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- Dre left N.W.A in 1992 and cofounded Death Row Records with Marion (“Suge”) Knight. That year his solo debut, The Chronic, introduced the “ G-funk” production style, characterized by plodding tempos, synthesizer washes, and copious musical sampling of 1970s funk records, especially those by Parliament-Funkadelic.
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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.
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- 1991; 32 years ago (original), February 9, 2022; 20 months ago (revival)
Sep 14, 2021 · In 2014, rapper and record producer Dr. Dre (real name Andre Romelle Young) sued Death Row Records (via Rolling Stone) –- a label he co-founded in 1992 with Suge Knight (via the Los Angeles Times).
Mar 27, 2023 · Dre left Ruthless Records with The D.O.C. and joined Suge Knight to establish Death Row Records. He released the cultural juggernaut album, The Chronic, in 1992.
In 1995, Death Row Records signed rapper 2Pac, and began to position him as their major star: he collaborated with Dr. Dre on the commercially successful single "California Love", which became both artists' first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Mar 22, 1996 · March 22, 1996 12 AM PT. Los Angeles Times Staff Writer. In a move that will reorder the architecture of the rap music business, rap star Dr. Dre, the top producer in the booming hip-hop...
4 days ago · In 1996 Dre left Death Row to form Aftermath Records. Three years later he released a second hit solo album, 2001 (1999), which produced the Grammy-winning single “Forgot About Dre,” among other hits.
Jun 3, 2020 · The two would feud throughout the ’90s and early ’00s, as Dre recalled the initial reason for calling his album 2001 was due in large part to Suge Knight and Death Row already having the title...
