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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) [2] 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. [3]
Lewis James Pullman is an American actor. A son of actor Bill Pullman, he began his acting career with the film The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017), starring his father. His subsequent film credits include supporting roles in The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and a starring role in 'Salem's Lot (2024).
Pullman is married to Tamara Hurwitz, a modern dancer. [12] [13] [14] Their three children are actor Lewis Pullman, [15] singer-songwriter Maesa Pullman, [16] and Jack Pullman. [17] [18] At the age of 21, Pullman suffered a head injury when he fell while rehearsing a play, and lost his sense of smell and the feeling in his left elbow. [19]
As the CEO of Death Row Records, Suge Knight hired gang members from several Bloods sets (subgroups), including the Mob Piru, Fruit Town Piru, and Lueders Park Piru. [5] By the early 2000s, a rivalry had formed between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru, which resulted in the murder of several Mob Piru Bloods affiliated with Death Row Records, including Aaron "Heron" Palmer and Alton "Buntry ...
On June 1, 1997, Death Row Records employee and Mob Piru Bloods member Aaron "Heron" Palmer was shot dead in Compton, California. [1] Palmer's death was followed by the murders of several other Mob Pirus from Suge Knight's inner circle, as part of a gang war between the Mob Piru and another Bloods set (subgroup), the Fruit Town Piru.
On April 3, 2002, Alton "Buntry" McDonald (February 5, 1966 – April 3, 2002), a member of the Mob Piru Bloods and a production manager at Death Row Records, [1] was shot dead at a gas station in Compton, California. The murder was believed to be the result of fighting between two rival "sets" of the Bloods, the Mob Pirus and the Fruit Town ...
On March 13, 1995, Death Row Records was hosting a private party in the El Rey Theatre, after the Soul Train Music Awards. Jamerson, who was a member of the Rolling 60's Crips, [1] was invited. During the party, a fight broke out following an argument between Jamerson and several Bloods, who were allegedly from Suge Knight's inner circle. [2]