FuckSolar.com recently obtained the full Boston Phoenix interview given by Brownman, the featured trumpet soloist with Guru’s Jazzmatazz from 2006-2010.
The website, notorious for dedicating itself to outing Solar’s allegedly sinister handling of Guru’s affairs while the late rapper was in a coma and after his death, posted the shocking interview, lending credence to allegations that Solar’s actions have been less than altruistic.
“From day one, I always thought he was controlling… domineering… egotistical,” said Brownman of Solar. “He spoke of himself as a ‘god’ and insisted all those around him refer to him as ‘lord.’ Guru always called him this. And how he handled the band – he would bark orders like a general and often liked to express himself in military terminology – which I found completely out of place in art – which is what I considered Guru’s music.”
Brownman continued, explaining that Solar’s instructions “rarely made any musical sense,” and that he eventually “ignored all of Solar’s vague, ethereal, nonsensical instructions.”
Brownman described Solar’s complete lack of any musical education, despite his proclamations of being a “Superproducer.” “…I would come to see [Guru’s trust in Solar] as his artistic death over time… and Solar as a paranoid, delusional sociopath, as Guru continued to slowly hemorrhage his decision making processes to a megalomaniac.”
The revealing interview continued as Brownman chronicled Guru’s gradual relinquishment of financial and musical control to Solar, until the trumpeter and DJ Doo Wop quit in January 2010, even shockingly admitting that Solar physically abused Guru. “Solar had created so toxic a work environment for us… he screwed with our money… threatened us… belittled us… demeaned us… marginalized us… all the while treating Guru like a child. Berating, belittling and chastising him… and later physically abusing him. I’d never seen a man disrespect another man like that. I’m disturbed now when I read accounts of Solar claiming Guru as a best friend and brother. Solar, THAT’S how you treat your best friend and brother?”
Brownman’s deeply disturbing account included recollections of Solar punching Guru in the face after a show, threatening Brownman with violence, and Solar’s insistence to Guru that DJ Premier tried to ruin him. He also detailed Solar’s technique for “turning” Guru: isolate him from his family, friends and fans. “Isolation was key to Solar’s power over Guru,” explained Brownman, who also denied rumors that Guru and Solar were lovers.
Read the interview in its entirety at FuckSolar.com.
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Jordahl G says solar did not murder Guru which is technically true of course because Guru died from cancer BUT solar (who’s the real coward here) DID prevent Guru from getting an operation and DID force Guru to keep touring while Guru needed serious medical attention. That’s something that has come to the light and that is very disturbing and HAS INFLUENCED GURU HIS PASSING AWAY TOO SOON.
I say keep FUCKSOLAR.COM alive and put this coward behind bars!!!! I’m not saying murder him nor do I believe FUCKSOLAR.COM is going to influence people to plan a deadly attack on fruitcake supreme BUT seriously solar deserves to get fucked up real bad and i’m surprised that hasn’t happened yet. So my sweet advise to everyone here is IF YOU SEE THIS solar MOTHERFUCKER PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE UNTIL YOUR FISTS BLEED, for GURU.
Further more, anyone who didn’t go to special-ed school should be able to understand how it came this far, how solar was capable of controlling Guru like that. If you read all these interviews well you will understand plus off course Guru wasn’t gay. Vanish the fuck offa this planet if you believe that, seriously people who’s lame asses clame that shoudn’t let your retardedness show like that.
On that note, REST IN PEACE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST MC’S TO EVER BLESS THE MIC, GIFTED UNLIMITED RHYMES UNIVERSAL.
Oh and FUCK SOLAR !!!!
these two were fucking eachother or something.
thats disrespectful as fuck to a hip-hop legend to come out and throw around accusations… all those closest to guru and solar deny an intimate relationship, its only outsiders who cant comprehend why guru allowed solar to treat him this way who accuse them of being intimate.. quit fuckin tarnishing the name of a hip-hop legend unless you have the facts to back it up.. till then go play in traffic
If you actually take time to read the interview, Brownman explains that anyone with intelligence knows that they weren’t gay lovers. Solar was always next to Guru or near him, which allowed him to control/brainwash/manipulate Guru…and that’s exactly what happened.
FUCK SOLAR……GURU R.I.P……..GANGSTARR FOREVER
FUCK SOLAR!
This is some of the most fucked up shit i’ve ever read. What the fuck?!
Solar, I hope you hiding in Canada now.
If he’s found alive here in Toronto he’ll get fucked up! Nuff GangStarr and Guru fans here…FUCK SOLAR!
Ok……..here’s where I feel it’s ok for any “gangsta” rapper or thug to F*CK SOMEBODY UP!!! Instead of beefing with each other, how bout beatin’ da SHYT outta someone who played a Hip Hop legend like Solar did Guru. R.I.P. GURU……………SLAUGHTER Solar.
Sooooo….why did you let him get away with it homie?? now that guru’s dead, everyone wanna get gangsta…it took for your homie to die in order to say something???….pussy.
Fuck you, life’s more complicated than that you simple minded fuck.
True that, but the truth still needed to be exposed even after Guru died. Why? So this maniac can’t hide and pretend anymore and hopefully not get a chance to do this to anyone else. I bet he’s watching over his shoulder now. Exposure is needed; no shame to Guru.
I got nothin butlove for Guru, who was one of my favorite MCs growing up and even into adulthood, but it’s just hard for me to fathom this situation. I mean, I’m a regular dude, I’m not no superthug or nothin’ like that and I don’t pretend to be. But if anyone ever even attempted to treat me the way Solar treated Guru, I would knock ’em the fuck out. If it was somebody that I was that terrified of (which, unless this nigga was a total psychopath, I wouldn’t be), pardon me for sayin’ this, but I would’ve been shot that nigga, straight up. I just don’t understand why Guru let this happen. R.I.P. Guru.
Read the whole interview. He was fearful for his own life
LOOK LET’S BE REAL, READ THE INTERVIEW, HOW THE HELL DID SOLAR HAVE SO MUCH CONTROL OVER GURU EVEN TO THE POINT OF GURU CALLING HIM “LORD” UNLESS SOLAR HAD SOME JEDI MIND TRICKS,THEN WE ALL PRETENDING AVOIDING THE OBVIOUS THAT GURU AND SOLAR WHERE MORE THEN FRIENDS.
YEAH! YEAH! I KNOW PPLE WILL GTE MADE AT ME FOR SAYING THAT,BUT AM A BIG FAN OF GURU,AM JUST BEING REAL UNLESS SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE HELL GURU WUD LET SOLAR ABUSE HIM LIKE THAT.
READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW. Brownman not only gives a first hand account of what he saw Solar do to Guru in three years, he also offers theories as to WHY Guru let Solar control him.
I WISH PEOPLE FOR ONCE IN THEIR LIFE WOULD JUST LET THIS SHIT GO AND STOP BERATING SOLAR FOR SOMETHING HE DID NOT DO TO GURU AND THAT’S GIVE GURU CANCER AND I WISH THAT SOMEONE WOULD JUST DISPOSE AND GET RID OF THAT BULLSHIT FuckSolar.com WEBSITE ONCE AND FOR ALL BECAUSE THAT SHIT HAS ALREADY TURNED TOXIC AND DOESN’T HOLD ANY TYPE OF WEIGHT WHATSOEVER…IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A SITE THAT’S JUST AIMLESSLY SITTING AROUND DYING TO CONTINUE TO SQUEEZE AND DESPERATELY SEEK MORE INFORMATION OUT OF SOLAR JUST TO SEE IF HE MURDERED OR DID ANYMORE VICIOUSNESS OR HARM TOWARDS GURU JUST SO SOME SICK INDIVIDUAL CAN GET UP ENOUGH GUTS TO GO OUT AND KILL SOLAR AND I THINK THAT’S VERY SICKENING AND DISGUSTING FOR THOSE CRAZY FUCKS ON THAT WEBSITE TO EVEN WANT TO HAVE THE DESIRE TO PROMOTE… Fucksolar.com IS A WEBSITE THAT’S PROMOTING HATE AND THE DESIRE TO SECRETLY KILL SOMEONE THEY FEEL MURDERED GURU YET THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE SO WHAT IS THE SO CALLED PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE’S EXISTENCE THEN? HOW MUCH MORE INFORMATION DO THEY HAVE TO EXPOSE SOLAR BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION RIGHT HERE WITH BROWNSMAN IS NOT SHOCKING WHATSOEVER BECAUSE IT’S THE SAME SHIT THAT BROWNSMAN HAS ALREADY STATED ABOUT SOLAR THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT BROWNMAN REVISED THE STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE IN THIS INTERVIEW YET IT’S STILL THE SAME SHIT HE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT ON SOLAR SO WHAT’S NEXT AFTER THAT? IS THE WEBSITE USED TO TRY TO KILL OFF SOLAR? AND HONESTLY NOW THAT GURU IS GONE,DO YOU THINK THAT GURU WOULD WANT FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP A WEBSITE LIKE Fucksolar.com AROUND JUST TO MENTALLY DESTROY OR HAVE SOLAR KILLED? GURU WOULD NEVER ENCOURAGE OR WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE WHETHER THEY’VE DONE A SHIT LOAD OF NEGATIVE DIRT IN THEIR LIFE OR NOT…AND I DON’T GIVE A FUCK HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HATE SOLAR BUT AT LEAST SOMEONE HAS TO SLIGHTLY COME TO HIS DEFENSE BECAUSE HE IS NOT THE MAN THAT’S SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING GURU CANCER…SOLAR DID NOT MURDER GURU SO PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF HOMIE’S DICK AND STOP HARASSING HIM AND JUST MOVE THE FUCK ON WITH THEIR LIVES…IT’S JUST SAD THAT PEOPLE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO POINT THE BLAME AT THIS SOLAR DUDE SO HARD AND NOT GIVE THE PROPER RIGHTFUL HONORABLE RESPECT TOWARDS GURU’S DEATH THAT HE RIGHTFULLY DESERVES…THERE’S NO MORE INFORMATION THAT THOSE CLOWNS OVER AT Fucksolar.com CAN DIG UP ON SOLAR SO WHY WASTE YOUR PATHETIC FUCKIN’ LIFE AND TIME WHEN YOU NEVER EVER MET GURU PERSONALLY,YOU DON’T KNOW GURU PERSONALLY,IT’S NONE OF YOUR FUCKIN’ BUSINESS ABOUT GURU PEROSNALLY,WHEN SOLAR WAS AROUND GURU YOU WEREN’T THINKING ABOUT GURU PERSONALLY UNTIL HIS DEATH SO WHY STICK YOUR FUCKIN’ NOSE IN SOMEONE’S PERSONAL LIFE AND BUSINESS WHEN YOU KEEP COMING UP WITH THE SAME BULLSHIT ASS CLUES THAT DON’T LEAD TO NOTHING…BROWNMAN CONTINUES TO STATE THE SAME BULLSHIT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER THAT SOLAR ABUSED GURU AND WE’VE ALREADY HEARD THAT SAME OLD BULLSHIT SONG ALREADY…WHAT ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT SOLAR HAD DONE WITH GURU BEFORE GURU’S DEATH? ALL I’VE HEARD IS ALL OF THE NEGATIVE SHIT THAT SOLAR HAS DONE AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING AND I REPEAT NOTHING THAT OFFICIALLY STATES THAT SOLAR HAS KILLED OR MURDERED GURU SO CONTINUING TO BERATE AND GO AFTER SOLAR IS JUST A COMPLETE WASTE OF BULLSHIT TIME BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING ELSE THOSE ASSHOLES OVER AT THAT WEBSITE HAVE DUG UP YET…IF ANYTHING THEY ARE NOT HELPING GURU’S CAUSE WHATSOEVER…CLOSE FRIENDS OF GURU ARE JUST OVERLY ANGRY AND UPSET THAT THEY NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO GURU THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BUT WHO’S FAULT IS THAT? IF GURU’S CLOSE FRIENDS REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM THEN THEY WOULD’VE STUCK VERY CLOSE WITH GURU THROUGH THICK AND THIN NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AND THEN THERE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A GUY LIKE SOLAR TO STEP RIGHT IN AND GET SO CLOSE TO GURU THE WAY HE DID SO IT’S A LITTLE TOO LATE NOW TO STICK THEIR NECKS OUT OVER THIS SITUATION…PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE SOLAR AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THE HOSPITAL INCIDENT WHERE PEOPLE WERE KEPT AWAY FROM SEEING GURU BY SOLAR WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG… BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WHERE WERE THE STRONG PEOPLE AT WHO WERE SUPPOSE TO BE IN GURU’S CORNER THAT ACTUALLY DEEPLY CARED ABOUT GURU? WHERE THE FUCK WAS BROWNMAN? IF BROWNMAN CARED ENOUGH ABOUT GURU WOULDN’T HE HAVE BEEN THE STRONG ONE TO KEEP SOLAR OFF OF HIM? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THE COWARDS COME OUT NOW TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT GURU’S DEATH AND THEIR HATRED TOWARDS SOLAR BUT THEY WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND WHEN GURU WAS BREATHING AND SOLAR WAS IN GURU’S CIRCUMFERENCE…AGAIN THIS IS NOT A FUCKIN’ MURDER AND THAT GOES OUT TO ALL THE DUMBASS MORONS RUNNING THAT Fucksolar.com WEBSITE…THEY ARE SO FUCKING STUPID FOR KEEPING THAT WEBSITE AROUND WHEN GURU’S DEATH WAS NOT A MURDER…GURU PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER AND THERE IS NO VITAL INFORMATION STANDING OR WITHIN ARMS REACH THAT HE WAS MURDERED OR ELSE WE WOULD’VE HEARD THAT INFORMATION BY NOW…FOR THE LAST TIME, LET THE KEITH ELAM REST IN FOREVER LOVING PEACE WITH GOD AND TELL THE COWARDS LIKE BROWNMAN AND OTHERS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH THESE IRRELEVANT INTERVIEWS IF YOU WERE TOO SCARED TO GET SOLAR OFF OF GURU LIKE YO UWERE SUPPOSE TO BECAUSE YOUR NOT HELPING WORTH A DAMN BY SPEAKING ON IT NOW WHEN IT’S ALREADY WAAAY TOO LATE… R.I.P KEITH ELAM AKA GURU
Good to hear from you Solar. Your days are numbered. I’m not saying it’s right for someone to kill you. But a severe and ugly beating and total banishment from the Hip-Hop community would be justice served and maybe even merciful. The world is your prison now, and your own actions have put you in Hell…’Lord’.
if your solar and you know it, go insane… i mean clap your hands
Hey Solar.
7 Grand not earning enough to buy you an enter button?
You might want to turn caps lock off too.
And take some English classes.
@Jordahl G
Hey Solar, Crawl back to your mama’s ass.
Fuck Solar!
Fu*k Jordahl G AND Solar!
noone fucked up this nigga solar yet..if i ever seen that mutha fucka id slap him 2x for hip hop fuck solar
i Own Every Gangstarr Album-Step In The Arena,Daily Operation,Hard to Earn(Classic),Moment Of Truth,& The Ownerz
But This Story Sound A Lil Suspect!!!
I’m Going On Record Saying Solar & Guru Were More Than Homies–
Them Niggas Was Fags
Let’s Not Hide From The Truth!!!
and u should kno being that u a fag, right?
Why would Guru put up wit this dude?
from what im reading, it kind of seems it was more of a rape/victim thing than a gay lovers thing. that this website even had to put “explained Brownman, who also denied rumors that Guru and Solar were lovers.” is pathetic. guru is a living legend, and even bringing all this shit now doesnt do anything.
Living Legend means he would have to be alive, hence the ‘living’ part.
RIP GURU.
How could a knowbody belittle or control someone who’s been an icon in the game for aleast 17 years making history with premier..and he even said it himself solar had no musical education and very little experience. And as far as we knew Guru was the big homie!
This shit is just so fucking incredible to me….I mean this dude made “who got gunz” for god sake?! How could he just let money father him like that…smgdh…
man this is some bullshit. All these strange ass stories coming out AFTER his death. Can these people let guru rest in peace already?!?
Don’t get me wrong, I Love Guru, But without Premiers beats Gang Starr wouldnt of been the same, and i feel ultimately bad for both Guru and Premier, because shit just went sour, and it ended so badly, you can put the blame on solar for that. R.I.P. Guru.
I’m sorry but I’m truly disgusted right now… and I don’t get upset about things very easily but this is just too much. I knew that last message from Guru saying he didn’t want to be associated with Premo after his death was bullshit made up by Solar. What an asshole!
all this stuff is old news. Brownman was a Toronto resident at one point and around the time of Guru’s death he had an article in the Toronto news paper explaining everything about Solar and Guru, and he said Solar helped Guru get out of a alcohol addiction, so Guru felt indebted to him in some sense and thats where the abuse of trust started and it just got worse from there. and Brownman wouldn’t make that shit up, he looked up to Guru.
Brownman seems cool and honest, and I believe his account, but he’s not God. He can only offer his opinion as to why this was happening. I’m sure he liked and respected Guru and only wanted to believe certain things about him. Still, he didn’t know this man that long or know him in and out. How many times has a parent or spouse said that someone they loved wouldn’t do certain things? People are afraid of what people will think of them.
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I have always been a fan of gangstarr and always will be but i just cant see myself letting another man get over on me like that i know solar helped guru or something like that but come on this sounds like a weak female who cant get away from her sociopath boyfriend for real and im not calling Guru a female or anything like that but no man should let another get over on him like that sounds to me like more was going on then what has been told
anyway r.i.p. Guru and let the true gangstarr legacy live on
Fucksolar.com disappeared after Solar put his lawyers on them, but that original unedited complete 3000 word interview Brownman gave to Chris Farone from the Boston Phoenix is here:
http://brownman.com/Interviews/2010-BostonPhoenixInterviewAboutGuru.htm
It’s worth reading top to bottom to see the TRUTH about Solar’s manipulation of Guru.
When I first heard about Guru and Solar, my mind went to them being lovers. DJ Premier sounds gay when he talks about Guru too. They may all be straight, but many men go both ways or are on the down low. Guru might have had vulnerability or self esteem issues that kept in this deplorable and unhealthy relationship. Only God really knows. Their friends swear up and down that they weren’t gay. They can’t say that for sure. If it quacks like a duck, man it’s a duck. Only God and these two guys know for sure, but what would make a grown man submit like that and put up with such unheard of behavior from someone that he wasn’t in love with? Who do we put up with bad treatment from boys and girls? The people that we sleep with. Otherwise we’d tell them where to get off. The only people that I let cross certain lines with me were lovers and no one else. Think about it. People always think that they know family and friends inside and out. Most people have secrets. Don’t be so sure.