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The life of Tupac

between Afeni and Tupac's record label either, as she not only sued and won the rights to her son's music, but she claims Death Row failed to pay royalties due to Tupac and that when he died he only had about $150,000 to his name and sued the label for over $20 million. The label countered that Tupac owed them $7.1 million at the time of his death for cars, houses, and jewelry. In 1997, anti-rap crusader C. Delores Tucker filed a $16.6 million lawsuit against Tupac after she suffered "great humiliation, mental pain, and suffering" when Shakur made unkind references to her on his 1996 album All Eyez on Me. Tupac's estate won a case in 1998 against a woman paralyzed after being shot at a Tupac concert in 1993 where she alleged that he "whipped the crowd into a hysterical frenzy causing a riot-like atmosphere." Another '98 case came from a jeweler which Shakur had custom ordered jewelry from before his death, and after his death R&S Antiques had nobody to pay for the jewelry, thus prompting a $93,000 lawsuit. Today there still is mystery as to who was responsible for Tupac's death. The only witness to the slaying that was originally willing to talk (though became less willing after being represented by a Death Row lawyer), Yafeu Fula, was found dead of a gunshot wound Sunday at a New Jersey housing project. There is quite a bit of internet speculation as to who is responsible. A 1997 story in Vanity Fair indicated that Tupac was planning to walk away from his violent, drug-influenced lifestyle and settle down with Quicy Jone's daughter and his fiance Kidada Jones. The article went on to say he wanted out from Death Row and just weeks before his death had contacted Warner Brothers about a deal. Tupac had also started a company called Euphanasia, which...

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