When did death row records start?

Answer 1

One Day, Dr. Dre & Suge Knight Came Up To This Guy's Officer In

Hollywood, California, Saying That

"They Had Left Ruthless Records And Was Going To Start Their Own Company

Called Death Row Records", It Did Not Go Down The Way It Was Supposed To

So, Eazy Had To Be Persuaded To Make Some Moves To Make Things Happen.

According To The Court Papers, Suge & Some Friends Basically Came In And

Told Eric & Jerry Heller That "Dre Was Leaving And That They Couldn't Stop Him.

This Was Legal, Physical, & Personal. The Story That Eazy Told Was That They

Came In With Bats, & A Gun. That They Would Kill Eazy's Mother And They Was

Holding Jerry Heller At Hostage, Eazy Told In The Court Papers, That This Guy

And Tommy Matolla Was There With Bats & Pipes, Eazy Was Obviously Lying.

Eazy's Lawsuit Contended That There Was Money Laundering, Extortion Threats, Violent Intimidation, Not Only Was Charged Against Suge, And Deathrow, For Stealing What Was There Top Producer "Dr. Dre", It Was

Charged Against Sony Music Entertainment. The Initial Understanding Was That

These 4 Guys.

1. The D.O.C.

2. Dr. Dre

3. Dick

4. Suge Knight, Would Be Partners In This Company.

Back Then Suge Was Like Barry Behind the Scenes, Helpful, Quiest, Humble,

And Non Invisible. He Did Not Like Camera's, He Was Invisible.

Suge's Job Was To Handle The Day To Day Business With The Artists,

Dealing With Contributors, And The Record Company's. Dr. Dre's Job

Was To Go In The Studio, Push The Buttons, And Make The Record's Happen.

Everybody Was Following Dre, Because People Knew That Dre Was The Man.

Like Everything He Touched Was Either Gold, Or Platinum. Dre Was Actually

The Most Bankable Person At That Time, Pretty Much In The Industry From

The R&B Rap Point. Everybody Was Taking Direction From Dre As Far As He

Know's What He's Doing. He's Just Finishing N.W.A. Albums That's Going Double Triple Platinum, Warren G & Nate Dogg Was Snoop's Bestfriend's, They Formed

The Group "213". Warren G Was The DJ, Snoop Was The Rapper, &

Nate Would Sing The Hooks. They Did Not Have Drum Machine's At That Time,

All They Had Was Records, Turntables, & Microphones. Warren G Called Snoop

On His 3-Way And Said "I Got Dre On The Phone Cuz, He Like The Tape, He

Wanna Work Us". Snoop Dogg Was Like "Stop Lying".

Snoop Said "Hello, Who Is This"

Dre Said "This Dre, Man That Was Dope And I Wanna Work Witchu In The Studio, Come Meet Me In The Studio On Moday". At That Time It Was A Dream To Be In The Studio As Dr. Dre. Dre Wanted Them To Come In The Studio Where

He Was. Nate Would've Jogged Up There If He Did Not Have A Car At That Time.

Dr. Dre Had Invited This Guys To The Studio, Suge Came. Suge Went Down To His Ride, And Grabbed His Strap, He Beat The Guys Up, And Shot Several Rounds In The Wall To Scare Them. The Police Came And Dug The Bullet Out.

George & Lynwood Stanley Sued Suge Knight, He Agreed On A $1,000,000.00

Million Dollar Settlement, But Only Paid $350,000.00 Of It. Deep Cover Was The

Introduction Of Dr. Dre As A Solo Artist, It Was The Introduction Of Dre As A Mentor To Other Artists In This Case Of His New Artist "Snoop Doggy Dogg".

By Snoop Blowing Up On Deep Cover, Nate Looked At That As If They Were All

Blowing Up, Cause He Always Knew Him & Snoop Did Music Together, And They Always Had Confidence In Their Music, It Would Sale, And That It Would Sale

Worldwide. After The Way It Blew Up With Snoop, Nate Could Not Wait Until It Was His Turn, Cause They Really Loved What They Were Doing. That

"Deep Cover" Single Was So Significate Cause It Shows These 2 Different

World's That Dr. Dre Was Leaving, And Where He Was Going To. Dr. Dre Wanted To Make A Statement That He Was A Solo Artist On His Own, And A

Good Producer, That's All Dre Used To Talk About Was Comin Up, We Going To Come Up, And "The Chronic" Was What It's Supposed To Set It Off. You Had

"Snoop Dogg" Who Bought A Whole Another Different Style To Rap Music. He Has A Voice To Where He Could Rap Over Beats, And Just Rip A Beat To Pieces.

Nate Said That "The Chronic" Was Like A Collaboration As Far As Names Like

Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, The D.O.C., RBX, And Nate{Himself}, Lady Of Rage, Jewell. The Chronic Was Finished, Originally They Thought They Was Going To Be Able To Distribute The Record With Sony. This Would Have Been The First Time In History That Young Guys Would Have Had An Opportunity To Have A Distribution Deal, What They Call A "PND" Deal, Get Major, & Get All The $Money$. Sony Entertainment Refused To Distribute

The Chronic Album. Sony, Because Of There Fears Of The Crazy Things That Was Going On Around Death Row, And The Status Of Dr. Dre, They Did Not Want To Get That Deal Done, Cause Of Eazy's Persistence, That He Been

Wronged, And That He Been Robbed For His Artists, Sony Chose Not To Be A Part Of The Lawsuits. Part Of There Fear Is Dealing With Rap Bands Is That

Some Of These Gangsta Rapper's Turned Out To Be "Real Gangsta's", In Need

Many Of Them Were. One Day, This Guy By The Name Of John McClain, Jr Came Along. He Heard The Record, He Went Crazy. He Said To This Guy Name "Griff"

Saying ----> You Gotta Give Me This, Griff, You Gotta Give Me This Griff.

John Said "I Loved The Record", Why Don't You Let Me To Take It To

Interscope Records, Two Establishing People To Deal With Were

Jimmy Iovine, Who Was The Superstar Producer Of Rock Records, And

Ted Fields, Who Had Been A Movie Producer, Producer Of Good Music. They

Signed Tupac Shakur, Who Was The Hottest Rap Artist At That Time.

Interscope Was Out Of Business, They Were Getting Ready To Close The Doors.

Warners Atlantic Were Dropping A Deal, And Ted Fields Was Tired Of Pouring His Personal Money In There, So Here Comes Dick Griffey, With The Chronic. That's How Death Row Records Started.