Music mogul Jamal Edwards died penniless despite claims he was worth $370million

ACTON, LONDON: According to probate office data, Jamal Edwards died without any assets, despite claims he had a stunning £335 million ($370 million) in assets. Edwards, known for founding media platform SBTV, which helped catapult grime and a wave of new artists to a global audience, died in February leaving nothing for his family. Edwards was also a director, author, DJ, entrepreneur and designer.

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The music mogul, who helped launch the careers of Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, died in February at the age of 31. Six months after his disappearance, an inquest revealed that he had died of a heart arrhythmia brought on by the use of cocaine and alcohol.

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The entertainer, the son of ‘Loose Women’ star Brenda Edwards, and who was awarded an MBE for his services to the music industry in 2015, is said to be worth between £8million ($9million) and £335million, according to conflicting sources. But according to official documents cited by Mail Online, Jamal’s gross estate was just £45,502.76 ($50,000) and after paying his bills he was left with nothing.

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Two years before his death, Jamal, who started his own internet music service in 2006 called SBTV, signed his own will. His entire estate, to be given as part of a trust fund he had set up, had been pledged to his family, including Brenda Edwards, his mother and ‘Loose Women’ star. But at the moment, none of the specified recipients will receive anything.

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The star had played a DJ set in north London the previous night and returned home to London sometime after 4am. He then sat down to drink with his friend Nick Hopper. He eventually developed erratic behavior and paranoia, and began throwing objects around the room, and eventually passed out, according to the inquest.

Hopper said in a statement read at the inquest by the coroner: “When he entered he appeared to be his normal state and it looked like he had just been released. We started chatting, smoking weed and to drink. He told me that he I was under a lot of pressure. There were periods of conversation followed by silences. Over time, Jamal became quite paranoid and said that I had things between the hands when it wasn’t. Every time I moved, he started to panic. I told him to calm down. , but he got more and more angry. He was grabbing things, throwing them in the He was panicking and sweating, I spent years trying to get him to open the door.

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Hopper claimed that Edwards resisted his attempts to open a window, and as a result, he eventually passed out near the bathroom door. After 9:30 a.m., Edwards’ uncle came and, according to him, performed CPR for about 10 minutes until paramedics took over and failed to resuscitate him.

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