Sir Jinx Demands Royalties From TI’s “Dope” In New Lawsuit

TI has confronted no scarcity of authorized points all through his profession. Now, yet one more has been added to his plate. Billboard studies that he is been hit with a lawsuit by producer Sir Jinx. He alleges that he isn’t been adequately compensated for his 2016 Dr. Dre collab, “Dope.”

“Regardless of repeated calls for, together with a proper demand letter dated November 11, 2022, defendants have failed and refused to supply an accounting or pay royalties owed to plaintiff,” the lawsuit alleges. This is not the primary time Sir Jinx has taken authorized motion about these allegations, nevertheless.

He is already sued TI’s firm, Grand Hustle, LLC, twice. The primary time was in state court docket again in 2023, and the second time was in federal court docket this yr. The primary lawsuit was dropped whereas the second was dismissed.

Sir Jinx alleges that he wasn’t conscious the music was dropped publicly. “Plaintiff later found that ‘Dope’ was launched and exploited,” his attorneys allege. “Defendants’ continued unauthorized use of ‘Dope’ has resulted in substantial monetary hurt to plaintiff.”

He is in search of damages, and alleges that he is owed no less than $800K. This is not the one authorized battle TI is concerned in, nevertheless. He and his firm had been sued by Cylia Senii in June. Senii created the 2016 net sequence “Situationships,” which shared a title with the Atlanta rapper’s personal unreleased movie.

“Defendants are partaking in a typical scheme and energy to take benefit of the general public’s affiliation of Featherstone’s ‘Situationships’ model by advertising and marketing their very own movie and entitling it ‘Situationships,’” she alleged.

A federal decide ended up siding with Senii and barring TI from producing, selling or distributing something that includes the time period whereas the authorized battle continues. Shortly after, he pushed again, insisting that the time period is just too generic to be protected and accusing Senii of failing to show unique possession of the model.