Snoop Dogg, Death Row Records, and Gala Music are facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over two tracks from the BODR album. Producer-songwriter Trevor Lawrence Jr. filed the complaint in California federal court.

Lawrence Jr. claims he created and copyrighted two backing tracks in 2010: "Pop Pop Pop Goes My 9" and "Get This D with Hook." In November 2020, he presented these tracks to Snoop Dogg for potential studio experimentation, providing copies without any commercial agreement in place.

In January 2022, Death Row Records contacted Lawrence Jr. about using the tracks. The producer requested:

• $10,000 producer advance (recoupable against royalties)
• 50% stake in the underlying composition
• Publishing royalties from derivative works
• Written agreement for these terms

While Lawrence Jr. received producer credits on the resulting BODR tracks ("Pop Pop" and "Get This Dick"), he claims no formal paperwork was provided to confirm usage terms or compensation. The situation became particularly problematic when Snoop Dogg and Death Row released "stash boxes" via Gala, including NFTs (1,470 tokens per track), which Lawrence Jr. states he never authorized.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants earned "tens of millions of dollars" through these unauthorized exploitations. Lawrence Jr. claims he hasn't received any royalties, including those from traditional phonorecord exploitation.

The plaintiff seeks:

• Injunctions to stop the alleged infringement
• Damages
• Profits from the BODR tracks in question

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