When it comes to the late Tupac Shakur‘s estate, his mother, Afeni Shakur, plays no games. Ms. Shakur is suing a record label for $1.1 million in unpaid royalties.
According to TMZ:
Afeni Shakur — the co-administrator of Tupac’s estate — filed the lawsuit against a company called Entertainment One, claiming it breached a contract to pay Tupac’s estate royalties on “Beginnings: The Lost Tapes,” which was released in June 2007.
According to the suit, E1 purchased the rights to Tupac’s music (previously owned by Death Row Records) in July. FYI, Death Row went bankrupt in 2006.
Afeni claims E1 now owes Tupac’s estate $1.1 million … and it better pony up fast. She also wants E1 to hand over the master recordings of all Tupac’s unreleased music.
Recently, an officially sanctioned Tupac “2Pac” Shakur biopic has been confirmed with filming set to begin in 2014.
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