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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.^[1] The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg (Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather) and 2Pac (All Eyez on Me, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory) during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row made over US $100 million annually.^[2]

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.^[3] It was embroiled in controversies, lawsuits, and violence by its artists and associates, despite enjoying financial success.

Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was auctioned to WIDEawake Entertainment for $18 million on January 15, 2009.^[4] 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 was sold to the Blackstone Group.^[5] Snoop Dogg bought Death Row from MNRK Music Group in February 2022, intending to revive the label.^[6]^[7]

History

1987–1992: Origins and the first generation

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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.^[8] After the departure of Ice Cube in 1989 over financial disagreements with Jerry Heller,^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11]

Dr. Dre and Suge Knight along with partners 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' ^[12] (a play on Def Jam),^[13] but rights to 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.^[14] 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.^[15] Knight approached Michael "Harry-O" Harris, 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.^[16]

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.^[17] After consulting with Alex Roberts, Knight and two bodyguards arrived at The Palm in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, where Van Winkle 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'?"^[17] 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 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.^[17] 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.^[18]

1992–1995: The Chronic, Doggystyle, and other releases

With the help of Kenner, Knight began signing young, inner-city California-based artists. Through Suge's connection with Dick Griffey, Griffey arranged for Death Row 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. Soon after, Dr. Dre discovered and brought in Virginia artist The Lady of Rage, as well as his step-brother Warren G. Snoop Doggy Dogg brought in his friend Kurupt and his cousins Dat Nigga Daz, Nate Dogg, and RBX. The D.O.C. was retained for songwriting. With this stable of artists, work commenced on The Chronic, Dr. Dre's debut studio album.

In 1992, Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records negotiated a $10-million deal with Dr. Dre and Marion "Suge" Knight to finance and distribute Death Row. The meeting and negotiations were initiated by John McClain, who met Dre when he was recording his The Chronic. Original plans had called for the album to be released through Sony, but Sony passed on The Chronic due to Death Row's controversial nature and Dr. Dre's contractual status. After hearing the album, Iovine agreed to release it, although doing so required a complicated distribution agreement with Priority Records, Dre's label as a member of N.W.A. The Chronic was released in December 1992.^[19]^[20] 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,^[21] popularizing the distinctive style of G-Funk.^[22] Death Row roster consisted of Dre, Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, The Lady of Rage, The D.O.C., Jewell, RBX, Soopafly, Tray Deee, Sam Sneed, DJ Quik, Danny Boy, K-Solo, Michel'le and Mc Hammer.

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,^[23] it outperformed The Chronic at Quadruple Platinum,^[24] and garnered similarly glowing reviews.^[25] Soon after the release of the album, Snoop Dogg was charged with murder,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". fueling the debate that politicians C. Delores Tucker and vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle sparked Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 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.^[26] Death Row also donated turkeys the following year as well.^[27]

On March 13, 1995, Death Row Records hosted a private party at the El Rey Theatre, where Kelly Jamerson, a Rolling 60's Crip,^[28] was severely beaten by several Bloods, who were allegedly from Suge Knight's inner circle.^[29] As a result of his injuries, Jamerson died the next day at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

1995–1996: Signing 2Pac, Bad Boy Records feud, Dr. Dre's departure

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.^[30] Already reputed for strongarm tactics on the Los Angeles rap scene, after giving a brief comment of support for Shakur,^[31] 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.^[32]^[33] Suge then invited artists seeking the spotlight for themselves to join Death Row.^[32]^[33] 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.^[34]

Still, among the fans, the previously diffuse rivalry between America's two mainstream rap scenes had instantly flared already.^[32]^[31]^[33] And while in New York, Suge visited Uptown Records, where Puff, under its founder Andre Harrell, had started in the music business through an internship.^[35] 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.^[35]

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, a Campanella Park Piru Bloods gang member and Death Row bodyguard.^[32]^[36] According to eyewitnesses, including a Fulton County sheriff working there as a nightclub bouncer, Puff had heatedly disputed with Suge inside the club.^[32] 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 a Limousine.^[32]^[37]^[38]

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.^[39] 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.^[40] Yet immediately and persistently, Suge blamed Puff, cementing the enmity between the two bosses, whose two record labels dominated the rap genre's two mainstream centers.^[32]^[41]

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, 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 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, the reason this happened was that Sam Sneed had too many East Coast rappers in his "Lady Heroin" music video.^[42] 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.^[16] 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 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 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.^[43] 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.^[44]^[45] However, Hammer did record tracks with Shakur and others, most notably the song "Too Late Playa" (along with Big Daddy Kane and Danny Boy).^[46] After the death of Tupac in 1996, MC Hammer left the label.^[47]^[48]

1996–2001: Tupac Shakur's murder, Suge Knight's incarceration, and decline

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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, at this point now going by the alias Makaveli, shut himself into 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 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.^[23]

In New York City for the MTV Video Music Awards, 2Pac was interviewed on Death Row East, an East Coast subsidiary branch of Death Row.^[49] 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 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;^[50]^[51] despite living six days in critical condition, 2Pac died on September 13, 1996. He was 25 years old.

In the aftetmath of his death, Death Row rush-released 2Pac's "The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory" 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 a double disc the following year.

On February 28, Suge Knight was convicted of probation violation and sentenced to nine years in prison,^[52] causing Interscope to drop their distribution deal with the label.^[53]

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 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 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.

2001–2005: Knight's release, return to prison, second generation

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 the label, and later releasing diss track "Pimp Slapp'd", garnering critical acclaim from music magazine Complex.^[54]^[55]^[56]^[57] The label supported itself with releases pulled from vaults — most successfullyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 the Wake Up Show with Sway & King Tech.

On August 6, 2001, Suge Knight was released from prison.^[58]^[59] Just three days later, it was reported by The Los Angeles Times that Daz Dillinger filed a lawsuit against Death Row and Suge Knight, alleging he was defrauded of over $1 million in royalties and other payments. The lawsuit accused Death Row of exploiting Daz, withholding payments, and coercing him into signing revised contracts in 1997 and 1998 under threats and without an independent audit. Daz stated he received only a $75,000 advance under the 1998 agreement and disputed whether royalties from earlier contracts remained owed. The case also alleged that Death Row failed to cover agreed-upon recording expenses.^[60] 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.^[61] The same year, Knight decided to enter the UK market with Death Row Records operating as an independent record label in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group,^[62] a company known for its success with Irish country music artists such as Daniel O'Donnell^[63] The joint-venture signed British R&B singer Mark Morrison^[64] 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 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 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,^[65] Suge had still yet to release any albums by his new artists. After Kurupt's second departure, Against tha Grain was released; soon after, citing dissatisfaction with serving five years on the label and seeing no release,^[66] Rapper Crooked I left Death Row, eventually filing a gag order on Knight to prevent him from interfering with him finding a new deal.^[67] Petey Pablo, who had signed in 2005 and started the never-released album Same Eyez on Me,^[68] left along with rapper Tha Realest^[69] in 2006.

2006–2022: Bankruptcy, closure, WIDEawake, Hasbro

On April 4, 2006, both Death Row Records and Suge Knight simultaneously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following 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 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 2006 by Lara Lavi, with financing from New Solutions Financial Corporation.^[70] On January 25, 2009, a public auction 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.^[71] 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.^[72]

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 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.^[73] The album also contained a scene from an unfinished feature film entitled, SAIGON, CA, which was to launch WIDEawake's film studio.^[74]^[75] Death Row The Lost Sessions Vol 1 by Snoop Dogg was released October 13, 2009 and contained 15 previously unreleased tracks, including some produced by Dr. Dre.^[76] 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".^[77]

On December 5, 2012, Jonathan Hay, 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.^[78] In 2013, E1 Music, formerly Koch Records, the distributor for Death Row in the 2000s, purchased the rights to the Death Row catalog. New Solutions Financial Corporation was eventually exposed as an alleged Ponzi scheme.^[79]

On August 23, 2019, American toy company Hasbro announced a $4 billion purchase of eOne, making them the owners of Death Row Records.^[80] In April 2021, Hasbro and Entertainment One, E1's parent company, announced it would sell-off E1 Music to The Blackstone Group, which its acquisition was completed in June 2021.^[81]^[82]

2022–present: Revival through Snoop Dogg and third generation

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 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 the label after Tha Doggfather album.^[83]^[84]^[85]

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 the interview, Dr. Dre's lawyer, Howard King, denied the "false reports" two days later, stating that Dre still retained total control of The Chronic, which came back to streaming services on February 1, 2023.^[86]^[87]^[88] On April 18, 2022, after Death Row's catalogue was removed from streaming services, 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.^[89]

In December 2022, Snoop Dogg sold a stake of Death Row's catalogue to former Apple Music's Global Creative Director Larry Jackson's music label Gamma.^[90] 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.^[91] Death Row's catalogue returned to all music streaming services on March 9, 2023.^[92]

Gang violence

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 the gang-related violence which plagued the record label.^[93] 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.^[94] 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.

Murder of William "Rat" Ratcliffe

In 1995, an aspiring rapper and member of 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.^[95]

Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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 the death of Shakur and sought revenge.^[95] Through his then-girlfriend Theresa Swann, the incarcerated Knight contacted Wardell Fouse and hired him to kill The Notorious B.I.G.^[96] Swann was given $25,000, of which $13,000 would go to Fouse.^[95]

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).^[97] After Poole resigned from 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.^[95] As Fouse was murdered in 2003, no charges were pressed against him.

Feud between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru

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):

Alton "Buntry" McDonald, who was shot dead on April 3, 2002, allegedly by George Williams, who also went by the nicknames "G" or "Ponytail".^[98]
Henry "Hendog" Smith, who designed the logo for Death Row Records.^[94] Smith was shot dead on October 16, 2002.^[99] Smith was killed by a member of the Denver Lanes Bloods.^[100]
Wardell "Poochie" Fouse, who was shot dead on July 24, 2003.^[101]

This feud started when George "G" Williams, who worked as a bodyguard for Suge Knight, was fired after he failed to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed.^[102] 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.^[103]

Roster

Current artists

Act	Years on the label	Releases under the label
Snoop Dogg	1991–1998^[104] 2022–present	5
Merkules^[105]	2022–present	–
Jane Handcock^[106]	2022–present	1
October London^[107]	2023–present	2
Julian Torres^[108]	2023–present	–
D Smoke	2023–present	–
Phonixthecool	2023–present	1^[109]^[110]
Tha Dogg Pound	1992–1998, 2024–present	2
Tha Eastsidaz	2024-present	1
Charlie Bereal	2024–present^[111]	1

Former artists

Act	Years on the label	Releases under the label
Dr. Dre	1991–1996	1
The D.O.C.	1991–1994	–
Michel'le	1991–1999 2002–2003	1
Jewell	1991–1997	1
The Lady of Rage	1991–1998	1
Paradise	1991–1993	–
EMmage	1991–1993	–
Nate Dogg	1992–1998	–
Kurupt	1992–1998, 2002–2005	1
Daz Dillinger	1992–1998	1
CPO	1993–1996	–
Sam Sneed	1993–1996	1
O.F.T.B.	1993–1998	1
Lil' Bow Wow	1993-1994	–
Soopafly	1994–1999	–
J-Flexx	1994–1999	–
Danny Boy	1994–1999, 2002–2005	1
Young Soldierz	1994–1998	–
Bloody Mary	1994–1996	–
Redrum 781	1994–1996	–
K-Solo	1995–1996	–
2Pac	1995–1996	5
MC Hammer	1995–1996	–
Prince Ital Joe	1995–1998	–
6 Feet Deep^[112]	1995–1998	–
Gina Longo^[113]	1996–1998	–
B.G.O.T.I.	1996–1997	–
Outlawz^[114]	1997–1999	–
Top Dogg^[115]	1997–2001	–
Tha Realest	1996–2001	–
Chocolate Bandit	1997–1999	–
Lil' C-Style	1998–2001	–
Swoop G	1998–2001	–
Mac Shawn^[116]	1998–2001	–
Doobie	1998–2001	–
V.K.	1998–2000	–
Keita Roc	1998–2004	–
Above the Law	1999–2002	–
Crooked I	1999–2004	-
SKG^[117]	2000–2004	–
Eastwood	2001–2004	–
Lisa Lopes	2001–2002	–

Former producers

Producer	Years on the label
Dr. Dre	1991–1996
Chris "The Glove" Taylor	1991–1996
Rhythm D^[118]	1991–1992
Daz Dillinger	1992–1998
Kevin Lewis	1992–1999
Sam Sneed	1993–1996
Sean "Barney Rubble" Thomas	1993–1997
Soopafly	1994–1999
Hurt-M-Badd	1995–1998
Jade Villalon	1995-1998
Darryl "Big D" Harper	1996–1999
Curtis "Kurt Kobane" Couthon	1996–2000
Reggie "Devell" Moore	1996–1999
Jim Gittum^[119]	1998–2002
Cold 187um	1999–2002
Darren Vegas	2002-2004

Discography

Studio albums

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Artist	Album	Details
Dr. Dre	The Chronic	Released: December 15, 1992 Chart positions: No. 3 U.S. RIAA certification: 3× Platinum^[120]
Snoop Doggy Dogg	Doggystyle	Released: November 23, 1993 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 4× Platinum
Tha Dogg Pound	Dogg Food	Released: October 31, 1995 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
2Pac	All Eyez on Me	Released: February 13, 1996 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: Diamond (10× Platinum)
Makaveli	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	Released: November 5, 1996 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 4× Platinum
Snoop Doggy Dogg	Tha Doggfather	Released: November 12, 1996 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
The Lady of Rage	Necessary Roughness	Released: June 24, 1997 Chart positions: No. 32 U.S.
Daz Dillinger	Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back	Released: March 31, 1998 Chart positions:No. 8 U.S.
Michel'le	Hung Jury	Released: August 24, 1998 Chart positions: –
2Pac	Until the End of Time	Released: March 27, 2001 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 3× Platinum
2Pac	Better Dayz	Released: November 26, 2002 Chart positions: No. 5 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
Kurupt	Against the Grain	Released: August 23, 2005 Chart positions: No. 60 U.S.
Danny Boy	It's About Time	Released: April 20, 2010 Chart positions: –
Crooked I	Hood Star	Released: June 15, 2010 Chart positions: –
Sam Sneed	Street Scholars	Released: January 25, 2011 Chart positions: –
LBC Crew	Haven't You Heard	Released: February 8, 2011 Chart positions: –
O.F.T.B.	Damn Near Dead	Released: July 12, 2011 Chart positions: –
Jewell	Black Diamond	Released: November 22, 2011 Chart positions: –
Snoop Dogg	BODR	Released: February 11, 2022 Chart positions: No. 104 U.S.
Jane Handcock	World of Women	Released: January 20, 2023 Chart positions: –
October London	The Rebirth of Marvin	Released: February 10, 2023 Chart positions: –
Tha Dogg Pound	W.A.W.G. (We All We Got)	Released: May 31, 2024 Chart positions: –
October London	October Nights	Released: October 11, 2024 Chart positions: –
Snoop Dogg	Missionary	Released: December 13, 2024 Chart positions: No. 20 U.S.
Charlie Bereal	Walk With the Father	Released: January 24, 2025 Chart positions: –
Snoop Dogg	Iz It a Crime?	Released: May 15, 2025 Chart positions: –

Compilation albums

Artist	Album	Details
Various Artists	Above the Rim	Released: March 22, 1994 Chart positions: No. 2 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
Various Artists	Murder Was the Case	Released: October 15, 1994 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
Various Artists	Death Row Greatest Hits	Released: November 26, 1996 Chart positions: No. 36 U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum
Various Artists	Christmas on Death Row	Released: December 3, 1996 Chart positions: No. 155 U.S.
Various Artists	Gridlock'd	Released: January 28, 1997 Chart positions: No. 1 U.S. RIAA certification: Gold
Various Artists	Gang Related	Released: October 7, 1997 Chart positions: No. 2 U.S. RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
2Pac	Greatest Hits	Released: November 24, 1998 Chart positions: No. 3 U.S. RIAA certification: Diamond
Various Artists	Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000	Released: May 4, 1999 Chart positions: No. 11 U.S.
Various Artists	Too Gangsta for Radio	Released: September 26, 2000 Chart positions: No. 171 U.S.
Snoop Doggy Dogg	Dead Man Walkin'	Released: October 31, 2000 Chart positions: No. 24 U.S.
Tha Dogg Pound	2002	Released: July 31, 2001 Chart positions: No. 36 U.S.
Snoop Doggy Dogg	Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best	Released: October 23, 2001 Chart positions: No. 28 U.S.
Various Artists	Dysfunktional Family	Released: March 11, 2003 Chart positions: No. 95 U.S.
2Pac	Nu-Mixx Klazzics	Released: October 7, 2003 Chart positions: No. 15 U.S.
Various Artists	The Very Best of Death Row	Released: February 22, 2005 Chart positions: No. 94 U.S.
Various Artists	15 Years on Death Row	Released: December 26, 2006 Chart positions: –
2Pac	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2	Released: August 14, 2007 Chart positions: No. 45 U.S.
2Pac	Best of 2Pac, Part 1: Thug	Released: December 4, 2007 Chart positions: No. 65 U.S.
2Pac	Best of 2Pac, Part 2: Life	Released: December 4, 2007 Chart positions: No. 77 U.S.
Snoop Doggy Dogg	Death Row: The Lost Sessions Vol. 1	Released: October 13, 2009 Chart positions: –
Tha Dogg Pound	Doggy Bag	Released: July 3, 2012 Chart positions: –
Tha Eastsidaz	Still Easty	Released: October 25, 2024 Chart positions: –
Chocc	Journals to Johnny	Released: December 6, 2024 Chart positions: –
Various Artists	Death Row Revue	Released: January 3, 2025 Chart positions: -
Various Artists	Altar Call	Released: April 27, 2025 Chart positions: -

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Death Row Records: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:23, 24 December 2025

Contents

History

1987–1992: Origins and the first generation

1992–1995: The Chronic, Doggystyle, and other releases

1995–1996: Signing 2Pac, Bad Boy Records feud, Dr. Dre's departure

1996–2001: Tupac Shakur's murder, Suge Knight's incarceration, and decline

2001–2005: Knight's release, return to prison, second generation

2006–2022: Bankruptcy, closure, WIDEawake, Hasbro

2022–present: Revival through Snoop Dogg and third generation

Gang violence

Murder of William "Rat" Ratcliffe

Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.

Feud between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru

Roster

Current artists

Former artists

Former producers

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

See also

References

Further reading

External links

Navigation menu

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 * [[Suge Knight]]
 * [[Dr. Dre]]
 * [[Dick Griffey]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Row Records Co-Founder Involved in Fatal Hit-And-Run |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382575023/death-row-records-co-founder-involved-in-fatal-hit-and-run |work=NPR |agency=Associated Press |date=January 30, 2015 |quote=It was founded by Tracy "The D.O.C." Lynn Curry, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, Knight and Richard Gilbert "Dick" Griffey. |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407201310/https://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382575023/death-row-records-co-founder-involved-in-fatal-hit-and-run |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Westhoff |first1=Ben |title=Straight Outta Dallas: How Texas Artist D.O.C. Helped Jump-Start Death Row Records |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/straight-outta-dallas-how-texas-artist-doc-helped-jump-start-death-row-records-8641580 |website=Dallas Observer |date=September 6, 2016 |quote=He, Dre and Suge did, in fact, soon quietly launch a label called Futureshock, named for a Curtis Mayfield song. Their fourth partner in the venture was Dick Griffey, the cofounder of Soul Train Records and founder of Solar Records. The name wouldn't stick. "Futureshock Records?" Suge said. "That sounds like some bullshit. It's gonna be called Death Row... Dick Griffey, also an original Death Row founder, later testified that Suge Knight "secretly incorporated" Death Row and "transferred into it all of the assets" from their original partnership. In 1997 — with Suge behind bars — Griffey and D.O.C. successfully sued Death Row, alleging that they'd been cut out of the label's profits. |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729042908/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/straight-outta-dallas-how-texas-artist-doc-helped-jump-start-death-row-records-8641580 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* [[Michael Harris (music executive)|Harry-O]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-snoop-dogg-pardon-final-hours-president-1234969914/|access-date=2024-12-10|last=Suebsaeng|first=Asawin|title=Trump’s Final Hours in Office Were Consumed With Fury at Snoop Dogg|website=Rolling Stone|date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
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+| status = Active
-| genre       = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]]|[[West Coast hip-hop]]|[[G-funk]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
+| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip-hop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
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 * [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] (1992–1997)
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 * [[Koch Records|Koch]] (2003–2007)
 * AMPED Distribution (physical, 2021–2022)
-* [[Gamma (media company)|gamma.]] (2023–present)<ref>{{cite web|author=Dawn Chmielewski|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-backs-new-music-startup-2023-03-08/|title=Apple backs new music startup|publisher=Reuters|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Murray Stassen|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/snoop-dogg-returns-death-row-catalog-to-streaming-services-label-to-sign-new-artists-in-partnership-with-larry-jacksons-gamma/|title=SNOOP DOGG RETURNS DEATH ROW CATALOG TO STREAMING SERVICES, LABEL TO SIGN NEW ARTISTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LARRY JACKSON'S GAMMA|publisher=Music Business Worldwide|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Shirley Halperin, Jem Aswad|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/larry-jackson-launches-gamma-new-music-company-usher-rick-ross-1235545233/|title=Former Apple Executive Larry Jackson Launches Gamma, New Music Company With Usher, Rick Ross on Roster|publisher=Variety|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
+* [[Gamma (media company)|gamma.]] (2023–present)<ref>{{cite web|author=Dawn Chmielewski|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-backs-new-music-startup-2023-03-08/|title=Apple backs new music startup|publisher=Reuters|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309170514/https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-backs-new-music-startup-2023-03-08/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Murray Stassen|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/snoop-dogg-returns-death-row-catalog-to-streaming-services-label-to-sign-new-artists-in-partnership-with-larry-jacksons-gamma/|title=SNOOP DOGG RETURNS DEATH ROW CATALOG TO STREAMING SERVICES, LABEL TO SIGN NEW ARTISTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LARRY JACKSON'S GAMMA|publisher=Music Business Worldwide|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Shirley Halperin, Jem Aswad|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/larry-jackson-launches-gamma-new-music-company-usher-rick-ross-1235545233/|title=Former Apple Executive Larry Jackson Launches Gamma, New Music Company With Usher, Rick Ross on Roster|publisher=Variety|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
-*[[Create Music Group|Create]] (digital)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snoopdogg.com/news/snoop-dogg-releases-latest-album-b-o-d-r-bacc-on-death-row-out-today/|title=SNOOP DOGG, RELEASES LATEST ALBUM, B.O.D.R. (BACC ON DEATH ROW) OUT TODAY|publisher=[[Snoop Dogg|snoopdogg.com]]}}</ref>
+*[[Create Music Group|Create]] (digital)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snoopdogg.com/news/snoop-dogg-releases-latest-album-b-o-d-r-bacc-on-death-row-out-today/|title=SNOOP DOGG, RELEASES LATEST ALBUM, B.O.D.R. (BACC ON DEATH ROW) OUT TODAY|publisher=[[Snoop Dogg|snoopdogg.com]]|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212040403/https://snoopdogg.com/news/snoop-dogg-releases-latest-album-b-o-d-r-bacc-on-death-row-out-today/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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-| country     = United States
+| country = United States
-| location    = [[Beverly Hills, California]]
+| location = [[Los Angeles, California]]
-| website     = {{URL|deathrowrecords.com}}
+| website = {{URL|deathrowrecords.com}}
 }}
-'''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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60330421|title=Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records|date=February 10, 2022|publisher=BBC News|access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref> The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by [[West Coast hip hop|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 made over US $100 million annually.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ro|first1=Ronin|title=Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records |year=1999 |publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=0385491352}}</ref>
+'''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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60330421|title=Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records|date=February 10, 2022|publisher=BBC News|access-date=February 10, 2022|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210131937/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60330421|url-status=live}}</ref> The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by [[West Coast hip-hop|West Coast]]-based artists such as [[Dr. Dre]] (''[[The Chronic]]''), [[Snoop Dogg]] (''[[Doggystyle]]'', ''[[Tha Doggfather]]'') and [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] (''[[All Eyez on Me]]'', ''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]'') during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row made over US $100 million annually.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ro|first1=Ronin|title=Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records |year=1999 |publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=0385491352}}</ref>
-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 was enjoying financial success, it was embroiled in controversies, lawsuits, and violence by its artists and associates.
+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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-fall-of-death-row-records-474904.html|title=The fall of Death Row Records|date=April 20, 2006|website=The Independent}}</ref> It was embroiled in controversies, lawsuits, and violence by its artists and associates, despite enjoying financial success.
-Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was auctioned to WIDEawake Entertainment for $18 million on January 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6351/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150125165154/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6351/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2015|title=Warner to Acquire Death Row Records?|date=February 6, 2008|work=HipHopDX|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> 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 [[MNRK Music Group|eOne Music]] was sold to [[the Blackstone Group]].<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=April 28, 2021|title=Hasbro No Longer Owns Death Row Records|url=https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-sells-death-row-records-wu-tang-clan/|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513154922/https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-sells-death-row-records-wu-tang-clan/|url-status=live}}</ref> Snoop Dogg bought Death Row from [[MNRK Music Group]] in February 2022, intending to revive the label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records|title=Snoop Dogg Now Officially Owns Death Row Records|publisher=Complex Magazine|access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/ |title=Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2022-02-09 |accessdate=2022-02-15 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210013632/https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was auctioned to WIDEawake Entertainment for $18 million on January 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6351/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150125165154/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6351/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2015|title=Warner to Acquire Death Row Records?|date=February 6, 2008|work=HipHopDX|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The owner of WIDEawake went bankrupt in 2012; the label was sold to [[Lionsgate Canada|Entertainment One]], and it then became a division of [[Hasbro]] until April 2021, when [[MNRK Music Group|eOne Music]] was sold to [[Blackstone Inc.|the Blackstone Group]].<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=April 28, 2021|title=Hasbro No Longer Owns Death Row Records|url=https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-sells-death-row-records-wu-tang-clan/|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513154922/https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-sells-death-row-records-wu-tang-clan/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Snoop Dogg]] bought Death Row from [[MNRK Music Group]] in February 2022, intending to revive the label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records|title=Snoop Dogg Now Officially Owns Death Row Records|publisher=Complex Magazine|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209222331/https://www.complex.com/music/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/ |title=Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2022-02-09 |accessdate=2022-02-15 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210013632/https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==History==
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 ===1992–1995: ''The Chronic'', ''Doggystyle'', and other releases===
-With the help of Kenner, Knight began signing young, [[inner-city]] [[California]]-based artists and arranged for Death Row Records to contribute to the [[Deep Cover#Soundtrack|soundtrack]] for the 1992 film, ''[[Deep Cover]]''. The single, "[[Deep Cover (song)|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 the rest of the label's core roster.
+With the help of Kenner, Knight began signing young, [[inner-city]] [[California]]-based artists. Through Suge's connection with Dick Griffey, Griffey arranged for Death Row to contribute to the [[Deep Cover (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the 1992 film, ''[[Deep Cover (1992 film)|Deep Cover]]''. The single, "[[Deep Cover (song)|Deep Cover]]", established Dr. Dre as a solo artist and a young [[Snoop Doggy Dogg]] as his protégé. Soon after, Dr. Dre discovered and brought in [[Virginia]] artist [[The Lady of Rage]], as well as his step-brother [[Warren G]]. Snoop Doggy Dogg brought in his friend [[Kurupt]] and his cousins [[Dat Nigga Daz]], [[Nate Dogg]], and [[RBX]]. The D.O.C. was retained for songwriting. With this stable of artists, work commenced on ''[[The Chronic]]'', Dr. Dre's debut studio album.
-In 1992, [[Jimmy Iovine]]'s [[Interscope Records]] negotiated a $10-million deal with [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Marion "Suge" Knight]] to finance and distribute Death Row. The meeting and negotiations were initiated by McClain, who met Dre when he was recording his ''The Chronic.'' Original plans had called for the album to be released through Sony, but Sony passed on ''The Chronic'' due to Death Row's controversial nature and Dr. Dre's contractual status. After hearing the album, Iovine agreed to release it, although doing so required a complicated distribution agreement with [[Priority Records]], Dre's label as a member of [[N.W.A]]. ''The Chronic'' was released in December 1992.<ref name="Chronic oral history">{{cite news|last1=Westhoff|first1=Ben|title=The Making of the Chronic|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-making-of-the-chronic-2407719|access-date=September 16, 2015|work=LA Weekly|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Dre splits Death Row LA Times">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Chuck|title=Rapper Dr. Dre to part ways with Death Row, start new record label|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-fi-dredeathrow22march2296-story.html|access-date=September 17, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 22, 1996}}</ref>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,<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Recording Industry Association of America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017045232/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |date=October 17, 2015 }}. RIAA. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> popularizing the distinctive style of [[G-Funk]].<ref name="NYTimes-Dr.Dre">Jon Pareles (November 14, 1999). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E6DF103AF937A25752C1A96F958260 Music; Still Tough, Still Authentic. Still Relevant?]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 18, 2008.</ref> The Death Row roster consisted of Dre, Snoop, [[Daz Dillinger|Daz]], [[Kurupt]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[The Lady of Rage]], [[The D.O.C.]], [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]], [[RBX]], [[Soopafly]] and many more.
+In 1992, [[Jimmy Iovine]]'s [[Interscope Records]] negotiated a $10-million deal with [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Marion "Suge" Knight]] to finance and distribute Death Row. The meeting and negotiations were initiated by John McClain, who met Dre when he was recording his ''The Chronic.'' Original plans had called for the album to be released through Sony, but Sony passed on ''The Chronic'' due to Death Row's controversial nature and Dr. Dre's contractual status. After hearing the album, Iovine agreed to release it, although doing so required a complicated distribution agreement with [[Priority Records]], Dre's label as a member of [[N.W.A]]. ''The Chronic'' was released in December 1992.<ref name="Chronic oral history">{{cite news|last1=Westhoff|first1=Ben|title=The Making of the Chronic|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-making-of-the-chronic-2407719|access-date=September 16, 2015|work=LA Weekly|date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016071441/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-making-of-the-chronic-2407719|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dre splits Death Row LA Times">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Chuck|title=Rapper Dr. Dre to part ways with Death Row, start new record label|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-fi-dredeathrow22march2296-story.html|access-date=September 17, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 22, 1996}}</ref> 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,<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Recording Industry Association of America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017045232/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |date=October 17, 2015 }}. RIAA. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> popularizing the distinctive style of [[G-Funk]].<ref name="NYTimes-Dr.Dre">Jon Pareles (November 14, 1999). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E6DF103AF937A25752C1A96F958260 Music; Still Tough, Still Authentic. Still Relevant?]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 18, 2008.</ref> Death Row roster consisted of Dre, Snoop, [[Daz Dillinger|Daz]], [[Kurupt]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[The Lady of Rage]], [[The D.O.C.]], [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]], [[RBX]], [[Soopafly]], [[Tray Deee]], [[Sam Sneed]], [[DJ Quik]], [[Danny Boy]], [[K-Solo]], [[Michel'le]] and [[Mc Hammer]].
 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,<ref name="Rollin' With Dre 2008">''Rollin' with Dre: The Unauthorized Account: An Insider's Tale of the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of West Coast Hip Hop'' (Williams/Alexander, 2008) {{ISBN|0-345-49822-4}}</ref> it outperformed ''The Chronic'' at [[RIAA certification|Quadruple Platinum]],<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Doggystyle&artist=Snoop%20Dogg&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=Death%20Row&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Recording Industry Association of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017192034/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Doggystyle&artist=Snoop%20Dogg&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=Death%20Row&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |date=October 17, 2015 }}. RIAA. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> and garnered similarly glowing reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/doggystyle-mw0000106179|title=Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107023434/https://www.allmusic.com/album/doggystyle-mw0000106179|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after the release of the album, Snoop Dogg was charged with [[murder]],{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} fueling the debate that politicians [[C. Delores Tucker]] and vice presidential candidate [[Dan Quayle]] sparked {{citation needed|date=June 2018}} 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 (soundtrack)|Above the Rim]]'' and ''[[Murder Was the Case]]''.
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 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90|title=Good Works|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 10, 1994|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426183826/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90|url-status=live}}</ref> Death Row also donated turkeys the following year as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2paclegacy.net/tupac-death-row-records-members-at-the-brotherhood-crusade-headquarters/|title=1995-11-21 / Tupac & Death Row Records Members At The Brotherhood Crusade Headquarters|date=May 22, 2016|publisher=2PacLegacy|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128064755/https://2paclegacy.net/tupac-death-row-records-members-at-the-brotherhood-crusade-headquarters/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-On March 13, 1995, Death Row Records hosted a private party at the [[El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles)|El Rey Theatre]], where [[Murder of Kelly Jamerson|Kelly Jamerson]], a [[Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips|Rolling 60's Crip]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race & Policing - Live From Death Row {{!}} PBS - L.a.p.d. Blues {{!}} FRONTLINE {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/race/deathrow.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=www.pbs.org |quote=In 1995 a Rolling 60s Crip, Kelly Jamerson, was stomped to death at a Death Row party}}</ref> was severely beaten by several [[Bloods]], who were allegedly from Suge Knight's inner circle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Former L.A.P.D. Detective Says He Knows Who Killed The Notorious B.I.G. |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2012/03/interview-former-lapd-detective-says-he-knows-who-killed-the-notorious-big |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Complex |language=en |quote=A fight broke out between this Crip and some of the Bloods that were in Suge’s circle.}}</ref> As a result of his injuries, Jamerson died the next day at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
+On March 13, 1995, Death Row Records hosted a private party at the [[El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles)|El Rey Theatre]], where [[Murder of Kelly Jamerson|Kelly Jamerson]], a [[Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips|Rolling 60's Crip]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race & Policing - Live From Death Row {{!}} PBS - L.a.p.d. Blues {{!}} FRONTLINE |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/race/deathrow.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=www.pbs.org |quote=In 1995 a Rolling 60s Crip, Kelly Jamerson, was stomped to death at a Death Row party |archive-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922171141/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/race/deathrow.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was severely beaten by several [[Bloods]], who were allegedly from Suge Knight's inner circle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Former L.A.P.D. Detective Says He Knows Who Killed The Notorious B.I.G. |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2012/03/interview-former-lapd-detective-says-he-knows-who-killed-the-notorious-big |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Complex |language=en |quote=A fight broke out between this Crip and some of the Bloods that were in Suge’s circle. |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117044138/https://www.complex.com/music/2012/03/interview-former-lapd-detective-says-he-knows-who-killed-the-notorious-big |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of his injuries, Jamerson died the next day at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
 === 1995–1996: Signing 2Pac, Bad Boy Records feud, Dr. Dre's departure ===
-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.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|last=Westhoff|first=Ben|date=September 12, 2016|title=How Tupac and Biggie went from friends to deadly rivals|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tupac-biggie-friends-to-foes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121519/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqkqz3/tupac-biggie-friends-to-foes|archive-date=August 14, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020|work=[[Vice.com]]}}</ref> Already reputed for strongarm tactics on the Los Angeles rap scene, after giving a brief comment of support for Shakur,<ref name=":11">{{cite web | first = Nadirah | last = Simmons | url = https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history | title = Today in 1995: The 2nd Annual Source Awards makes hip hop history | work = [[The Source (magazine)|The Source]] | date = August 3, 2016 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = July 1, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200701034838/https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  Suge used his brief stage time mainly to disparage [[Sean Combs|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.<ref name=":4">{{cite book | first1 = Derrick | last1 = Parker | first2 = Matt | last2 = Diehl | title = Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from the NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop" | location = New York | publisher = St. Martin's Griffin | year = 2007 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aW1CdaYjwDgC&pg=PA113 | pages = 113–116 | isbn = 9781429907781 | access-date = May 20, 2020 | archive-date = September 15, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200915032409/https://books.google.com/books?id=aW1CdaYjwDgC&pg=PA113 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=":10" /> Suge then invited artists seeking the spotlight for themselves to join Death Row.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":10">{{cite web | first = Erika | last = Ramirez | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6363520/throwback-thursday-suge-knight-diddy-1995-source-awards | title = Throwback Thursday: Suge Knight Disses Diddy at 1995 Source Awards | work = Billboard.com | date = December 4, 2014 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = May 2, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200502072146/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6363520/throwback-thursday-suge-knight-diddy-1995-source-awards | url-status = live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":8">{{cite magazine | first = Peter A. | last = Barry | url = https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/diddy-claims-confronted-suge-source-awards/ | title = Diddy claims he confronted Suge Knight after infamous 1995 Source Awards speech | magazine = [[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] Magazine | date = November 30, 2016 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = January 26, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190126200037/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/diddy-claims-confronted-suge-source-awards/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
+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.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|last=Westhoff|first=Ben|date=September 12, 2016|title=How Tupac and Biggie went from friends to deadly rivals|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tupac-biggie-friends-to-foes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121519/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqkqz3/tupac-biggie-friends-to-foes|archive-date=August 14, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020|work=[[Vice.com]]}}</ref> Already reputed for strongarm tactics on the Los Angeles rap scene, after giving a brief comment of support for Shakur,<ref name=":11">{{cite web | first = Nadirah | last = Simmons | url = https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history | title = Today in 1995: The 2nd Annual Source Awards makes hip hop history | work = [[The Source (magazine)|The Source]] | date = August 3, 2016 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = July 1, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200701034838/https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Suge used his brief stage time mainly to disparage [[Sean Combs|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.<ref name=":4">{{cite book | first1 = Derrick | last1 = Parker | first2 = Matt | last2 = Diehl | title = Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from the NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop" | location = New York | publisher = St. Martin's Griffin | year = 2007 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aW1CdaYjwDgC&pg=PA113 | pages = 113–116 | isbn = 9781429907781 | access-date = May 20, 2020 | archive-date = September 15, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200915032409/https://books.google.com/books?id=aW1CdaYjwDgC&pg=PA113 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=":10" /> Suge then invited artists seeking the spotlight for themselves to join Death Row.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":10">{{cite web | first = Erika | last = Ramirez | url = https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/throwback-thursday-suge-knight-diddy-1995-source-awards-6363520/ | title = Throwback Thursday: Suge Knight Disses Diddy at 1995 Source Awards | work = Billboard.com | date = December 4, 2014 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = May 2, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200502072146/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6363520/throwback-thursday-suge-knight-diddy-1995-source-awards | url-status = live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":8">{{cite magazine | first = Peter A. | last = Barry | url = https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/diddy-claims-confronted-suge-source-awards/ | title = Diddy claims he confronted Suge Knight after infamous 1995 Source Awards speech | magazine = [[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] Magazine | date = November 30, 2016 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = January 26, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190126200037/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/diddy-claims-confronted-suge-source-awards/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
 Still, among the fans, the previously diffuse [[East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry|rivalry between America's two mainstream rap scenes]] had instantly flared already.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" /> And while in New York, Suge visited [[Uptown Records]], where Puff, under its founder [[Andre Harrell]], had started in the music business through an [[internship]].<ref name=":14">Sullivan 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wq7SDwAAQBAJ&q=Newsweek noting ''Newsweek'' report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915033507/https://books.google.com/books?id=wq7SDwAAQBAJ&q=Newsweek |date=September 15, 2020 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":14" />
-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, a Campanella Park [[Pirus|Piru]] [[Bloods]] gang member and Death Row bodyguard.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Egbert|first=Bill|date=February 27, 2001|title=Hip Hype & Rival Rap, by Bill Egbert|work=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/02/27/2001-02-27__hip_hype___rival_rap.html|url-status=dead|access-date=July 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704173248/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/02/27/2001-02-27__hip_hype___rival_rap.html|archive-date=July 4, 2010}}</ref> According to eyewitnesses, including a Fulton County sheriff working there as a nightclub bouncer, Puff had heatedly disputed with Suge inside the club.<ref name=":4" /> 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 a Limousine.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite news | first = Chuck | last = Philips | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-17-fi-13290-story.html | title = Possible link of 'Puffy' Combs to fatal shooting being probed | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 17, 2001 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = April 5, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200405012539/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-17-fi-13290-story.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Peter | last = Noel | url = https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/02/13/big-bad-wolf | title = Big bad Wolf | work = [[The Village Voice]] | date = February 13, 2001 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = June 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200627233639/https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/02/13/big-bad-wolf/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
+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, a Campanella Park [[Pirus|Piru]] [[Bloods]] gang member and Death Row bodyguard.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Egbert|first=Bill|date=February 27, 2001|title=Hip Hype & Rival Rap, by Bill Egbert|work=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/02/27/2001-02-27__hip_hype___rival_rap.html|url-status=dead|access-date=July 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704173248/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/02/27/2001-02-27__hip_hype___rival_rap.html|archive-date=July 4, 2010}}</ref> According to eyewitnesses, including a Fulton County sheriff working there as a nightclub bouncer, Puff had heatedly disputed with Suge inside the club.<ref name=":4" /> 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 a Limousine.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite news | first = Chuck | last = Philips | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-17-fi-13290-story.html | title = Possible link of 'Puffy' Combs to fatal shooting being probed | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 17, 2001 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = April 5, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200405012539/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-17-fi-13290-story.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Peter | last = Noel | url = https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/02/13/big-bad-wolf | title = Big bad Wolf | work = [[The Village Voice]] | date = February 13, 2001 | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = June 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200627233639/https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/02/13/big-bad-wolf/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 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.<ref>{{cite web | first = Andrew | last = Dansby | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/report-infuriates-puffy-camp-61608 | title = Report infuriates Puffy camp | work = RollingStone.com | date = January 18, 2001 | publisher = Penske Business Media, LLC | access-date = May 17, 2020 | archive-date = June 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200627233641/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/report-infuriates-puffy-camp-61608/ | url-status = live }}</ref> 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]].<ref name="BMFBook">{{cite book|last=Shalhoup|first=Mara|title=BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family|year=2010|publisher=St. Martin's Press}}</ref> Yet immediately and persistently, Suge blamed Puff, cementing the enmity between the two bosses, whose two record labels dominated the rap genre's two mainstream centers.<ref name=":4" /><ref>During the 1995 Source Awards, the rap genre's bicoastal paradigm was still so entrenched that when rap duo [[Outkast]], from Atlanta, won as best new group, the audience booed, setting up Outkast member Andre's momentous response, ultimately, "The South got something to say" [N Simmons, [https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history "Today in 1995: The 2nd Annual"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701034838/https://thesource.com/2016/08/03/today-in-1995-the-2nd-annual-source-awards-makes-hip-hop-history/ |date=July 1, 2020 }}, ''The Source'', August 3, 2016].</ref>
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 ===1996–2001: Tupac Shakur's murder, Suge Knight's incarceration, and decline===
 {{main|Murder of Tupac Shakur}}
-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 (rapper)|Bad Azz]] and Techniec of the [[LBC Crew]], [[Warren G]] and [[Nate Dogg]] of his group [[213 (group)|213]] and Tha Dogg Pound. 2Pac shut himself into 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.<ref name="Rollin' With Dre 2008"/>
+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 (rapper)|Bad Azz]] and Techniec of the [[LBC Crew]], [[Warren G]] and [[Nate Dogg]] of his group [[213 (group)|213]] and Tha Dogg Pound. 2Pac, at this point now going by the alias ''Makaveli'', shut himself into 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 [[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.<ref name="Rollin' With Dre 2008"/>
 In New York City for the [[1996 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]], 2Pac was interviewed on '''Death Row East''', an East Coast subsidiary branch of Death Row.<ref>{{Cite web |last=C.H |title=Nas and Jungle discuss Tupac run-in and Death Row East |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2021-08-28/99738/nas-and-jungle-discuss-tupac-run-in-and-death-row-east |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=REVOLT}}</ref> 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 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, California|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 (junction)|crossroads]]; en route to Knight's Las Vegas Club 662;<ref name="Philips: Who killed Tupac Shakur">{{cite news|last=Philips|first=Chuck|title=Who Killed Tupac Shakur?|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-06-fi-tupac6-story.html|access-date=July 15, 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 6, 2002|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109234606/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/06/business/fi-tupac6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Philips|first=Chuck|title=How Vegas police probe floundered in Tupac Shakur case|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07,0,6002100.story|access-date=October 8, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 7, 2002|archive-date=March 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318222341/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-tupac7sep07%2C0%2C6002100.story|url-status=live}}</ref> despite living six days in critical condition, 2Pac died on September 13, 1996. He was 25 years old.
-Pac's "[[The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory]]" was released in November 1996, just one week before Snoop Dogg's "[[Tha Doggfather]]", which both achieved [[RIAA certification|Multi-Platinum]] sales. The following months, Death Row released ''[[Death Row Greatest Hits]]'', ''[[Christmas on Death Row]]'', ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)|Gridlock'd]]'', and ''[[Gang Related (soundtrack)|Gang Related]]''. [[Nate Dogg]]'s album, ''[[G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2|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 a double disc the following year.
+In the aftetmath of his death, Death Row rush-released 2Pac's "[[The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory]]" in November 1996, just one week before Snoop Dogg's "[[Tha Doggfather]]", which both achieved [[RIAA certification|Multi-Platinum]] sales. The following months, Death Row released ''[[Death Row Greatest Hits]]'', ''[[Christmas on Death Row]]'', ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)|Gridlock'd]]'', and ''[[Gang Related (soundtrack)|Gang Related]]''. [[Nate Dogg]]'s album, ''[[G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2|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 a double disc the following year.
 On February 28, Suge Knight was convicted of probation violation and sentenced to nine years in prison,<ref name="Mogul">{{cite web|last1=Abrahamson|first1=Alan|last2=Philips|first2=Chuck|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-01-me-33733-story.html|title=Rap Mogul 'Suge' Knight Sent to Prison for 9 Years|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 1, 1997|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128064700/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-01-me-33733-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> causing [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] to drop their distribution deal with the label.<ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Interscope-Music-Group-Company-History.html Interscope Music Group – Company History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210184316/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Interscope-Music-Group-Company-History.html |date=February 10, 2009 }}. In 1996, Alex Roberts was arrested at his home in Malibu and released on a $1,000,000 bond pending further investigation under a grand jury indictment involving organized crime ties including money laundering, extortion and racketeering charges. Fighting his case for 4 1/2 years out on bail he was finally taken into custody November 19, 2001 in [[Los Angeles, California]] Superior Court and sentenced to state and federal charges amounting to five years of prison time. His refusal to cooperate with federal authorities also lead to any reduced sentence including his deportation to Europe even though he had been raised in the [[United States of America|USA]] since birth, holding [[dual citizenship]]. Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref>
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 ===2001–2005: Knight's release, return to prison, second generation===
-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 the label, and later releasing a [[diss track]] named "[[Pimp Slapp'd]]", critically acclaimed by [[music magazine]] [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'']].<ref>{{cite web|last=Archive-Joe-DAngelo|title=Suge Knight Hit With Legal Doggie Mama Drama|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1481088/suge-knight-hit-with-legal-doggie-mama-drama/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=MTV News|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123172813/http://www.mtv.com/news/1481088/suge-knight-hit-with-legal-doggie-mama-drama/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 30, 2006|title=Snoop Talks Beef With Suge|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.4677/title.snoop-talks-beef-with-suge|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=HipHopDX|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213819/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.4677/title.snoop-talks-beef-with-suge|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Hip-Hop Diss Songs|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/10/the-50-best-hip-hop-diss-songs/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=Complex|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174958/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/10/the-50-best-hip-hop-diss-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Snoop Dogg – Pimp Slapp'd|url=https://genius.com/Snoop-dogg-pimp-slappd-lyrics|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603082237/https://genius.com/Snoop-dogg-pimp-slappd-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 the Wake Up Show with Sway & King Tech.
+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 the label, and later releasing [[diss track]] "[[Pimp Slapp'd]]", garnering critical acclaim from [[music magazine]] [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'']].<ref>{{cite web|last=Archive-Joe-DAngelo|title=Suge Knight Hit With Legal Doggie Mama Drama|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1481088/suge-knight-hit-with-legal-doggie-mama-drama/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=MTV News|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123172813/http://www.mtv.com/news/1481088/suge-knight-hit-with-legal-doggie-mama-drama/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 30, 2006|title=Snoop Talks Beef With Suge|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.4677/title.snoop-talks-beef-with-suge|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=HipHopDX|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213819/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.4677/title.snoop-talks-beef-with-suge|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Hip-Hop Diss Songs|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/10/the-50-best-hip-hop-diss-songs/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=Complex|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174958/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/10/the-50-best-hip-hop-diss-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Snoop Dogg – Pimp Slapp'd|url=https://genius.com/Snoop-dogg-pimp-slappd-lyrics|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603082237/https://genius.com/Snoop-dogg-pimp-slappd-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref> The label supported itself with releases pulled from vaults — most successfully{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} 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 the Wake Up Show with Sway & King Tech.
-On August 6, 2001, Suge Knight was released from prison.<ref name="Stone">{{cite web|author=Christina Saraceno|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suge-knight-leaves-prison-244596/|title=Suge Knight Leaves Prison|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 2001|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128064703/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suge-knight-leaves-prison-244596/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/sep/06/the-death-of-tupac-shakur-one-year-later Scott, Cathy. ''Las Vegas Sun'', "The death of Tupac Shakur one year later"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011145431/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/sep/06/the-death-of-tupac-shakur-one-year-later/ |date=October 11, 2011 }}, September 6, 1997</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html |title=DPG - Dogg Pound Reunited |author=Caesar |website=www.streethop.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628030805/http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html |archive-date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> The same year, Knight decided to enter the UK market with Death Row Records operating as an independent record label in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group,<ref name="DR">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78134/death-row-heads-to-uk |title=Death Row Heads To U.K. |magazine=Billboard |date=October 11, 2001 |access-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125224245/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78134/death-row-heads-to-uk |url-status=live }}</ref> a company known for its success with Irish country music artists such as [[Daniel O'Donnell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17215/daniel-odonnell/|title=Daniel O'Donnell &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=September 20, 2021|archive-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002172238/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17215/daniel-odonnell/|url-status=live}}</ref> The joint-venture signed British R&B singer Mark Morrison<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31440/mark-morrison/|title=MARK MORRISON &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=September 20, 2021|archive-date=September 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917083134/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31440/mark-morrison/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (Mark Morrison album)|Innocent Man]]'' scheduled for 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.
+On August 6, 2001, Suge Knight was released from prison.<ref name="Stone">{{cite web|author=Christina Saraceno|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suge-knight-leaves-prison-244596/|title=Suge Knight Leaves Prison|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 2001|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128064703/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suge-knight-leaves-prison-244596/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/sep/06/the-death-of-tupac-shakur-one-year-later Scott, Cathy. ''Las Vegas Sun'', "The death of Tupac Shakur one year later"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011145431/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/sep/06/the-death-of-tupac-shakur-one-year-later/ |date=October 11, 2011 }}, September 6, 1997</ref> Just three days later, it was reported by The Los Angeles Times that Daz Dillinger filed a lawsuit against Death Row and Suge Knight, alleging he was defrauded of over $1 million in royalties and other payments. The lawsuit accused Death Row of exploiting Daz, withholding payments, and coercing him into signing revised contracts in 1997 and 1998 under threats and without an independent audit. Daz stated he received only a $75,000 advance under the 1998 agreement and disputed whether royalties from earlier contracts remained owed. The case also alleged that Death Row failed to cover agreed-upon recording expenses.<ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Meg |title=Hip-Hop Artist Sues Death Row Records |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-09-fi-32039-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 9, 2001 |access-date=July 18, 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html |title=DPG - Dogg Pound Reunited |author=Caesar |website=www.streethop.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628030805/http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html |archive-date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> The same year, Knight decided to enter the UK market with Death Row Records operating as an independent record label in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group,<ref name="DR">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78134/death-row-heads-to-uk |title=Death Row Heads To U.K. |magazine=Billboard |date=October 11, 2001 |access-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125224245/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78134/death-row-heads-to-uk |url-status=live }}</ref> a company known for its success with Irish country music artists such as [[Daniel O'Donnell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17215/daniel-odonnell/|title=Daniel O'Donnell &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=September 20, 2021|archive-date=October 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002172238/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17215/daniel-odonnell/|url-status=live}}</ref> The joint-venture signed British R&B singer Mark Morrison<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31440/mark-morrison/|title=MARK MORRISON &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=September 20, 2021|archive-date=September 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917083134/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31440/mark-morrison/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (Mark Morrison album)|Innocent Man]]'' scheduled for 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.
 [[Lisa Lopes|Left Eye]], member of the R&B girl group [[TLC (group)|TLC]] signed with Death Row after finishing her solo deal with [[Arista Records|Arista]] who released her first album ''[[Supernova (Lisa Lopes album)|Supernova]]'' in 2001. At this time, Death Row changed into '''Tha Row Records'''. Lopes joined to record a second solo album under the pseudonym [[N.I.N.A.]] (New Identity Not Applicable), while also working on TLC's new album ''[[3D (TLC album)|3D]]''. N.I.N.A. was canceled after her death in April 2002. The album was leaked online in 2011.
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 On April 4, 2006, both Death Row Records and Suge Knight simultaneously filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy protection following 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 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-48-year-old-toronto-mother-goes-gangsta-how-death-row-records-came-to-canada/article1152497/|title=A 48-year-old Toronto mother goes gangsta: How Death Row Records came to Canada|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=January 24, 2009 |access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729044842/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-48-year-old-toronto-mother-goes-gangsta-how-death-row-records-came-to-canada/article1152497/|url-status=live |last1=Dixon |first1=Guy }}</ref> On January 25, 2009, a public auction 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/death-row-auction-2290871-records-chair|title=Electric chair is hot item at Death Row auction|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628021054/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/death-row-auction-2290871-records-chair|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/deathrow-records-struggles-for-life/|title=Deathrow Records Struggles for Life|first=Karina|last=Brown|date=November 19, 2009|access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222012829/https://www.courthousenews.com/deathrow-records-struggles-for-life/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On January 15, 2009, Death Row Records was successfully auctioned for $18 million to [[Ontario]]-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group that was founded in 2006 by Lara Lavi, with financing from New Solutions Financial Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-48-year-old-toronto-mother-goes-gangsta-how-death-row-records-came-to-canada/article1152497/|title=A 48-year-old Toronto mother goes gangsta: How Death Row Records came to Canada|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=January 24, 2009 |access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729044842/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-48-year-old-toronto-mother-goes-gangsta-how-death-row-records-came-to-canada/article1152497/|url-status=live |last1=Dixon |first1=Guy }}</ref> On January 25, 2009, a public auction 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/death-row-auction-2290871-records-chair|title=Electric chair is hot item at Death Row auction|newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628021054/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/death-row-auction-2290871-records-chair|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/deathrow-records-struggles-for-life/|title=Deathrow Records Struggles for Life|first=Karina|last=Brown|date=November 19, 2009|access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222012829/https://www.courthousenews.com/deathrow-records-struggles-for-life/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 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'' 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''.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619045/dr-dres-chronic-get-expanded-re-release.jhtml Dr. Dre's Chronic Get Expanded Re-Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142643/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619045/dr-dres-chronic-get-expanded-re-release.jhtml |date=April 7, 2014 }}. MTV.com. Retrieved on August 19, 2009</ref> The album also contained a scene from an unfinished feature film entitled, SAIGON, CA, which was to launch WIDEawake's film studio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' To Get Expanded Re-Release |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ki1d6g/dr-dres-the-chronic-to-get-expanded-re-release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729205315/https://www.mtv.com/news/ki1d6g/dr-dres-the-chronic-to-get-expanded-re-release |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discogs Dr. Dre – The Chronic Re-Lit & From The Vault |website=[[Discogs]] |date=September 2009 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1948570-Dr-Dre-The-Chronic-Re-Lit-From-The-Vault}}</ref> ''Death Row The Lost Sessions Vol 1'' by Snoop Dogg was released October 13, 2009 and contained 15 previously unreleased tracks, including some produced by Dr. Dre.<ref>[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1281/title.snoop-dogg-death-row-the-lost-sessions-volume-1 Snoop Dogg – Death Row: The Lost Sessions Volume 1 | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420092734/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1281/title.snoop-dogg-death-row-the-lost-sessions-volume-1|date=April 20, 2010}}. HipHop DX (October 13, 2009). Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> ''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".<ref>[http://keepittrill.com/online/2009/10/death-row-records-release-box-set-including-work-tupac-snoop-dogg-dr-dre/ Death Row Records To Release Box Set Including Work From Tupac, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103220458/http://keepittrill.com/online/2009/10/death-row-records-release-box-set-including-work-tupac-snoop-dogg-dr-dre/ |date=November 3, 2009 }}. Keepittrill.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref>
-On December 5, 2012, Jonathan Hay, 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22110/title.wideawake-death-row-records-reportedly-being-sold-in-wake-of-parent-companys-bankruptcy|title=WIDEawake Death Row Records Reportedly Being Sold In Wake Of Parent Company's Bankruptcy|date=December 5, 2012|work=HipHopDX|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415135916/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22110/title.wideawake-death-row-records-reportedly-being-sold-in-wake-of-parent-companys-bankruptcy|archive-date=April 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, [[Entertainment One]] purchased the rights to the Death Row catalog. New Solutions Financial Corporation was eventually exposed as an alleged [[Ponzi scheme]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/05/02/who-owns-death-row-records/ | title=Who Owns Death Row Records? You'll Recognize the Name | date=May 2, 2022 }}</ref>
+On December 5, 2012, Jonathan Hay, 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22110/title.wideawake-death-row-records-reportedly-being-sold-in-wake-of-parent-companys-bankruptcy|title=WIDEawake Death Row Records Reportedly Being Sold In Wake Of Parent Company's Bankruptcy|date=December 5, 2012|work=HipHopDX|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415135916/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22110/title.wideawake-death-row-records-reportedly-being-sold-in-wake-of-parent-companys-bankruptcy|archive-date=April 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, [[MNRK Music Group|E1 Music]], formerly Koch Records, the distributor for Death Row in the 2000s, purchased the rights to the Death Row catalog. New Solutions Financial Corporation was eventually exposed as an alleged [[Ponzi scheme]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/05/02/who-owns-death-row-records/ | title=Who Owns Death Row Records? You'll Recognize the Name | date=May 2, 2022 }}</ref>
-On August 23, 2019, American toy company [[Hasbro]] announced a $4 billion purchase of [[eOne]], making them the owners of Death Row Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Row Records Is Now Owned by the Hasbro Toy Company|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/death-row-records-now-owned-by-hasbro/|access-date=August 24, 2019|website=complex.com|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824171007/https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/death-row-records-now-owned-by-hasbro|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ingham|first=Tim|date=April 26, 2021|title=BLACKSTONE IS BUYING EONE MUSIC FROM HASBRO IN $385M CASH DEAL|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/blackstone-to-acquire-eone-music-from-hasbro-in-385m-cash-deal/|website=Music Business Worldwide|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818184240/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/blackstone-to-acquire-eone-music-from-hasbro-in-385m-cash-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=June 29, 2021|title=Hasbro Closes eOne Music Business Sale for $385M|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-closes-eone-music-business-sale-for-385-million-1234975471/|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=February 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213085528/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-closes-eone-music-business-sale-for-385-million-1234975471/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On August 23, 2019, American toy company [[Hasbro]] announced a $4 billion purchase of [[eOne]], making them the owners of Death Row Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Row Records Is Now Owned by the Hasbro Toy Company|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/death-row-records-now-owned-by-hasbro/|access-date=August 24, 2019|website=complex.com|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824171007/https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/death-row-records-now-owned-by-hasbro|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2021, Hasbro and Entertainment One, E1's parent company, announced it would sell-off E1 Music to [[The Blackstone Group]], which its acquisition was completed in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ingham|first=Tim|date=April 26, 2021|title=BLACKSTONE IS BUYING EONE MUSIC FROM HASBRO IN $385M CASH DEAL|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/blackstone-to-acquire-eone-music-from-hasbro-in-385m-cash-deal/|website=Music Business Worldwide|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818184240/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/blackstone-to-acquire-eone-music-from-hasbro-in-385m-cash-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=June 29, 2021|title=Hasbro Closes eOne Music Business Sale for $385M|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-closes-eone-music-business-sale-for-385-million-1234975471/|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=February 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213085528/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-closes-eone-music-business-sale-for-385-million-1234975471/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 === 2022–present: Revival through Snoop Dogg and third generation ===
 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 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 [[BODR|third studio album on Death Row Records]], marking a 26-year lapse from the label after [[Tha Doggfather]] album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tapp|first=Tom|date=February 9, 2022|title=Snoop Dogg Buys Death Row Records Brand Just Days Before Super Bowl Halftime Showcase|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/snoop-dogg-buys-death-row-records-1234930094/|accessdate=February 10, 2022|website=Deadline|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209235903/https://deadline.com/2022/02/snoop-dogg-buys-death-row-records-1234930094/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=February 9, 2022|title=Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=Pitchfork|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210013632/https://pitchfork.com/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=February 9, 2022|title=Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records-1235176421/|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209220243/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/snoop-dogg-acquires-death-row-records-1235176421/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-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 (service)|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 the interview, Dr. Dre's lawyer, Howard King, denied the "false reports" two days later, stating that Dre still retained total control of ''The Chronic'', which came back to streaming services on February 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/tupac-dr-dre-albums-death-row-records-sale-snoop-dogg|title = Snoop Dogg's Death Row Deal Won't Include 2Pac or Dr. Dre|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date = February 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Elliott |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Snoop Dogg: Boss Moves |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/snoop-dogg-conversation-22/1-83691 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=Tidal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-06 |title=Dr. Dre Stills Owns 'The Chronic' Despite 'False Reports' of Death Row Ownership |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-dre-the-chronic-death-row-false-reports-1317448/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caraan|first=Sophie|date=April 18, 2022|title=Snoop Dogg To Launch Death Row Records App With Streaming Platform|url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/4/snoop-dogg-plans-to-start-own-death-row-streaming-platform-app|accessdate=April 26, 2022|website=Deadline}}</ref>
+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 (service)|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 the interview, Dr. Dre's lawyer, Howard King, denied the "false reports" two days later, stating that Dre still retained total control of ''The Chronic'', which came back to streaming services on February 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/tupac-dr-dre-albums-death-row-records-sale-snoop-dogg|title = Snoop Dogg's Death Row Deal Won't Include 2Pac or Dr. Dre|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date = February 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Elliott |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Snoop Dogg: Boss Moves |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/snoop-dogg-conversation-22/1-83691 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=Tidal |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305002934/https://tidal.com/magazine/article/snoop-dogg-conversation-22/1-83691 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-06 |title=Dr. Dre Stills Owns 'The Chronic' Despite 'False Reports' of Death Row Ownership |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-dre-the-chronic-death-row-false-reports-1317448/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307012845/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-dre-the-chronic-death-row-false-reports-1317448/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 18, 2022, after Death Row's catalogue was removed from streaming services, 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caraan|first=Sophie|date=April 18, 2022|title=Snoop Dogg To Launch Death Row Records App With Streaming Platform|url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/4/snoop-dogg-plans-to-start-own-death-row-streaming-platform-app|accessdate=April 26, 2022|website=Deadline|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426224820/https://hypebeast.com/2022/4/snoop-dogg-plans-to-start-own-death-row-streaming-platform-app|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In December 2022, Snoop Dogg sold a stake of Death Row's catalogue to former [[Apple Music]]'s Global Creative Director [[Larry Jackson (music executive)|Larry Jackson]]'s music label [[Gamma (media company)|Gamma]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Hannah Karp|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/larry-jackson-gamma-launched-music-company-major-label-rival/|title=Apple Veteran Larry Jackson Launches Gamma, Bringing 'Unprecedented' Private Equity to Frontline Music Business|publisher=Billboard|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Angela Sanders|url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-02-17/274238/snoop-dogg-brings-death-row-catalog-back-to-tiktok/?amp|title=Snoop Dogg brings Death Row catalog back to TikTok|publisher=Revolt TV|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> Death Row's catalogue returned to all music streaming services on March 9, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|author=Marc Schneider|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/death-row-catalog-streaming-again-snoop-dogg-2pac/|title=Snoop Dogg Returns Death Row Catalog to Streaming Services|publisher=Billboard|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
+In December 2022, Snoop Dogg sold a stake of Death Row's catalogue to former [[Apple Music]]'s Global Creative Director [[Larry Jackson (music executive)|Larry Jackson]]'s music label [[Gamma (media company)|Gamma]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Hannah Karp|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/larry-jackson-gamma-launched-music-company-major-label-rival/|title=Apple Veteran Larry Jackson Launches Gamma, Bringing 'Unprecedented' Private Equity to Frontline Music Business|publisher=Billboard|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Angela Sanders|url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-02-17/274238/snoop-dogg-brings-death-row-catalog-back-to-tiktok/?amp|title=Snoop Dogg brings Death Row catalog back to TikTok|publisher=Revolt TV|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref> Death Row's catalogue returned to all music streaming services on March 9, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|author=Marc Schneider|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/death-row-catalog-streaming-again-snoop-dogg-2pac/|title=Snoop Dogg Returns Death Row Catalog to Streaming Services|publisher=Billboard|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310150712/https://www.billboard.com/pro/death-row-catalog-streaming-again-snoop-dogg-2pac/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Gang violence ==
-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 the gang-related violence which plagued the record label.<ref>{{Cite book |last=R|first=Ronin |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53123117 |title=Have gun, will travel : the spectacular rise and violent fall of Death Row Records |publisher=Quartet |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7043-8102-5 |location=London |oclc=53123117}}</ref> Knight, who was a member of the [[Mob Piru|Mob Piru Bloods]], hired gang members from his set, as well as other sets, including the [[Fruit Town Piru]] and Lueders Park Piru.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Chuck |date=2003-08-01 |title=As Associates Fall, Is 'Suge' Next? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-01-fi-suge1-story.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.
+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 the gang-related violence which plagued the record label.<ref>{{Cite book |last=R|first=Ronin |title=Have gun, will travel : the spectacular rise and violent fall of Death Row Records |publisher=Quartet |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7043-8102-5 |location=London |oclc=53123117}}</ref> Knight, who was a member of the [[Mob Piru|Mob Piru Bloods]], hired gang members from his set, as well as other sets, including the [[Fruit Town Piru]] and [[Lueders Park Piru]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Chuck |date=2003-08-01 |title=As Associates Fall, Is 'Suge' Next? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-01-fi-suge1-story.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401234823/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-01-fi-suge1-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.
 === Murder of William "Rat" Ratcliffe ===
-In 1995, an aspiring rapper and member of the [[Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods|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 Fouse|Wardell "Poochie" Fouse]], who was a fellow Mob Piru member, to kill Ratcliffe.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kading |first=Greg |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759515876 |title=Murder rap : the untold story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur murder investigations |date=2011 |publisher=One-Time Publishing |isbn=978-0-9839554-8-1 |edition=1st |location=United States |oclc=759515876}}</ref>
+In 1995, an aspiring rapper and member of the [[Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods|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 Fouse|Wardell "Poochie" Fouse]], who was a fellow Mob Piru member, to kill Ratcliffe.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kading |first=Greg |title=Murder rap : the untold story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur murder investigations |date=2011 |publisher=One-Time Publishing |isbn=978-0-9839554-8-1 |edition=1st |location=United States |oclc=759515876}}</ref>
 === Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. ===
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 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 the death of Shakur and sought revenge.<ref name=":1" /> Through his then-girlfriend Theresa Swann, the incarcerated Knight contacted Wardell Fouse and hired him to kill The Notorious B.I.G.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Adam |date=2011-10-03 |title=Ex-Detective Says the LAPD Knows Who Killed Tupac and Biggie |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/ex-detective-says-lapd-knows-who-killed-tupac-and-biggie/337184/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> Swann was given $25,000, of which $13,000 would go to Fouse.<ref name=":1" />
-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 (police officer)|David Mack]] and Mack's friend Amir Muhammed (Harry Billups).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Randall |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51618088 |title=LAbyrinth : a detective investigates the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the origins of the Los Angeles Police scandal |publisher=Grove Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8021-3971-X |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=51618088}}</ref> After Poole resigned from 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.<ref name=":1" /> As Fouse was murdered in 2003, no charges were pressed against him.
+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 (police officer)|David Mack]] and Mack's friend Amir Muhammed (Harry Billups).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Randall |title=LAbyrinth : a detective investigates the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the origins of the Los Angeles Police scandal |publisher=Grove Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8021-3971-X |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=51618088}}</ref> After Poole resigned from 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.<ref name=":1" /> As Fouse was murdered in 2003, no charges were pressed against him.
 === Feud between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru ===
 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):
-* [[Murder of Alton McDonald|Alton "Buntry" McDonald]], who was shot dead on April 3, 2002, allegedly by George Williams, who also went by the nicknames "G" or "Ponytail".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tupac Pal Shot To Death |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-pal-shot-to-death/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=April 5, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
+* [[Murder of Alton McDonald|Alton "Buntry" McDonald]], who was shot dead on April 3, 2002, allegedly by George Williams, who also went by the nicknames "G" or "Ponytail".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tupac Pal Shot To Death |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-pal-shot-to-death/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=April 5, 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318230834/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-pal-shot-to-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* [[Murder of Henry Smith|Henry "Hendog" Smith]], who designed the logo for Death Row Records.<ref name=":0" /> Smith was shot dead on October 16, 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Lee Smith, 33 - The Homicide Report |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/henry-lee-smith/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=homicide.latimes.com |date=October 16, 2002 |language=en}}</ref> Smith was killed by a member of the Denver Lanes Bloods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Chuck |date=September 15, 2003 |title=Knight Associate to Go on Trial |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-15-me-roo15-story.html |access-date=June 21, 2024 |newspaper=LA Times}}</ref>
+* [[Murder of Henry Smith|Henry "Hendog" Smith]], who designed the logo for Death Row Records.<ref name=":0" /> Smith was shot dead on October 16, 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Lee Smith, 33 - The Homicide Report |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/henry-lee-smith/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=homicide.latimes.com |date=October 16, 2002 |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327231226/https://homicide.latimes.com/post/henry-lee-smith/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith was killed by a member of the Denver Lanes Bloods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Chuck |date=September 15, 2003 |title=Knight Associate to Go on Trial |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-15-me-roo15-story.html |access-date=June 21, 2024 |newspaper=LA Times |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621042441/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-15-me-roo15-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 * [[Wardell Fouse|Wardell "Poochie" Fouse]], who was shot dead on July 24, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wardell Fouse, 43 - The Homicide Report |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/wardell-fouse/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=homicide.latimes.com |date=July 24, 2003 |language=en}}</ref>
-This feud started when George "G" Williams, who worked as a bodyguard for Suge Knight, was fired after he failed to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pugmire |first=Lance |date=2005-07-29 |title=Knight ex-bodyguard convicted in PCP case |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-suge29jul29-story.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Tim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1128129589 |title=Once upon a time in Compton : From gangsta rap to gang wars ... The murders of Tupac & Biggie ... This is the story of two men at the center of it all |last2=Ladd |first2=Robert |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-9841-6386-8 |location=Houston, Texas |oclc=1128129589}}</ref>
+This feud started when George "G" Williams, who worked as a bodyguard for Suge Knight, was fired after he failed to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pugmire |first=Lance |date=2005-07-29 |title=Knight ex-bodyguard convicted in PCP case |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-suge29jul29-story.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401124909/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-suge29jul29-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Tim |title=Once upon a time in Compton : From gangsta rap to gang wars ... The murders of Tupac & Biggie ... This is the story of two men at the center of it all |last2=Ladd |first2=Robert |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-9841-6386-8 |location=Houston, Texas |oclc=1128129589}}</ref>
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 |[[Snoop Dogg]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1998<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yates |first=Shanique |title=Snoop Dogg recalls feeling broken prior to exit from Death Row Records |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-12-20/263124/snoop-dogg-recalls-feeling-broken-upon-exit-from-death-row |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=REVOLT}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1998<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yates |first=Shanique |title=Snoop Dogg recalls feeling broken prior to exit from Death Row Records |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-12-20/263124/snoop-dogg-recalls-feeling-broken-upon-exit-from-death-row |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=REVOLT |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312010646/https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-12-20/263124/snoop-dogg-recalls-feeling-broken-upon-exit-from-death-row |url-status=live }}</ref>
 –present
 |style="text-align:center;"|5
 |-
-|[[The D.O.C]]
+|[[Merkules]]<ref>{{cite web|author=CertifiedBootleg|url=https://certifiedbootleg.com/hip-hop-scenes/snoop-dogg-signs-canadian-rapper-merkules-in-his-new-death-row-label-this-is-only-beginning/|title=Snoop Dogg Signs Canadian Rapper Merkules In His New Death Row Label 'This Is Only Beginning'|work=Certified BOOTLEG |date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 24, 2023
-|style="text-align:center;"|1991-1994, 2022-present
-|style="text-align:center;"|
-|-
-|[[Merkules]]<ref>{{cite web|author=CertifiedBootleg|url=https://certifiedbootleg.com/hip-hop-scenes/snoop-dogg-signs-canadian-rapper-merkules-in-his-new-death-row-label-this-is-only-beginning/|title=Snoop Dogg Signs Canadian Rapper Merkules In His New Death Row Label 'This Is Only Beginning'|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 24, 2023
 }}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|2022–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
-|Jane Handcock<ref name="Powell 2023 m794">{{cite web | last=Powell | first=Jon | title=Jane Handcock's 'World of Women' project makes its way to streaming platforms | website=REVOLT | date=2023-02-02 | url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-02-02/270435/jane-handcock-world-of-women-album/ | access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref>
+|Jane Handcock<ref name="Powell 2023 m794">{{cite web | last=Powell | first=Jon | title=Jane Handcock's 'World of Women' project makes its way to streaming platforms | website=REVOLT | date=2023-02-02 | url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-02-02/270435/jane-handcock-world-of-women-album/ | access-date=2023-09-12 | archive-date=October 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004141141/https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-02-02/270435/jane-handcock-world-of-women-album/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|2022–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
@@ Line 162: / Line 157: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|2
 |-
-|Julian Torres<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grungecake.com/julian-torres-y-mariachi-cenzontle-signs-to-snoop-dogg-death-row/articles/98992 |title=Julian Torres y Mariachi Cenzontle signs to Snoop Dogg's Death Row - GRUNGECAKE™ |date=May 14, 2023 }}</ref>
+|Julian Torres<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grungecake.com/julian-torres-y-mariachi-cenzontle-signs-to-snoop-dogg-death-row/articles/98992 |title=Julian Torres y Mariachi Cenzontle signs to Snoop Dogg's Death Row - GRUNGECAKE™ |date=May 14, 2023 |access-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116154030/https://grungecake.com/julian-torres-y-mariachi-cenzontle-signs-to-snoop-dogg-death-row/articles/98992 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|2023–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
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 |style="text-align:center;"|2023–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Phonixthecool
+|style="text-align:center;"|2023–present
+|style="text-align:center;"|1<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local rapper Phonixthecool signs historic deal with Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records |url=https://iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/2023-09-13-local-rapper-phonixthecool-signs-historic-deal-with-snoop-doggs-death-row-records/ |website=IOL |publisher=Independent Online |date=2023-09-13 |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram post by Snoop Dogg announcing Phonixthecool signing |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw71jCJr-Lw/ |website=Instagram |publisher=Instagram |date=2023-09-13 |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref>
 |-
 |[[Tha Dogg Pound]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1992–1998, 2024–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|2
-|-
-|[[Soopafly]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1994-1998, 2024-present
-|style="text-align:center;"|
 |-
 |[[Tha Eastsidaz]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|2024-present
-|style="text-align:center;"|1
-|-
-|[[Danny Boy (singer)|Danny Boy]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1999, 2002–2005, 2024–present
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
 |-
 |Charlie Bereal
-|style="text-align:center;"|2024–present<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/music/news-who-charlie-bereal-snoop-dogg-introduces-new-artist-label-death-row-records|title=Who is Charlie Bereal? Snoop Dogg introduces new artist to his label Death Row Records|date=July 26, 2024|last=Marwah|first=Srishti|website=sportskeeda}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|2024–present<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/music/news-who-charlie-bereal-snoop-dogg-introduces-new-artist-label-death-row-records|title=Who is Charlie Bereal? Snoop Dogg introduces new artist to his label Death Row Records|date=July 26, 2024|last=Marwah|first=Srishti|website=sportskeeda|access-date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=March 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312030122/https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/music/news-who-charlie-bereal-snoop-dogg-introduces-new-artist-label-death-row-records|url-status=live}}</ref>
-|style="text-align:center;"|1
-|-
-|[[Lady of Rage]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1991-1998, 2024-present
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
-|-
-|[[RBX]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1991-1994, 2024-present
-|style="text-align:center;"|
-|-
-|[[Warren G]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|2024-present
-|style="text-align:center;"|
-|-
 |}
@@ Line 215: / Line 193: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|1991–1996
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
+|-
+|[[The D.O.C.]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1994
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[Michel'le]]
@@ Line 223: / Line 205: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|1991–1997
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
+|-
+|[[The Lady of Rage]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1998
+|style="text-align:center;"|1
+|-
+|Paradise
+|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1993
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|EMmage
+|style="text-align:center;"|1991–1993
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[Nate Dogg]]
@@ Line 247: / Line 241: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|1993–1998
 |style="text-align:center;"|1
+|-
+|[[Lil' Bow Wow]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1993-1994
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|[[Soopafly]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1999
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[J-Flexx]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1994–1999
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|[[Danny Boy (singer)|Danny Boy]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1999, 2002–2005
+|style="text-align:center;"|1
 |-
 |[[Young Soldierz]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1994–1998
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Bloody Mary
+|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1996
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[O.Y.G Redrum 781|Redrum 781]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1996
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|[[K-Solo]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1995–1996
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
@@ Line 272: / Line 286: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
-|[[Outlawz]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whomag.net/outlawz/#:~:text=YOUNG%20NOBLE%3A%20We%20did%20sign,to%20get%20off%20the%20label.|title=Outlawz|date=May 29, 2014 |publisher=Who?Mag|accessdate=January 9, 2024}}</ref>
+|6 Feet Deep<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7swxVXD034&pp=ygUzaSBmb3VuZCBvdXQgbWljaGVsJ2xlIHdhcyBzbGVlcGluZyB3aXRoIHN1Z2Uga25pZ2h0|title=I Found Out Michel'le Was Sleeping w/ Suge Knight Behind Dr. Dre Back After 2Pac Beat Up Sam Sneed!|publisher=The Art Of Dialogue|date=March 4, 2021|accessdate=June 5, 2025}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|1995–1998
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Gina Longo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1996/nov/12/singer-says-she-had-legitimate-deal-at-death-row-r/|title=Singer Says She Had Legitimate Deal At Death Row Records|publisher=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|date=November 12, 1996|accessdate=June 5, 2025|archive-date=September 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909012205/https://lasvegassun.com/news/1996/nov/12/singer-says-she-had-legitimate-deal-at-death-row-r/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|1996–1998
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|B.G.O.T.I.
+|style="text-align:center;"|1996–1997
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|[[Outlawz]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whomag.net/outlawz/#:~:text=YOUNG%20NOBLE%3A%20We%20did%20sign,to%20get%20off%20the%20label.|title=Outlawz|date=May 29, 2014|publisher=Who?Mag|accessdate=January 9, 2024|archive-date=January 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109191530/https://www.whomag.net/outlawz/#:~:text=YOUNG%20NOBLE%3A%20We%20did%20sign,to%20get%20off%20the%20label.|url-status=live}}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|1997–1999
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
@@ Line 282: / Line 308: @@
 |[[Tha Realest]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1996–2001
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Chocolate Bandit
+|style="text-align:center;"|1997–1999
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[Lil' C-Style]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1998–2001
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Swoop G
 |style="text-align:center;"|1998–2001
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
@@ Line 290: / Line 324: @@
 |[[Mac Shawn]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Jake Paine|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.13107/title.mac-shawn-recalls-tenure-with-e-40-death-row-records-and-solo-debut|title=MAC SHAWN RECALLS TENURE WITH E-40, DEATH ROW RECORDS, AND SOLO DEBUT|publisher=[[HipHopDX]]|date=November 23, 2010|accessdate=August 10, 2024}}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|1998–2001
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Doobie
+|style="text-align:center;"|1998–2001
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|V.K.
+|style="text-align:center;"|1998–2000
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Keita Roc
+|style="text-align:center;"|1998–2004
 |style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
@@ Line 298: / Line 344: @@
 |[[Crooked I]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1999–2004
-|style="text-align:center;"|1
+|style="text-align:center;"|-
+|-
+|SKG<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/skg/|title=SKG (July 2005)|publisher=Dubcnn|date=July 2005|accessdate=June 5, 2025|archive-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024034225/http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/skg/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|2000–2004
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
+|-
+|Eastwood
+|style="text-align:center;"|2001–2004
+|style="text-align:center;"|–
 |-
 |[[Lisa Lopes]]
@@ Line 317: / Line 371: @@
 |style="text-align:center;"|1991–1996
 |-
-|Rhythm D<ref name="REVOLT 2023 n692">{{cite web | title=Rhythm D Talks Producing With Dr. Dre, Being On Death Row Records & Ruthless Records, And Relationship With Eazy E And Suge Knight. | website=REVOLT | date=2023-07-23 | url=https://www.revolt.tv/podcasts/holdin-court-podcast-2/rhythm-d-talks-producing-with-dr-dre-being-on-death-row-records-ruthless-records-and-relationship-with-eazy-e-and-suge-knight/ | access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref>
+|Rhythm D<ref name="REVOLT 2023 n692">{{cite web | title=Rhythm D Talks Producing With Dr. Dre, Being On Death Row Records & Ruthless Records, And Relationship With Eazy E And Suge Knight. | website=REVOLT | date=2023-07-23 | url=https://www.revolt.tv/podcasts/holdin-court-podcast-2/rhythm-d-talks-producing-with-dr-dre-being-on-death-row-records-ruthless-records-and-relationship-with-eazy-e-and-suge-knight/ | access-date=2023-09-12 | archive-date=September 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922095519/https://www.revolt.tv/podcasts/holdin-court-podcast-2/rhythm-d-talks-producing-with-dr-dre-being-on-death-row-records-ruthless-records-and-relationship-with-eazy-e-and-suge-knight/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
 |style="text-align:center;"|1991–1992
+|-
+|[[Daz Dillinger]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1992–1998
+|-
+|Kevin Lewis
+|style="text-align:center;"|1992–1999
 |-
 |[[Sam Sneed]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1993–1996
+|-
+|Sean "Barney Rubble" Thomas
+|style="text-align:center;"|1993–1997
+|-
+|[[Soopafly]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1994–1999
 |-
 |[[Hurt-M-Badd]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1995–1998
+|-
+|[[Jade Villalon]]
+|style="text-align:center;"|1995-1998
+|-
+|Darryl "Big D" Harper
+|style="text-align:center;"|1996–1999
+|-
+|Curtis "Kurt Kobane" Couthon
+|style="text-align:center;"|1996–2000
+|-
+|Reggie "Devell" Moore
+|style="text-align:center;"|1996–1999
+|-
+|Jim Gittum<ref>{{cite web|author=Stanley O. Williford|url=https://www.faithdome.org/cccenewsletter/oct17/pews.html|title=Jimmy Rodgers: CCC's man of music|publisher=Ever Increasing Faith Ministries|date=October 2017|accessdate=June 20, 2025}}</ref>
+|style="text-align:center;"|1998–2002
 |-
 |[[Cold 187um]]
 |style="text-align:center;"|1999–2002
 |-
-|[[Johnny "J"]]
+|Darren Vegas
-|style="text-align:center;"|1995–1997
+|style="text-align:center;"|2002-2004
-|-
-|[[Daz Dillinger]]
-|style="text-align:center;"|1992–1998
-|-
 |}
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 |
 * Released: December 15, 1992
-* Chart positions: #3 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 3 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 3× Platinum<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=The+Chronic#search_section |title=Dr. Dre: The Chronic |publisher=RIAA |access-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729042639/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=The+Chronic#search_section |url-status=live}}</ref>
 |-
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 * Released: November 23, 1993
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 4× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: October 31, 1995
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: February 13, 1996
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: Diamond (10× Platinum)
 |-
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 |
 * Released: November 5, 1996
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 4× Platinum
 |-
-|[[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
+|Snoop Doggy Dogg
 |''[[Tha Doggfather]]''
 |
 * Released: November 12, 1996
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: June 24, 1997
-* Chart positions: #32 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 32 U.S.
 |-
 |[[Daz Dillinger]]
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 |
 * Released: March 31, 1998
-* Chart positions: #8 U.S.
+* Chart positions:No. 8 U.S.
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 |[[Michel'le]]
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 |
 * Released: March 27, 2001
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 3× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: November 26, 2002
-* Chart positions: #5 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 5 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: August 23, 2005
-* Chart positions: #60 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 60 U.S.
 |-
 |[[Danny Boy (singer)|Danny Boy]]
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 |
 * Released: February 11, 2022
-* Chart positions: #104 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 104 U.S.
 |-
 |Jane Handcock
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 * Chart positions: –
 |-
-|October London
+|[[October London]]
 |''The Rebirth of Marvin''
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 |Tha Dogg Pound
-|''W.A.W.G. (We All We Got)''
+|''[[W.A.W.G. (We All We Got)]]''
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 * Released: May 31, 2024
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 |
 * Released: December 13, 2024
-* Chart positions: #20 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 20 U.S.
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 |Charlie Bereal
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 |
 * Released: March 22, 1994
-* Chart positions: #2 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 2 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: October 15, 1994
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
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 * Released: November 26, 1996
-* Chart positions: #36 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 36 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: Platinum
 |-
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 |
 * Released: December 3, 1996
-* Chart positions: #155 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 155 U.S.
 |-
 |Various Artists
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 * Released: January 28, 1997
-* Chart positions: #1 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 1 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: Gold
 |-
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 * Released: October 7, 1997
-* Chart positions: #2 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 2 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
 |-
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 * Released: November 24, 1998
-* Chart positions: #3 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 3 U.S.
 * RIAA certification: Diamond
 |-
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 * Released: May 4, 1999
-* Chart positions: #11 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 11 U.S.
 |-
 |Various Artists
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 * Released: September 26, 2000
-* Chart positions: #171 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 171 U.S.
 |-
 |[[Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
@@ Line 584: / Line 661: @@
 |
 * Released: October 31, 2000
-* Chart positions: #24 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 24 U.S.
 |-
 |[[Tha Dogg Pound]]
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 |
 * Released: July 31, 2001
-* Chart positions: #36 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 36 U.S.
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 |Snoop Doggy Dogg
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 * Released: October 23, 2001
-* Chart positions: #28 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 28 U.S.
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 |Various Artists
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 * Released: March 11, 2003
-* Chart positions: #95 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 95 U.S.
 |-
 |2Pac
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 * Released: October 7, 2003
-* Chart positions: #15 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 15 U.S.
 |-
 |Various Artists
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 * Released: February 22, 2005
-* Chart positions: #94 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 94 U.S.
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 * Released: August 14, 2007
-* Chart positions: #45 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 45 U.S.
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 * Released: December 4, 2007
-* Chart positions: #65 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 65 U.S.
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 |2Pac
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 * Released: December 4, 2007
-* Chart positions: #77 U.S.
+* Chart positions: No. 77 U.S.
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 |Snoop Doggy Dogg

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History

1987–1992: Origins and the first generation

1992–1995: The Chronic, Doggystyle, and other releases

1995–1996: Signing 2Pac, Bad Boy Records feud, Dr. Dre's departure

1996–2001: Tupac Shakur's murder, Suge Knight's incarceration, and decline

2001–2005: Knight's release, return to prison, second generation

2006–2022: Bankruptcy, closure, WIDEawake, Hasbro

2022–present: Revival through Snoop Dogg and third generation

Gang violence

Murder of William "Rat" Ratcliffe

Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.

Feud between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru

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