Dr Dre has won a lawsuit against Death Row Records for the rights to his iconic album ‘The Chronic’.
Dre won the case against the record label to own 100 per cent of all digital sales made from the album, his attorney, Howard King, told The Associated Press.
Dre sued Death Row Records last year claiming that he was not receiving a fair amount of profits from digital sales of “The Chronic” and that the label was using some of his music on compilation albums without his permission. 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.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.”
Florence & The Machine, Coldplay & Jay-Z (with special guests Kanye West , Beyonce, John Mayer and Chris Martin) all performed at The Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight.
Beyonce performed ‘Forever Young’ with her husdand as well as performing ‘Halo’ with Chris Martin on the keys!
The likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Solange, Oprah (who launches her OWN network today), Gayle King, Blake Lively, Cameron Diaz, Alex Rodriguez, Kellan Lutz, Aziz Ansari, Jeremy Piven, Lance Bass, Dr Dre, Mark Wahlberg, Forest Whitaker, 30 Second To Mars, Mel B, Whitney Port, Christina Milian and MORE attended the event!
Meanwhile Kim Kardashian partied at Tao, Diddy at Lax and Rihanna at Pure Nightclub in Vegas!
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Reportedly 2011 will see a new track from Dr Dre’s long awaited ‘Detox’ featuring none other than Hip-Hop heavyweights Jay-Z, Eminem and 50 Cent titled ‘Syllables’
Dr Dre’s one time protege The Game jumps on his first ‘Detox’ single to make the remix!
Dr Dre ‘Kush’ ft Snoop Dogg, Akon & The Game!
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In the new issue of XXL, Dr. Dre says that Detox will be his last recording as an MC.
“As far as me going into the mic booth, that shit is over. I’m always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with. But, yeah, that’s it. I don’t see myself doing it the way I’m doing it now…”
