Rapper Method Man's sports utility vehicle has been seized by New York state tax collectors alleging he owes over $50,000 to the government.

A 2008 Lincoln Navigator belonging to the star - real name Clifford Smith - was taken from his Staten Island, New York home at 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the New York Post.

The Wu Tang Clan rapper reportedly owes $52,503 in income taxes.

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