If I delete music off of my friends computer that is now mine, will his iTunes still have all his music and apps linked to his account? Should I worry about him losing his music?

So, a while ago my friend gave me his laptop, which is filled with his apps and such. I want to add my music and backup my phone onto the computer with my own Apple ID. If I delete all his music and such off of this computer, will he still be able to access it from his other accounts? Will everything still be linked to him? He owns a mac now if that matters.
Also, how would I go about cleaning out all of his music from this single computer so that it won't get in the way of my stuff?

Also, If this music is on my Apple ID and my computer, should I have to worry about them seeing my music? I'm probably just being stupid, but I have some music I would rather hate to admit that I have.
And if they have a mac, shouldn't everything already be synced to their computer? It would seem like that to me, but I've never owned one..

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I really need help!

I don't think you understood what I wrote. You don't HAVE to pay for everything if you are happy with using the other account for updates, etc. But if you don't want to do that then you will have to buy new copies of everything for the new account. There's only one purchase item per account, but you can redownload an item in the account many times.
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One computer, multiple devices, one Apple ID.
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