Lance Pierre: 2Pac's Anger At Death Row - 'SNOOP IS CORNY & IM PAYING NATE DOGG'S CHILD SUPPORT'
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Suge never paid any of the artists what they were owed. In fact he wouldn't even let them examine the books. None of the artists knew how much money they were making or how much debt they had racked up because Suge would never tell them. By doing this he was able to keep his artists in the dark and maintain control over them, which is exactly what he did.
2pac knew he was in debt to Suge. He just didn't know for how much. That's why he was always asking to see the books, because he wanted to know exactly where he stood with the label financially. But every time he would ask to see the books, Suge would tell him not to worry about it; that as soon as "All Eyez On Me" sold a certain amount of albums his debt would be cleared. 2pac's debt never got cleared though, despite "All Eyez On Me" selling over 5 million copies at the time of his death. As a matter of fact, every artist on Death Row was in debt according to the books, and that's because every artist was being charged for expenses they hadn't made. For example, if Suge bought a car for $80,000 dollars, instead of paying for the car himself, he would charge it to Snoop Dogg's account as an expense Snoop made, when in fact it was an expense that Suge made. That meant the $80,000 would be deducted from Snoop's royalties as an expense for something he never really purchased. This type of thing would happen over and over again until the artists were in debt for millions of dollars on items they never bought. And because the artists never had any real management, they never caught on to the scheme. In fact, Suge's wife, Sharitha Knight, was the manager for most of the artists. Her or David Kenner. If an artist tried to bring in outside legal representation he was threatened. When you signed to Death Row, you "had" to accept either Sharitha Knight or David Kenner as your manager. No ands, ifs, or buts about it.
So you can say the artists on Death Row funded the lavish lifestyles of everyone but themselves. And just to give you an idea of this, from 1992 - 1996, Death Row Records grossed over $300 million dollars in revenue. Out of that, about $70 million in profit came back to the label. That $70 million should have been divided up fairly between Suge and Dre, then the artists should have gotten paid what they deserved, right? But when Dr. Dre left in 1996, he left broke. When Snoop left in 1998, he left broke. When Nate Dogg and the Dogg Pound left, they left broke. And when 2pac died, he pretty much died broke. Well if the artists didn't really benefit from that $70 million, then who did? That answer is pretty easy. Suge Knight did. So did David Kenner. At his peak Suge Knight owned about 5 different homes, 40 cars, 2 yachts, and over a million dollars in jewelry. David Kenner owned 2 homes and leased a Malibu mansion for $120,000 that was charged to 2pac's account. 2pac was also charged expenses for Danny Boy's condo. All the expenses from Suge's baby mommas and girlfriends were charged to Snoop's account. And all the expenses from Suge's Blood homeboys in Compton were charged to Dr. Dre's account.
This is why Suge never allowed any of the artists to see the books, because the jig would be up if they did. Dr. Dre was the first artist to catch on to this though. He didn't say anything, however. He just quietly planned his exit strategy. 2pac was the complete opposite. He'd raise holy hell about his money. That's when Suge would send over the gifts to calm him down.
2pac knew he was in debt to Suge. He just didn't know for how much. That's why he was always asking to see the books, because he wanted to know exactly where he stood with the label financially. But every time he would ask to see the books, Suge would tell him not to worry about it; that as soon as "All Eyez On Me" sold a certain amount of albums his debt would be cleared. 2pac's debt never got cleared though, despite "All Eyez On Me" selling over 5 million copies at the time of his death. As a matter of fact, every artist on Death Row was in debt according to the books, and that's because every artist was being charged for expenses they hadn't made. For example, if Suge bought a car for $80,000 dollars, instead of paying for the car himself, he would charge it to Snoop Dogg's account as an expense Snoop made, when in fact it was an expense that Suge made. That meant the $80,000 would be deducted from Snoop's royalties as an expense for something he never really purchased. This type of thing would happen over and over again until the artists were in debt for millions of dollars on items they never bought. And because the artists never had any real management, they never caught on to the scheme. In fact, Suge's wife, Sharitha Knight, was the manager for most of the artists. Her or David Kenner. If an artist tried to bring in outside legal representation he was threatened. When you signed to Death Row, you "had" to accept either Sharitha Knight or David Kenner as your manager. No ands, ifs, or buts about it.
So you can say the artists on Death Row funded the lavish lifestyles of everyone but themselves. And just to give you an idea of this, from 1992 - 1996, Death Row Records grossed over $300 million dollars in revenue. Out of that, about $70 million in profit came back to the label. That $70 million should have been divided up fairly between Suge and Dre, then the artists should have gotten paid what they deserved, right? But when Dr. Dre left in 1996, he left broke. When Snoop left in 1998, he left broke. When Nate Dogg and the Dogg Pound left, they left broke. And when 2pac died, he pretty much died broke. Well if the artists didn't really benefit from that $70 million, then who did? That answer is pretty easy. Suge Knight did. So did David Kenner. At his peak Suge Knight owned about 5 different homes, 40 cars, 2 yachts, and over a million dollars in jewelry. David Kenner owned 2 homes and leased a Malibu mansion for $120,000 that was charged to 2pac's account. 2pac was also charged expenses for Danny Boy's condo. All the expenses from Suge's baby mommas and girlfriends were charged to Snoop's account. And all the expenses from Suge's Blood homeboys in Compton were charged to Dr. Dre's account.
This is why Suge never allowed any of the artists to see the books, because the jig would be up if they did. Dr. Dre was the first artist to catch on to this though. He didn't say anything, however. He just quietly planned his exit strategy. 2pac was the complete opposite. He'd raise holy hell about his money. That's when Suge would send over the gifts to calm him down.
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A movie about Death Row would be incredible. Films need to stop focusing on artist's whole lives, that's how you end up with the underwhelming type clip shows that "Notorious" was and (I fear) "All Eyez on Me" is going to be. A well-written movie focusing on Pac's life from, maybe, 1992 to 1996 could be incredible. A seperate movie about the rise and fall of Death could also be incredible. Maybe include some flashbacks but that's about it . Pac is such a fascinating character, man, but I'm really worried about how "All Eyez On Me" is gonna turn out 
Yeah cause some of this likely ain't in it....but I'm really worried about how "All Eyez On Me" is gonna turn out
Like the phone convo from the studio that Pierre talked about.
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Suge ruined a real dynasty. I mean damn nikka, all you had to do was pay your people....they would have made hits forever.
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Suge ruined a real dynasty. I mean damn nikka, all you had to do was pay your people....they would have made hits forever.
Yup had he had any chill they could've been luring all kinds of emerging artists in to work with them well into the 2000's.
Young/Nacho\Drawz
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We need more info about DR and their ties to the mafia.
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Welcome to the music business.
I wouldn't even want to square it up. I fix my situation, them Pirus gon' be hungry and Suge gon' blame me.If Suge, Dre, Pac, Snoop and everybody spliting $70 mil, who got the $230?
