Death Row Records

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American record label hip hop record label record label

Death Row Records is a seminal West Coast hip-hop label from the 1990s known for launching and popularizing artists like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Tupac Shakur.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American record label ⓘ hip hop record label ⓘ record label ⓘ
associatedCity	Compton, California ⓘ Long Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMovement	West Coast G-funk sound ⓘ surface form: G-funk era
associatedRegion	West Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: West Coast
associatedWith	East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry ⓘ
catalogValue	owns rights to classic 1990s hip hop albums ⓘ
coFounderRole	Dr. Dre ⓘ surface form: Dr. Dre was lead producer Suge Knight was CEO ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	helped bring West Coast rap to mainstream audiences ⓘ influenced sound of 1990s hip hop ⓘ
distribution	Interscope Records ⓘ
era	1990s ⓘ
financialStatus	filed for bankruptcy in the 2000s ⓘ
foundedBy	Dick Griffey ⓘ Dr. Dre ⓘ Suge Knight ⓘ The D.O.C. ⓘ
genre	G-funk ⓘ West Coast hip hop ⓘ gangsta rap ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
knownFor	commercially successful gangsta rap releases ⓘ popularizing G-funk sound ⓘ popularizing West Coast hip hop ⓘ
legalIssues	faced lawsuits and criminal investigations involving Suge Knight ⓘ
location	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
notableArtist	Dr. Dre ⓘ Lady of Rage ⓘ Michel'le ⓘ Nate Dogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Tha Dogg Pound ⓘ Tupac Shakur ⓘ
peakCommercialSuccess	mid-1990s ⓘ
releasedAlbum	All Eyez on Me ⓘ Dogg Food ⓘ Doggystyle ⓘ Murder Was the Case ⓘ The Chronic ⓘ The Chronic ⓘ surface form: The Chronic 2001
signatureProducer	Dr. Dre ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	heavy use of P-Funk samples ⓘ laid-back but aggressive gangsta lyrics ⓘ melodic synthesizer leads ⓘ

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Priority Records → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Tha Dogg Pound → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

West Coast G-funk sound → associatedLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

West Coast hip hop → associatedRecordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. → associatedWith → Death Row Records ⓘ

Bad Boy Records → notableRivalry → Death Row Records ⓘ

BODR → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Dr. Dre → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Snoop Dogg → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Tha Dogg Pound → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Tupac Shakur → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

BODR → returnTo → Death Row Records ⓘ