Death Row Records is a record label that was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, and was once home to some of West Coast hip hop's most well-known rappers, including 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger).
Death Row has sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide, and generated close to $750 million in revenue. The label was also once home to Jewell, RBX, The Lady of Rage, Warren G, K-Solo, Michel'le, Danny Bo...
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Death Row Records is a record label that was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, and was once home to some of West Coast hip hop's most well-known rappers, including 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger).
Death Row has sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide, and generated close to $750 million in revenue. The label was also once home to Jewell, RBX, The Lady of Rage, Warren G, K-Solo, Michel'le, Danny Boy, DJ Quik, MF Nate, Petey Pablo, Tha Realest, and Crooked I. In addition, the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC was signed on and working on an album when she died in a car accident in Honduras.
In the late '80's, producer Andre "Dr. Dre" Young was a member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A., signed to fellow member Eric "Eazy-E" Wright's Ruthless Records. As head of production at the label, Dre produced a large number of Ruthless projects, many of them high-selling; feeling the pressures of having to produce so many acts, Dre became interested...
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