Sir Jinx — Dre's cousin who rose to fame with Ice Cube in the 1980s — claims he never signed off and wasn't paid for his work on the song.
T.I. performs during the 2026 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture on July 05, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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A federal judge says T.I.‘s company must face a copyright lawsuit from hip-hop producer Sir Jinx over his work on the 2016 Dr. Dre collaboration “Dope.”
Jinx — Dre’s cousin who rose to fame with Ice Cube in the 1980s — sued last year over the 2016 track, on which he’s listed as a producer in the credits. He claims T.I.’s company infringed his copyrights because it never got his approval to release it.
