12. Before The Beef
Prior to their now legendary beef, Suge Knight and Puff Daddy were friends who often held parties together and hung out on plenty of occasions. If Knight visited New York in 1994 he’d drop by Bad Boy’s office. If Puffy traveled to Los Angeles “he would come pick me up and we’d hang out” Puffy once said.
11. Record Sales
From 1992-1996 Death Row Records sold nearly 27 million albums, the catalog included The Chronic, Doggystyle, All Eyez On Me and more.
10. Label Beatdown
Sam Sneed, the man with the ‘master-plan’, was viciously beaten in an office meeting in March of 1996 by the Death Row entourage, led by Knight and Shakur. According to Daz Dillinger, the reason this happened was because Sam Sneed had too many East Coast Rappers and not enough Death Row affiliates in his Lady Heroin music video, which included Kool G Rap. (Sam Sneed speaks about the incident here: DubCnn )
9. L.A L.A vs New York, New York
When Mobb Deep & CNN released their diss track “LA, LA” which was a response to the Dogg Pound’s “New York New York”, it didn’t bother Kurupt, who laughed it off, but according to Kurupt, 2pac became irate when he heard the song. (Read More About This Situation Here: Kurupt Speaks to HipHop365.com)
8. Bloodshed
On March 14th 1995, during an after-party hosted by Death Row at El Rey Theater in L.A.’s Wilshire District, Kelly Jamerson, a well known member of the Rollin 60 Crip Gang was beaten and murdered by a mob of 15 to 20 bloods who were in attendance. According to police reports and author David Sullivan, the violence was triggered when Snoop Dogg flashed gang signs when performing on stage. The party consisted mostly of Bloods from Compton. One witness refused to testify, saying “You Police do not understand how powerful Suge is, going up against Suge or any of his people is like going up against the Mafia, it’s a death sentence”.
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