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[EDITED Nov. 13, 2008 11:17 AM]
A couple of loyal readers hit me up about this show yesterday. “Brothers to Brutha” premiered on BET Tuesday night. The show follows the career of five biological brothers who formed a singing group mentored by Jermaine Dupri.
Shakir Stewart, who signed the brothers to Def Jam, filmed his scenes in the show while he was still lucid. It’s interesting to note that Brutha attended Stewart’s private Memorial in Atlanta last week while his longtime boss and mentor, L.A. Reid, did not attend.
Apparently, top tier celebrities had to pitch in to help pay Stewart’s funeral expenses because Reid refused to even take calls from the family. There’s a special place in hell reserved for people like Reid who put money and self over a lifetime of dedication and loyalty.
I promised I was going to reveal more details about Shakir Stewart’s untimely death and the turn of events that led up to it. But in order to do that I would have to reveal a certain aspect of his life that is of a sensitive nature and can’t be written without casting Stewart in a negative light.
Out of respect for the family, I will leave that alone.
I’ve heard crazy allegations that Stewart was running from a certain rapper and armed gang bangers. But it’s a rare man who takes his own life because another man is gunning for him.
Men usually take their lives over money, lost pride or lost love — not because they fear another man. According to Stewart’s close friends, he was a man’s man with a strong sense of pride. And he remained that way until the day he died.
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