Hip hop artist Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena was sentenced on Monday to
four months in federal prison and fined $15,000 for failure to file tax
returns on more than $3.3 million in income.
The 42-year-old
rapper faced the possibility of up to two years in prison after pleading
guilty in December to two counts of failing to file with the Internal
Revenue Service.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor gave the
Bronx-born rapper credit for paying $718,000 in back taxes prior to his
sentencing and for his charitable work.
The court received more
than 60 letters on his behalf, including one from Bronx Borough
President Ruben Diaz, who cited Cartagena's efforts to donate computers
to local schools.
Cartagena apologized to his family and friends, saying he let them down. He said his 6-year-old daughter was being taunted in school by classmates who said her father was going to jail.
"There
was a lot going on in the years that I didn't file my taxes, but it was
my responsibility," he said. His hits include the 2004 song "Lean
Back."
His attorneys had asked for probation in light of the
three-month prison sentence handed down to hip hop artist Lauryn Hill in
May on similar tax charges.
Cartagena was originally charged
with failure to file returns from 2007 to 2010 but under a plea
agreement the charges were reduced to not filing returns for two years.
His
income came from three companies, including Somerville, N.J.-based
Terror Squad Production Inc and Miramar Music Touring, which he owned.
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