![]() ![]() We’ve explored the violence and that leads us to “THE HIT LIST” consisting of suspicious deaths connected to Death Row Records. Tupac Shakur got shot multiple times shortly after and died from his injuries. Suge Knight, Tupac Shakur, and their entourage assaulted known gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson at the MGM Grand Hotel. Suge Knight allegedly forced accountant Steven Cantrock to his knees to sign a contract confessing to mishandling the funds of Death Row Records. ![]() Walter’s later releases all his clients from their contracts. Happy Walters, a prominent music manager whose clients included RZA, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, is allegedly kidnapped on Suge’s orders and abused repeatedly. Snoop Dogg was charged with 1st-degree murder after his bodyguard Mckinley “Malik” Lee killed a rival gang member during an altercation.Īfter not revealing Sean “Puffy” Comb’s personal address, Suge Knight forces record producer Mark Anthony Bell to drink his urine after beating him with a champagne bottle. ( 1990’s advertisements for Glam Slam West) Suge Knight & entourage allegedly beat a security guard ( Roderick Lockett) to the brink of death at Prince’s Los Angeles nightclub Glam Slam. raiding Death Row Records and arresting Suge. Suge allegedly pistol whipped, instructed the two brothers to strip naked and then fired a shot at them. Suge Knight assaulted rappers and brothers George and Lynwood Stanley. Besides, it ain’t no big thing - I just threw her through a door.” Ain’t nothing you can do now by talking about it. He stated to Rolling Stone Magazine in a 1991 interview started Death Row Records with an investment from drug kingpin Michael “Harry-O” Harris.ĭr. and R&B artist Michel’le from their contracts with him. Hidden beneath the hardened antics were a string of incidents that made Death Row Records infamous and eventually caused their downfall. Death Row’s connections to street gangs such as the Bloods (Piru) and Crips allowed them to extort and sustain dominion in Los Angeles. ![]() The Hit List is an original Shortwave RADAR series that explores deaths in the hip hop universe.ĭeath Row Records employees and artists symbolized gangsta rap throughout the 1990s and instilled fear into anyone who crossed their path. ![]()
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