During a recent Snoop Dogg interview with Tidal’s Elliot Wilson, Snoop made the statement “I got all the pieces” referring to his recent acquisition of the Death Row Records name and much of its catalog. Howard King, attorney for Dr. Dre said in a statement to Rolling Stone recently “There are false reports out regarding ownership by Death Row Records of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. Dr. Dre owns 100 percent of The Chronic.”
Snoop said to Wilson: “To be in control of the brand means that I got all of the pieces that I need to do what I got to do, from the masters to the publishing, to the IP, to the label, to the logo, to everything. It’s all mine. I’m able to move it around and do what I need to do with it. 2Pac’s masters came back to him [his estate] last year. I got a great relationship with his estate, and I’m pretty sure we’re going to be able to work something out. Same with Dr. Dre and The Chronic. I got The Chronic album. I got Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather, Murder Was The Case, Dogg Food, Above The Rim. I got all those records.”
The saga of the Death Row acquisition continues.