Tuesday, US District Judge Christina Snyder issued a ruling that entitled Dr. Dre to 100% of all digital royalties from The Chronic. In 2010, Dre filed a lawsuit against WIDEawake/Death Row Records alleging that he had been grossly undercompensated for his critically acclaimed album. The album sold well over 3 million copies, and during the 2010 suit, Dre’s attorneys were seeking upwards of $75,000.
According to reports by the Associated Press, a 1996 exit agreement between Dre and the original Death Row called for Dr. Dre to receive 18% royalties on music he created while at Death Row and gave him extensive authority over how the songs were used. Judge Snyder ruled that when WIDEawake purchased Death Row’s assets in 2009, they were restricted to selling the assets in the original format in which they appeared. Of course, all of the early Death Row albums were created in the early-to-mid nineties prior to the invention of iTunes and other digital licensing services.
“For years, Death Row Records forgot about Dre when they continued to distribute his music digitally and combined his hits with weaker Death Row tracks in an attempt to elevate the stature of their other artists,” Dr. Dre’s attorney Howard King wrote in a prepared statement. “We are gratified that the federal court has unambiguously declared that Death Row has no right to engage in such tactics, and must hold all proceeds from these illicit distributions in trust for our client.”
“For years, Death Row Records ‘forgot about Dre’…” lol
I LOL’d
ghahah yeah man. i got a laugh out if that too.
hahaha
loool u noticed that too eh
when suge knight was the boss of deathrow records dr dre was afraid to sew suge knight. you are a scarry ass bitch dre
sew? What sew his buttons that fell off?
His pussy ass was too scared when Suge was king pin…Now Dre is all abou that gay pop shit with that fag Eminem!
sike faggott..dre’s the king.suges broke as fuck tell me who the real “kingpin is” cus if its suge then kingpins to know how to spend/invest their money too wisely.smd
Nothin but a punk ass hater! Em and Dre are the shit!
These guys are dr dre dick riders and this is coming from a fan of dre!!! He was scared to step to suge then just like he is now there aint no street about dr dre
WOW! Does this mean that ALL artist who recorded pre itunes recorded material will get 100% of all thier digital sales too? Is this Biz Markie part 2 ? hahaha nice win for him
Anonymous is a fuckin retard !
u dumb fake ass gangstas dont know how to spell. go to school.
Karma coming to get Suge for 2Pac!
Get him Dre!!!!
Suge knight doesn’t own death row. He sold it to some Jewish lady years ago.
Dre doesn’t write his own shit, doesn’t produce his own beats, what the fuck is he posted on this site for exactly?
just goin out on a limb here i think its cuz hes the most legendary person in hip hop still… idk tho
Most legenday person in hip-hop? Hardly. Ever hear of 2Pac? Biggie? Jay-Z even?
yo u kno how to read? or did u just choose to ignore the word STILL… regardless dre has done more for hip hop than any of those guys u mentioned…. hes been around since the 80s and revolutionized everything about beats and samples… do ur homework clown.
lol… comedy! Dre’s atty is clownin’.
Justice is served!
Yes…Yes… Gr8 victory for Dre..
Now, Surg Nyt would start doin the payment..
Dre was always scared of Suge, that’s why he never responded directly to Death Row disses against him. Now that WideAwake has purchased Tha Row from Suge, he got the chance he waited for so long. Don’t get me wrong I’m musically a Dre fan…I’m a street guy. And Dr. Scrudge ain’t street. He never really was.
goddamit dre you better release your unreleased death row album, i know dr. dre has an album on death row that was never put out, The Chronic II: Pappa’s Got A Brand New Funk