Tupac's Mother Fights Death Row in Bankruptcy Court

The mother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur is fighting to prevent his former label from selling previously unreleased tracks in an effort to settle Death Row Records' bankruptcy case. Former Death Row boss Marion "Suge" Knight filed for bankruptcy in April after running up debts of $137 million and lawyers are desperately trying to raise money to cover the huge amounts owed by the company. Afeni Shakur went to a federal bankruptcy court on Friday, seeking an injunction on Death Row's plans to release her late son's material, arguing that the songs are property of the rapper's estate and therefore not the company's to profit from. Her lawyer, Donald N. David, claims the unreleased tracks should have been given to the estate as per a 1997 agreement with the label upon the hip-hop star's murder in September 1996. David says it was only during the record company's bankruptcy proceedings that "it was revealed an album's worth of unreleased Tupac material was being advertised to potential buyers as the jewel in the crown of the Death Row assets". Shakur, who is also representing her company Amur Entertainment, is expected to hear the verdict of her injunction request within the next four weeks. http://www.thebeatstlouis.com/cc-common/news/news_music.html