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Death row records was founded in 1991 by dr. dre and suge knight. Suge knight famously vowed to make death row the motown of the 1990s. Followed by chart successes by artists including snoop dogg, 2pac, dr. dre, the. Because of dr. dre"s sig(cid:374)ature g-funk production style, death row became a reliable brand name for gangster rap fans. Snoop dogg was charged with murder, fueling the debate from politicians denouncing gangster rap as against american values, encouraging violence towards police, and degrading black women. By 1995, the label began to be flooded by knights friends, fellow gang members (the bloods), fresh out of prison. Suge began to take more control of the label as he further sought the spotlight. Dr. dre started to recede into the background, shying away from the increasing (cid:448)iole(cid:374)t at(cid:373)osphere a(cid:374)d uge"s (cid:374)e(cid:449)fou(cid:374)d (cid:448)olatility. In 1996 dr. dre left death row to start aftermath records (eminem and.
