2Pac’s ‘Dear Mama’ At The Center Of New Lawsuit

2Pac‘s “Dear Mama” has been placed at the center of a lawsuit brought by a bus driver against several mega-corporations, including Warner Brothers, NBC, Fox, Hulu, and Disney.

Court documents obtained by Music Business Worldwide reveal that Terence Thomas — known professionally as DJ Master Tee — filed a lawsuit against producer Tony Pizarro and Universal Music Group on Friday (November 17). According to the DJ, Pizarro “conspired” with the record label conglomerate to keep Thomas from obtaining his rightful royalties as a co-writer of the song.

“A self-serving group, led by an upstart music producer, Tony D. Pizarro, conspired with executives at Interscope Records and Universal Music Group (UMG), misappropriated Master Tee’s publishing copyright and master recording copyright and assumed the identity of writer/publisher of Dear Mama’s music,” read the documents.

The lawsuit, which was filed in New York, also sued the production companies that were responsible for bringing the documentary of the same name to the small screen. Thomas seeks an unspecified amount in damages and is requesting a jury trial.