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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Label	Occurrences
Death Row Records canonical	63
Death Row	1
Death Row Records artists	1
Death Row Studios	1
Death Row era of Tupac Shakur	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American record label ⓘ hip hop record label ⓘ record label ⓘ
associatedCity	Compton, California ⓘ Long Beach ⓘ surface form: Long Beach, California
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 ⓘ Snoop Dogg ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

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Snoop Dogg → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Bad Boy Records → notableRivalry → Death Row Records ⓘ

Tupac Shakur → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

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

West Coast hip hop → associatedRecordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

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Priority Records → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

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

Tha Dogg Pound → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Tha Dogg Pound → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Dr. Dre → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry → associatedWith → Death Row Records ⓘ

All Eyez on Me → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

All Eyez on Me → labelEra → Death Row Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Row era of Tupac Shakur

Pac → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupac Shakur

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

California Love → label → Death Row Records ⓘ

Changes → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Hit 'Em Up → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Until the End of Time → label → Death Row Records ⓘ

Above the Rim → soundtrackLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Outlawz → collaboratedWith → Death Row Records ⓘ

Outlawz → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Ambitionz Az a Ridah → label → Death Row Records ⓘ

Thug Life → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Makaveli → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

“How Do U Want It” by 2Pac → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

subject surface form: "How Do U Want It"

Kurupt → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Freddie → hasTrack → Death Row Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Row

Calvin Broadus → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Sam Sneed → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

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KXNG Crooked → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Row Records artists

KXNG Crooked → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

L.T. Hutton → workedWith → Death Row Records ⓘ

L.T. Hutton → recordLabelAffiliation → Death Row Records ⓘ

Lady of Rage → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

Daz Dillinger → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Daz Dillinger → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

October London → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

October London → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

We Don’t Gotta Worry No More → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

We Don’t Gotta Worry No More → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Suge Knight → coFounded → Death Row Records ⓘ

Suge Knight → labelHeadOf → Death Row Records ⓘ

The D.O.C. → associatedAct → Death Row Records ⓘ

Michel'le → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

The Chronic → recordLabel → Death Row Records ⓘ

The Chronic → recordedAt → Death Row Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death Row Studios