T.I. Faces Lawsuit From Producer Sir Jinx Over 2016 Dr. Dre Collab ‘Dope’

T.I. is facing a caller suit from seasoned hep hop shaper Sir Jinx implicit his oft-raised accusations that the rapper has failed to wage due royalties for his 2016 Dr. Dre collaboration “Dope.”

Jinx (Anthony Wheaton) – Dre’s relative who roseate to fame with Ice Cube successful the 1980s – is publically credited arsenic a shaper connected the disputed 2016 song. But successful a suit filed Sunday successful Los Angeles national court, helium says he’s been denied his afloat compensation.

“Despite repeated demands, including a ceremonial request missive dated November 11, 2022, defendants person failed and refused to supply an accounting oregon wage royalties owed to plaintiff,” Jinx’s lawyers write.

Though the suit is new, Jinx’s accusations are not. He’s already sued T.I.’s institution  (Grand Hustle, LLC) implicit specified allegations doubly earlier – erstwhile successful authorities tribunal successful 2023 and again successful national tribunal earlier this year. But helium dropped the authorities case successful April aft a justice mostly sided with T.I., and the archetypal national lawsuit was dismissed past period implicit procedural defects.

Reps for T.I.’s institution and an lawyer for Jinx did not instantly instrumentality requests for remark connected the dispute. Dre is not progressive successful the litigation connected either side.

Jinx roseate to prominence successful the 1980s arsenic a subordinate of the hep hop trio C.I.A. alongside Ice Cube and Kid Disaster. In summation to producing Cube’s aboriginal albums, helium past had a prolific vocation successful the workplace for different artists, producing records for Yo-Yo, Tone Loc, Xzibit and others.

But successful caller years, Jinx has go much of a prolific litigant. In 2021, he sued Ice Cube implicit claims that helium was inactive owed royalties for much than 2 twelve tracks helium had produced for the star. And successful December, helium sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group implicit claims that helium hadn’t been afloat paid for his enactment connected Yo-Yo’s 1991 medium Make Way for the Motherlode.

T.I. released a star-studded video for “Dope” successful 2016, with Dre listed arsenic a shaper aft hinting earlier that he’d been moving with the rap icon connected his upcoming medium Dime Trap: “Dre’s the homie, to beryllium honorable with you,” T.I. told Rolling Stone successful 2015. “I’ve ne'er seen idiosyncratic truthful meticulous astir euphony before.”

When the medium was yet released successful 2018 by his Grand Hustle Records and Sony’s Epic Records, “Dope” wasn’t included successful the way list. But the opus remains fashionable connected YouTube, wherever the video has racked up much than 19 cardinal views.

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