Snoop Dogg Settlement, Diddy Trial, Jay-Z Extortion Ruling & More Top Music Law News

In this week’s Legal Beat newsletter, Snoop settles with a session musician, Diddy nears the end of his sex trafficking trial, Jay-Z loses a key round in his extortion lawsuit and much more. Snoop Dogg at the TIME100 Gala held at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2025 in New York, New York. Adela Loconte THE BIG STORY: Snoop Dogg reached a confidential settlement with Trevor Lawrence Jr., a veteran studio musician who has been credited on songs by Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar and other top artists. Snoop and Lawrence were locked in litigation for close to a year over two backing tracks on the 2022 album BODR. Lawrence claimed Snoop did not properly license his backing tracks before using them on the BODR songs “Pop Pop” and “Get This D–k,” and that the legendary rapper made matters worse by also releasing both songs as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) without his permission. Snoop, meanwhile, said he had a deal with Lawrence and paid the producer $20,000 before releasing BODR. The rapper’s lawyers criticized Lawrence in court papers for seeking a “preposterous windfall” of millions of dollars through the litigation. Trending on Billboard Snoop and Lawrence’s settlement
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