DUBCNN: An Exclusive Interview With Jerry Heller

[Inspire / Moss]

Here at dubcnn we pride on taking the time out to give today's biggest Hip-Hop stars and names the chance to speak on issues that may have been unanswered for years, or maybe days.

Jerry Heller recently sat down with us here at dubcnn, for a very interesting and in-depth interview concerning some of the matters that may not have been covered in his new book, "Ruthless: A Memoir".

As well as this, we covered several different issues concerning the book and also some interesting topics on Eazy-E, the death of Eazy-E, N.W.A, Suge Knight and Death Row and much more. We felt it was only right to give Heller a chance to really speak his mind on some things that may still be unanswered to this day about the Ruthless Records era.

So make sure you check out this exclusive Jerry Heller interview
http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/jerryheller/

and make sure to pick up a copy of his new book, "Ruthless: A Memoir"
http://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Memoir-Jerry-Heller/dp/1416917926/

[Lunatic]

I didn't no much about this entire situation, but defanitely a very intresting read.

[jeromechickenbone]

Good interview.  The man has gotten endless hate, but he's a pretty interesting guy.  He def holds Eazy in high regard.  His shout out was dope!  I'll have to check out that book - I'm sure it'd be a fascinating read.

[CHUCK KNOXXX]

i've read the book.........its a good read, very interesting, but some heads may find it one sided (of course, its his book after all), but it gives a very interesting look into the beginings of ruthless records and west coast hip hop in general....i would recommend it

[Darksider]

interesting shit

[Tha G In Deee]

Real nice interview...

[J$crILLa]

Good interview.  The man has gotten endless hate, but he's a pretty interesting guy.  He def holds Eazy in high regard.  His shout out was dope!  I'll have to check out that book - I'm sure it'd be a fascinating read.

good interview

[mackinoz]

i was interested in the guy at first...and thought he was coming pretty str8

but as soon as he said that shit about taking legal action on ice cube..i realised how uch bmullshit the guy is on

[Digital Pimpin']

Great interview, props.

The NWA film sounds like the movie version of Detox - everyone knows it'll be dope, but we'll probably have to endure endless delays.

[C-BLUE]

jerry heller keeps on rippin of nwa

[gav09]

Interestin read!

[C-BLUE]

the only truth in jerrys story is eazy wanting to kill suge knight. everybody know he was plottin to kill that nigga and he was close to executing that plan when he died.

[AfterMathematics]

Thanks for the interview.

Reading this guy's answers, it's not a big stretch for me to see how he jerked around Cube, Dre, Ren, D.O.C., etc when they first blew. I mean, check this out:

"Dubcnn: Okay, do you actually own any unreleased Eazy-E tracks? ‘Cause I know that us fans would love to hear anything new from Eazy.

Is that a legal question, when you say "own", or are you just asking out of a point of interest, because when you ask, "own", you get into a very complicated area of the law as to who owns what, does the artist own the performance or does the person who paid for the record own the performance, and I'm not qualified to make those sorts of legal decisions and I think we should just leave it at that."

That's probably how he said it when an artist asked him about maybe "owning" his own publishing. 

D.O.C. - Yo man, I was thinking, uh, that maybe I should own my own publishing

Jerry: When you say "own," are you just asking out of a point of interest, because when you ask, "own," you get into a very complicated area of law as to who owns what. Do you own the performance or does the person who paid for the record own the performance?

D.O.C. - ....

Jerry: Good. Now here's a gold chain instead.

[Brazemac]

LMAO

[Lindon]

major props on the interview.

to all the dudes hatin on this man read the book and see HIS side of the story in full, we've heard from everyone else (except for Eazy) for a decade so before swallowing their sh*t, see what the man has to say.  

it's worth remembering what peops (D.O.C, RBX) accused dre of concerning their contracts at Death Row subsequently (before he dipped out and all the attention was focussed on Suge) and also what J-Dee has said about Ice Cube about his contract before getting on some sanctimonious sh*t. this is a scandalous business afterall.