SOLAR: ‘GURU’S FOUNDATION IS LEGITIMATE’
Late MC GURU’s close friend SOLAR has hit back at the rapper’s family ove r their doubts about a charity mentioned in his farewell letter.
The hip-hop legend, who had been in a coma since February (10), died in a New York medical facility after losing his cancer battle on Monday (19 Apr10).
The Gang Starr rapper’s pal and business partner Solar then released a note, believed to have been written by Guru on his deathbed, which outlin ed his final wishes and mentioned a foundation he hoped his fans would se nd donations to.
He wrote, "I have a nonprofit organisation called Each One Counts dedic ated to carrying on my charitable work on behalf of abused and disadvanta ged children from around the world and also to educate and research a cur e for this terrible disease that took my life." The family of Guru, real name Keith Elam, questioned the existence of t he foundation in a statement released after his death, admitting they had never heard of it.
But Solar maintains the charity is legitimate - and insists there are m any things his late friend didn’t tell his family about.
He tells MTV.com, "That’s an organisation started by Guru, myself and m y people. Hopefully it’ll grow to be a huge worldwide charitable organisa tion.
"There (are) a lot of things that Guru has done in his business and lif e that they don’t know. He doesn’t report to them. He never reported to t hem. Guru’s a full-grown man. He didn’t report to them everything he did.
They’re not his business mangers, and they didn’t have that type of rela tionship." Solar first butted heads with Guru’s relatives when his nephew Justin p osted a video on YouTube.com earlier this year (10), blaming Solar for ke eping them from their loved one.
But Solar claims he once had a friendly relationship with Guru’s family ..
He adds, "The funny thing is, it hasn’t been all this tension. It got w eird in the end. Up until the end, it didn’t exist, quite honestly. I tal ked to his father every Father’s Day; he came to this concert tribute in Boston. I visited his mother and father; they visited us. The tension rea lly became evident in February. It became the public thing it is when Jus tin put the video out. It’s just an untrue video, and it opened the door for a lot of other things. Up until that point, there was no tension betw een myself and the family at all."
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