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  2. 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 ...

  3. Feb 9, 2022 · Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records. By Jem Aswad. Courtesy VH1. Rapper-entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, who rose to fame during the 1990s on Death Row Records, has acquired the label’s brand...

  4. Feb 10, 2022 · Death Row Records was founded by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the D.O.C. and Dick Griffey. It rose to prominence with artists including Tupac Shakur. It rose to prominence with artists including Tupac ...

  5. Feb 10, 2022 · The rapper-mogul acquired Death Row Records’ brand from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by a private equity fund managed by Blackstone, the investment firm announced Wednesday. The...

  6. Mar 23, 2024 · Death Row Records has undergone a rollercoaster journey full of stratospheric highs and shocking lows since its explosive arrival on the music scene in the early 1990s. Emerging as a juggernaut label literally overflowing with talent, money and controversy under the guidance of notorious founder Suge Knight, Death Row rapidly rose to become one ...

  7. Jun 2, 2017 · While most of the Death Row story includes many different people, the origins rely on the background of its patriarch, Suge. An ex-football player turned bodyguard for artists like Bobby Brown, he spent a lot of time around the music industry. Dr. Dre was acquired from Ruthless Records, which was the label Eazy-E was in charge of.

  8. Feb 17, 2023 · The label was co-founded and creatively led by legendary producer Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, whose previous outfit NWA achieved platinum success with virtually no radio play — but Death Row brought gangster rap to the mainstream airwaves, making a superstar out of Dre and a bona fide mogul out of co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight, whose business style could politely have been described as "brutal."

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