Dr. Dre is ordered to pay $500,000 to estranged wife Nicole Young's divorce lawyers

Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre was ordered Tuesday to pay half a million dollars to his estranged wife Nicole's divorce lawyers - but that's only 10 per cent of the whopping $5million she was demanding. Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre was ordered Tuesday to pay half a million dollars to his estranged wife Nicole's divorce lawyer, DailyMail.com can reveal In a hearing in downtown LA Tuesday, LA Superior Court Judge Powell ordered 56-year-old Dre to pay her lawyers just $500,000 within 10 days Tuesday's hearing was also an introduction to the court of Dr. Dre's new attorney, Joe Mannis, who was hired by the music tycoon to replace renowned Hollywood celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser. Dr. Dre - real name Andre Young - is reportedly worth close to $1 billion and his split with Nicole has been growing more and more hostile since she filed for divorce last June Last week, Judge Powell kicked Wasser - and Dre's personal lawyer Howard King - off his legal team over a conflict of interest….King had represented both Dre and Nicole during their marriage and Wasser was 'vicariously disqualified' because she was working with King. Last week Dr. Dre scored a victory against his estranged wife Nicole Young amid their ongoing bitter divorce Nicole and Dre have two children together, Truice and Truly, while Dre has six children by five different women Nicole - who claimed in legal documents that Dre has more than $260 million on hand in cash and Apple stocks - contends that she has a right to continue the lavish lifestyle she had as Mrs. Andre Young - which she said cost around $2.3 million per month.