Dr. Dre’s lawyer reveals Disney was interested in inking a $4M deal with the legendary producer after the success of “The Chronic.”
“We’d have these music meetings every week with Michael Eisner at Disney, and Michael Eisner came by and he sees the record’s at No. 1 and he goes, ‘I thought you had a relationship with this guy?’” Paterno recalled. After confirming that he did know Dre, he explained that it might not be in Disney’s best interest to ink a deal with him.
“He said, ‘How come we don’t have this record?’ I go, ‘Well, Michael, let me just read you some of the lyrics… Muthafucka, muthafucka. And you know what this is on the cover? That’s a marijuana leaf.’ The deal was $4 million. He goes, ‘We can’t do that!’ I go, ‘That’s why he’s not on the label.’”
Paterno said that he previously worked alongside Dre when he reached out to him to produce a song for the Disney-signed group, The Party, for their 1992 album Free.
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