Tensions inside Tha Dogg Pound camp appear to be rising again as Daz Dillinger publicly accused Snoop Dogg of sidelining him for financial gain.
The producer and rapper, who is Snoop’s cousin and a founding member of the group, claimed that he was intentionally kept away from the production of the group’s 2024 album “W.A.W.G. (We All We Got),” which was released through Death Row Records. Snoop currently owns the label.
In a video posted to social media, Daz said Snoop prevented him from contributing beats because of an arrangement with outside producers that allegedly gave Snoop a significant share of their earnings.
According to Daz, Snoop wanted him to appear on the project strictly as an artist and not as a producer. Daz argued that this undercut his creative role and reduced his ability to benefit from the album’s success. He expressed frustration by saying that the label had taken advantage of him financially.
The dispute did not stop there. In a separate clip shared on his YouTube channel, Daz accused Snoop of attempting to trademark Tha Dogg Pound’s pawprint logo without his approval.
“The paw is trademarked,” he said. “Like I told Snoop, you gotta reject it and I gotta accept it. That was the money maker. The paw is like the Apple sign.”
He also said he has not received promised publishing rights since Snoop acquired Death Row Records. During the video, Daz expressed anger over what he believes is a strategy to pressure artists financially. He said he refuses to be pushed aside and only wants ownership of what he created.