AMERICAN rap king Tupac Shakur was one of the top music artists of all time.
He was known for his 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic and fighting for social justice but was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996.
Tom Whalley took over the role of the executor of Tupac Shakur’s estate after the death of his mother Afeni Shakur in 2016.
Whalley is the former head of Warner Bros Records.
Back in 1989, he was working for Interscope and had signed a young Tupac to the label.
In January 2022, Sekyiwa Shakur, Tupac’s sister, and the Tupac Shakur foundation filed a lawsuit against Whalley.
They allege that he has been “embezzling millions” and blatantly violating his role as executor of Afeni Shakur’s estate.
When Tupac died Afeni created record label Amaru Records to handle the release of her …