THE TRUTH ABOUT SNOOP DOGG AND SUGE KNIGHT'S FEUD
By S. FLANNAGAN
History - Science
In 1992, Death Row Records — founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre — released Dre's album “The Chronic,” which featured newcomer Snoop Dogg. A year later, he would release his single “Doggystyle,” but harmony between the artists and executives was short lived, thanks to a bitter feud between Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight.
Under Suge Knight, Death Row Records became a deadly caricature of itself, and the murder of 2Pac — which many think Knight himself was involved with — saw the gangsta rap bubble burst. Snoop said in 1996, “I'm not gonna glorify none of this negativity that Death Row wanted me to do.”
While Suge Knight was jailed for six years and the label struggled, Snoop joined Master P’s No Limit Records, turning against his old label boss. A war of words began between Knight and Snoop, with Knight giving quotes to the media from prison, and Snoop dissing Knight on tracks like “Pimp Slapp’d.”
As a response, Knight released “Dead Man Walkin',” a dubious compilation of Snoop's own unreleased Death Row material, the title of which was intended as an overt threat. Although Knight claimed upon his release in 2001 that he had “plenty of scores to settle,” the two reconciled in 2005 following "Unify The West," a Snoop-organized summit designed to "squash beefs,” according to MTV.