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Five years after his untimely passing at age 42, Prodigy‘s voice still echoes loud. As a solo artist and as half of the iconic Queens rap duo Mobb Deep opposite Havoc, his contributions to the hip-hop canon are hard to overhype. Today, his estate has shared an unreleased track of his, produced by the legendary DJ Premier.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Nearly eight years after Prince’s death, his heirs have gone to court with two former associates of the artist in the latest round of the long, expensive and complex battle over control over his estate. The lawsuit, made public Wednesday in Delaware court, pits four of the artist’s heirs against two of his former business associates in a fight over control of Prince Legacy LLC.

Purple Rain, Prince‘s smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and direction by Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz.

The legal battle over Prince's estate came to an end on Sunday five years after his untimely death at 57 in 2016.The star's wealth, which totaled $156.4 million, was fought over by a number of that star's potential heirs because the Purple Rain singer did not leave a will.The Internal Revenue Service andComerica Bank & Trust, the estate's administrator, finally came to an agreement on the valuation after giving wildly different estimations at the beginning. Settled:Prince may have died in 2016, but the legal battle over his estate just came to an end on Sunday (pictured 2015)While the government agency originally set their opinion at$163.2 million, Comerica Bank & Trust gave a much more modest value of$82.3 million.