Crooked I Speaks On Tha Row Restraining Order

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Rapper Crooked I has filed a temporary restraining order against Marion "Suge" Knight, CEO of Tha Row, claiming that Knight is interfering with his recording career.

Crooked I, who signed with the label in 1999 and made national television appearances with Knight, alleges that other record labels interested in signing him are being chased away by Knight, who claims the Crooked I is still signed to Tha Row.

"It's ashame that we have to go there," Crooked I told AllHipHop.com. "My whole thing is, when I told him [Suge] I wanted to make a move, he always told me, 'if you wanna make a move, I'll let you bounce.' So when he sent the cease and desist to stop my recording career and they kept saying that I was still signed on Tha Row's website, it kind of puzzled me. On top of that, I felt the contract was expired. I gotta live out here, I gotta eat and put music out on the streets."

Crooked I, who was signed to Virgin before signing with Tha Row, is considered one of Hip-Hop's brightest emerging talents, due to his lyrical prowess.

He said he fulfilled his obligations to the label by recording almost four albums worth of material for Tha Row that has never been released. He said he also did writing for Left Eye and Kurupt and believes his contract actually expired in 2003.

"Right now, the contract is being debated. It's all based on interpretation," Crooked I explained. "Four years, no releases, I turned in my masters. Once you turn in your masters and nothing comes out, it’s over. I have turned in mastered albums and nothing came out. Death Row’s interpretation is that it’s not over. So we have to go to court to see who’s right."

Crooked I is currently working on a documentary about his time at Death Row and his transformation from a rapper, to a rapper/CEO.

Label woes aside, Crooked I said that while the ordeal has been a struggle, he would eventually persevere.

"I am trying to have everything clean so everyone will be confident when they are dealing with me," Crooked I continued. "I want to go full swing without having to worry about this dude [Suge] coming out of the darkness."

http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=4089

[Acgrundy]

this should be a HUGE clue for any artist to never sign to death row for now on.  Death row is finished now, they ain't never gonna get any new talent.  what a dumb move on suge's behalf.

[madsamoan]

All Suge is left with now is old unreleased Tupac material and Kurupt. If he's smart enough, He should just grab the mic and enlist The Neptunes for beats. I can see it now..."Dolo for Death Row" MC Suge Knight's debut album

[ABN]

^^ i actually think a Suge Knight album could sell a lot and i´m serious. and he´s by far the most well known person on Death Row and that´s pretty sad.

[Big BpG]

suge maybe stupid, crooked i, he learned his lesson, but well, Kurupt... he's the idiot of them all...

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me Twice, shame on me

-B

[jory]

lets hope it gets sorted out.i want a crook album!

[nibs]

crook was writing for kurupt?  that's outrageous.

as for kurupt's situation...let's see how this plays out now that he's back at tha row.  cats are saying april or may or whatever for a new album; we'll see.  because this is a situation kurupt was basically already in as he had already left tha row.

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well kurupt isnt the idiot of them all. he was bankrupt and he needed the money to feed his family. suge made him a very good offer. not an album deal or somethin like that but with that job as an vize president at deathrow he makes enough money to live well. fact is suge dont need kurupt as an artists on the label. he just had the intent to split the dogg pound and piss daz, snoop off. thats was the main reason. suge is sucka. anyway maybe crooked i will win this case against deathrow like nate dogg did back n the days. who knows.