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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: yourdead on November 19, 2009, 07:08:06 AM
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(CN) - The new CEO of embattled hip-hop record label Deathrow Entertainment claims her financier diverted company assets. Lara Lavi, primary shareholder, sole managing member and CEO of Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment, sued New Solutions Financial Corp. and affiliates in New York County Court.
Lavi says she bought Deathrow Records in January for $18 million in a Los Angeles bankruptcy court auction, and formed Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment.
Lavi accuses New Solutions CEO Ronald Ovenden of "self-dealing actions" that forced Deathrow to "adopt unauthorized liabilities."
Lavi has told reporters that Ovenden inspired the takeover by asking her to find an entertainment company that was ripe for investment.
In her complaint in Manhattan, Lavi seeks a court order keeping Ovenden and New Solutions Capital Group from making agreements on behalf of Deathrow and from executing the company's shareholder business.
Founded in 1991, Deathrow housed some of the highest-profile hip-hop acts of the '90s, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. It landed in bankruptcy after a Los Angeles court ordered former CEO Suge Knight to pay Deathrow co-founder Lydia Harris $107 million to settle her claim that Knight had forced her from the label.
According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow, and helped spark the feud that culminated in the tit-for-tat deaths of West Coast rapper Shakur and East Coast rival Biggie Smalls.
Lavi also sued her former company, Ontario-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group, New Solutions Financial Corporation and New Solutions Managing Director Robert Thompson. Ovenden is chairman of both WIDEawake Entertainment and New Solutions, according to the complaint.
Lavi is represented by Anthony Hilton and Joseph Mainiero.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/19/Deathrow_Records_Struggles_for_Life.htm
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(CN) - The new CEO of embattled hip-hop record label Deathrow Entertainment claims her financier diverted company assets. Lara Lavi, primary shareholder, sole managing member and CEO of Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment, sued New Solutions Financial Corp. and affiliates in New York County Court.
Lavi says she bought Deathrow Records in January for $18 million in a Los Angeles bankruptcy court auction, and formed Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment.
Lavi accuses New Solutions CEO Ronald Ovenden of "self-dealing actions" that forced Deathrow to "adopt unauthorized liabilities."
Lavi has told reporters that Ovenden inspired the takeover by asking her to find an entertainment company that was ripe for investment.
In her complaint in Manhattan, Lavi seeks a court order keeping Ovenden and New Solutions Capital Group from making agreements on behalf of Deathrow and from executing the company's shareholder business.
Founded in 1991, Deathrow housed some of the highest-profile hip-hop acts of the '90s, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. It landed in bankruptcy after a Los Angeles court ordered former CEO Suge Knight to pay Deathrow co-founder Lydia Harris $107 million to settle her claim that Knight had forced her from the label.
According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow, and helped spark the feud that culminated in the tit-for-tat deaths of West Coast rapper Shakur and East Coast rival Biggie Smalls.
Lavi also sued her former company, Ontario-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group, New Solutions Financial Corporation and New Solutions Managing Director Robert Thompson. Ovenden is chairman of both WIDEawake Entertainment and New Solutions, according to the complaint.
Lavi is represented by Anthony Hilton and Joseph Mainiero.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/19/Deathrow_Records_Struggles_for_Life.htm
Wow. It seems like the whole Wideawake/Death Row drama just gets stranger and stranger.
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no kidding
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(CN) - The new CEO of embattled hip-hop record label Deathrow Entertainment claims her financier diverted company assets. Lara Lavi, primary shareholder, sole managing member and CEO of Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment, sued New Solutions Financial Corp. and affiliates in New York County Court.
Lavi says she bought Deathrow Records in January for $18 million in a Los Angeles bankruptcy court auction, and formed Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment.
Lavi accuses New Solutions CEO Ronald Ovenden of "self-dealing actions" that forced Deathrow to "adopt unauthorized liabilities."
Lavi has told reporters that Ovenden inspired the takeover by asking her to find an entertainment company that was ripe for investment.
In her complaint in Manhattan, Lavi seeks a court order keeping Ovenden and New Solutions Capital Group from making agreements on behalf of Deathrow and from executing the company's shareholder business.
Founded in 1991, Deathrow housed some of the highest-profile hip-hop acts of the '90s, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. It landed in bankruptcy after a Los Angeles court ordered former CEO Suge Knight to pay Deathrow co-founder Lydia Harris $107 million to settle her claim that Knight had forced her from the label.
According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow, and helped spark the feud that culminated in the tit-for-tat deaths of West Coast rapper Shakur and East Coast rival Biggie Smalls.
Lavi also sued her former company, Ontario-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group, New Solutions Financial Corporation and New Solutions Managing Director Robert Thompson. Ovenden is chairman of both WIDEawake Entertainment and New Solutions, according to the complaint.
Lavi is represented by Anthony Hilton and Joseph Mainiero.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/19/Deathrow_Records_Struggles_for_Life.htm
Wow. It seems like the whole Wideawake/Death Row drama just gets stranger and stranger.
Death Row is cursed...
It's like a plague that consumes everyone that gets involved. Lavi had no idea what she was getting herself into when she purchased the company.
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(CN) - The new CEO of embattled hip-hop record label Deathrow Entertainment claims her financier diverted company assets. Lara Lavi, primary shareholder, sole managing member and CEO of Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment, sued New Solutions Financial Corp. and affiliates in New York County Court.
Lavi says she bought Deathrow Records in January for $18 million in a Los Angeles bankruptcy court auction, and formed Wideawake-Deathrow Entertainment.
Lavi accuses New Solutions CEO Ronald Ovenden of "self-dealing actions" that forced Deathrow to "adopt unauthorized liabilities."
Lavi has told reporters that Ovenden inspired the takeover by asking her to find an entertainment company that was ripe for investment.
In her complaint in Manhattan, Lavi seeks a court order keeping Ovenden and New Solutions Capital Group from making agreements on behalf of Deathrow and from executing the company's shareholder business.
Founded in 1991, Deathrow housed some of the highest-profile hip-hop acts of the '90s, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. It landed in bankruptcy after a Los Angeles court ordered former CEO Suge Knight to pay Deathrow co-founder Lydia Harris $107 million to settle her claim that Knight had forced her from the label.
According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow, and helped spark the feud that culminated in the tit-for-tat deaths of West Coast rapper Shakur and East Coast rival Biggie Smalls.
Lavi also sued her former company, Ontario-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group, New Solutions Financial Corporation and New Solutions Managing Director Robert Thompson. Ovenden is chairman of both WIDEawake Entertainment and New Solutions, according to the complaint.
Lavi is represented by Anthony Hilton and Joseph Mainiero.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/19/Deathrow_Records_Struggles_for_Life.htm
Wow. It seems like the whole Wideawake/Death Row drama just gets stranger and stranger.
Death Row is cursed...
It's like a plague that consumes everyone that gets involved. Lavi had no idea what she was getting herself into when she purchased the company.
I love Lara's attitude. She won't win the case.
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says she sued her former company "wideawake," that mean shes been fireD?
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says she sued her former company "wideawake," that mean shes been fireD?
Yeah, I told you guys man. She wasn't heading it up to begin with.
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lol shambles
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lol shambles
I spoke with a person, will remain nameless, from Death Row Records back in it's hay day. We discussed Death Row as it is and as it was, and he told me "Man, don't fuck with Death Row - it's cursed - I try to distance myself from it - it's not worth your time." I didn't believe him at first, but yeah - this company is fucked. Lol.
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i guess we won't see the crooked i track with doctor production.
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i guess we won't see the crooked i track with doctor production.
We will, but that Danny Boy album maybe stalled.
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absolutely crazy
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Man such a shame for such a great musical goldmine to be just so cursed.
welcome to deathrow.
where it all ends
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Man such a shame for such a great musical goldmine to be just so cursed.
welcome to deathrow.
where it all ends
it's not really a goldmine anymore. it's like a 1000 day old lottery ticket
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i guess we won't see the crooked i track with doctor production.
I can't wait to see people's reactions on this board when this track drops.
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i guess we won't see the crooked i track with doctor production.
I can't wait to see people's reactions on this board when this track drops.
I'm very interested in the song, but more interested in the story behind it.
Are we getting a song where Crooked I rhymed over an unused Dr Dre production or was Dr Dre actually involved in the making of this song. This is an important factor.
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According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow.
LMFAO!
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According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow.
LMFAO!
They got that one so wrong. LOL.
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Ya, that shit with Vanilla Ice never happened.
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Ya, that shit with Vanilla Ice never happened.
Not to mention the assumption that tupac and biggie got killed over their beef.
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Ya, that shit with Vanilla Ice never happened.
Yes it did
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Ya, that shit with Vanilla Ice never happened.
Yes it did
According to Vanilla Ice himself, Suge never dangled him over a balcony, but did approach him one night with several other people and "strongly recommended" that he sign over the publishing to "Ice Ice Bady." lol It wasn't exactly as dramatic as the whole "dangling over a balcony story," but it was coercion none the less.
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like the motto was- nobody leaves deathrow alive- lol
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Ya, that shit with Vanilla Ice never happened.
Yes it did
According to Vanilla Ice himself, Suge never dangled him over a balcony, but did approach him one night with several other people and "strongly recommended" that he sign over the publishing to "Ice Ice Bady." lol It wasn't exactly as dramatic as the whole "dangling over a balcony story," but it was coercion none the less.
Ya, and Suge being Suge, liked having those rumors about him, so he didn't do much to deny it. It just added to the fear people had of him.
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i guess we won't see the crooked i track with doctor production.
I can't wait to see people's reactions on this board when this track drops.
I'm very interested in the song, but more interested in the story behind it.
Are we getting a song where Crooked I rhymed over an unused Dr Dre production or was Dr Dre actually involved in the making of this song. This is an important factor.
You should be able to answer your own question using common sense. You guys will all find out soon here. I mean, it's supposed to drop in a matter of days, so I imagine snippets will be up on amazon any time now.
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yeah i wonder why the snippets havent been upped to amazon yet. strange.
btw 6 shooter by lbc crew is Dopeness. 1 of the few LBC tracks i wanted in cdq since I first heard it in 2004 on those leaked lbc crew tracks...snoop on the talkbox. hope they master it good 8)
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Can someone explain... so Lara Lavi got fired from Wideawake/Deathrow? that means Scam7 aka 101 is unemployed now?
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According to industry lore, Knight also refused to pay royalties to Deathrow artists, dangled Vanilla Ice from a 15-story balcony for refusing to sign with Deathrow.
LMFAO!
hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Lara wa scool
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ahahah
So Lara Lavi does not own anything now ?
& what about John Payne ?
Who's running the vault so ?
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ahahah
So Lara Lavi does not own anything now ?
& what about John Payne ?
Who's running the vault so ?
Payne is still involved to my knowledge, Lara managed to do some cock blocking so WIDEawake ain't quite doing their thing, and last but not least Ronald Ovenden still owns it despite not being able to touch it. Way to go Lara! Thank you for the shitty Kurupt release your bootlegging friend John Hyland has bestowed upon us!
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ahahah
So Lara Lavi does not own anything now ?
& what about John Payne ?
Who's running the vault so ?
Payne is still involved to my knowledge, Lara managed to do some cock blocking so WIDEawake ain't quite doing their thing, and last but not least Ronald Ovenden still owns it despite not being able to touch it. Way to go Lara! Thank you for the shitty Kurupt release your bootlegging friend John Hyland has bestowed upon us!
Yeah. That Kurupt release is total bullshit.
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Oh well lol if Death Row Goes dormant then fuck lol I missed all there release D= . Oh well fuck I got Doggystyle in CDQ and some dope cpo tracks I'm good. :P
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ahahah
So Lara Lavi does not own anything now ?
& what about John Payne ?
Who's running the vault so ?
Payne is still involved to my knowledge, Lara managed to do some cock blocking so WIDEawake ain't quite doing their thing, and last but not least Ronald Ovenden still owns it despite not being able to touch it. Way to go Lara! Thank you for the shitty Kurupt release your bootlegging friend John Hyland has bestowed upon us!
It's really a shame how this all turned out. Although it's not the same situation as the original Death Row's collapse, it's another let down to fans after so much excitement and anticipation.
I am not happy with the Kurupt release, but from a fan's standpoint I really hope everything works out so we can obtain the unreleased music.
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ahahah
So Lara Lavi does not own anything now ?
& what about John Payne ?
Who's running the vault so ?
Payne is still involved to my knowledge, Lara managed to do some cock blocking so WIDEawake ain't quite doing their thing, and last but not least Ronald Ovenden still owns it despite not being able to touch it. Way to go Lara! Thank you for the shitty Kurupt release your bootlegging friend John Hyland has bestowed upon us!
It's really a shame how this all turned out. Although it's not the same situation as the original Death Row's collapse, it's another let down to fans after so much excitement and anticipation.
I am not happy with the Kurupt release, but from a fan's standpoint I really hope everything works out so we can obtain the unreleased music.
Yeah. Things almost couldn't have turned out any crappier for everyone. Oh well. At least we got a couple decent releases out of this mess before everything went to shit. It hardly lived up to the potential though. And whoever is responsible for that Kurupt release should be ashamed of themselves. If they were trying to salvage their investment, that was not the way to do it. They're not going to make any money of a release that crappy. And it's a shame, because they could put together a good Kurupt release that people would actually want to hear. But they think putting out this thrown-together crap is going to make them a few quick bucks. I sincerely doubt it.