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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. At its peak, Death Row was ...
In August 2021, it was reported that the One in a Million album and Aaliyah's other recorded work with Blackground (since rebranded as Blackground Records 2.0) would be re-released on physical, digital, and streaming services in a deal between the record label and Empire Distribution. However, Aaliyah's estate, run in part by Haughton, issued a ...
The first actor cast was R&B singer Aaliyah (who had made her film and acting debut in Romeo Must Die) as Akasha, the eponymous Queen of the Damned. The search for an actor to play Lestat took much longer — the idea of Tom Cruise reprising the role was considered but dismissed (ultimately Cruise declined to reprise the role) —although front ...
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. was born on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California, to Beverly Tate (1951–2021) and Vernell Varnado. [16] [17] Varnado, who was a Vietnam War veteran, singer, and mail carrier, left the family only three months after Broadus' birth, and thus he was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr. (1948–1984).
R. B. Greaves, 68, American singer ("Take a Letter Maria"), prostate cancer. [417] Herbert Lom, 95, Czech-born British actor (The Pink Panther, Spartacus, Gambit). [418] Ted Boy Marino, 72, Italian-born Brazilian actor and telecatch wrestler, cardiac arrest. [419] Joseph Parker Jr., 95, American Navy physician, last surviving physician from ...
Earl Simmons was born on December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, New York. [11] He was the son of 19-year-old Arnett Simmons and 18-year-old Joe Barker. [12] Simmons was the middle child of the family; his mother had given birth to a daughter, Bonita, two years prior, and later gave birth to a second daughter, Shayla, and two stillborn sons. [1]
Kareem "Biggs" Burke - co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records; Kelis – R&B singer and songwriter; Rayne Storm – rapper, producer (Digiindie) Puff Daddy – rapper, businessman, founder of Bad Boy Records; Freekey Zekey – rapper (owner, CEO of 730 Dips Records) Immortal Technique – rapper; Kurtis Blow – rapper