '80s, when he snagged his first Grammy for Best Rap Performance with "Parents Just Don't Understand." But, right at that high point, he also got a not-so-friendly notice from the IRS. Will reflected, "I was, like, 'the IRS gets money from everybody, they don't need mine' but they felt differently. So I didn't pay taxes for two years and winning a Grammy and all that…so they just thought they should take my stuff. The Oscar winner said he was forced to sell everything in Philly before going out to L.A. leaving him "broke, broke He first talked about his tax drama back in 2018, and apparently his "everything must go" sale wasn't enough to get him out of the red, because he said he also had to cut back on splurging on fancy cars and designer threads. 

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