Peter Tosh died without a will; his ten children fought in a Manhattan court over his royalties

Peter Tosh left no will. A court-appointed lawyer ran his estate for about 22 years. In 2009 his youngest child, Niambe McIntosh, took over as administrator. The estate earned about $150,000 to $300,000 a year. Royalties were to be split evenly among ten children. In October 2014 his daughter Aldrina McIntosh sued in Manhattan, claiming the siblings had received nothing for five years and that about $1.7 million was being withheld. Niambe called that figure "grossly exaggerated." Property was also disputed. In 2006 his former partner Marlene Brown put his M16-shaped guitar up for auction at a Kingston film festival. She said Tosh had given it to her. Two of his sons said it belonged to the estate's foundation, and the auction was postponed. His posthumous 1988 Grammy turned up as collateral at a pawnshop in Somerville, Massachusetts. Police said his son Jawara pawned it. The pawnbroker said he sold it for $38,000; the family said in 2016 that they had it. Jawara was beaten in a New Jersey jail in 2017 while serving a marijuana sentence and died in July 2020. In 2016 the estate, Brown and Pulse Investments opened the Peter Tosh Museum in Kingston. In 2026 Niambe McIntosh remains administrator^†.