Ed Sheeran's cousin lifts lid on the REAL reason behind their very bitter feud as he blasts millionaire star's 'boring songs' and fumes 'he's family but I don't like him!'
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Ed Sheeran's cousin has lifted the lid on their bitter family feud - and insisted he will never speak to the superstar singer again. Jethro Sheeran is nine years older than his cousin Ed and claims to have been a key influence in forming his musical tastes and influences as he was trying to start out as a singer-songwriter.
![[Jethro, who is nine years older than Ed, says that when the now world famous singer was growing up the cousins would 'hang out', writing and recording tracks together]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/18/92364727-14187091-Jethro_a_rapper_who_uses_the_name_Alonestar_has_written_and_perf-a-3_1734027890285.jpg)
When the now world famous singer was growing up Jethro says he would spend school holidays hanging out and writing and recording his very first tracks with the cousin he looked up to. But over the years the pair's fortunes went in different directions: Ed found global pop superstardom with a string of hits and earned an estimated £375 million fortune while Jethro, now 42, continues to try for a chart breakthrough and lives with his mother.
![[Jethro, who is a rapper trying to make his own breakthrough in the industry, says the he was Ed's musical inspiration when he was growing up and doesn't feel that he has been credited]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/08/93142483-14187091-Jethro_who_is_a_rapper_trying_to_make_his_own_breakthrough_in_th-m-31_1734163837792.jpg)
They had already drifted apart as their careers diverged but now a furious row has broken out between the estranged cousins - after Warner Music hired lawyers to order him to stop using Ed's name commercially. In an exclusive interview with MailOnline Jethro has now accused his celebrated 33-year-old cousin of carrying out a personal vendetta against him by sanctioning his record label's threat to take him to court.
![[The cousins Jethro and Ed - pictured together in happier times - were once close have fallen out over after Warner Bros hired lawyers to stop Jethro from using Ed's name commercially]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/07/93142347-14187091-image-a-6_1734161017851.jpg)
Speaking for the first time about the rift, furious Jethro said: 'I don't consider Ed to be family to me any more. 'I love him because he is my blood and flesh but I don't need to know him any more.'. Jethro Sheeran (right) and his famous cousin Ed are at the centre of a bitter family row. Their feud has escalated to such an extent that Jethro has vowed never to speak to the star again.
![[The feud centred around a track called Raise Em Up which Jethro recorded with Ed in 2010. Jethro had recorded a remixed version which co-credited Ed and featured his face in artwork]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/19/93094749-14187091-image-a-10_1734032148561.jpg)
