{"id":1929926,"date":"2026-05-11T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1929926"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:00:24","slug":"daz-dillinger-sues-tupac-shakurs-record-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1929926","title":{"rendered":"Daz Dillinger Sues Tupac Shakur&#8217;s Record Label"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9b\/16by9\/2026\/05\/11\/9bcbffa531f74528b7c2b09a7266412d_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Daz Dillinger Sues Tupac Shakur&#8217;s Record Label<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Daz Dillinger To 2Pac&#8217;s Label<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 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image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f9667a4a52ebbc8a2de32121b155bf2c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/daz-dillinger\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Daz Dillinger<\/strong><\/a> is dragging a record label that controls a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tupac-shakur\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Tupac<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s music to court &#8230; and it sounds like he feels he&#8217;s owed big bucks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-180fb60d3e7da4a758b2f93547cc8b67\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The legendary rapper just filed suit against Amaru Entertainment, a record label Tupac Shakur&#8217;s mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/afeni-shakur\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Afeni<\/strong><\/a>, founded back in the day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-77546a40a545dd111a134d78a891bdaa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260511_56d781ac4b4648b4be3b29b59b38a818\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b4590a0-b76b-4a9d-aa96-4e91e0c8ec2d\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/56\/4by3\/2026\/05\/11\/56d781ac4b4648b4be3b29b59b38a818_md.jpg\" alt=\"Daz Dillinger and tupac getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid 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data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Daz claims he demanded Amaru cough up his royalties back in October 2024 and says the label responded by cutting him a check for more than $91,000 &#8230; but he says the payment came without a detailed accounting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-90e574d35d4bd61f35ead7a1f2c6c886\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The rapper thinks he&#8217;s probably owed more than the $91K he&#8217;s been paid &#8230; and he wants a full and complete accounting of all revenues, profits, royalties, deductions, reserves, statements, source data, contracts, licenses, and other exploitations relating to the songs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2abeae01c6d9c983ac3374b7396533a7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink 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