After years of turbulence, Death Row Records is again being put on the auction block due to a Chapter 11 proceeding.
Founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, Death Row Records filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2006, and only months later a bankruptcy trustee was ordered to take over the label. After being taken over by the bankruptcy trustee, Death Row Records received several bids but all of them fell through [click to read].
With the upcoming auction set for January 15 [click to read], co-founder of Death Row Records, Lydia Harris spoke with Billboard regarding the label’s recent misfortunes and why bidders have shied away from purchasing the label.
“Everybody wants to hide behind the fear of Suge Knight–the fear is something they are latching on to–but all them still do business with him,” Harris told Billboard. “At the end of the day, he’s still living, he made people a lot of money and opened doors for a lot of them. It isn’t about them being scared. That’s what people need to realize. These people still deal with Suge everyday. It’s the money. It’s the greed.”
In 2005, Harris received a $105 million settlement after battling Knight for a share of the label she says she and her now incarcerated husband Michael “Harry-O” Harris helped launch.
Bidders have also expressed concern over the monetary value of the label as well; Koch Records backed out of a bid for Death Row two years ago, because it did not believe that the company was worth the $25 million bid they placed.
The auction on January 15 will include a large number of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg recordings that were not included in the previous auction.
So take a closer look what´s goin on now. Wide awake works with Universal (UMG). They bought Death Row, spent some Millions in Dre.Knight´s mansion in Malibu… And after all, a “installed” person called Bernhard Fritsch is revealing Star Club (www.starclubltd.com) at the mansion from Suge Knight. But he´s also working with Dr.Dre. So somewhat there will be some releases from th old “Death Row” material. But these “Fools” will only release for dollars and not for musicians and fans…That´s the facts…
VERE FUN THAT ALL I GOT SAY ABOUT U TELLING EVERONE THAT BULL SHIT U GOT OFF THE NET COME ON MAN BE REAL Suge Knight IS THE SAME SUGE KNIGHT THAT GOT TKO BY A LIL NIGGA MY GIRL LYDIA GOT ALL HIS MONEY HE JUST LIKE U NOT WITH OUT SHIT DR DRE IS NOT CRAZY TO LET SUGE KNIGHT FUCK UP HIS NEW SHIT
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Lydia Harris is not married to the game but married to the Con Game If you need more information just email me. She is a poser Stay away from her. She never own Death Row Records
thanks for the heads up im about to makes some very important moves with her but do share what’s in your experience, thank you.
YOU JUST DO NOT LIKE THAT WOMAN CUZ SHE GOT AWAY WITH THE MONEY THAT WHAT IT IS YOU TRY TO STOP HER GAME BUT U CAN NOT DO THAT LOL MISS LYDIA IS AND FOREVER GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THE GAME I MAY NOT KNOW HER LIKE U DO BUT I TALK TO HER EVER DAY jose herrera DO NOT LET THAT BITCH STOP U FROM DOING BIZ WITH LYDIA U IS CRAZY IF U DO REAL TALK
No way is the label worth that much, didn’t it go bankrupt before. I wish Dr. Dre would let them release his unreleased music though