Oh, the irony.
Rapper Dr. Dre has sued Death Row Records, the record label he founded and used to own with Suge Knight, reports CHARTattack.com.
Dre, real name Andre Young, is alleging that the company has not paid him royalties on his 1992 album The Chronic since 1996.
Dre filed a suit against WIDEawake Death Row Records, which is now owned by Canada’s WIDEawake Entertainment Group, on Thursday, Feb. 11. The rapper is seeking $75,000 U.S. (about $79,000 Canadian) in damages, alleging that the label has committed a breach of contract, copyright violation and misappropriation of publicity.
“When it came to paying artist royalties and honoring limits on Dr. Dre recordings that could be released, the ‘new’ Death Row Records, to quote our client, ‘forgot about Dre,’” said Dre’s lawyer, Howard King, in a statement.
Death Row has reportedly failed to pay Dre his royalties even though the rapper notified them that he was owed money. The record label also re-released The Chronic as The Chronic Re-Lit last year without Dre’s permission or the legal rights to do so. The Associated Press has also reported that the label has been selling digital copies of The Chronic without having the rights to do so, because Dre has said his original contract with the label did not cover digital sales.
Dre founded Death Row Records in 1991 with Suge Knight, and left the label four years later when Knight’s entourage took a more prominent role. The label has released records by artists such as 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Kurupt. WIDEawake acquired Death Row Records eary this year.
Dr. Dre is currently working on Detox, the follow-up album to 1999’s 2001, which is due out in 2011
Source: http://www.andpop.com/2010/02/16/dr-dre-sues-the-record-label-he-started/
Rapper Dr. Dre has sued Death Row Records, the record label he founded and used to own with Suge Knight, reports CHARTattack.com.
Dre, real name Andre Young, is alleging that the company has not paid him royalties on his 1992 album The Chronic since 1996.
Dre filed a suit against WIDEawake Death Row Records, which is now owned by Canada’s WIDEawake Entertainment Group, on Thursday, Feb. 11. The rapper is seeking $75,000 U.S. (about $79,000 Canadian) in damages, alleging that the label has committed a breach of contract, copyright violation and misappropriation of publicity.
“When it came to paying artist royalties and honoring limits on Dr. Dre recordings that could be released, the ‘new’ Death Row Records, to quote our client, ‘forgot about Dre,’” said Dre’s lawyer, Howard King, in a statement.
Death Row has reportedly failed to pay Dre his royalties even though the rapper notified them that he was owed money. The record label also re-released The Chronic as The Chronic Re-Lit last year without Dre’s permission or the legal rights to do so. The Associated Press has also reported that the label has been selling digital copies of The Chronic without having the rights to do so, because Dre has said his original contract with the label did not cover digital sales.
Dre founded Death Row Records in 1991 with Suge Knight, and left the label four years later when Knight’s entourage took a more prominent role. The label has released records by artists such as 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Kurupt. WIDEawake acquired Death Row Records eary this year.
Dr. Dre is currently working on Detox, the follow-up album to 1999’s 2001, which is due out in 2011
Source: http://www.andpop.com/2010/02/16/dr-dre-sues-the-record-label-he-started/
