The Tupac Estate and Soundgarden have pulled out of a lawsuit against Universal Music Group that was filed by five artists last year over damage the artists’ musical recordings suffered in a 2008 fire that destroyed many assets in the company’s vaults.
While Universal’s archives are suffered extensive damage in the fire, the company has disputed the details in the July 2019 New York Times report that first revealed the extent of the damage.
The report estimated that around 500,000 masters by some of the greatest artists of the past century were destroyed. The notice of voluntary dismissal, which names Tom Walley (as a representative of the Tupac estate) and Soundgarden and reads simply, “Plaintiffs Soundgarden, a partnership, and Tom
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