{"id":730109,"date":"2026-06-27T23:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730109\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T23:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:49:14","slug":"chicago-rapper-twista-carl-mitchell-pleads-guilty-to-not-paying-over-440k-in-income-taxes-from-2019-2023-court-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730109\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago rapper Twista, Carl Mitchell, pleads guilty to not paying over $440K in income taxes from 2019-2023, court documents show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 27, 2026 8:40PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC7 Chicago 24\/7 Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Chicago rapper Twista has pleaded guilty to not paying over $440,000 in income taxes, court documents obtained by ABC7 on Friday showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He was accused of failing to pay the taxes between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Twista, whose real name is Carl Mitchell, signed his guilty plea in federal court on May 26, according to court documents filed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mitchell has agreed to pay back the government $441,059.91, the legal filings showed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twista arrives at the Candy Crush Jelly Saga - Primary Wave Pre-Grammy Party at The London Hotel on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19398162_AP433882714973.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Twista arrives at the Candy Crush Jelly Saga &#8211; Primary Wave Pre-Grammy Party at The London Hotel on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision for King Digital\/AP Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The music artist could face up to five years in prison in his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No further information about the case was immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Saturday, June 27, 2026 8:40PM CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Chicago rapper Twista has pleaded guilty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[314506,88,216],"class_list":["post-730109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-314506","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}