Welcome to Death Row

It started in Compton. It ended in infamy. Death Row Records exploded on the music scene in 1993 with a "Gangster Rap" sound that took the world by storm. Yet despite its unprecedented success with stars such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac, it quickly unraveled in a firestorm of rivalries, greed violence and scrutiny by the government and the media as C.E.O. Marion "Suge" Knight's unconventional business practices increasingly mirrored the violent, hard-edged themes of its music. Told entirely in the words of those who were there, Welcome to Death Row is the complete and laregely untold story of this enigmatic enterprise. It is an inside look at the American dream gone insane."--Container.

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"It started in Compton. It ended in infamy. Death Row Records exploded on the music scene in 1993 with a "Gangster Rap" sound that took the world by storm. Yet despite its unprecedented success with stars such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac, it quickly unraveled in a firestorm of rivalries, greed violence and scrutiny by the government and the media as C.E.O. Marion "Suge" Knight's unconventional business practices increasingly mirrored the violent, hard-edged themes of its music. Told entirely in the words of those who were there, Welcome to Death Row is the complete and laregely untold story of this enigmatic enterprise. It is an inside look at the American dream gone insane."--Container."@en
""Death Row Records a explosé sur la scène musicale en 1993 avec le son "Gangsta Rap" qui a conquis le monde instantanément. En dépit de son succès sans précédent, le label s'est vite transformé en une tempête de rivalités, d'avidités, de violence... Raconté par les vrais acteurs et témoins de ce label, voici l'histoire complète et obscure de cette entreprise musicale énigmatique..."
"It started in Compton. It ended in infamy. Death Row Records exploded on the music scene in 1993 with a "Gangster Rap" sound that took the world by storm. Yet despite its unprecedented success with stars such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac, it quickly unraveled in a firestorm of rivalries, greed violence and scrutiny by the government and the media as C.E.O. Marion "Suge" Knight's unconventional business practices increasingly mirrored the violent, hard-edged themes of its music."@en