His cousin, Gary Ballen, confirmed toBillboardthat Heller passed away that night after a heart attack.
He co-founded Ruthless Records in the 80s with rapper Eazy-E. Heller released a book in 2006 calledRuthless: A Memoiras a means of explaining his side of the story.
As for the things that bothered me, Ive been in the business for six decades.
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I have a certain reputation, and that reputation certainly doesnt entail the things that they said about me.
It was very hurtful.
I thought No Vaseline was hurtful.
But actually, this was more hurtful.
