A US rapper who bragged on a track about getting rich by defrauding a government unemployment benefits scheme has been arrested for, er, defrauding a government unemployment benefits scheme.
He is accused of stealing more than $1.2 million in benefits by using stolen identities.Nuke Bizzle – real name Fontrell Antonio Baines – released the track ‘EDD’ (which is the acronym for California’s Employment Development Department) last month.
A collaboration with fellow rapper Fat Wizza, the video shows the two performers waving around envelopes (seemingly containing fraudulently obtained cheques) and wads of cash.
On the track, they brag that while other rappers “gotta sell cocaine”, they make money simply by filing false benefit claims.
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