Koch Records is reportedly bidding to buy Death Row Records, the legendary hip hop label which is, as much previously reported, on the market after the high profile bankruptcy of its owner Suge Knight, which was in no small part caused by the legal bid by others involved in founding the label to secure a share of the profits they said they were due.
According to the New York Post, Koch are one of two companies who are being seriously considered by the liquidators administering the label's bankruptcy - the other is Evergreen Copyrights.
However, The Post also says that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the sale of the label has stalled somewhat because of legal action being taken by Dr Dre and the late Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni, over disputed recordings which could be sold as part of the Death Row catalogue but which the plaintiffs claim do not actually belong to the label. That, coupled with other confusions over the specifics of what assets and recordings do actually, and undisputedly, belong to Death Row, is making some buyers a little nervous.
Certainly any buyer will be looking for reassurances from the company's administrators that no claims will be made over Death Row assets after any purchase, and it is likely that the administrators are not yet currently in a position to do so.