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Died
15 November 2017
Place
Tucson, Arizona (tour bus) · United States
Field
emo rap · Music on the timeline
Legal tradition
US common law (California) · Common law
Historical event
The SoundCloud rap scene and opioid and Xanax deaths among young artists
Music and sportNowNorth AmericaUnited States

Lil Peep's mother sued his management company for wrongful death and settled with control of his music

Gustav Åhr, known as Lil Peep, died at 21 of an accidental overdose on his tour bus before a show in Tucson. In October 2019 his mother, Liza Womack, filed a wrongful death suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against First Access Entertainment, the company that managed his career. The suit alleged that on tour drug use was "allowed, normalized, and even encouraged and promoted." It alleged that he was pushed "to the extreme bounds of what somebody of his age and maturity level could handle emotionally, mentally and physically." These were allegations. First Access denied wrongdoing and said in court papers that no one from the company gave him drugs or controlled his personal life. Judge Teresa A. Beaudet let the case proceed toward a trial set for 8 March 2023. Lawyers told the court in October 2022 that the case was resolved "in principle." A notice filed in February 2023 said the settlement was reached on 14 February 2023. Terms were not disclosed. The estate said his music "will be in the care of his mother and brother, and no one else," and that it would keep releasing his work.

What the law took from it

A young artist's management and label contracts survive him, and a family may need litigation to take back control of the recordings.

Sources
  1. foxla.comPress
  2. xxlmag.comPress

Cite as: celebrity.estate, “Lil Peep's mother sued his management company for wrongful death and settled with control of his music,” story s1659, https://www.celebrity.estate/lil-peep-2017, updated 30 October 2026.

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