p2pnet view Music | P2P:- Rapper Guru (left) is dead.

“He was a brilliant musician who melded rap with jazz to produce some of the most amazing music of any era or genre”, said p2pnet.

With his death came allegations that his partner, Solar (right), had faked a passionate deathbed statement.

But it’s even worse than that, says Village Voice.

Teamed up with Solar

“Though originally from Boston, Guru has been a hip hop diplomat representing New York since the early 1990’s”, said Earwaks, from whence came Che Kothari pic on the right.

“His efforts as half of Gangstarr and his Jazzmatazz recordings made a lasting impression on hip hop’s formative years, and he is respected worldwide for his contributions to the culture via his unflappable, calm delivery of rhymes which emphasize self-knowledge, respect, and street credibility.

“Recently, Guru has teamed up with Solar, a producer who grew up breathing hip hop in New York. The duo have founded a record label, 7 Grand Records, and are putting on new talent as well as dropping albums of their own. Guru’s new partnership with Solar is bearing fruit well worth picking.”

But now Village Voice has a story based on Solar online correspondence which suggests Guru was shamelessly exploited.

‘ … more evil than anyone could have guessed’

“This weekend, someone hacked into Solar’s AOL email account and posted a selection of messages via his also-hacked Twitter account”, says the post, continuing >>>

The anonymous hacker made public emails sent between Solar and various parties, including documents that seem to indicate that Solar is more evil than anyone could have even guessed. The emails appear to show that Solar forced Guru to tour instead of seeking medical help; that he controlled Guru’s access to his own email account and various other web presences; that Solar owed money to multiple parties; and, perhaps most chillingly, that Solar attempted to pimp out unreleased music from Guru after the rapper’s death.

SOTC contacted some of the parties named in the messages, and the emails appear to be authentic. Jake Paine, editor-in-chief of the website www.hiphopdx.com, confirmed that an email addressed to him from Solar’s PR agency, YO! Promotions, was legitimate. A contact at a Japanese company Solar suggested might be interested in some previously unreleased music also confirmed that the email involving him was accurate. Additionally, the email accredited to Guru in the leaked correspondence (guruler7@aol.com) checks out as the same email he was using back in 2008 to warn journalists ahead of interviews that “all interviews have to involve both myself and Solar as we are a label, a company and a new force in hip-hop.” Whoever is behind the hacked email account has promised that more messages will be leaked over the coming days. Until then, here are the ten most appalling revelations from what’s turning into 2010’s biggest hip-hop soap opera.

Village Voice has 10 emails, the first slugged ‘Solar Endangered Guru’s Health’ and which kicks off with:

“An email from an unnamed sender alleges that a doctor told Guru that his condition could be cured within ‘3 months,’ but that Solar went against this advice and ‘pressed him for the tour’.”

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p2pnet – Hip-hop rapper Guru, dead at 47, April 21, 2010
Earwaks – Interview by Matt Pancer
Village Voice – The Hacked Emails That Expose Former Guru Partner Solar As the Most Evil Man In Hip-Hop, May 10, 2010

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