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Jermaine Dupri Takes Sony to Court for Withholding Over 30 Years Worth of Royalties

Jermaine Dupri sues Sony Music Entertainment for over 30 years’ worth of unpaid royalties, demanding upwards of $18 million.

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Imagine helping create some of the most important songs of the last 30 years and getting underpaid for it. That’s why A Tribe Called Quest reminded us on “Check The Rhime”: “Industry rule number four-thousand-and-eighty/Record company people are shady.” Jermaine Dupri is experiencing this firsthand in his new battle with Sony.

The So So Def legend filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment (per Complex), alleging decades of missing royalty payments. He only started noticing when the company began issuing new royalty statements back in 2023. After going through all the paperwork, he learned that he’s missing payments that would total up to eight figures.

Consequently, Jermaine Dupri ordered an........

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