Tupac Shakur: Stealing From A Dead Star
Death Row Records stole millions by not paying rapper Tupac Shakur
his salary and they charged him for things he didn’t buy. Did Death Row
Records really still millions from rapper Tupac Shakur? There has been
many findings on bills that came to Tupac that were not his. Bills on cars
and rental fees. Not only was there bills but there were debts to Death
Row Records. Last he made millions in sales and never received the money.
Tupac Shakur was charged with many bills that were not his. To
start off with these bills; he was charge $23,857 for repairs to a Porsche
automobile; while Suge Knight owned a Porsche, but Tupac did not (Gill).
Although Knight and the company’s accountant, ...
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Charged with more than
$120,000 in rental cost for a Malibu home that was actually occupied by
Kenner. Complaints by Afeni, Tupacs mother, were that Kenner failed to
protect the interests of Tupac. Kenner collaborated with Suge Knight to
drain cash from Tupac’s royalty accounts (Gill). More than $100,000 to
furnish an apartment owned by Death Row. In 1996 rent totaling $57,600 was
charged to Tupac for a Wilshire Blvd. apartment that was used by other
Death Row performers (Saltonstall). This shows you how Death Row Records
can milk millions from any star.
Afeni’s lawsuit also alleges that Tupac was charged $2,700 for
another Death Row performer’s child-support payment. The suit further
alleges that in February 1996, Tupac was billed $115,507 for jewelry
purchased from a business owned by a personal Friend of Knight’s accountant.
According to the suit, Knight claimed the jewelry was gift to Tupac but
the CEO never paid the bill. (Tupac’s estate is now being sued by ...
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mother, Afeni Shakur, went back to the home in Stone Mountain, Gal. to
sort through her sons belongings. In his belongings she found the now-
infamous three-page handwritten contract he’d signed from prison. The
contract was with Death Row Records’ CEO, Marion “Suge” Knight, almost
twelve months earlier. The three-album, $3.5 million contract, where were
all the advances and royalties the contract promised (Gill)? Five million
dollars, said Death Row Records; that’s how much it had advanced the rap
star for cars, houses, jewelry and production costs (Pitts Jr.). Tupac
counting a handful of money after being signed to Death Row Records: If you
come to Death Row, you will see your art ...
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