and said, "dre, we should start our own record label," which became death row records. - knight, a 6'3", 330-pound former bodyguard, has become one of the most feared men in the music business. - you get at dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than anybody. this guy finna deliver a hit. - dre puts out his first solo album, "the chronic," and, you know, not only do you get dre, but then y you also geget snsnoop dogg. - ♪ one, two, three and to the four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dogg and dr. dre is at the door ♪ - ooh, boy. snoop doggy dogg and d dr. dre atat the door. it's c crazy, they knockcked the e door down,n, baby. - ♪ nothin'n' but a g ththing, baby ♪ ♪ two l loc'ed out t nigga, so we'rere crazy ♪ - 70% of r rap music,, inclcluding gangngster rap, was purchased by whites. - growing up in saint paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought that compton and south central must be the coolest placaces in the wororld, babased on thihis music. - otheher music isis more lie a fairiry-tale story, where now we can hear somebody else's history, basically, and understand where they're coming from.
- ♪ bow wow wow, yippy-yo, yippy-yay ♪ ♪ death row's definitely in the, house ♪ - "the chronic" made hip-hop digestible to everybody. it was a hip-hop tsunami, and we didn't see it coming. - death row record's gonna be the next motown, you know what i'm saying? - mm-hmm. - "the chronic" album was the foundation, and we gonna keep rolling on until the house is finished. - ♪ it's the bow to the wow ♪ ♪ creepin' and crawlin', yiggy-yes y'all-in' ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog ♪ - the handful of gangster-rap superstars are not just singing about beining mean, anand nasty, and vivicious... - ♪ rob you f for your eaear, ththen i kill l you blood d cl♪ - they're e accused of liviving up to o their ly. - ♪ back to g get wrecked ♪ ♪ allll respect t to those who breaeak they nececk ♪ - tupac c shakur, rarap str and movie e star, was arrested in new york and chcharged with sodomy and sexual assault. atlanta copsps had arresteted tc less than a month earlier for shooting two off-duty police officers. - tupac was languishing in jail, waiting for his appeal, when suge knight swooped in
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people money. it's my turn. ♪ tonight's the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasn't a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record label, which became death row records. >> knight, a 6'3", 330-pound former bodyguard has become one of the most feared men in the music business. >> you got dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than anybody. this guy delivers a hit. >> dre put out his first solo album "the chronic." not only do you get dre but then you also get snoop dogg. ♪ one, two, three and to the four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. it's crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ ♪ we're crazy ♪
>> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought that compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this music. >> other music is more like a fairy tale story. where now we can hear somebody else's history basically and understand where they're coming from. ♪ bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yea ♪ ♪ death row's definitely in the house ♪ >> "the chronic" made hip-hop digestible to everybody. it was a hip-hop tsunami, and we didn't see it coming. >> death row records going to be the next motown, you know what i'm saying? "the chronic" album was the foundation, and we're going to keep rolling on until the house is finished. ♪ it's the bow to the wow and creeping and crawling ♪ >> the handful of gangsta rap superstars are not just singing about being mean and nasty and vicious. they're accused of living up to their lyrics. ♪ all respect to those ♪ ♪ who break their neck ♪