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Pop Goes The Weasel: Former 3rd Bass rapper pleads guilty to tax fraud

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’90s hip-hip trio 3rd Bass are back in the headlines — but not for the right reasons.

Peter Nash, better known as “Prime Minister Pete Nice” and pictured on the right in the photo above, apparently failed to pay state income taxes over a three-year period from 2009 to 2011, according to the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. Yesterday he plead guilty in Albany County court, says Billboard, and sentencing is August 26.

3rd Bass had their biggest hit in 1991 with “Pop Goes The Weasel,” which assailed Vanilla Ice.

Now it’s Nash who’s gone cold.

According to the Albany Times Union:

Nash, who lives in Clifton Park, must pay $13,101 to the state in back taxes, penalties and interest. He will also be on probation for three years, the district attorney’s office said.

Nash pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal tax fraud. He will be sentenced on Aug. 26.

Nash and 3rd Bass released three albums between 1989 and 1991, two of which went gold. “Pop Goes the Weasel!” reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard rap charts.

After retiring from rapping, Nash became a baseball historian, opened a memorabilia shop in Cooperstown and published a baseball book.

Financial troubles surrounded his ventures, however.

Here’s Nash in better, more creative times…

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