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Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. [8] The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg and 2Pac (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s.
Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. (/ ʃ ʊ ɡ / SHUUG; born April 19, 1965) [3] is an American record executive, former NFL player, and convicted felon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central figure in gangsta rap's commercial success in the 1990s. [4]
Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
Suge Knight, who would co-found Death Row Records, became affiliated with the Mob Piru set at some point [3] and hired many Mob Piru members in Death Row Records. [9] When Tupac Shakur joined Death Row Records in 1995, he also became affiliated with the Mob Piru. [10] Other notable Mob Pirus who were associated with Death Row Records include:
Articles relating to the record label Death Row Records, founded in 1992 by Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, The D.O.C. and Dick Griffey.The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg (), Tha Dogg Pound (), and Tupac Shakur (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s.
Christopher Douglas Roney (born December 15, 1969), known by the stage name Cool C, [1] is an American former rapper active in the late 1980s. He is also known for his involvement in the murder of Philadelphia Police officer Lauretha Vaird during a bank robbery in January 1996, for which he was sentenced to death.
Co-founder of the street gang, the Gangster Disciples. [112] Linda Hayes 2015 6 life sentences plus 106 years United States: One of two perpetrators of the Cheshire murders. First given six death penalties and 106 years at a 2010 trial, which were changed to life sentences after Connecticut abolished the death penalty. Chai Vang: 2004
According to some reports, Simon had a reputation for taunting fellow inmates at New Jersey State Prison, and apparently selected a convict named Ambrose Harris – who had been on death row for kidnapping and killing 22-year-old artist Kristin Huggins in 1992. Harris and Simon had been assigned to side-by-side cells in the facility's capital ...