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Daz Dillinger Lashes Out At Dr. Dre Over ‘The Chronic’ Royalties

Daz contributed to several songs on the classic release.


BY PREEZY BROWN


DECEMBER 20, 2023 12:31PM

Dr. Dre’s 1992 solo debut The Chronic is considered one of the greatest rap albums of all-time and helped introduce numerous rap stars while putting Death Row Records on the map. However, one key contributor to the album says he hasn’t received royalties owed from his work and is threatening to not allow usage of the material moving forward.

Daz Dillinger, a member of Tha Dogg Pound who appeared on several tracks on The Chronic, including “Bi**hes Ain’t Sh*t,” “The Day The Ni**z Took Over,” “The Roach (Outro),” and “Deeez Nuuuts,” recently took to social media to express his displeasure over the lack of compensation.


“HAPPY 31st C DAY TO THE CHRONIC @drdre BUT WHEN CAN WE RECEIVE OUR ROYALITIES,” Daz wrote on Instagram last Friday (Dec. 15), which marked the anniversary of the album’s release. “ARE YOU OR @interscope GONE ROBB US LIKE @deathrowrecords 2024 & THE NIGGAS FROM THE PAST WHO RAN IT,” he continued.


“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,” the Cali native concluded.

Earlier this year, Daz responded to claims made by Death Row Records founder Suge Knight about his involvement in the production on Snoop Dogg’s 1993 debut Doggystyle, which he vehemently refuted. “Suge Knight saying something about Doggystyle,” told TMZ this past May. “Hey, Dr. Dre is the best producer in the mother f**king world. I did not have nothing to do with that, Dr. Dre did that on his own. Suge Knight is lying, I ain’t sign a motherf**king thing.”

This isn’t the first time Daz Dillinger has lashed out at a Hip-Hop figure over royalties and publishing rights. He accused JAY-Z of using his lyrics from the song “Serial Killa” on Dr. Dre’s classic single “Still D.R.E.,” which Jay-Z famously wrote in its entirety for Dr. Dre‘s Chronic 2001 album.

he does this with Snoop too.

DR DRE IS THE BEST PRODUCER IN THE WORLD I DIDNT DO SHIT I PRODUCED THE ENTIRE DEATH ROW DISCOGRAPHY WHERES MY MONEY NOBODY OWES ME A DIME IM PAID IN FULL

I just thought Dre was a producer/Artist, what part did he have to do with payouts, especially after he left the label?

Snoop owns the label so it would at least make more sense if Daz was barking at Dogg

to Daz maybe having mental or emotional struggles. As someone else pointed out, he's back and forth with everyone.

Though I think his issue is more with credit

I haven't investigated the frequency, but like said above, his media content goes from "I'm rich forever off the Death Row shit, I own all my shit" to "I NEVER GET CREDIT FOR ANYTHING, PAY ME NOW!". I saw interview clips this summer where he never mentioned payment issues, but it always rears its ugly head at some point in the year.

Like, is Q4 the part of the year where you go from 6-figure payments to 5-figure payments?