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Dr. Dre and Estranged Wife Fight Over Rights to His Name

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Nicole Young claims the hip-hop mogul secretly transferred the trademark to his name to a holding company.

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Dr. Dre’s estranged wife is laying claim to his name. Nicole Young says she co-owns the trademark to the hip-hop mogul’s moniker—and that he secretly transferred the rights to a new company right before she filed for divorce. “Andre’s plan all along was to deny Nicole’s ownership rights,” argues a lawsuit by Young, according to Page Six. Young, 50, is seeking $2 million in monthly support from Dre, 55, whom she says is worth a billon dollars.

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