{"id":5548,"date":"2026-06-15T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:59:19","slug":"oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree insisted family wouldn&#8217;t &#8216;get a penny&#8217; when he dies before helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131047733.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/entertainment\/who-was-oliver-tree-meet-singer-songwriter-who-was-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-brazil\/\">Oliver Tree<\/a> made eerie comments about plans for his will just weeks before he died in <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/singer-oliver-tree-dead-at-32-following-tragic-helicopter-crash\/\">a tragic helicopter crash. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that any of the wealth, or the things that get made from it, is mine,\u201d the singer said on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_U92uKq54o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> April 24 episode of \u201cThe Zach Sang Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I die, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one\u2019s going to get a penny,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Oliver Tree (seen above dressed as Shrek) said on \u201cThe Zach Sang Show\u201d in April that his family \u201cwouldn\u2019t get a penny\u201d from his when he died.  <span class=\"credit\">Zach Sang Show\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree made the comments about his will weeks before he was killed in a helicopter crash. <span class=\"credit\">Zach Sang Show\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tree, who was single at the time of his death, insisted if he had \u201ca wife or kids or anything, [they\u2019re] not getting a f\u2014ing penny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll get my kids through college. That\u2019s the agreement,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut there\u2019s not going to be a silver spoon.  The idea is, when I die, all the money is going to go back to artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMiss You\u201d singer revealed he set up a foundation called Dr. Oliver Tree\u2019s Art to collect the interest from his music. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s room for other money, because when I die, my art will have residual value and will probably be worth more than it is now,\u201d he explained. \u201cPeople will finally appreciate my stupid f\u2014ing videos and my stupid f\u2014ing songs. That\u2019s when people appreciate you, when you\u2019re not there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (seen above) said:  \u201cThe idea is, when I die, all the money is going to go back to artists.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (seen above at the iHeartRadio Z100 Jingle Ball in 2021) revealed he set up a foundation to collect interest from his music. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for iHeartRadio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tree noted that \u201chistorically speaking,\u201d artists \u2014 even ones that are \u201cdiabolical\u201d \u2014 see their \u201cworth go up after they die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While talking more about his foundation, Tree declared he wanted his money to go towards \u201cthe physical making of art\u201d instead of education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to buy equipment with the money. You\u2019re not allowed to go get education and schooling with the money,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to physically hire people to physically produce stuff \u2014\u00a0and you\u2019re allowed to rent equipment to make things. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have basically a committee that I\u2019ve set up when I pass \u2014 and I plan to do it while I\u2019m alive \u2014 where basically everyone will vote on who the money goes to each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tree also said he hoped his foundation would \u201clast for like a hundred years\u201d and asked people to donate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (pictured above at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival) also declared he wanted his money to go towards art and not education. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (seen above) died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. He was 32 years old <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tree was one of six people killed in a helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. He was 32 years old.<\/p>\n<p>He and four others were flying onboard one helicopter when it hit the other helicopter holding just one individual.<\/p>\n<p>The other victims include passengers Lucas Vignale, Gaspar Prim (also known as Argentinian YouTuber Gaspi), Lucas Brito Chaves, and pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.<\/p>\n<p>Tree was visiting the South American country while on his world tour. On June 6, he performed a show in Sao Paolo and he was expected to continue his tour with a July 13 show in Lisbon. <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/oliver-tree-documented-fun-filled-day-in-brazil-in-last-social-media-post-before-shocking-death\/\">documented his time in Brazil <\/a>in his final social media post shared one day before his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>There were five other people killed in the collision (An aerial view of the crash is seen above). <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree was in Brazil for his world tour (Footage from the crash is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree first rose to fame at 17 years old in 2010\u00a0and released an independent album in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>He took a break from music for years to pursue studies in music technology before he put out his first studio album, \u201cUgly Is Beautiful,\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Tree\u2019s latest album, \u201cLove You Madly Hate You Badly,\u201d came out April 24.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Tree made eerie comments about plans for his will just weeks before he died<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131047733.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}