Snoop Dogg on Why He Pulled All Death Row Tracks off Streaming | WATCH

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Snoop Dogg – screenshot *Soon after Snoop Dogg took ownership of the Death Row Records catalog, he had all the music pulled off Spotify and the other streaming music services. His explanation was that he wanted to transform Death Row into the “first major label in the metaverse.” “Death Row will be an NFT label,” he said during […]

Alabama Death Row Inmate Suffered Through Painful 3-Hour Execution

*Alabama death row inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend in 1994 and sentenced to death. His execution last month reportedly took longer than any lethal injection in recorded US history. James Jr., 50, was subjected to 3 hours of pain and suffering because the execution team “took time […]

Snoop Dogg Secretly Lobbying Trump to Free Death Row Records Co-founder: Report

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[…] ties to the White House in a lobbying effort before the president becomes a civilian again. Snoop and the others are trying to have the sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris commuted after spending more than three decades behind bars. For those unfamiliar with the case, Harris, now 58, was convicted of attempted […]

Tupac’s Sister Sekyiwa Shakur Could Inherit Brother’s Estate

Tupac and his sister Sekyiwa as kids

[…] totality of the assets owned by which should have been transferred into the trust,” the filing stated. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tupac owed $4.9 million to Death Row Records when he died. After Afeni took control of the estate, she sued the label for withholding royalties and failing to deliver advances promised under his contract. […]

Death Row Bankruptcy Case Wraps With Artists Getting Screwed

*The bankruptcy case involving Death Row Records is over, but rappers on the roster who had filed claims will see little if any of the money they say they are owed. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Dr. Dre saw none of the $8 million he filed for. Nate Dogg’s estate says it was owed […]

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday By Seeing Just Mercy

[…] private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people.” From the day EJI first opened its doors until the present, under the […]

Gangsta Rapper to Grandfather: The Olympic Gold Rebranding of Snoop Dogg

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[…] did we get here? P. Frank Williams covered Snopp Dogg’s murder trial for the Los Angeles Times and co-wrote the book “Chosen by Fate: My Life Inside Death Row Records” with the musician’s co-defendant McKinley Lee Jr. Williams told CNN the answer is actually quite simple. “He worked hard and loves what he does,” said Williams, […]

Tupac Murder Confession Prompted Police Raid of Gang Member’s Home

Tupac Shakur (Al Pereira-Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images)

[…] breakdown of his confession here.   Davis claims he witnessed Anderson allegedly shoot and kill Tupac in Las Vegas in 1996.  Anderson was beaten by Pac and former Death Row Records boss Suge Knight in the lobby of MGM Grand on the night Shakur was killed. Meanwhile, Billy Garland, Pac’s biological father, believes his son’s murder was […]

Suge Knight Serves a Dose of Truth to Wendy Williams By Way of Ray J [WATCH]

[…] message to the outspoken host from Suge Knight, who is currently serving a prison sentence for manslaughter.  Williams attempted to ask the singer/entrepreneur about the status of Death Row Records but the “Love & Hip Hop: New York” star interrupted her to explain how Suge really feels about the TV personality. “So look, Suge told me […]