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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). During his time at Death Row Records, Dre saw immense success with the release of his debut solo album "The Chronic," as well as the rise of Snoop ...
Mar 22, 1996 · The Hot Boys came out the gate with guns blazing on the Mannie Fresh-produced album Guerrilla Warfare that debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1999. In a nutshell, the album helped ...
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. [20] Knight approached Michael "Harry-O" Harris, a businessman imprisoned on drug and attempted murder charges.
Apr 10, 2019 · Vowing to make it “the Motown of the ‘90s,” Knight co-founded Death Row Records with Dre and D.O.C. after strong-arming their contracts from Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records (Eazy would later...
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 ...
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Mar 22, 1996 · 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 music market, is splitting with Death Row Records, the...
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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...
