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You can run, but you can’t hide… from the IRS. Unfortunately, it appears that Matthew Knowles is the latest celebrity who has to learn this lesson the hard way. The father and former manager of famed singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reportedly owes the IRS $1.2 million in back taxes.

According to TMZ, the Internal Revenue Service filed the super-sized tax lien against Knowles, claiming that he owes $485,575.95 from 2010 and $728,004.89 from 2011, totaling up to a whopping  $1,213,580.84. During 2010 and a portion of 2011, Matthew was actually still Beyoncé’s manager, which could explain why  he owes so much in taxes. Beyoncé is arguably one of the highest paid musical acts of our time.

Although he no longer manages his superstar daughter, he is the founder, CEO  and president of Music World Entertainment, a label and entertainment company that continues to represent popular gospel acts such as Juanita Bynum, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Amber Bullock and Brian Courtney Wilson.

It seems as if it’s every other day that a new celebrity is making headlines for owed taxes. Hopefully, Matthew takes a lesson from other artists such as Wesley Snipes, Ronald Isley and now, Lauryn Hill and recognizes that the IRS is not to be played with.

In the cutthroat world of show business, sometimes it’s comforting to have a familiar face and someone you can trust as part of the team. These 15 celebrities left their fate and careers into the hands of their parents and it served them well — very well.

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The Kardashians

Perhaps the mother of all momagers, Kris Jenner helped her Kardashian daughters become household names. In addition to launching the careers of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney as reality television stars, the Kardashians have segued into the world of fashion design. Ready to have the limelight to shine on her, Jenner has inked a deal for her own talk show. In 2011, it was reported that she was worth an estimated $20 million.

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Many of us love to follow celebrity drama, but it’s not always the stars themselves who captivate us. Sometimes it’s the star’s parents, who in these instances have achieved their own measures of fame thanks to their crazy antics, opinions, and scandals. Which moms and dads made the list? Click through to find out!

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From Essence

On Saturday, Beyoncé opened up about splitting ways with her former manager and father Mathew Knowles in her documentary, Life Is But a Dream.

The mother of one explained that it wasn’t about selling records at one point, but about having her support system intact. “I felt like I had to move on and not work with my dad,” said Beyoncé. “I don’t care if I don’t sell one record. This is bigger than the record. It’s bigger than my career. I think one of the biggest reasons I decided it was time for me to manage myself is because at some point you need your support system and you need your family.”

Read more at Essence.com.

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I tell you, the public perception of Matthew Knowles has gone so far downhill since the days of Beyonce’s “Daddy” track on her first album.  After rumors of infidelity — and then proof of it when Alexsandra Wright got pregnant and sought child support from the man some consider to be the modern-day Joe Jackson — plus a divorce from Miss Tina, even Bey had to distance herself from her papa, at least in the public eye. The lack of father-daughter public appearances likely won’t change anytime soon now that Alexsandra is trying to stick it to Matthew again with claims that he’s been threatening her.

According to TMZ, Alexsandra is asking a family court judge to increase her child support so that she can pay for security to protect her 2-year-old son from Matthew, whom she claims has been sending her threatening emails. In September 2011 (yes, you read that year correctly), he reportedly wrote to her and said, “”You hurt my family. There’s a price to pay.”

Now, Alexsandra is trying to put her own price on Matthew, who already pays $12,000 a month in child support. I’d imagine she could find a decent bouncer already with that type of cash flowing in on a monthly basis, which is why this entire legal stunt sounds more like a case for padding her bank account than a legitimate concern for safety. After all, wouldn’t you seek a restraining order not money for personal security? There’s also a request from Alexsandra for money to cover expenses for private school for their son who, again, is only 2 years old.

Matthew seems to not be stressing this ordeal much, as TMZ reports he expects this move to completely backfire on the mother of his child considering Destiny’s Child is defunct and he hasn’t managed Beyonce for two years now. In other words, his money ain’t what it used to be so the amount of support he pays could actually be reduced once the courts start examining his finances.

Now as far as Matthew threatening somebody? Who knows. But if he really said Alexsandra hurt his family, I’m gonna need this brotha to start with the man in the mirror. Was she the one cheating on her wife? Didn’t think so.

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Before we go any further, let’s be honest: All of these wheels are starting to turn because “Bey season” is rapidly approaching. Can we agree on that?

Last Thursday, we told you that a compilation Destiny’s Child album will be released on January 29th featuring past DC love songs between 1997-2004 and a song that was never featured on any album.  It didn’t take long for the record label to let the world hear that new track.

“Nuclear” was released on the Destiny’s Child Vevo site (on YouTube) Friday and the internet was immediately buzzing. The song was co-written by James Fauntleroy, Lonny Bereal and DC member Michelle, produced by Pharrell Williams and Beyonce and Kelly are on the main vocals.

If you are a Destiny’s Child fan and were expecting another hard hitting, uptempo song from the trio, you might feel a little slighted with this one. “Nuclear” is a very low-key track that sounds like it could have been written back in the 90s.  It has more of a sit down, close your eyes and vibe type of song – there’s no “big” moment in the song.  If that’s more your speed, you’ll love it.

The word on the Super Bowl streets is that Destiny’s Child will reunite during Beyonce’s halftime performance with Bey debuting her new solo single. Should be exciting!

Check out the song below. What do you think?

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Who’s excited right now? If the release of “Destiny Fulfilled” eight years ago signified the end of your favorite girl group, you’re in luck—somewhat. Matthew Knowles has announced that not just one, but two new albums are coming from the ladies with a few of their biggest hits and some tracks no one has ever heard.

“We still have our joint venture with Sony, and in November, we’re putting out two Destiny’s Child catalog records with new material,” he told The Huffington Post during a recent interview.

Naturally, when you talk new music people immediately jump to the possibility of a tour, but Bey’s daddy says they’re not quite there yet.

“It takes a year of planning to do these tours, but first it starts with the artist wanting to do it. And I think the ladies are still working happily in their solo careers,” he said adding, “I hope in the next five years that there is a reunion tour. I think it would be incredible.”

When I read that I instantly thought of two things: Beyonce playing “Lose My Breath,” asking if the girls can keep up with her, and that time Michelle Williams fell on “106 & Park.” Bey has taken a stumble on stage before but her performance level has evolved so much since she left Destiny’s Child that I can’t even imagine what a group effort would look like. It’s not like she wasn’t the forerunner back then too though. Still, Matt says getting the girls to agree to the tour would be the least of their worries.

“The hardest thing would be choosing which songs they’re going to do, because we would want to mix it up with solo hits and Destiny’s Child hits. We would have to throw away some #1′s from off the set list.”

Mmmhhmmm. I’ll believe it when I see it. Will you check out DC’s new albums this fall? What about a reunion tour, can you see that happening?

Brande Victorian is the news and operations editor for madamenoire.com. Follow her on twitter @Be_Vic.

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Matthew Knowles sounded as though he couldn’t be happier to be a grandfather for the second time around during an appearance on the British talk show “Lorraine” yesterday. Beyonce and Solange’s father talked about his grandson, Juelz, and when it came to the newest addition to the family, he said this:

“I was with Blue Ivy two days ago, I had her in my arms and was singing a song I used to sing to Beyonce and then after I finished singing the song she kind of went, ‘Ahhhh.’

“You just want to love and kiss her but the great thing with grandkids is that you can give them back.”

He sounds like a typical grandfather already. Matt also told Lorraine something we already knew about Bey and Jay—they will stop at nothing to make Blue happy.

“If Blue Ivy wants to be a doctor when she grows up then they would figure how to buy a hospital. If she wants to be a basketball player I already own a WNBA team so she can play there and if she wants to be a singer then she would be very happy.”

Later in the day, Matthew spoke at the Heart FM’s Have A Heart event, and he was asked whether being an “X Factor” judge is one of the many projects Beyonce will take on when she gets back to work—and whether she demanded £31 million to be a a part of the show. Her dad says it’s not true.

“It would never happen as Beyonce would never do that. There are a few things that she would never do and that is one. It’s not for her.”

Were you hoping Bey would join the reality singing competition?

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Although Tina Knowles filed for divorce from Beyonce’s daddy, Matthew, more than two years ago, the separation is just now legally complete.

Last year, things appeared to be off when both parties failed to show up at a court hearing, but Tina stuck by her guns, upholding her original divorce filing in November 2009—one month after Mathew was hit with a paternity suit by Alexsandra Wright for the child they fathered together.

Although it’s sad to see a couple break up after 31 years of marriage, this is probably for the better—considering the infidelity and all. I wonder if Tina will get her groove back?

Who should be Tina Knowles’ next man, a celebrity or a man who’s out of the spotlight?

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February 2012 can’t get here fast enough so the world can see whether Beyonce really gives birth to a little one — and if the baby looks like her or daddy Jay-Z. In the latest false pregnancy rumor news, a woman has come forward claiming Beyonce’s former manager and father, Mathew Knowles, tried to buy her baby and give it to Bey and Jay.

Ridiculous right? Especially since the woman is none other than 40-year-old marketing executive Alexsandra Wright—the woman who Mathew knocked up while married to Bey’s mom, Tina. Alexsandra claims that when she told Matty she was pregnant he asked her to give the baby to the couple so they could raise it on their own. And guess what? She has the whole conversation on tape. To me, that detail makes the story sound even more suspect. Mathew Knowles is no saint, but why would this woman be recording this conversation in the first place?

According to Star magazine (by way of MediaTakeOut), Alexsandra said:

“My first thought when he asked me if I would give up our child to Beyonce and Jay-Z was, ‘Are you out of your mind?’ . . . Nothing in this world, no amount of money, would make me give up my child. You can’t BUY my child from me.”

There are just too many ridiculous claims in this woman’s story to make me give it a second thought. Even if hip hop’s hottest couple is going the surrogate route, as some suspect, there’s just no way Beyonce would pass off the child of her father and his mistress as her own. I can’t see it.

Is this the craziest Beyonce pregnancy rumor of all, or what?

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