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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Quadruple OG on August 07, 2001, 06:48:29 AM
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Suge Knight was released from jail on Monday night, a couple of days earlier than most people were expecting. Here is the article from the LA Times.
Death Row Records Founder Out of Prison After 5 Years
Music: Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight is back running his label after arriving in Los Angeles.
After five years behind bars, rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is back on the streets.
The burly founder of Death Row Records walked out of a Portland, Ore., prison Monday morning and hopped on a plane headed for Los Angeles.
"I'm stress-free," said Knight in a phone interview hours after being released. "I'm not bitter. I'm blessed. I'm glad to be out. I give thanks to God. I want to try to do better things. You know what they say: 'Demonstration is better than conversation.' Watch me. I'm going to the studio tonight." After landing at LAX, the 6-foot-3, 315-pound entrepreneur was back running Death Row from his company's Los Angeles headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard, at the edge of Beverly Hills. For the last week, the label's office has been dwarfed by a giant billboard overhead bearing Knight's image and the words: "Welcome Home Suge."
The controversial rap kingpin has been incarcerated since October 1996 when a judge determined that he had violated his probation by kicking a man during a scuffle at a Las Vegas hotel. The violation stemmed from a 1992 assault case for which he had been placed on state probation after attacking two rappers at a Hollywood recording studio.
"I have no regrets," said Knight, 36. "Where God puts a period, ain't no man can put a question mark. I guess God kept me in five years because he felt I had a lot to learn. And I did."
Knight became famous during the early 1990s for running a small, cutting-edge record label that introduced the world to West Coast rap, launching the solo careers of such stars as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. The first hard-core rap label to achieve mainstream success, Death Row and its stars earned as much notoriety for their controversial lyrics as for their constant run-ins with the law. Knight himself was dogged by rumors of violent behavior even before he ended up in prison on an assault probation violation.
Although Death Row has lost some of its stars, the company is expected to score a Top 20 hit on the pop chart this week with a new collection from Tha Dogg Pound. During Knight's incarceration, the label signed up a new pack of unknown acts including Crooked I, SKG, the Realest, Doobie and Swoop G.
No longer tied to a major record conglomerate, Death Row has carved out new domestic and international distribution deals with Valley Media's DNA arm and Ron Winters Productions. Though Death Row is in the process of reissuing its entire back catalog independently, Knight declined to say whether he plans to seek a capital infusion from a major label affiliate again.
"Better days is coming, man," Knight said. "It's like we're getting ready for the Super Bowl. Preparing for the game. We're going to win the big one. Going to sign some new young producers to come up with some tough new stuff. We going to start having some fun again."
Before entering Sheridan Detention Center in April, Knight served more than four years on a state probation violation at California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo and Mule Creek State Prison in Ione. Knight ended up in federal prison because a judge in 1996 determined that the entrepreneur's involvement in the Las Vegas assault was also a violation of his probation in an earlier federal gun case, under which he pleaded no contest for attempting to purchase handguns in another state for his rap stars.
It's been more than five years since the Justice Department launched a racketeering probe against Knight, his former lawyer David Kenner and Death Row, focusing on allegations of drug trafficking, money laundering and violent acts. A federal grand jury reviewed allegations that Death Row was a criminal enterprise, but after several years, never issued a single indictment.
The probe has been inactive for nearly a year, but that didn't deter Rolling Stone magazine and VH1-TV from running stories this summer tying Death Row to drug running and Knight (along with several LAPD officers) to the murders of rap stars Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace and Tupac Shakur.
A confidential informant named in the story sued Rolling Stone last month, accusing the magazine of recklessly exposing him "to immediate and imminent bodily harm." The informant, a former Death Row bodyguard, also sued the Los Angeles Police Department, naming former LAPD Det. Russell Poole and LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks in the suit.
Knight said he also has consulted a libel attorney and is considering filing his own suits against Poole, Rolling Stone and VH-1.
"I'm God's child and God always reveals the truth. Those stories are full of lies," Knight said. "It's amazing what these people can say about you when you're in prison."
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Revive Deathrow Suge! get rid of POP
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haha people check out this statement:
Sources told allhiphop.com that Snoop Dogg and crew would be absent from The Source Awards due to Knight's presence, and his anticipated entourage that he will be bringing.
You know...I got nothin against Snoop Dogg..i love his music..but if this is true..he is a damn coward for running away like a bitch...i mean while suge was locked in..he always been talkin shit about deathrow and shit..now he gonna run away??..lol..c'mon snoop..
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^^^ word! if this is true why the fuck Snoop runnin' his mouth when Suge in jail and then runs away when the nigga gets released...i hope that ain't true...if Suge brings an army of Bloods...Snoop should hire an army of Crips...i don't think this is true though...but if it is Snoop still the MAN!
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ahahahahaa on the other side of the coin:
hey puffy here comes suge AHGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
AHAHAHAHAHAH
hey snoop what ya gonna do when Suge gets out?
damn,suge gettin out?where,where he at?
oh shit there he is
MAN FUCK SUGIE HE A BITCH EHEHEHEEHE
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...if Suge brings an army of Bloods...Snoop should hire an army of Crips...
shit doesn't work like that dogg, is like me sayin "hey WestCoastVeteran, do you want to go to the source awards and meet suge fat ass, maybe you'll get shot but it doean't matter nawwm sayin , i'll be there to" naww, plus snoop already bitchin about suge killing pac so it's 100% suge suge wanted his ass , n snoop knows how badd suge is, remeber the 5 gangstas that suge send to snoop, well we don't know whut those niggaz told snoop so, niggaz are like that, n i doubt the source told all hip hop , cause they would have told mtv.com or other site too ???.. anyways he still be my man too, unreplacable... ;)
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true slick shadow...but its hella more re-assuring to bring a gang of motherfuckers then just goin with just your normal entourage...i was sayin if he didnt wanna bitch out and not go, he should go and bring a gang of bodyguards with him...
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^^^ word! if this is true why the fuck Snoop runnin' his mouth when Suge in jail and then runs away when the nigga gets released...i hope that ain't true...if Suge brings an army of Bloods...Snoop should hire an army of Crips...i don't think this is true though...but if it is Snoop still the MAN!
yo how the fuck can snoop still be the man when hes acting like that? i think your confused man he is a straight up bitch for real if that statement is true
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Well I thought Snoop & Tha Eastsidaz were playin' @
the awards ??? I doubt Snoop will wig out....+ if Suge
fucks up he'll jus' go down again, soz I doubt
he'll do shit.....but hell, wit Suge u never know ???
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i agree 100% but did u see wth his entourage at san diego,,, so if they got to go there, well they need to be straight, not high or drunk.. straight... ;D
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nigga if they go they need to bring a gun and drama.........ya know?ready to kill that ass if need be........shiet it be ready to run a whooride.........MAN FUCK SUGIE.......HE IS A BIG FAT BIOTCH............
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Don't worry about Suge, he'll be back in prison in about 6 months .... and i hope he gets what he deverses for everything hes done ...
Snoop is right to avoid Suge, he's an evil fuck.
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it's a shame if this statement is true, after all the times Snoop has dissed Suge and talked shit about Death Row, but when he gets the chance to confront Suge like a man, he backs down. Maybe Snoops true colors aren't Blue and grey
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No longer tied to a major record conglomerate, Death Row has carved out new domestic and international distribution deals with Valley Media's DNA arm and Ron Winters Productions.
Ron Winters Productions also use the name 'Death Row UK' on their releases over here.
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Yo....just the mere mention of his name "Suge"
has the entire hip-hop scene in a buzz......
Welcome home Suge...
and Deathrow Tha Row begins anew...2001
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Yeah welcome back Suge.
Now Snoop be a man and look Suge
in the eye and say the same things you said
when he was locked up. That's the only way
you can get respect. From Suge and from the fans.
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haha people check out this statement:
Sources told allhiphop.com that Snoop Dogg and crew would be absent from The Source Awards due to Knight's presence, and his anticipated entourage that he will be bringing.
You know...I got nothin against Snoop Dogg..i love his music..but if this is true..he is a damn coward for running away like a bitch...i mean while suge was locked in..he always been talkin shit about deathrow and shit..now he gonna run away??..lol..c'mon snoop..
I TOLD Y ALL !!!
LIKE 3 weeks ago somebody posted that suge was going to be there---
i said snoop won t be there then
damn thats fucked up ..
he should go there and represent his side
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nah snoop done seen some shit that suge done and suge is scared that snoop will tell.............I gaurentee you there is some fucked up shit they trying to make sure the fans ain't gonna hear.........
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nah snoop done seen some shit that suge done and suge is scared that snoop will tell.............I gaurentee you there is some fucked up shit they trying to make sure the fans ain't gonna hear.........
If Suge is so scared, then why is Snoop avioding him instead of using the spotlight to either make peace, or show he's a man instead of a coward?
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haha people check out this statement:
Sources told allhiphop.com that Snoop Dogg and crew would be absent from The Source Awards due to Knight's presence, and his anticipated entourage that he will be bringing.
Haha thats hilarious, but that cant seriously be true, nah it cant be true, Snoop knows he would look like a straight foo if he did...
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I dont think Suge will do anything to Snoop cause he wont risk goin back to jail but just the fact that hes goin to be there scares Snoop cause he cant cant see Suge and thats just the bottom line
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Thats the point Suge could do something to Snoop and get away with it, because he can bribe the police/judges/wintnesses whatever .... like i said b4 think about Suge has done so much shit that he shoulda been in prison for more than 5 years .... anybody esle woulda .......
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so basically the conclusion of this topic is suge ain't gonna do nothing probably since he don't want to go back to prison since EVERYBODY I MEAN EVERYBODY WILL BE WATCHING HIM no joke man and that snoop won't do shit either since he ain't nothing but a bitch studio gangsta pussy who can't back up ever what he say its ashmed i mean i used to love snoop back then but now i really know what this motherfucker is all about, he is just like another dre a fake and impostor who portrays himself as this hardcore gangsta from the street but in real life just another fake bitch even though i hate suge for what he does (make money off former artists and diss them) i respect him more cuz he talks the talk and walk the walk but snoop is just the opposite
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Suge could easily hire a hitman that would not trace back to himself...he could hire a Jewish guy or something to kill Snoop...without HARD evidence there's no way in hell that the police can link that to Suge...
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Man who gives a fuck about suge hes just a fat fuked up fucker dat just fucks up other ppls lives and can't stop eating.
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Haha thats hilarious, but that cant seriously be true, nah it cant be true, Snoop knows he would look like a straight foo if he did...
well because snoop won't show up , don't mean he a straight bitch pussy..... maybe that nigga got some ohter shit to do or show to do, movies to do , this nigga is busy as fuck , so fuck ya'll pussy bitch caller,,, when outkast or another won't show to a awards shit ,does that mean they are straigth faggs or some,, man that fucked up how people can be stupid nowadays >:(
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Ayo foo when did i call him a bitch or a pussy?? For real i said he would look a foo cos peeps would assume he was scared of Suge, muthafucka get off Snoops dick and read tha post before you reply, you a chief...
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Well, hi, Minority, our favourite Suge dickrider.
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Ayo foo when did i call him a bitch or a pussy?? For real i said he would look a foo cos peeps would assume he was scared of Suge, muthafucka get off Snoops dick and read tha post before you reply, you a chief...
well look whos talkin shit, dogg this i state your name,NO i say some people, so U need to READ them post b4 reply like U said,,,if the hat fix , then wear it ;)
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Well, hi, Minority, our favourite Suge dickrider.
well hello thesheriff our favority snoop dickeater
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man...snoop aint runnin....and im sure........he is still going to the source awards...........aint no drama going to happen at the source awards........suge is smart...he aint stupid..so is snooop........
Watch and learn peeps...watch and learn.......
and did some of ya'll forget..that snoop has the south down with him also...??? No limit and damn near all of Louisiana?
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Snoop is dope. Suge knows how to make money. welcome home suge. i just wanna hear Crooked I with Hutch on production already! nobody can touch Crook right now. peace.
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Man who gives a fuck about suge hes just a fat fuked up fucker dat just fucks up other ppls lives and can't stop eating.
LOL ;D
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ah ah ah, i forgot , i got the OFFICIAL guide of the source awards from THE SOURCE, n in that shit theres a ad that list the performers n they put ".... snoop dogg + tha eastsidaz, destinys child,nelly, n more"so i guest some of them is liing n i don't think the source will fuck their reputation for a bad shit like this , so i guest that allhiphop.com is gay ;D
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we'll just have to see what happens
i personally think suge won't do nothin cu he just got outta jail and he aint stupid to make a move like assualt or somethin and goin back
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http://bet.com/MUSIC/0,1821,C-7-67-231556,00.html
bet piece about suge release...
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so fuck ya'll pussy bitch caller,,,
Hmm yeah i must have misread the pussy bitch caller part eh?
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it's a shame if this statement is true, after all the times Snoop has dissed Suge and talked shit about Death Row, but when he gets the chance to confront Suge like a man, he backs down. Maybe Snoops true colors aren't Blue and grey
Thats true
Listen, I aint takin Suges side, violence is senseless, but SNOOP was the one talking shit about Suge & Death Row & being a smart ass to them, but as sson as Suge come out, he running away.
As i said about ESHAM getting beart down by D-12, you dont step in the ring if you're not willing to fight.
IF Snoop didnt wanna fight, he shouldnt have talked shit about Suge. Thats all he had to do.
Instead, he talks & now as Suge Knight said in jail that Snoop cant come up to him, face to face look him in the eye & say those things
Heck, i dont think even Daz would. They shouldnt talk shit unless they can really back it up
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snoop n dre don't give a fuck bout suge,, ya'll oversize the shit, in the source don't most off yall read the article , he don't worried, he ain't dissrespectin but representin n shit, in that other interview, when they were filmin , they don't worried about what the next man his doing so
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If it was Daz, Daz would be there and throw a speaker as soon as a fight starts...LoL
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LOL.....
i wonder if he is going to have a song...talking about throwin Speakers at them.....
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Man who gives a fuck about suge hes just a fat fuked up fucker dat just fucks up other ppls lives and can't stop eating.
i forgot to add FAT PIG