Death Row Records moves into movie biz

[woof]

TORONTO -- Newly resurrected rap label Death Row Records is expanding into film production.

Death Row Records CEO Lara Lavi said her new Death Row Films division is set to shoot "Sons 2 the Grave" in Toronto in October, with Tonya Lee Williams, Dorian Harewood, K.C. Collins ("Flashpoint") and child actor Cameron Miles Jones on board.

The indie hood drama, written and produced by Lynn Stoltz and near to signing a director, features Collins as a young basketball phenom returning to an embattled inner-city ghetto after two gunshots cut short his dream of an NBA career.

"This film embodies what we're trying to do with Death Row, to tell human stories that don't always have happy endings, and that allow us to learn from violence and disenfranchised lives, but not glorify it," Lavi said.

WIDEawake Entertainment Group, Lavi's Toronto-based shingle, acquired Death Row Records out of bankruptcy in January for $18 million.

Death Row Films will tap the rap label's catalog to score "Sons 2 the Grave," before moving on to other projects.

"We're looking at film properties that relate to "Boyz n the Hood"-type stories, and to power the films with Death Row music," Lavi said.

She added the Death Row library, which includes iconic songs and albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Danny Boy, is barely exploited.

"We're sitting here with 10,000 masters, of which only 10%-15% have been released to the public," she said.

Death Row Records is licensing its songs to film, TV, video game and advertising producers, including to EA Games, and the "CSI" and "Cold Case" TV series.

Music publisher Evergreen Copyrights is providing worldwide administration for the rap label.

And Death Row Records is also to rerelease on Sept. 1 Dr. Dre's "The Chronic." "The Chronic Re-lit" collectors disc will feature 16 original songs and seven new tunes, and unreleased video of Dre and other artists.

Death Row is also readying boxed sets of unreleased master recordings for the holiday season.

[2euce 7even]

good news.maybe it will b some "above the rim" type OST?

[Okka]

Fuck makin' movies, release the music you dumb fuckin whore.

[2euce 7even]

Fuck makin' movies, release the music you dumb fuckin whore.

the music will be in the movie and (i think) the soundtrack will be full of unreleased death row music too.

[Booz]

I can't wait for the news when this "new" DR falls into bankruptcy also. They biting more than they can chew, why don't you try finishin getting the first project in the stores before you try anything else.

[DblPen]

they should make movie aboutdeath row, like Notorious

[kuruptlon]

they should make movie aboutdeath row, like Notorious

yup yup i like the sound of that

[Blasphemy]

TORONTO -- Newly resurrected rap label Death Row Records is expanding into film production.

Death Row Records CEO Lara Lavi said her new Death Row Films division is set to shoot "Sons 2 the Grave" in Toronto in October, with Tonya Lee Williams, Dorian Harewood, K.C. Collins ("Flashpoint") and child actor Cameron Miles Jones on board.

The indie hood drama, written and produced by Lynn Stoltz and near to signing a director, features Collins as a young basketball phenom returning to an embattled inner-city ghetto after two gunshots cut short his dream of an NBA career.

"This film embodies what we're trying to do with Death Row, to tell human stories that don't always have happy endings, and that allow us to learn from violence and disenfranchised lives, but not glorify it," Lavi said.

WIDEawake Entertainment Group, Lavi's Toronto-based shingle, acquired Death Row Records out of bankruptcy in January for $18 million.

Death Row Films will tap the rap label's catalog to score "Sons 2 the Grave," before moving on to other projects.

"We're looking at film properties that relate to "Boyz n the Hood"-type stories, and to power the films with Death Row music," Lavi said.

She added the Death Row library, which includes iconic songs and albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Danny Boy, is barely exploited.

"We're sitting here with 10,000 masters, of which only 10%-15% have been released to the public," she said.

Death Row Records is licensing its songs to film, TV, video game and advertising producers, including to EA Games, and the "CSI" and "Cold Case" TV series.

Music publisher Evergreen Copyrights is providing worldwide administration for the rap label.

And Death Row Records is also to rerelease on Sept. 1 Dr. Dre's "The Chronic." "The Chronic Re-lit" collectors disc will feature 16 original songs and seven new tunes, and unreleased video of Dre and other artists.

Death Row is also readying boxed sets of unreleased master recordings for the holiday season.

Anyone else feeling another Can't See Me Fuck Up? Honestly since Death Row does own the rights to All Eyez On Me it would seem like they are the ones who fucked up the shitty clean version. Also wasn't Death Row already in the movie industry when it made Murder was the Case? Either way this movie sounds like another Generic Piece of shit, and a rip off of "Above The Rim".

The fucking Security Guard was going to the NBA but went back to the ghetto, were he "battled" with 2pacs Character, and was dealing with how all his former friends life went to shit. Honestly I hope they really make it stand out, cause it seems to me like a Combination of Sports/Hood movies storyline. Genericness is rampant in Hollywood, hopefully they won't fall into the same fail.


Also CSI? and Cold Case? (more episodes in the hood?) Advertising isn't 2 bad, then again only Death Row Tracks I remember being used for Commercial was just St. Ides and random shoe commercials.

[1981]

Fuck makin' movies, release the music you dumb fuckin whore.

haha

[Okka]

they should make movie about death row, like Notorious

Yeah, Daz should be played by Alfonso Ribeiro.

[Okka]

And ofcourse James Avery could be Suge Knight.

[Raphael]

and Will Smith as Kurupt as he's from Philly

[Okka]

and Will Smith as Kurupt as he's from Philly

But Will Smith don't look like Kurupt though, but Uncle Phil looks like Suge Knight for real.



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