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  • Daz Dillinger calls out Interscope for Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ royalties

    Daz Dillinger calls out Interscope for Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ royalties

    Daz significantly contributed to Dre’s debut album

    Daz Dillinger logged onto Instagram last week to celebrate the 31st anniversary of Dr Dre’s debut album, The Chronic. However, he also demanded royalties for his contribution to the making of the classic record.

    “HAPPY 31st C DAY TO THE CHRONIC @drdre BUT WHEN CAN WE RECEIVE OUR ROYALITIES 💰ARE YOU OR @interscope GONE ROBB US LIKE @deathrowrecords,” Daz wrote. “2024 & THE NIGGAS FROM THE PAST WHO RAN IT str8 Bitchez 💥FUCEM 💥 REMEMBER DAZ COPYRIGHT REVERSIONS LAW IZ FILED I WANT % not points 💰💯SO YALL ON A TIME LIMIT 4MORE YRS TIL IT REVERTS BAC THEN ITS REALLY LIKE FUCCEM I AINT CLEARING SHIT 💰💰💰💰💰up👍🏾 IM COMIN💥💥💥.”

    Daz played both feature and production roles on the album but he has always maintained that he was never fully compensated.

  • Suge Knight insists Dr. Dre didn’t produce Snoop Dogg’s album ‘Doggystyle’

    Suge Knight insists Dr. Dre didn’t produce Snoop Dogg’s album ‘Doggystyle’

    Suge claims Daz Dillinger produced ‘Doggystyle’

    Suge Knight maintains his controversial claim that Dr. Dre didn’t produce Snoop Dogg’s 1993 chartbuster album, Doggystyle. Speaking to TMZ from prison this week, Suge insisted that the iconic album was produced entirely by Tha Dogg Pound rapper Daz Dillinger.

    “What’s so great about Daz is, this guy, I went to and said, ‘We gotta finish the album,’” Suge explained. “He did the whole — he did everything on Doggystyle. By himself. The whole album was done. He did everything. He produced it.”

    Suge added that Dre was credited for the production mainly because of pressure from the streets and The Chronic producer himself. “So when it was time to come out, the streets said, well, they want Andre [Dr. Dre] to be on it. And Andre said, ‘I want to be on there.’ So Andre went to Daz and said, ‘Look man, let me say it was produced by me, and put my name on it. You’ll get paid, but let me be the one who produced it.

    “So I told Daz, ‘That’s something he wanted to do. I don’t recommend it, because you’re the one who produced it, and you’re giving up your publishing.’ So, Daz signed paperwork, and said it was produced by Dre.”



  • Kurupt says Dr. Dre gave 2Pac “California Love” beat wholeheartedly

    Kurupt says Dr. Dre gave 2Pac “California Love” beat wholeheartedly

    Kurupt says Dre possibly wanted to keep the beat for himself

    Dr. Dre had different plans for the “California Love” beat but that changed once 2Pac was released from prison, according to Kurupt. Recently speaking on The Art Of Dialogue, Kurupt revealed that Dre preserved the iconic instrumental in the vault for a while until Pac hopped on it.

    “Dr. Dre been had that beat, he had that beat for a while,” Kurupt recounted. “He even told me once, ‘Kurupt you like this beat? Yeah, I’ma see how you sound on it.’ And thought this was gonna be my chance. And then 2Pac came home… and the way we do it at Death Row, is whosever turn it is, everybody contributes. So, you know: your project freezes, everyone contributes towards the project that’s at hand.

    “Dr. Dre was working on that record for a while before 2Pac came home,” the Dogg Pound rapper added. “I looked at that beat like Dr. Dre’s heart. Like he had a plan for it, like he was trying to figure out, ‘What am I gonna do with this beat?’ ’cause it was so gruesome and bangin’, but it was fun. 2Pac came home. So when he gave him ‘California Love,’ I looked at it like Dr. Dre gave 2Pac his heart. ‘Cause I used to go in there when he was working on it, and that was his baby.”

  • Lil Durk vows to scale up Chicago charity donations 20-fold

    Lil Durk vows to scale up Chicago charity donations 20-fold

    Lil Durk wants to give back more to the community in his city

    Lil Durk is looking forward to increase his give-aways in Chicago “20x more.” The 30-year-old rapper took to Instagram stories this month to reveal his plans while urging “blogs” to share the news “faster then they do lies and rumors.” He explained that the charitable activities will be happen through his non-profit organization the Neighborhood Hero Foundation.

    “Everything with my name in it is cap for clicks and views,” he added.


  • Dr. Dre is finishing up $250 million music copyright deal with Universal Music Group and Shamrock Holdings

    Dr. Dre is finishing up $250 million music copyright deal with Universal Music Group and Shamrock Holdings

    Dre is selling some of his publishing rights

    Dr. Dre is reportedly about to close a deal to sell part of his publishing rights to Shamrock Holdings and Universal Music Group separately for a total of $250M, according to Billboard. The deal will mainly involve streaming income from two of his solo albums, as well as his contribution to N.W.A’s catalog.

    This will include artist royalties, producer royalties, and writer’s royalties on the music he doesn’t own copyrights to. This may entail tracks from his album The Chronic.

  • Eminem inducted into Rock Hall of Fame by Dr. Dre

    Eminem inducted into Rock Hall of Fame by Dr. Dre

    Eminem was an inductee during Rock Hall’s Class Of 2022 ceremony

    Eminem was inducted by his mentor Dr. Dre into the Rock Hall Of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles Saturday night (November 5). Dre gave a speech about his relationship with Em, whom he thanked for introducing “Hip Hop to middle America.”

    “Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem,” Dre recalled. “The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘what the f— did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.

    “A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘you know he’s a White guy, right?” F—ed me up!” the Compton legend added. “Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.”

    The duo went ahead to perform “My Name Is” and “Rap God” together.

  • The Game says Dr. Dre has never produced a song for him, not even on ‘The Documentary’

    The Game says Dr. Dre has never produced a song for him, not even on ‘The Documentary’

    The Game says Dr. Dre only oversaw production on his albums

    The Game broke onto the to limelight with the help of Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records, but the latter never made a beat for the former, according to Game. The Compton rapper says Dre only executive-produced his albums, including his debut The Documentary, but never actually made instrumentals for him.

    “Dre didn’t do any beats on The Documentary,” Game said during an interview on Uproxx’s Fresh Pair. “But I didn’t say he didn’t oversee it. You want Dre to oversee anything ’cause he’s a mastermind when it comes to that. But as far as doing a beat for The Documentary? No. And I’ve never had a Dre beat in my career.

    “And again, with all the influence and all the appreciation that I have for Dr. Dre, the fact is the fact. So you know, a bunch of dope producers that Dre had under him or whoever — Scott Storch, the Just Blazes, the Swizz Beatzs, the Timbalands — helped me put together my classic album.”

    He added, “It’s a Dr. Dre executive produced album, but people just don’t understand the underlinings and how the business works. I’ve never had a song with Dre on it and Dre been in my video. [Snoop Dogg] has a ton, [Eminem] has a ton. I don’t have none.”


  • The Game: “Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than Dre did for me my whole career”

    The Game: “Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than Dre did for me my whole career”

    The Game appears on a forthcoming episode of REVOLT’s ‘Drink Champs’

    The game is talking about everything: from his rap career to his newfound relationship with Kanye West that’s been elevated over the course of the last month or so.

    The Game, 42, has been vocal about his respect and appreciation for Dr. Dre throughout the duration of his career. However, in a Drink Champs snippet of the forthcoming episode, it appears that The Game feels Ye has done more in a shorter time span.

    Related content: Kendrick Lamar was at the video shoot for Dr. Dre and Tupac’s ‘California Love’

    “It’s crazy that Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than Dre did for me my whole career,” he said.

    Most recently, The Game and Ye linked up for the track “EAZY,” which put more eyes back on the game, likely building up the right amount of buzz for his Drilluminati album.

    Animosity also finds itself lingering throughout Game and Dre’s relationship after the recent Super Bowl Halftime Show. Dre brought out Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Mary J. Blige. Many wondered where Game was, and, does he fit into this mold? However, Game didn’t have any personal issues around the matter and was focused on working on Donda 2 with Ye.

    I’m in Miami to help Ye’ finish Donda 2 & support my friend in one of the most pivotal times of his life/career. Leave me & my name out of any NEGATIVE conversations unless I have given you a REAL reason to include me,” he wrote.

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