LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Wednesday found that Dr. Dre, music mogul Jimmy Iovine and their headphone company Beats Electronics LLC owe a former partner $25.2 million in royalties. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury found Wednesday by a 9-3 margin that Beats breached a contract with Steven Lamar and his company Jibe […]
5/10/18- Dr. Dre lost his trademark lawsuit against a gynecologist with the last name Dr.Drai. Dr. Dre believed that people thought that people would be confused by the names but the judge said otherwise. Chris Paul thought of a ton of differences between the two with the exception of one thing. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: […]
Dr. Dre has lost a court battle to keep a real doctor in Pennsylvania from using the name “Doctor Drai.” According to TMZ, gynecologist Draion M. Burch says he’s been going by Doctor Drai for years, using the moniker to author books, post YouTube videos and during public appearances. In 2015, he filed to trademark […]
ew Funk legend Bootsy Collins has given Dr. Dre fans hope that the producer’s long awaited final album “Detox” will possibly see the light of day. “We’re putting stuff together,” the bass-player told Billboard, adding that he spent studio time with Dre during a trip to California in February. “[I’m] producing and playing [on his […]
It’s that time again. Forbes has come out with its list of highest-paid hip-hop artists, and Sean “Diddy” Combs continues his reign at No. 1. Diddy tops the list with $130 million, and although he hasn’t released any new music in the past year, he did launch his Bad Boy Records reunion tour in 2016 […]
During Monday’s episode of HBO’s The Defiant Ones, the words “I’m sorry” actually fell from the mouth of Dr. Dre regarding his 1991 attack on Dee Barnes. In Part Two of director Allen Hughes‘ four-part documentary on the careers of Dre and industry veteran Jimmy Iovine, Barnes detailed the events leading up to her assault and its lasting effect. Dre, in a separate interview, expressed regret over […]
Dre wants Compton high school students to have the state-of-the-art equipment "they deserve."
The Lifetime movie, “Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, and Michel’le” is still all the rage. And in an interview last week with BlogTalkRadio host Paul Gant from the “Go For It” sports talk show, ex-athlete and now actor Curtis Hamilton, who played Dr. Dre in the movie, had some interesting things to say about the flick […]
For Dr. Dre, payback for his alleged beatings of Michel’le back in the day is turning to be a real bitch, as they say. That’s because in the wake of her Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, the diminutive singer with the big voice is not through with him yet. Over the weekend, […]
Remember our story on Dr. Dre’s threat to sue Sony and Lifetime if they proceed with their biopic/flick on Michel’le called “Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le” because he says the storyline about him beating the singer is a lie? Well, the little lady herself, Michel’le, is saying the good doctor might as well put […]
Dr. Dre is throwing down the proverbial gauntlet. And you know whenever you read or hear the that phrase being used, you know somebody means business. And that’s exactly what the deal is with this story. The super producer and the man behind the “Beats” headphones is not playing. Dre has delivered a clear threat […]
