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"Dr. Dre filed a lawsuit against his former label, Death Row Records, for $3.05 million in unpaid royalties earlier this year, and now a judge has dismissed his claim. The rap producer and self-proclaimed billionaire, as of last week&amp;apos;s reported deal between his company Beats and Apple, was seeking money the label brought in during a period of bankruptcy, TMZ reports, and wanted it before Death Row&amp;apos;s other creditors. Now he will reportedly receive nothing.\r\nKanye West Explains Why Dr. Dre Is One of Rolling Stone&amp;apos;s 100 Greatest Artists\r\nDre was seeking over $676,000 in unpaid mechanical royalties (the license to sell the literal recording of a song), over $1.2 million for unpaid artist and producer royalties and close to $1.2 million for digital sales. A judge had suggested the last amount in 2010 after Dre lost a trademark infringement suit, according to Radar Online. The rapper claimed that the amount of the money he was asking for reflected a bump in royalties from 18 percent to 20.\r\nLast week, Apple reportedly purchased Beats for an estimated $3.2 billion. A video posted by Dre&amp;apos;s friend, actor and singer Tyrese, showed the rapper bragging that he was the &amp;quot;first billionaire in hip-hop&amp;quot; (though a rep for Forbes has disputed that claim).&amp;#xA0;Currently, Dre ranks Number Two on Forbes&amp;apos; list of the wealthiest rap artists; Puff Daddy leads the list with a net worth of $700 million. &amp;quot;The Forbes list just changed,&amp;quot; Tyrese said in his video. Dre added, &amp;quot;In a big way.&amp;quot;\r\nIn 2012, Dre led&amp;#xA0;Forbes&amp;apos; list of the top earning musicians overall, having earned $110 million that year."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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