This week, a Los Angeles Superior Court has briefed attorneys representing Snoop Dogg and Priority Records that they have three weeks to settle a $2 million breach of contract lawsuit brought by the rapper against the record label.

According to press, the ruling was issued by Judge Helen I. Bendix after the two sides said they were close to a settlement, however needed more time. Snoop filed the suit back in November 2006, claiming Priority failed to pay him a $950, 000 advances for his album The Last Meal, which was released in 2000.

The rap icon, real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus, also claims that the label released his Greatest Hits album without his permission. Priority has opposed this saying Snoop waited to long to file the suit and has asked that it be tossed on those grounds.

Judge Bendix has ordered that both parties are back in court on the 26th March for a status report. Depending on what she hears during the hearing he may either schedule trial-setting conference or refer the case to the Superior Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution program.

Credits: Emma Dawson

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