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[JRocka]

Disgraced former manager of 90s boy bands dies in prison.

If you followed celebrity behind the scenes happenings back in the 1990s, first of all congrats on doing that without social media. Second, the name Lou Pearlman would?ve been one you were very familiar with.

Originally, Pearlman was seen as the mastermind behind super groups like Backstreet Boys and NSYNC but, like all Hollywood fairy tales, there was a much darker story playing out behind the curtain.

Today, it was confirmed the music industry figure was found dead in prison, where he was serving his 25 year sentence.

Lou Pearlman, the record producer behind boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys and ?NSync, has died in prison, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons record. He was 62. A search for Pearlman?s name in the inmate database shows he died on Friday, August 19. No further information was available on the website. Sources also confirmed the death to Billboard. I

n 2006, after the late 90s/early 00s boy band phase had well and truly died off, Pearlman was found guilty of a number of crimes, including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud. Every act he ever managed, aside from one, ended up suing him ? and all of them won. He infamously posited himself as an unofficial ?sixth? member of the Backstreet Boys, in order to acquire (well, steal?) one-sixth of their band income. He was also partially responsible for assembling doomed girl group Innosense, which was, of course, Britney Spears first foray into the music business before ultimately going solo.

BSB member AJ spoke about Pearlman to Rolling Stone last February:

?Lou and I actually stayed in contact after we let him go. He bought some cars from me and I?d speak with some of his people around the holidays. But for some of the other guys, he was a real father figure. They felt like, ?How could you do that to somebody? You pretty much had everything you could ever dream of and you still basically fuck us?? It was especially hard for Kevin because he didn?t have a father and he really looked up to Lou like a father figure. It?s like your dad coming home and saying, ?Oh, by the way, I?ve been cheating on your mom for the last 20 years.? That?s a hard thing to swallow.

It was lie after lie. It?s one thing to be the sixth Backstreet Boy and be making exactly what we were making. And that wasn?t for doing nothing. He did help fund our very early beginning stage. He got us on those school tours, and he got us the chance to meet [manager] Johnny Wright. There was a lot of positive stuff. Sometime in the middle, around the time that ?N Sync happened, I feel like he lost his passion for us. He was trying to become more than a mogul. It wasn?t enough to be an entrepreneur. He was trying to become a label. He was trying to become things that he had no knowledge of. I think he just got too big for his britches.?

he was a topic in the 90s this man was epitome of shady 

[Zankou.]

not the 6th member.. I'm crying

[JRocka]

Brand' he was a mess...he was making freakin coins

[Gilgamesh.]

I remember him from O Town's show. He always looked disgusting to me.

[Admin]

Did his death have anything to do with his obesity?

I've heard from someone that he messed with underaged boy group members too.

He really seemed like a disgusting person.

RIP tho

[Zankou.]

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doesn't seem like he deserves to rip tbh

[JRocka]

i'm crying on twitter how they said their condolences tho

Lance Bass ✔ @LanceBass Word is that #LouPearlman has passed away. He might not have been a stand up businessman , but I (cont) http://tl.gd/nmq3sb  7:08 PM - 20 Aug 2016

KiD CaRTer ✔ @aaroncarter #LouPearlman my old manager died in prison... Rip Lou not the best business guy really at all but he did discover me karma is real 9:36 PM - 20 Aug 2016 421 421 Retweets 859 859 likes

Chris Kirkpatrick ✔ @IamCKirkpatrick Mixed emotions right now, but RIP Lou Pearlman. 9:10 PM - 20 Aug 2016 344 344 Retweets 723 723 likes

omfg the other members were unbothered to post RIP 

[Lazarus]

These Twitter comments 

[JRocka]

n

they weren't here for him at all

[Lazarus]

He was a wolf in sheep clothing I wouldn't be here for him either 

[D.I.E.G.O.]

These Twitter lashings 

[JRocka]

so glad Brit went solo but i wondered if she would have still been successful if she continue in the group 

but i'm glad she left cause this styling 

[United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳]

so glad Brit went solo but i wondered if she would have still been successful if she continue in the group 

but i'm glad she left cause this styling 

That was 90's fashion though

[JRocka]

so glad Brit went solo but i wondered if she would have still been successful if she continue in the group 

but i'm glad she left cause this styling 

That was 90's fashion though

her styling shitted on that group...it looked like threw on any clothes from the closet

[Gilgamesh.]

n girl her styiling was just as bad