Welcome To Deathrow Record's Documentary - [Part 1]

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 Ruthless[3]. After the departure of Ice Cube over financial disagreements with Heller[4], artist and friend The D.O.C. and friend Suge Knight went over the books with a lawyer. Convinced that Heller was dishonest, they approached Young about forming a label with them, away from Heller and Eazy-E[5]. Allegedly using strong-arm tactics, Knight was able to procure contracts from Eazy for The D.O.C., Dr. Dre and singer Michel'le[6].

Knight approached successful rapper Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle, using management connections with rapper Mario "Chocolate" Johnson, claiming that Johnson had written and produced the song, and had not received credit or royalties for the song.[7] Knight and two bodyguards arrived at The Palm in West Hollywood, where Van Winkle was eating. After shoving Van Winkle's bodyguards aside, Knight and his own bodyguards sat down in front of Van Winkle, staring at him before finally asking "How you doin'?"[7] Similar incidents were repeated on several occasions before Knight showed up at Van Winkle's hotel suite on the fifteenth floor of the Bel Age Hotel, accompanied by Johnson and a member of the Oakland Raiders.[7] According to Van Winkle, Knight took him out on the balcony by himself, and implied that he would throw Van Winkle off unless he signed the rights to the song over to Knight.[8] Knight also approached Michael "Harry-O" Harris, a businessman incarcerated on drug and attempted murder charges. Through David Kenner, a criminal attorney handling Harris's appeal, Suge and Harry-O set up Godfather Entertainment, a parent company for the newly-christened Death Row Records.

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[nukeusa911x2]

@proof7306 eazy e became more popular after cube and dre left nwa.

[xPURPxNxYELLOWx24]

@parracatau FUCK YOU N VANILLA ICE...........EAZY

[BrooklynsFinest177]

@83BM i diddent say Tupac did any killing..

[83BM]

@BrooklynsFinest177 Everyone knows it was a deathrow payed section of the police with a Nation Of Islam shooter called Amir Muhammad (also known as Harry Billups). If you think Tupac did any killing then your a fool.

[globehunter2]

Rap music is the wrong road for young blacks to take.It glorifys crime and violence, and says rape is ok. Negative gangster life styles mixed with drugs murder and lawlessness. Our society is falling lower and lower due to thug mentality and disrespect of morality. Rap

is the gateway to HELL.

[lilbpeart3550]

@BrooklynsFinest177 your soo fuckin stupid, of corse 2pac is gonna say that bigge tried to kill him, but y would biggie want to. suge knight got 2pac out of jail and then made him sign a contract with death row records, but after tupac made all of his songs, HE DIDNT GET PAID! so he wanted to quite,and since suge knights a bitch, he felt betrayed and wanted to kill tupac and blame it on the east coast/west coast thing! then killed biggie 6 mths later to make it look legit!

[BrooklynsFinest177]

@lilbpeart3550 fake oh did the movie teach you that ha ive seen every biggie documentary and every 2pac documentary you punk, WESTSIDE 2PAC KILLED YOU NIGGAS

[lilbpeart3550]

@BrooklynsFinest177 wow, your fuckin retarted. bad boy didnt try to kill anybody, if your mean when tupac got shot the 1st time, then thats fuckin bullshit, it was a robbery gone wrong. and u knw that tupac got a big mouth, so do the fuckin math, Big mouth+gun=shot, unlike DEATH ROW RECORDS that WANTS TO KILL their rappers after their done with them, and FUCK WESTSIDE, EAST COAST 4 LIFE!

[ayocarlitojr]

0:33 wtf is Snoop wearin on his ear tho ?

[BrooklynsFinest177]

@lilbpeart3550 fuck badboy records. Deathrow is what it's all about hah badboy? badboys try killing your bestfriend fucking PUNKS try killin your bestfriend deathrow records reppin! WESTSIDE CANADA

[lilbpeart3550]

@BrooklynsFinest177 iight then, i see u like a record company that doesnt pay the rappers and sends them death threats everytime they wanna quite, and they were responsible for the murders of biggie and 2pac, the best two rappers ever! In badboy records, if u wanna quite, quite, and they pay there rappers and there still around and successful, and they didnt kill anybody, deathrow records IS A JOKE and suge knight is a PYSCO KILLER!

[BrooklynsFinest177]

@lilbpeart3550 DEATHROWRECORDS punk!