Dr. Dre is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles for permission to investigate his former record label, Death Row, to determine how much he is owed for unpaid royalties, reports Billboardbiz.com.      

The producer, whose real name is Andre Young, has already filed several lawsuits against the label over unpaid royalties. Last month, a California district court agreed to hear his appeal of the bankruptcy court's dismissal of one of those suits.      

In the meantime, however, Young filed documents Tuesday seeking to determine the value of a claim he holds against Death Row for unpaid royalties accruing after the record label filed for bankruptcy.      

The requested documents include those with information related to contracts between Dre and the record label, revenue from the sale of his recordings and agreements to release his recordings as part of compilation albums.      

The dispute centers around Dre's 1992 album "The Chronic." Dre, who co-founded Death Row in 1991 with Marion "Suge" Knight and initially held a 50 percent ownership stake in the label, granted Death Row a license to distribute this album in exchange for royalties. In 1996, Dre agreed to surrender his ownership interest in the label but retained his right to continue to receive royalties for all recordings released prior to the agreement.      

Dre has argued that Death Row hasn't lived up to its end of the bargain and further broke the contract by granting another company distribution rights to his recordings.      

He asked the bankruptcy court to make Death Row hand over the documents on Feb. 29 and to order its representatives to be available for deposition on March 7.