Soren Baker, the author of I’m The White Guy: Snoop Dogg Edition and HipHopDX’s News Editor, recently sat down with DX Daily and recalled interviewing Suge Knight in 2000. Baker says Suge’s number one campaign at the time was to dismantle the legacies of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Eminem.
“He was in Mill Creek State Prison in northern California on a parole violation, of which he had several at the time,” he recalled. “We were talking about the Too Gangsta For Radio album that Death Row was going to put out and basically at the time it was Suge basically trying to diminish the artistic merit of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, which is something he’s tried to do basically since they left Death Row… He was basically saying that Dr. Dre, Snoop, Eminem aren’t from the ghetto, they aren’t from the streets and they’re not really representing what gangsta rap is about. Of course, as someone who’s a fan of rap and who has interview Dr. Dre, Snoop and Eminem and saw everything when Death Row was coming out I just thought it was weird that, ‘Wait a second, Death Row was the streets when Dre and Snoop and everybody were on the label, but now that they’re not on the label all of a sudden that wasn’t accurate.'”
When asked whether Knight would be able to beat his most recent charges, Baker says it’s unlikely but not out of the realm of possibility.
“That guy is very impressive in getting in and out of situations,” he said. “I would be surprised if he’s released but at the same time he’s done a lot of things that’ve surprised me.”
Suge Knight was recently charged with murder and attempted murder after being arrested Friday (January 30) on murder charges regarding his alleged involvement in a deadly hit-and-run outside of Tam’s Burgers near the 1200 block of West Rosecrans Avenue in Los Angeles.
He reportedly struck three men with his vehicle, injuring two and killing a third, Terry Carter.
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i still dont know if soren is a male or female. i guess thats irrelevant but i like HNHH because we can see the babes posting up the news like Rose Lilah
cool. a story about a 15 year old story. Keep that good shit comin DX
they are speaking on an interview. can you read?
that is racist? lol.
who are you?
this nigga been mad for months now. lol
if u whining emo bitches don’t like the articles on here go to another fucking site..ALL U MOTHERFUCKERS ARE THE REASON OLD SCHOOL RAPPERS GO OVERSEES TO DO SHOWS..CUZ UR NEVER HAPPY FICKLE BITCHES THAT CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED..EAT A DICCUP TILL U HICCUP!!
The reason “old school rappers” do shows overseas is because people criticize shitty journalism on hip hop websites? Haha no.
The reason they do shows overseas is because they can’t get shows and pack venues in the United States because they are washed-up. Overseas, they still continue to have small fan bases because of their affinity for “old school hip hop”.
look at the response from the wanna-be intelect, lmao…..meanwhile even pop stars enjoy that same european circuit when riders like “anonymous” are busy waiting to hop on & off the next big thing
With guys like Suge– it’s all too bad. They are (relatively) intelligent, and (generally) street smart, but often times, common sense is a non-consideration. They are mono-maniacally focused on “the streets” as their guiding philosophy, they can’t help but to get in their own way when it comes to enjoying career success long-term. Despite what they achieve early on, they seem inordinately prone to making egregiously BAD choices which end up wrecking their lives (and of course, others’ lives along the way).
Well put.