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Toy Company Hasbro Now Owns Death Row Records

Hasbro the company that owns Furbies, My Little Pony, and more toy franchises is now the owner of Death Row Records.

Rolling Stone reported the toy and board game brand acquired the iconic West Coast record label’s discography with the $4 billion purchase of Entertainment One.

eOne became the parent company of Death Row Records in 2013 when they bought the label’s entire catalog for about $280 million, 7 years after Death Row filed for bankruptcy.

“The acquisition of eOne adds beloved story-led global family brands that deliver strong operating returns to Hasbro’s portfolio and provides a pipeline of new brand creation driven by family-oriented storytelling,” Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner said in a statement.

Aside from the Death Row Records acquisition, Hasbro now owns new popular cartoons like Peppa Pig and PJ Masks.

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Tupac Shakur Estate Settles 5-Year-Old Lawsuit, Wins Back Unreleased Music

The five year fight that began with ‘Pac’s mom is finally over and the Shakur estate has come out victorious.

Back in 2013, Afeni Shakur sued Entertainment One in order to attain several of ‘Pac’s unreleased masters. It has been reported that the estate has settled the lawsuit and will gain possession of the recordings from Entertainment One, which is valued well into the six-figure range.

The first lawsuit, which was over the royalties of the slain icon’s 2007 posthumous release “Beginnings: The Lost Tapes,” left the Shakur estate waiting in the wings for the million dollar settlement, but the lawsuit continued in the hands of the estate’s trustees, even after Afeni passed away in 2016.

This weekend (September 29), the estate gained an astounding victory, with “Pac and Afeni’s work still in tact.

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