80-521: Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger or simply Daz (formerly Dat Nigga Daz ), is an American rapper and record producer. As a member of Death Row Records in the early 1990s, he is credited with the label in pioneering West Coast hip hop and gangsta rap for mainstream audiences. Alongside Kurupt , he formed the hip hop duo tha Dogg Pound in 1992, with whom he has released eight albums. Arnaud learned production from Dr. Dre ; his first major production credit
160-601: A Rolling 60's Crip , was severely beaten by several Bloods , who were allegedly from Suge Knight's inner circle. As a result of his injuries, Jamerson died the next day at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After an August visit to see 2Pac at Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York state, Suge traveled southward to New York City to join Death Row's entourage to the 2nd Annual Source Awards ceremony. Already reputed for strongarm tactics on
240-411: A prolific streak of five albums between 2005 and 2010. In 2020 Daz united with Queens MC Capone (one half of Capone-N-Noreaga ) for a collaborative album titled Guidelines . Studio albums Collaborative albums Death Row Records Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C. , Dr. Dre , Suge Knight , and Dick Griffey . The label became
320-519: A $ 4 billion purchase of eOne , making them the owners of Death Row Records. In April 2021, Hasbro and Entertainment One announced it would sell-off eOne Music to The Blackstone Group , which its acquisition was completed in June 2021. On February 9, 2022, ahead of the release of his next album and his appearance in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show , Snoop Dogg announced that he would acquire
400-604: A 2002 release. However, the single did not chart in the UK and the album ended up being released by footballer Kevin Campbell's record label 2 Wikid, before being re-issued in 2006 by Mona Records. Left Eye , member of the R&;B girl group TLC signed with Death Row after finishing her solo deal with Arista who released her first album Supernova in 2001. At this time, Death Row changed into Tha Row Records . Lopes joined to record
480-444: A Campanella Park Piru Bloods gang member and Death Row bodyguard. According to eyewitnesses, including a Fulton County sheriff working there as a nightclub bouncer, Puff had heatedly disputed with Suge inside the club. Several minutes later, outside the club, Puff's childhood friend and own bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones was involved in a heated altercation with others that ultimately led to Robles being fatally shot while entering
560-600: A Limousine. The attorneys of Puff and Jones both denied any involvement by their clients, while Puff's lawyer added that Puff had not even been with his bodyguard that night. Over 20 years later, the case remains officially unresolved, and Jones himself was fatally shot in Atlanta in November 2003 during an altercation with the Black Mafia Family . Yet immediately and persistently, Suge blamed Puff, cementing
640-595: A bodyguard for Suge Knight, was fired after he failed to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed. After Williams was fired, he became a close associate of Rodrick Cardale "Lil Rod" Reed, a Fruit Town Piru member. The pair are alleged to be behind the murders of the Mob Piru Bloods from Death Row Records. Gridlock%27d Gridlock'd is a 1997 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall , and starring Tupac Shakur , Tim Roth , Lucy Liu and Thandiwe Newton . It
720-657: A businessman imprisoned on drug and attempted murder charges. Through David Kenner, an attorney handling Harris's appeal, Harry-O set up Godfather Entertainment , a parent company for the newly christened Death Row. Knight approached Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle), using management connections with Mario "Chocolate" Johnson, claiming Johnson had produced and co-written the song " Ice Ice Baby ", and had not received royalties for it. After consulting with Alex Roberts, Knight and two bodyguards arrived at The Palm in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California , where Van Winkle
800-497: A disastrous day, the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that thwarts their entrance to a drug rehabilitation program. In addition, Bokeem Woodbine appears repeatedly – though uncredited – as drug dealer Mud, while D Reper is played by the film's writer and director, Vondie Curtis-Hall ; Kasi Lemmons and Henry Hunter Hall , Curtis-Hall's wife and then-baby, respectively, appear briefly as
880-511: A double disc the following year. On February 28, Suge Knight was convicted of parole violation and sentenced to nine years in prison, causing Interscope to drop their distribution deal with the label. Suge Knight's control over the label diminished, as Nate Dogg was able to leave, followed by Snoop Dogg and Kurupt. The Lady of Rage left after the release of her solo album Necessary Roughness to pursue an acting career, so did Michel'le with Hung Jury . Daz Dillinger departed in 1999 after
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#1732801753936960-568: A former Death Row publicist reported through HipHopDX that New Solutions Financial Corporation, the Canadian company that owned WIDEawake Death Row, had gone bankrupt and sold both the label and catalog to a publicly held company in a deal that would be closed on December 10. In 2013, Entertainment One purchased the rights to the Death Row catalog. New Solutions Financial Corporation was eventually exposed as an alleged Ponzi scheme . On August 23, 2019, American toy company Hasbro announced
1040-501: A member of the Los Angeles Raiders . According to Vanilla Ice, Knight took him out on the balcony by himself, and implied he would throw Vanilla Ice off unless he signed the rights to the song over to Knight; Van Winkle's money helped fund Death Row. Death Row was initially located at the intersection of Westwood Blvd and Wilshire Blvd, later to be relocated to the intersection of Wilshire Blvd. and San Vicente Blvd. With
1120-450: A real depressing movie about a couple of dope fiends." He took the project to Live Entertainment , PolyGram Films and Def Pictures, a subsidiary of PolyGram. At the time, PolyGram had just released Trainspotting and told Curtis-Hall, "'We can't do two movies about heroin'...Then Tupac's record company came up with the money and PolyGram turned around and said, 'Hey, we always liked this movie' [laughs]." Tim Roth requested to be in
1200-553: A second solo album under the pseudonym N.I.N.A. (New Identity Not Applicable), while also working on TLC's new album 3D . N.I.N.A. was canceled after her death in April 2002. The album was leaked online in 2011. After promoting his new talent from prison, directing a campaign against his former artists and exacerbating the conflict between Daz Dillinger, Snoop Dogg and Kurupt, Suge had still yet to release any albums by his new artists. After Kurupt's second departure, Against tha Grain
1280-447: A sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast -based artists such as Dr. Dre ( The Chronic ), Snoop Dogg ( Doggystyle ) and 2Pac ( All Eyez on Me ) during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row was making over US $ 150 million a year. By the late 1990s, the label began to decline after the death of its star artist, 2Pac, imprisonment of Suge Knight, and the departures of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Although Death Row
1360-631: A stake of Death Row's catalogue to former Apple Music 's Global Creative Director Larry Jackson 's music label Gamma . During the onset of 2023, Jane Handcocks's World of Women and October London 's The Rebirth of Marvin were released. On February 12, 2023, Snoop Dogg announced that Death Row's catalogue would return to TikTok via association with music distribution company SoundOn. Death Row's catalogue returned to all music streaming services on March 9, 2023. Death Row Records has been referred to as "the most controversial record label in history", due to Suge Knight's practice of hiring gang members and
1440-469: Is grim material, but surprisingly entertaining, and it is more cause to mourn the recent death of Shakur, who gives his best performance". Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, " Gridlock'd doesn't have the imaginative vision of a movie like Trainspotting , yet it's more literally true to the haphazard torpor of the junkie life than anything we've seen on screen since Drugstore Cowboy ... Curtis-Hall has caught
1520-564: The Bounty Hunter Bloods named William "Rat" Ratcliffe was pressuring Suge Knight to sign him to Death Row Records. After Ratcliffe confronted Knight with 10 other Bounty Hunter Bloods, Knight ordered Wardell "Poochie" Fouse , who was a fellow Mob Piru member, to kill Ratcliffe. After the murder of Tupac Shakur, Knight was incarcerated due to probation violations. Knight held Sean Combs , the CEO of Bad Boy Records , responsible for
1600-581: The Case . On November 22, 1994, at the offices of The Brotherhood Crusade in Los Angeles , Suge Knight and several artists from Death Row such as Tha Dogg Pound as well as DJ Quik distributed nearly 2,000 turkeys to the public. Death Row also donated turkeys the following year as well. On March 13, 1995, Death Row Records hosted a private party at the El Rey Theatre , where Kelly Jamerson ,
1680-431: The D.O.C. and Dick Griffey began the process of starting a record label and music partnership in anticipation of Dr. Dre's departure from Ruthless. Although the name of their new music venture was originally called Future Shock , both the D.O.C and Suge Knight's business associate Michael "Harry-O" Harris have claimed to have suggested changing the name of the new label to ' Def Row' (a play on Def Jam ), but rights to
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#17328017539361760-454: The Death Row roster. Daz released his debut solo album, Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back , through Death Row Records in March 1998; however, he too left the label later that year. After leaving Death Row Records, Daz produced for artists like Kurupt, Soopafly , And B-Legit . He also established his own label, D.P.G. Recordz , on which he released his second solo album, 2000's R.A.W . In
1840-516: The Fugees and Nas . Tha Dogg Pound 's debut album, Dogg Food , continued the label's streak of commercial successes; its members – rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger – then joined Snoop in ridiculing New York rappers with their single " New York, New York ", featuring Snoop Dogg. The video, set in New York City , New York, was also heightened when the set was fired upon in a drive-by. After
1920-472: The Los Angeles rap scene, after giving a brief comment of support for Shakur, Suge used his brief stage time mainly to disparage Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs , CEO of Bad Boy Records , the label then leading New York rap scene. Knight criticized Combs for his habit of ad-libbing on his artists' music as well as making numerous cameo appearances in his artists' music videos. Suge then invited artists seeking
2000-583: The Madonna and Child. Curtis-Hall drew from some of his own experiences growing up in Detroit to make the film. During his teenage years, Curtis-Hall was a guitarist and vocalist in Detroit's punk rock scene. During this time, he and his peers began using heroin , with Curtis-Hall recounting the drug "was really a competitive thing we did, to be accepted. In order to compete, we thought, we figured we needed
2080-486: The UK market with Death Row Records operating as an independent record label in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group, a company known for its success with Irish country music artists such as Daniel O'Donnell The joint-venture signed British R&B singer Mark Morrison to a five-year deal with Death Row Records UK, with a single called "Thank God It's Friday" and an album called Innocent Man scheduled for
2160-494: The Wake Up Show with Sway & King Tech. On August 6, 2001, Suge Knight was released from prison. Despite bad blood, Kurupt would again sign with Suge Knight in exchange for the position of Vice President, which sparked a feud between himself and Daz Dillinger and Snoop Dogg. He began work on Against tha Grain ; his verbal feud with his former partners continued from 2002 to 2005. The same year, Knight decided to enter
2240-519: The album, and Death Row CEO Suge Knight has remarked that "Daz did pretty much the whole album [ Doggystyle ]". Daz also produced tracks for the soundtracks to Above the Rim and Murder Was the Case . In their single " What Would You Do? ", Tha Dogg Pound sided with Dr. Dre against his former N.W.A groupmate Eazy-E and his label Ruthless Records . Later, as the ongoing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry began to escalate, Tha Dogg Pound recorded
2320-465: The album, including the singles " 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted " and " I Ain't Mad at Cha ". The commercial success of All Eyez on Me raised Daz's stature as a producer, and he provided production to numerous Death Row albums – including Snoop Dogg's Tha Doggfather , Nate Dogg 's G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 , and the Lady of Rage 's Necessary Roughness – in 1996 and 1997. Daz also contributed to
2400-531: The appointment of a Receiver to acquire and auction off assets of both Death Row Records and Suge Knight in the civil case filed by Lydia Harris. Among those listed as unsecured creditors to Death Row include the Harrises ($ 107 million), the Internal Revenue Service ($ 6.9 million), Koch Records ($ 3.4 million), Interscope Records ($ 2.5 million) and a number of artists previously signed to
2480-528: The death of Shakur and sought revenge. Through his then-girlfriend Theresa Swann, the incarcerated Knight contacted Wardell Fouse and hired him to kill The Notorious B.I.G. Swann was given $ 25,000, of which $ 13,000 would go to Fouse. During the initial investigation into Wallace's murder, Fouse was not a suspect, as detective Russell Poole 's prime suspects were the LAPD officer David Mack and Mack's friend Amir Muhammed (Harry Billups). After Poole resigned from
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2560-579: The department in 1999, the case stalled. After the case was reopened in 2006, the lead detective, Greg Kading, concluded that Wardell Fouse was the shooter. As Fouse was murdered in 2003, no charges were pressed against him. By the early 2000s, a rivalry had developed between the Mob Piru Bloods and the Fruit Town Piru Bloods, resulting in the deaths of several Mob Pirus associated with Death Row Records, including (but not limited to): This feud started when George "G" Williams, who worked as
2640-483: The departure of Ice Cube in 1989 over financial disagreements with Jerry Heller , Suge Knight and the D.O.C. went over the books with a lawyer. Convinced that Jerry Heller and Eazy-E were dishonest, they approached Dr. Dre about forming a label with them, away from Heller and Eazy-E. Allegedly using strong-arm tactics, Suge Knight was able to procure contracts from Eazy-E for the D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Jewell , and Michel'le . Dr. Dre and Suge Knight along with partners
2720-611: The enmity between the two bosses, whose two record labels dominated the rap genre's two mainstream centers. In October 1995, Knight visited 2Pac in prison again and posted $ 1.4 million bond. 2Pac began work on his Death Row album, kicking off his tenure by insulting the Notorious B.I.G. , Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Puff Daddy (the founder of Bad Boy Records ), whom he accused of setting him up to be robbed and shot at Quad Studios on November 30, 1994, as well as Mobb Deep , Jay-Z , A Tribe Called Quest , De La Soul , Jimmy Henchman ,
2800-467: The film three out of four stars and felt that Hall had not "latched onto a particularly original notion of city blight. But he knows how to mine the humor in such desperation". Similarly, Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that Roth and Shakur "illuminate" a "movie of despair and desperation" with "gritty, goofy comic spirit". He gave the film three out of four stars and said, "This
2880-484: The film upon reading the script after the filming of Rob Roy . Tupac was cast after Laurence Fishburne , the director's first choice, was not available. The rapper was recommended to Curtis-Hall by Preston Holmes, the president of Def Pictures. Said Curtis-Hall, "Pac had just gotten out of jail [after a 1995 sexual abuse conviction in New York] and no one wanted to touch him. But Preston, who had known Tupac since he
2960-747: The first artist signed to the label. On September 7, 1996, Suge Knight and 2Pac were caught on surveillance camera at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas attacking gang member Orlando Anderson , who was a member of the South Side Compton Crips street gang. Later that night, 2Pac was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in the front seat of Suge Knight's BMW 750iL waiting at a red traffic light at crossroads ; en route to Knight's Las Vegas Club 662; despite living six days in critical condition, 2Pac died on September 13, 1996. He
3040-434: The following years, Daz has continued to focus on his own indie releases and sales; as of 2023, he has released a total of eighteen solo albums. Daz and Kurupt reunited to release a second collaborative album, Dillinger & Young Gotti , in 2001; because Death Row still owned the name "Tha Dogg Pound", they released Dillinger & Young Gotti under the name DPG. Despite this collaboration, relations deteriorated between
3120-633: The gang-related violence which plagued the record label. Knight, who was a member of the Mob Piru Bloods , hired gang members from his set, as well as other sets, including the Fruit Town Piru and Lueders Park Piru. There have been several murders committed by gang members affiliated with Death Row Records. Furthermore, many of the Bloods who worked for the record label would eventually be murdered. In 1995, an aspiring rapper and member of
3200-400: The help of Kenner, Knight began signing young, inner-city California -based artists and arranged for Death Row Records to contribute to the soundtrack for the 1992 film, Deep Cover . The single, " Deep Cover ", established Dr. Dre as a solo artist and a young Snoop Doggy Dogg as his protégé. Work soon began on The Chronic , Dr. Dre's debut solo album, which heavily featured Snoop and
3280-555: The infighting, Dr. Dre officially left Death Row Records to found Aftermath , which provoked 2Pac to turn against Dr. Dre. Suge Knight's relationship with MC Hammer dates back to 1988. With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, The Funky Headhunter , Hammer signed with Death Row in 1995, along with his close friend, Tupac. The label did not release the album of M.C. Hammer's music (titled Too Tight ), although he did release versions of some tracks on his next album. However, Hammer did record tracks with Shakur and others, most notably
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3360-433: The interview, Dr. Dre's lawyer, Howard King, later refuted the "false reports" two days later, stating that Dre still retains total control of The Chronic , which came back to streaming services on February 1, 2023. On April 18, 2022, it was announced that Death Row Records would have its own streaming service, which pays higher royalties to its artists than main music streaming services. In December 2022, Snoop Dogg sold
3440-454: The label after Tha Doggfather album. Snoop Dogg's purchase of Death Row Records did not include the rights to Tupac or Dr. Dre's albums originally which those rights have been reverted back to Interscope Records . On March 4, 2022, in an interview with Tidal , Snoop Dogg stated he acquired the rights to all the albums previously released on Death Row Records, including his debut studio album Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Despite
3520-503: The label, although he contributed toward two tracks on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me . The rest of the tracks on the album, however, were mostly produced by Daz Dillinger and Johnny J , despite Dr. Dre being nominally titled as Executive Producer. 2Pac's behavior reportedly became erratic as he continued his verbal wars with the Notorious B.I.G., Bad Boy Records, Puff Daddy, Mobb Deep, and Prodigy, including many violent confrontations with many of those rappers at some points. On March 22, 1996, due to
3600-481: The label, and later releasing a diss track named " Pimp Slapp'd ", critically acclaimed by music magazine Complex . The label supported itself with releases pulled from vaults—most successfully various posthumous 2Pac albums, along with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg re-releases. He signed new talent, including Crooked I , who had been lighting up the Californian underground with his rhyming ability, particularly
3680-406: The label. Suge Knight eventually lost control of Death Row Records and his personal assets when Chapter 11 Trustees took over both cases. On January 15, 2009, Death Row Records was successfully auctioned for $ 18 million to Ontario -based WIDEawake Entertainment Group that was founded in 2008 by Lara Lavi, with financing from New Solutions Financial Corporation. On January 25, 2009, a public auction
3760-534: The music business through an internship . Apparently without paying Uptown, Suge obtained the releases of Puff's prime Uptown recruits Jodeci , its producer DeVante Swing , and Mary J. Blige , all then signing with Suge's management company. On September 24, 1995, at Jermaine Dupri's birthday party at the Platinum House nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia, Bad Boy's entourage entered a heated dispute with Suge and Suge's friend Jai Hassan-Jamal "Big Jake" Robles,
3840-574: The name were already owned by the Unknown DJ , who also happened to be one of Dre's former music associates in the 1980s. Unknown stated in an interview that he created the name "Def Row" for a potential deal to start another record label under Morgan Creek . However he later sold the naming rights to Dr. Dre and his partners in July 1991 and by 1992 the name changed to its eventual title of Death Row Records . Knight approached Michael "Harry-O" Harris,
3920-444: The police and local criminals, while bureaucracy prevents them from entering a drug rehabilitation program. Set in Detroit, Gridlock'd centers around heroin addicts Spoon, Stretch and Cookie. They are in a band – in the spoken word genre – called Eight Mile Road , with Cookie on lead vocals, Spoon on bass guitar and Stretch on piano. Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit after Cookie overdoses on her first hit. Throughout
4000-437: The rapper Kurupt , and the two formed a duo called Tha Dogg Pound . The Dogg Pound appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album, Doggystyle , which was released as Death Row's second album on November 23, 1993. Formally, Daz received co-production credits on two of Doggystyle ' s tracks, "Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"; however, Daz maintains that he provided uncredited production for large portions of
4080-467: The reason this happened was that Sam Sneed had too many East Coast rappers in his "Lady Heroin" music video. Disillusioned with the direction of Death Row, artists RBX and the D.O.C. chose to leave, after which Suge Knight exercised tighter control over the rest of the roster. Dogg Food was not produced by Dr. Dre but was mixed by Dr. Dre, a further testament to Dre's dwindling involvement with Death Row. Dr. Dre also grew tired of Knight's violence within
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#17328017539364160-408: The release of his debut album Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back , but produced for Big C-Style, and he later formed D.P.G. Recordz . During Knight's incarceration, Death Row released Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 and Too Gangsta for Radio , which both received negative reviews. Both albums had the label's new signees, Tha Realest and YGD Tha Top Dogg , who were criticized for imitating
4240-410: The release of the album, Snoop Dogg was charged with murder , fueling the debate that politicians C. Delores Tucker and vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle sparked by criticizing gangsta rap for being against American values, degrading to black women, and encouraging violence towards police officers. Throughout 1994, Death Row Records released the soundtracks Above the Rim and Murder Was
4320-482: The rest of the label's core roster. The album, which was released on December 15 and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top 200 , went on to sell 5.7 million records worldwide, popularizing the distinctive style of G-Funk . The Death Row roster consisted of Dre, Snoop, Daz , Kurupt , Nate Dogg , Lady of Rage , the D.O.C. , Jewell , RBX , and many more. Later on, Death Row artist Lil 1/2 Dead's contract
4400-469: The rights to the Death Row Records trademarks from MNRK Music Group (the renamed eOne Music). The sale did not immediately include rights to the label's catalog, but it was reported that he was nearing a deal to acquire the catalogs of himself and other Death Row artists from MNRK. On February 11, 2022, Snoop Dogg released his third studio album on Death Row Records , marking a 26-year lapse from
4480-455: The shooting, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound filmed scenes kicking down a building in New York. The single provoked a response called '" L.A., L.A. " by East Coast rappers Capone-N-Noreaga , Tragedy Khadafi , and Mobb Deep. Another report was that Sam Sneed was beaten in one of the label's meetings by a group of Death Row affiliates, led by Suge Knight and 2Pac. According to Daz Dillinger ,
4560-651: The single " New York, New York ", which slighted the city. Tha Dogg Pound followed these tracks with their debut album, 1995's Dogg Food , which was certified platinum by the RIAA. As the East–West rap rivalry intensified, Death Row's lead producer Dr. Dre increasingly distanced himself from the studio, disliking the studio's atmosphere and Suge Knight's leadership. In 1996, Tupac Shakur released his first Death Row album, All Eyez on Me ; this album featured only three tracks produced by Dr. Dre, while Daz produced five tracks for
4640-506: The song " Too Late Playa " (along with Big Daddy Kane and Danny Boy ). After the death of Tupac in 1996, MC Hammer left the label. Formerly a united front of artists, Death Row's roster fractured into separate camps. Daz, now head producer, worked on Snoop Dogg's second album Tha Doggfather , which featured Bad Azz and Techniec of the LBC Crew , Warren G and Nate Dogg of his group 213 and Tha Dogg Pound. 2Pac shut himself into
4720-414: The soundtrack of the 1997 film Gridlock'd . Dr. Dre left Death Row in March 1996 to found the label Aftermath Entertainment . After Tupac was murdered in 1996, followed by Suge Knight being sentenced to prison for parole violations in 1997, numerous other artists (including Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and Nate Dogg ) departed from Death Row as well; this left Daz as the only platinum-selling artist remaining on
4800-605: The spotlight for themselves to join Death Row. Eventually, Puff recalled that to preempt severe retaliation from his Bad Boy crew, he had promptly confronted Suge, whose reply—that he had meant Jermaine Dupri , of So So Def Recordings , in Atlanta—was politic enough to deescalate the conflict. Still, among the fans, the previously diffuse rivalry between America's two mainstream rap scenes had instantly flared already. And while in New York, Suge visited Uptown Records , where Puff, under its founder Andre Harrell , had started in
4880-504: The studio with Hurt-M-Badd and Big "D", crafting The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - unlike All Eyez on Me , it was devoid of high-profile Death Row guest appearances, instead showcasing The Outlawz and Bad Azz, and had a much darker tone. Suge Knight was now barely reachable by his staff, and employees were assaulted as punishment for not following orders. In New York City for the MTV Video Music Awards , 2Pac
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#17328017539364960-409: The styles, looks, and vocals of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. Also, Dead Man Walkin' , a Snoop Dogg compilation of unreleased recordings, was released without his authorization. Maintaining artistic control from behind bars, Suge Knight launched smear campaigns against his former artists, most notably Snoop Dogg , death threats were exchanged, and Snoop Dogg responded by publicly dissing Suge Knight, leaving
5040-566: The tools to compete with others that were pushing the edge, to play faster, write better songs and sing better. That meant using smack". Curtis-Hall had kicked the drug by the time he graduated high school in 1974, saying, "One day my best friend, the bassist, and I were sitting around and decided that maybe we could actually play better if we weren't stoned all the time." In the attempt to get clean, Curtis-Hall said that he and his friend sought assistance from public detoxification programs, but were constantly confronted with red tape . He said, "I
5120-454: The two rappers after Kurupt signed to Death Row Records once more, and Daz repeatedly insulted Kurupt in songs and interviews. Daz and Kurupt ultimately reconciled at a West Coast unity event that Snoop Dogg hosted in 2005. After gaining rights to the moniker "Tha Dogg Pound", Kurupt left Death Row again, and Daz closed his brief time at Jermaine Dupri 's So So Def Recordings . Since then, Tha Dogg Pound has released several more albums, including
5200-521: Was 25 years old. 2Pac's " The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory " was released in November 1996, just one week before Snoop Dogg's " Tha Doggfather ", which both achieved Multi-Platinum sales. The following months, Death Row released Death Row Greatest Hits , Christmas on Death Row , Gridlock'd , and Gang Related . Nate Dogg 's album, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 was supposed to be released on January 14, 1997, but got shelved due to issues at Death Row Records, despite getting released independently as
5280-471: Was a child, said that he was a professional, and nothing like the perception Hollywood had of him. I met him, liked him, hooked him up with Tim, and there was immediate chemistry." Gridlock'd premiered on January 31, 1997, finishing at #10 at the box office in the United States and Canada for its opening weekend, and went on to a total gross of $ 5.6 million during its domestic run. The film
5360-538: Was born and raised in Long Beach, California , as was his older cousin Snoop Dogg . Daz began his music career at the age of 19, when he signed to Death Row Records and learned music production from Dr. Dre . After joining the Death Row label, Daz was featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic , in 1992; he contributed both rapping and production to the album. During this period, Daz also befriended
5440-472: Was eating. After shoving Van Winkle's bodyguards aside, Knight sat down in front of Van Winkle, staring at him before asking "How you doin'?" Similar incidents were repeated on several occasions, including alleged attempts to lure Vanilla Ice into a van filled with Bloods and Crips , before Knight showed up at Vanilla Ice's hotel suite on the 15th floor of the Bel Age Hotel, accompanied by Johnson and
5520-418: Was enjoying financial success, it was embroiled in controversies, lawsuits, and violence by its artists and associates. Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was auctioned to WIDEawake Entertainment for $ 18 million on January 15, 2009. The owner of WIDEawake went bankrupt in 2012; the label was sold to Entertainment One , and it then became a division of Hasbro until April 2021, when eOne Music
5600-643: Was held for everything found in Death Row's office after it filed for bankruptcy. Of note was the Death Row electric chair which went for US$ 2,500. Lavi was removed from WIDEawake and Robert Thompson-So of New Solutions took over day-to-day operations. Lavi then sued her former company WIDEawake, along with New Solutions and Thompson-So in New York County Court on November 19, 2009. WIDEawake issued previously unreleased material from such artists as Kurupt, Danny Boy, Crooked I , Sam Sneed , LBC Crew , Jewell and O.F.T.B. Dr. Dre's, The Chronic Re-Lit
5680-406: Was interviewed on Death Row East , an East Coast subsidiary branch of Death Row. It was also during this time that Alex Roberts and David Kenner had been seen at Suge Knight's Vegas Club 662, in discussion about the possibility of having Roberts' New York underworld connections help pave the way for Death Row East. The record label was supposed to be run by Eric B. and Big D with Craig Mack being
5760-430: Was living at home and I didn’t want [my parents] to know about it. Because of that I had no address to list on the forms. My friend didn't have a Social Security card. We were like these two homeless kids, running through this maze. You have a small window of time, or you’ll never kick." Curtis-Hall said it wasn't easy to get the film financed because of its taboo subject of heroin , "and people were expecting it to be
5840-563: Was on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic (1992). He further produced for his cousin, Snoop Dogg 's debut album Doggystyle (1993), as well as Tupac Shakur 's All Eyez on Me (1996). His debut studio album, Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back (1998) peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and served as his only project with Death Row before founding his own label, Gangsta Advisory Records in 2000 and co-founding D.P.G. Recordz with Soopafly that same year. Daz Dillinger
5920-421: Was released October 13, 2009 and contained 15 previously unreleased tracks, including some produced by Dr. Dre. Death Row: The Ultimate Collection was released on November 24 and was a special box set containing three audio CDs (one greatest hits disc and two discs of unreleased content), one DVD of music videos including the unreleased Dr. Dre music video "Puffin' On Blunts". On December 5, 2012, Jonathan Hay,
6000-638: Was released in the United Kingdom on May 30, 1997. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 88% of 34 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The New York Times editor Janet Maslin praised Shakur's performance: "He played this part with an appealing mix of presence, confidence and humor". Desson Howe, for the Washington Post , wrote, "Shakur and Roth, who seem born for these roles, are allowed to take charge – and have fun doing it". USA Today gave
6080-474: Was released on September 1, 2009 and contained The Chronic remastered with seven unreleased songs featuring Snoop Dogg, CPO, Kurupt, Jewell, and a bonus DVD containing a Dr. Dre interview, a Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg mini movie, and television commercials for the original The Chronic . The album also contained a scene from an unfinished feature film entitled, SAIGON, CA, which was to launch WIDEawake's film studio. Death Row The Lost Sessions Vol 1 by Snoop Dogg
6160-513: Was released; soon after, citing dissatisfaction with serving five years on the label and seeing no release, Rapper Crooked I left Death Row, eventually filing a gag order on Knight to prevent him from interfering with him finding a new deal. Petey Pablo , who had signed in 2005 and started the never-released album Same Eyez on Me , left along with rapper Tha Realest in 2006. On April 4, 2006, both Death Row Records and Suge Knight simultaneously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following
6240-474: Was sold to Priority Records where he released his debut album The Dead Has Arisen . After Snoop Dogg found solo success through his features on The Chronic, Dre began producing Snoop Dogg 's debut album Doggystyle throughout 1993. Snoop's debut was released on November 23, 1993 due to public demand and high pressure from retailers. Though unfinished, it outperformed The Chronic at Quadruple Platinum , and garnered similarly glowing reviews. Soon after
6320-581: Was sold to the Blackstone Group . Snoop Dogg bought Death Row from MNRK Music Group in February 2022, intending to revive the label. In 1987, N.W.A 's Dr. Dre signed to Eazy-E 's Ruthless Records . As head of production at the label, Dr. Dre produced a large number of Ruthless projects, many of them successful; feeling the pressures of having to produce so many acts and feeling he was underpaid, Dr. Dre became frustrated with Ruthless. After
6400-437: Was the directorial debut of Curtis-Hall, who also has a small role in the film. The film's opening was relatively low, despite critical acclaim; its opening weekend netted only $ 2,678,372 and it finished with a little over $ 5.5 million. Shakur died four months before the film's release. The film focuses on two heroin addicts who decide to kick the habit, following the overdose of their bandmate. They must face encounters with
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