Dr. Dre Selling Royalties And Master Recordings For Over $200 Million

Dr. Dre has his sights set on a lucrative music deal to sell the rights to some of his royalties and master recordings the price tag is well over $200 million The music mogul is close to selling off some of his music assets in two separate deals one with Shamrock Holdings, and another with Universal Music Group  The possible Shamrock deal looks like this Dre sells his artist royalties from two of his solo albums his share of N.W.A artist royalties, plus his producer royalties and the writer's share of the music where he doesn't own publishing rights. The potential deal with UMG is a little different Dre sells the master recording of his first solo album, "The Chronic," plus his share of some Kendrick Lamar music. Dre's not selling all of his music Billboard characterizes these transactions as mostly "passive income streams" that generate about $10 million annually and he's NOT selling his ownership stake in his record label, Aftermath.

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