Find out why Dr. Dre is in the middle of a lawsuit battle with Death Row

Hip-hop legend, Dr. Dre is presently in the middle of a lawsuit battle against former label, Death Row Records, stating that the label has stiffed him out of approximately $3 million in royalties for material sold by the Death Row Estate during the pendency of their bankruptcy case.


Filed on December 4, 2013, Dre claims that the $3 million estimate comes from $1,200,386.57 in unpaid artist-producer royalties, $676,444.44 in unpaid mechanical royalties and $1,179,913 in unpaid digital sales, which was based off of a judge’s recommendation after Dre lost a trademark infringement suit back in 2010.

According to Radar Online, Dre also hinted at a discrepancy in the settlements that he has received from the Estate, stating that they’ve yet to honor a bonus that would elevate his earnings from Death Row Album sales from 18 to 20 percent.

Dre was expected to have set his motion for the hearing last month.

Click HERE to view legal documents from the suit.

– Antionette Latrese (@_ALatrese)