Editing Suge Knight (section)

===Death Row Records===
Dr. Dre and The D.O.C. wanted to leave both N.W.A and their label, [[Ruthless Records]], run by [[Eazy-E]], another member of N.W.A. According to N.W.A's manager [[Jerry Heller]], Knight and his henchmen threatened Heller and Eazy-E with lead pipes and baseball bats to make them release Dre, [[The D.O.C.]], and [[Michel'le]] from their contracts in April 1991.<ref>{{cite web |author=Suge Knight gets knocked out |url=http://www.hiphopn.com/suge-knight-gets-knocked-out/ |title=Suge Knight gets knocked out |website=Hiphopn.com |date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=August 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904051532/http://www.hiphopn.com/suge-knight-gets-knocked-out/ |archive-date=September 4, 2012 }}</ref> Ultimately, Dre and D.O.C. co-founded [[Death Row Records]] in 1991 with Knight, who vowed to make it "the [[Motown]] of the '90s".

Initially, Knight fulfilled his ambitions: he secured a distribution deal with Interscope, and Dre's 1992 solo debut album, ''[[The Chronic]]'', earned triple platinum status in the United States by the end of 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |date=March 18, 1993 |access-date=February 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017045232/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Chronic&artist=Dr.%20Dre&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 }}</ref> It also made a career for Dre's protégé, [[Snoop Dogg]], whose own debut album ''[[Doggystyle]]'' obtained a quadruple platinum certification in the United States in 1994.<ref>''Rollin' With Dre: The Unauthorized Account: An Insider's Tale of the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of West Coast Hip Hop'' (Williams/Alexander, 2008) {{ISBN|0-345-49822-4}}</ref>

Meanwhile, Death Row had begun a public feud with [[2 Live Crew|2 Live Crew's]] [[Luther Campbell]]. The following year, he opened a private, by-appointment-only nightclub in Las Vegas called Club 662, so named because the numbers spelled out ''MOB'' on telephone keypads, ''MOB'' standing for Member of [[Bloods]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Devin |date=2018-09-21 |title=Former Las Vegas Club 662 Owner Suge Knight Faces 28 Years in Prison After Plea Deal Made Days Before Jury Trial to Begin in L.A. |url=https://www.casino.org/news/suge-knight-faces-28-years-in-prison-after-pleading-no-contest/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Casino.org |language=en-US |quote=Club 662 in Las Vegas, named for the numbers on a telephone keypad spelling “MOB,” which stands for “Members of Blood” for the street gang in L.A.}}</ref> In 1995, he ran afoul of civil rights activist [[C. Delores Tucker]]'s campaign against [[gangsta rap]], whose criticism of Death Row's glamorization of the "gangsta" lifestyle may have helped scuttle a lucrative deal with [[Time Warner]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Joel|date=2019-11-20|title=How C. Delores Tucker's Crusade Against Offensive Rap Lyrics Upended the Music Industry|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s3/biggie-and-tupac/e4/c-delores-tucker-against-hip-hop|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}</ref>