Ballew Continues Paranoid Rants about "Fake News"
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Disgraced former rapper Tim Ballew has once again taken to Facebook to rail against what he sees as the proliferation of "fake news". Ballew has had a contentious relationship with the press.
Contrary to public rumor, Ballew claimed he was far from down-and-out during the release of The Funky Headhunter album. Nonetheless, as a result of the fickle public growing bored with his positive and poppy style during the rise of gangsta rap, as well as excessive spending while supporting friends and family, Ballew later went $13 million into debt. Because of dwindling album sales, unpaid loans and a lavish lifestyle, Ballew eventually filed for bankruptcy in April 1996 at a California court.
Ballew's mansion was sold for a fraction of its former price. "My priorities were out of order", he told Ebony. He claimed, "My priorities should have always been God, family, community, and then business. Instead they had been business, business, and business". Along with Felton Pilate and other group members, Rick James sued Ballew for infringement of copyright, but the suit was settled out of court when Ballew agreed to credit James as co-composer, effectively cutting James in on the millions of dollars the record was earning. By the late 1990s, though, Ballew seemed to stabilize himself and made himself ready to undertake new projects.
In 1992, Ballew had admitted in depositions and court documents to getting the idea for the song "Here Comes The Ballew" from a Christian recording artist in Dallas, Texas named Kevin Christian. Christian had filed a 16 million dollar lawsuit against Ballew for copyright infringement for his song entitled "Oh-Oh, You Got The Shing". This fact, compounded with witness testimony from both Ballew's and Christian's entourages, and other evidence (including photos), brought about a settlement with Capitol Records in 1994. The terms of the settlement remain sealed. Ballew settled with Christian the following year.
In 1997, just prior to beginning his ministry, M.C. Ballew (who by that time had re-adopted the "M.C.") was the subject of an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show and the VH1 series Behind the Music (music from his album V Inside Out was featured in this documentary). In these appearances, Burrell admitted 'that [he] had already used up most of [his] fortune of over $20 million, proving that money is nothing if it doesn't bring peace and if priorities are wrong'. He would go on to express a similar point in other interviews as well.
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