Jerry Heller’s Lawyer Blames Dr. Dre & Ice Cube For Causing Death

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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An attorney for late music mogul Jerry Heller has singled out his former clients Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Lawyer Mickey Shapiro believes the duo’s Straight Outta Compton N.W.A. biopic ultimately ended his life.

According to Shapiro, the film’s false Heller portrayal gave him a fatal heart attack heading into the weekend.

In fact — Shapiro says things were so bad — Jerry barely slept and was “heart broken” over the entire thing. TMZ broke the story … Heller was in a car accident Friday around noon, the initial investigation states he may have suffered a medical emergency to cause the wreck. Shaprio says Jerry’s family has been told it appears he suffered a heart attack before the crash. Mickey says he believes the heart attack was brought on by the stress from the film and tells us, “Jerry Heller would be alive today if not for that movie.” (TMZ)

Early Saturday (September 3), viral reports about Heller’s shocking death scattered across social media.

Jerry Heller, the original manager for N.W.A., has died according to sources with AllHipHop.com. He was 75. The businessman was widely recognized as the man that helped bring the controversial group to the masses along with Eazy-E. The cause of death is not yet known. (All Hip Hop)

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Earlier this year, Herller talked about former protégés Ice Cube and Dr. Dre bashing him in last year’s N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton.

“They’re saying things about me in that film that are not only not true but they’re very demeaning and degrading and now it means everybody over the world will think that about me. That’s just not true. There’s just so much more attention being brought to the movie now and I would have felt a lot better if I were portrayed honestly and Eazy was portrayed in a light he should have been. I think it was a combination of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and the widow [of Eazy-E]. I’m very proud of the work that he did and I’m proud of the success Ice Cube has had.” (TMZ Live)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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  1. KEEP IT RIGHTEOUS.. CRYBABY PUNK ASS GIRL’S.. THEY SAY WE BAD HERE ON EARTH THAT WERE GOING TO HELL” HOMIE WE ALL ARE ALREADY IN HELL… LIVE DAY BY DAY.. THAT’S RIGHT… 

  2. That Same Motherfucker use to managed Marvin Gaye back in the day before NWA.
    Well Karma is a bitch.

  3. BS movie been out he saw it doesn’t take months to have a heart attack seem more like guilt to me 

    • I agree 100%, what a joke trying to blame a movie on his death.  How about old age?  That might be it!

  4. He claims they didn’t do honest by Eazy, either. Ego gets in the way. They want to take all the credit for themselves. That makes them very small men.

  5. Jerry didn’t do nothing to promote NWA to the masses the letter to NWA done all the work Easy got the media to run the story and all the white kids including myself bought the album out of curiosity to see what these boys was gonna say next. now more than ever NWA serves a purpose it amazes me that 20 odd years on America is still just as racist towards men and women of colour WTF???? and just like back then there are plenty uncle toms out there pretending to help there people but are just filling there pockets guys like dickhead Diddys bitch ass and Jay Z and Beyonce. all of a sudden Beyoncé and Jay care about black lives they’ve had years to say there piece but said nothing I rest my case!!!

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