
It wasn’t clear how much Snoop paid for the label, which filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was sold six years later as founder Suge Knight battled legal and financial troubles. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me.” “It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value,” Snoop Dogg said, according to the release. The 50-year-old rapper, whose given name is Calvin Broadus Jr, acquired the company from private equity controlled MNRK Music Group, the release said. Snoop Dogg purchased the embattled record label that launched his rap career, according to a Wednesday press release from Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire. Rihanna: ‘It’d be ridiculous’ if new album doesn’t drop in 2023īrady: Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ was ‘good for the NFL’ĭeath Row Records is once again a “Doggy Dogg World.” Rihanna’s sexy Super Bowl show compared to porn in FCC complaints Jay-Z, Rihanna surprise ‘amazing’ seniors who recreated Super Bowl Halftime Show
