Dr. Dre is suing Death Row Records for more than $3 million in unpaid royalties, according to Radar Online.
The producer says that he is owed $1,200,386.57 in unpaid artist-producer royalties, $1,179,913 from digital sales and $676,444.44 for unpaid mechanical royalties. The digital sales amount is based on a judge’s suggestion after Dr. Dre lost a 2010 trademark infringement suit, the story says.
The Beats by Dre executive also said that Death Row did not honor a bonus that would bump his royalty rate to 20 percent from 18 percent.
Dr. Dre released his solo album, 1992’s The Chronic, while on Death Row Records. He also worked in various capacities on Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, Tha Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food and Tupac’s All Eyez On Me while with the imprint.
Headed by Marion “Suge” Knight after Dr. Dre left the label in the mid-1990s, Death Row Records was taken over in 2006 by WIDEawake, which bills itself as WIDEawake Death Row Entertainment, according to its website.
The legal documents from the lawsuit are available for review here.
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Get ya money
he should donate it all to a charity
deathrow? who’s he suing the grim reaper?
Out of all the pictures there are of Dr. Dre on the internet, you numbskulls picked the one where you think he’s mean-mugging, but he’s actually constipated?
nah that aint constipation. he being blinded from the light cuz he been livin in jimmy iovines shadow for so long
lol, maybe money wise but obviously dre is much more famous.
dre is a hungry slut whose pimp aint been feeding her cum. she thirsty!!!
lol yes that’s exactly how it is
Yeah cause your bitch ass will lay down and let them punk you and rob you for what is yours. SMFH! You keyboard clown kill me. You will hate on your own for anything! I don’t care how much money he has. That money they owe is his. Pay up!
Just now… why didn’t you sue years ago when Death Row had money? Looks like Dre spent all his money trying to Detox and now he needs to recoup!
I don’t understand why Dre didn’t just buy the whole Death Row catalog when it went up for sale years ago. He could have gotten all of his master recordings plus made some extra change from all the other albums.
he aint have Beats money yet,
also I guess he’d be responsible for making money off of what’s left, and that wouldn’t be guaranteed. this way he just gets his profits – lawyer fees.
its crazy that this guy is suing anyone. i mean you’re filthy rich and you and jimmy fucked over the guys at monster for beats with a bs contract and your big money lawyers
dre cant even get an album out but rozay can. fiddy and dre lost
Yes, in you and your friend retarded little world, all of that is true.
All of their former artists were low balled. The point is he got out alive and went on to much more fortune.
LOL like this nigga needs it.
It’s more of a pride thing.
Dre and fiddy cant even get an album out while Rozay might go gold
Nigga you need to shut the fuck up wit that shit. I like Rozay too but even I aint stupid enough to keep trollin the same shit. Dre if he wanted to can release an album when he wants. While I agree my man Ross gon drop a classic on the game its dumb niggas like yo stupid ass that make us fans of the music look like fuckin idiots. Fuck outta here with the same shit.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dre is finished and washed up.
i mean he aint even got any groupies online like rozay does. when the lasr time you seen a dr. dre groupie …and when the last time you seen a ross groupie???
and dre cant even get an album out
” but even I aint stupid enough to keep trollin the same shit.”
Says the kid who been posting the same 6 comments for 3 years
its funny cause Dre and Jimmy fucked over the guys at Monster just like this but for hundreds of millions
Only 3 million for 20 years of royalties n sales on all them classic albums? He only suing cause suge aint involved any more he had dre shook like dice
the 2001 album is still better than 98% of rap albums nowadays!
that shit bangs forever. it sucks he built up so much hype that hes afraid to follow it up with anything just like fiddy who cant get an album out. meanwhile rozay and wale keep droppin classics on em.
Wale wack son…Can you name 8 Wale songs? I know a lot of people, and I know they can’t! Nobody requests his joints at the club nowadays!
“meanwhile rozay and wale keep droppin classics on em”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! What classics?
fuckin’ dre is worth nearly 400 million dollars. whats his ass doin suing for 3 mil lol
Gotta protect his legacy
its HIS 3 million dollars… fuck you talking about?
3 million nigga deathrow aint even worth $3. Nigga should’ve surf Long time ago.
Sued Long time ago
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#MarcusAKAdatfreshniggatho
Just looked him up on youtube…he’s actually pretty good
Im sayin tho deez niggas don fuckin git it im da number one stunna hood star billionaire a different bitch a different night yall jealous ass mutha fuckas shout out to my nigga shanice thanks fo da shout out big homie
fuck this greedy bastard
why are you calling it greed? if the man has money owed to him because of some contract, is it greedy for him to force Death Row to honor that contract? i’m sure that, if you put in overtime in that mcdonalds job that you work at, you would want to be paid for that overtime. or is it greedy for you to expect to get paid for that overtime…..
yeah he’s the greedy one…
even though these people apparently kept their own money and then took someone else’s as well
U’re a ‘tard. If Dre let’s them screw him out of 3 mill (even though that’s chicken feed to him), everyone would be trying to get over. Now get back to smoking your dirt weed and drinking your cheap beer and criticizing everyone else to make yourself feel better about your pathetic existence.
dre is greedy he did the same things to the guys who created and designed his beats headphone, cut them out and kept all the money
He aint got shit on my nigga JA RULE doe…
I think hiphopdx got the picture of a madame Tussaud’s wax lookalike dre – i mean just look at dude wtf he does not appear animated at all in that picture.
I thought lil kim and scott storch was the only ones in hiphop who messed up they looks with plastic surgery but i guess i was wrong
Lil Wayne told me when he worked on “No Love” in Detroit, Eminem and Dr. Dre had a gay orgy with Slaughterhouse. Those niggas are extremely gay, they enjoy to suck dick. smh… swag
That’s alright nigga, you reach for those stars.
It’s not about the money it’s about the principal. If they owe him for work he put in then they have to pay the man.
This is Dre’s business managers doing their job – if he’s owed money from a contract he should be paid.
Dem nips
SEAN PUFFY NIPPLES
This Dre guy has my underwear….
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DR Dre is looking JAAAAAAKCED in that pic! HOLY SHIT!
******I KNOW RIGHT? EVERYTIME I SEE RECENT PICS OF DRE, IM LIKE THOSE MUSCLES CAN’T BE REAL! HE HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BODY SUIT UNDER HIS SHIRT, BUT ACTUALLY HE’S A WORK OUT FANATIC.
you must be white.
wrong, I’m black.
blacks are gay as fuck. i just heard some NFL prospect came out the closet and his a big black guy,
I KNOW RIGHT? EVERYTIME I SEE RECENT PICS OF DRE, IM LIKE THOSE MUSCLES CAN’T BE REAL! HE HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BODY SUIT UNDER HIS SHIRT, BUT ACTUALLY HE’S A WORK OUT FANATIC.
karma for ripping off all those PFunk samples lol
and the guys who created BEATS
Hey dumb assess . It’s only ripping off if you don’t have permission to do it . He got the rights to sample the shit. So before you open your dumb ass mouths trying to be smart you should get your facts right you dumb smart muhfuckas .
i was talkin about the headphones
Excuse me this lazy bum did one album on DEATHROW: the chronic. Ohter shit was produced by sam sneed, daz, warren g and others. Dre Always uses ghostproducers even in his nwa’s days.
besides nigga how much money do you want to have?????
Then nigga you STOLE all your shit from George Clinton, Funkkadelic etc. IT AINT YOUR BEATS!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a dumbass. You don’t know shit.
Respect good ol fashion pimpin music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJAWHu10AzI
You are a dumbass.
Gotta keep doing this till I get attention. Just like how I used to do back in the good old days…
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Ok dumbass you officially a 12 year old again .. Are you happy??
i missed you malone hows ya life been
Hey man things are going great. I just figure I stop by and pay my old friends a visit. Its sad to see what some online forums have been reduced to. There is no honor in trolling any more. People just get on this site and throw out word like “faggot” or “bitch nigga” or some guy telling another guy to kill himself because he doesn’t agree with a certain single being released. I want to remind people that trolling is all about connecting with people
Sincerely Yours
-Malone
Greedy Dre already has like 250 mil but still wants more. What a greedy bastard. No inspiration anymore to produce classic tracks so he finding other ways to get money. My respect for Dre keeps dropping. And Dre, no matter how much muscles you get, you will never be tough/street. Being tough has nothing to do with muscles. You just a softie with muscles now.
Ok stupid I don’t know if you know this but he can’t see what your typing and probably doesn’t give a fuck if you respect him or not.. Greedy? Maybe. More rich than you’ll ever be? Definitely . Hey here’s any idea. If you think he’s soft why don’t you go find him and start a fight with him. Dumbass.
i dont care how rich i am, nobodies stealing from my work.
^^Dre is that really you. I didn’t know celebs post here. My name is Malone. I’m a fan of your work.
Sincerely Yours
-Malone
Is every one so interested in getting mopney now a days. This is a sad article man…
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you already know he wouldnt be doing shit about this if Suge was still in the picture
suge is in the picture haha, because he was the owner of deathrow when all this went down, read the documents from the lawsuit
My question is when Suge put Death Row on the Auction block why didn’t Dre and Snoop pull their resourcs together and BUY Deathrow?
Sorry this had to happen..
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Why does dr dre need 3 million from death row? He’s doing fine.
Becuz he’s a greedy bastard.
3 million is not really alot you know. I’m sure Dre gets more money than that..
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aha