Tupac Shakur Estate, Tom Petty Estate & More Suing UMG Over 2008 Fire

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It wasn’t updated on Amahiphop but NYT Mag previously reported the fire sabotage which took place at the Universal Hollywood. The devastating was a heavy outbreak, getting some crucial apartment destroyed.


The news trends beyond since the Universal Hollywood server as one of the prestigious place where Eminem and some fellow legends has work with. Meanwhile, the Uni. wood has saved records from respective rap powers including Tupac Shakur, Tom Petty Soundgarden yet the new development highlighted fire incident,causing a lot of inexplicable lost.

Rolling Stone has then told Amahiphop following the plight on Universal Hollywood fire. Both Soundgarden, Tom Petty’s ex-wife Jane, Hole and Steve Earle taking extensive measure on what happened, unknown misdemeanor occurrence but the Universal Hollywood group are being held responsible. They suing the UHG and they are seeking damages related to the 2008 blaze.

UHG is going in for a fundamental reluctant, unable to save the some artists materials (records) which has been reserved over a decade old. Although they are striving to recoup some lost items and promised recover them back after been caught with inflammable.

The suit insists UMG accepted settlement proceeds and insurance claims valued at $150 million. Now, the class wants damages worth half that as well as any additional losses.

Tupac Shakur, Eminem, 50 Cent, Louis Armstrong, The Roots, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Chuck Berry, Elton John, Nirvana, and Janet Jackson and lot more songs were burnt off during the fire meanwhile UHG definitively got red-light since the fire wasn’t a bedazzled something to be poke fun at.

The suit argues all potential members of the class “have an expectation that under their recording agreements with UMG there will be a 50/50 sharing of revenues derived from” the use and release of their work. It also claims UMG “violated good faith and fair dealing in all those contracts by allegedly failing to take reasonable measures to preserve and maintain those recordings.” (HDX)

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