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Estate of Tupac Files Suit

By Gerry W. Beyer

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Tupac’s mother and co-administrator of his estate, AfeniShakur, has reportedly filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against Entertainment One(E1), claiming the company breached a contract to pay royalties for the 2007project, Beginnings: The Lost Tapes.

Reports say E1 purchased the rights to Tupac’s music fromDeath Row Records in July of this year. 

Tupac’s estate will also seek ownership of master recordings for all ofhis unreleased music.

See Andres Tardio,Tupac Estate Files $1.1 Million LawsuitAgainst Entertainment One, HipHopDX, Sept. 26, 2013.

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