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Sept.16, 2003

WAVE OF NEW 2PAC MATERIAL HITTING THE STREETS.


Tupac Shakur didn't rise from the ashes on the seventh anniversary of
his death as many who still haven't come to grips with his passing have
prophesized and hoped. No, the poetic rebel is gone forever, but like all
legends, his music continues to live on.

Unlike other icons who are no longer here to make new material, Pac's
classic songs, album cuts and even tracks that were left on the cutting
room floor continue to be given new life by DJs, producers and artists 
who won't let him fade away.

In the next few weeks a plethora of new releases will hit the stores and 
the streets. On October 7 Death Row Records will put out Death Row Presents
2Pac Nu-Mixx Klazzics. Then Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, is spearheading 
the release of the soundtrack to MTV Films' Tupac: Resurrection, which 
drops November 4.

Currently there are countless Pac mixtapes on the streets, with the most 
prominent being the second installment of the Rap Phenomenon CD, which this 
time around is a joint venture between Eminem's DJ, Green Lantern, and DJ 
Vlad and DJ Dirty Harry. "We've been busting our asses for months on this 
one," Vlad said last week in New York of his mixtape. "It's especially 
important because it's the anniversary of his death and some people think 
he's going to come back on that day. In a way we're bringing him back. We 
actually created a whole album full of new Tupac songs."

Obviously Tupac didn't get in the booth and record fresh material for Vlad
and company. So what the trio of spinners did for their mixtape was take
Pac's vocals and piece together verses from different songs over popular 
instrumentals like the Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love?" and original
beats made by themselves or such producers as Midi Mafia (50 Cent's "21 
Questions"). They've secured the services of Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, 
Jadakiss, Nappy Roots, UGK's Bun B and Bounty Killer for the project.

"Most of the vocals, the die-hard Tupac fans have heard," Vlad explained.
"For the general population, it's going to be like, 'Oh, what's that?' 
It's going to be a lot of stuff people really haven't heard.

"First you have to grab as many vocals as you can get of Tupac," he added 
about the mixtape. "It's kind of like you start working the beats around 
[his voice]. You visualize the song. 'What was he really talking about in 
the song?' Sometimes his vibe switched from verse to verse. So you have to be 
like, 'I'm going to take the vocals from this song and this song.'"

Red Spyda, who took an unreleased Pac verse earlier this year and pieced it 
with new rhymes from 50 Cent for the "Realest Killas," is now working on the 
other side of the fence with Pac. He's been enlisted to work on the Tupac: 
Resurrection soundtrack.

"You never can go wrong with Tupac," said Spyda, who said he received a 
bunch of a cappella verses to work with. "I was just sitting there vibing, 
thinking, 'I gotta represent again.' I like that gangsta shit all day so I 
try to make [the songs] hard. On my records [for the soundtrack] he's talking
about the cops, niggas getting locked up. I'm from the 'hood so I like doing 
records I can relate to."

Some of Pac's friends and fans can't relate or forgive some of the revamping 
of Pac's music, especially when it comes to pairing his verses with the vocals 
of people with whom he never worked or met or even liked.

"You gotta put a price on fame," Suge Knight said in April before barking about 
how he didn't like the fact that Nas rapped on the remix to "Thugz Mansion" 
with Tupac, given that Pac lyrically lambasted Nas on the Makaveli album 
(1996's Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory). "It can't be to the point where 
you'll do anything for a hit. Be a man and respect yourself."

Not only was Knight upset about the officially released "Thugz Mansion" 
single, he also was heated over the aforementioned "Realest Killas" smash, 
dismissing it as a bootleg.

Knight doesn't stand alone. Outlawz member Fatal Hussein has also hissed 
about pairing Pac with others. The verdict is still out on how people will 
feel about new collaborations with artists such as Wyclef, whom Pac went at 
on "When We Ride on Our Enemies," and Nappy Roots and T.I., whom he never met.

"People are trying to maintain beefs they don't even know anything about,"
Vlad said. "We're not trying to have the [beef] era frozen in time. We're 
showing how great Pac was by taking his old records and giving it a modern 
backdrop and including people who are relevant and have respect for Pac."

"I say they're full of shit," Red Spyda said about the negative attitudes 
toward the Pac remixes and collaborations. "At the end of the day the only 
thing that matters is if it's hot or not. I think it's gonna get played out 
after a while only because corny people have been doing it. They don't really 
realize that what I did with Biggie's 'Realest Niggas' and Tupac's 'Realest 
Killas' was planned out. Some people are thinking, 'If I put a record out there 
with Tupac I'm gonna blow up.' We was thinking we wanted to make magic. It's 
gonna get played out only because of the corny muthafuckers." One thing that 
will never get played out is people's love and admiration for Tupac. Seven years 
later, he's still one of the most relevant MCs, alive or dead.

"He's timeless, because when you hear Pac you can tell that an A&R didn't tell 
him what to say," Red Spyda surmised. "A label exec wasn't like, 'Change the 
hook. Make it more for the clubs.' It's timeless because it's real. It's not 
even a song, it's him talking to you. Tupac is like one of them homies from 
around the way. Listening to him is [like when] y'all are just kicking it, 
drinking a 40 or playing some dominoes and he's telling you a crazy-ass story."


50 CENT WANTED FOR QUESTIONING

Police in Jersey City, New Jersey, want 50 Cent and the people who 
were traveling with him early Tuesday morning to turn themselves in for 
questioning about shots that were fired at a hotel around midnight last night.

According to police, not long after 50 and members of his crew stepped 
inside the Doubletree Hotel in Jersey City, shots were fired. Police 
investigating the crime scene don't know what type of guns were used, but 
they found 10 shell casings from two different caliber of bullets in front 
of the hotel and 200 feet away from the Doubletree in a tire shop, the 
window of which was shattered by a bullet.

A hotel surveillance camera caught the entire incident on tape, officers 
said. Police are analyzing the footage to determine if someone was firing 
on 50 and company and if the rapper's associates fired as well. Police do 
not know at this point if anyone was injured.

Eyewitnesses told police that after the incident, 50 was whisked away in 
his SUV. 

Police are giving 50 Cent five days to turn himself in before they issue a 
warrant for his arrest. A spokesperson for the rapper did not return calls 
by press time. 


Aug. 15, 2003

Snoop and 50 Cent to do an album together.

MTV says a few weeks ago, Snoop said that he recently told 50 Cent
they should do an album together, and now it looks like the "P.I.M.P." 
video co-stars might make the idea a reality. Under the supergroup moniker 
of "DPG-Unit," the Dogg Pound and G-Unit have recorded almost an entire LP 
worth of material together while on the Rock the Mic Tour.

"We're gonna take over the whole world," Snoop's cousin Daz said of the
joint venture. "We got a song with me, Snoop Dogg, [Snoop's protégé] 
Soopafly, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent for the G-Unit album."

The six MCs recorded nine other songs in a three-day period while on 
tour, but do not have definite plans yet as to where the remaining tracks 
will pop up. The supergroup doesn't even have a record label to put an 
album out, but members have been toying with the possibility of using 
50's G-Unit Records as a recording home. 

"Eight [bars], eight [bars], eight [bars], then a hook. Eight, eight, 
eight, then a hook," Daz revealed of the DPG-Unit's song structures. "We're
going back and forth. It's all about coordination. Sometimes we're in
there doing our parts while [members of the G-Unit] are onstage. Sometimes 
they're doing their parts while we're onstage. We'll be in there sometimes
together. Especially after the show, we have our little parties and 
whatever. We be having a good time. We're trying to make it a whole album, 
just unite together and keep it crackin.' "

So far, the Dogg Pound and G-Unit have had a spotless record of success
with their collaborations. It was Daz who brought 50 and his tour DJ, 
Whoo Kid, the Tupac vocals that wound up being used for the underground 
smash "The Realest Killas." Meanwhile, with Snoop appearing on 50's "P.I.M.P" 
remix, that record has also become a fan favorite. 

Daz, who's also working out a solo recording deal with Jermaine Dupri's 
So So Def label, says his ties to the G-Unit go back further. As it turns out,
Young Buck has been a friend of his for years. 

Now, apparently, the camaraderie is running rampant throughout both camps.

"We'll all be talking to the G-Unit and tell them, 'Y'all are just like 
us.' We all like the same things."



Death Row Records will be busy towards the end of the year.

The next project from Death Row Records is the new 2Pac Nu Mixes, which
is nothing more than remixes of his old classics that feature Row Inmates
Crooked I, Eastwood, Danny Boy, Kurupt, and more. So far, they are looking
at a October 7th release date. Be on the look out for that, and Death Row
will soon release the album cover and official tracklist. Peep the official
Death Row website for more information.

After the Pac album, there is really no next planned release. We'll just 
have to wait and see. But here are some of the projects that are being worked
on at Death Row Records.

Kurupt is officially working on his new album called Against Tha Grain. 
We'll give you more information on that soon. That will probably be out in
2004.

Another release off of Death Row Records will most likley be the N.I.N.A. aka
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez project. The album will contain the tracks she recorded 
with Death Row before her passing. The album is still untitled.

Still no word on when the Crooked I album is dropping which is dissapointing.
It was supposed to be this year but plans have changed. Hopefully a date will be announced soon.

DeathRowRecords.net recently did a interview with inmate Eastwood. It's a 20 
minute interview, that covers some interesting things like his upcoming 
album called "Problem Child", Ja Rule hooking up with Tha Row, Daz'
comments and disses, his own label, and the 2Pac Nu Mixes project.

It looks like Death Row is doing fine, Suge Knight's arrest won't slow them 
down anytime soon. 




July 15, 2003

Rakim's New Album

Almost three years after signing with Aftermath Records, Rakim is finally
near finishing his first album under Dr. Dre. The legendary MC has been 
competing with Eminem, 50 Cent and others for the producer's time, but he's 
now a priority.

"Me and Dre, we about to do full-steam on it, and hopefully we should have a 
single out towards the end of the summer and the album will follow shortly 
after that," Rakim said. "We finally got everything on track like we wanted."

Rakim has logged 16 songs with the producer and hopes to finish seven more. 
The first single will be selected after all are in the can. "He can bring the 
best out of me, and I want to make sure that I bring the best out of him," 
Rakim said of Dre. "He goes in the studio from 3 p.m. goes home 6, 7, 8 in the 
morning, so to me, that's all right. My man wants to work, so let's get it 
poppin'."

Rakim refused to reveal whether other Aftermath artists, which now include 
Ice Cube and Eve, will be on the album, but he said to expect a few 
surprises. "There's a lot of anticipation on this album right here, so at 
this point we really want to keep it bottled up. Bottle it up and let it
blow." 


Too $hort DVD Documentary Coming Soon


A documentary on the life of Too Short will be released this month.
"Life I$" examines Too Short's early life in Oakland, his 20 years in 
the rap game & the reasons he moved from Cali. It features interviews 
with E-40, Chuck D., Sway & others. The film hits stores 7/29 and is 
backed by D'wayne Wiggins formerly of Toni! Tone! Tony!



June 28, 2003

Suge Clowning Snoop Again.

Love him or hate him, be near him or fear him, Death Row CEO Suge Knight 
can make you laugh. Starting today, you can watch the latest 
DeathRowRecords.net intro, Kowards In Kali featuring former artists Snoop 
Dogg and Daz Dillenger.

The intro, pokes fun at how much security Snoop Dogg brought to the BET 
Awards this past Tuesday. In the clip, Daz mentions that he doesn't want to
end up like Bad Azz who was rumored to get 'gaffled' by an employee of The 
Row back in August 2002.

This isn't the first time Suge Knight has used his internet presence to 
dis someone. In April, Suge made available Daz's entire album, DPGC: U Know 
What I'm Throwin Up, for free online downloads



Group of People Claim they saw 2pac

A group of 15 people claimed they spotted Tupac at the Salt-Sea in 
Israel. The group said he was with 4 other black guys and was wearing 
big sun glasses. Apearently they recognized him because of his tattoos. 
This story even made the 5 o'clock news at Channel 2, Israel.


Shady Records Release Dates

While in Europe on his tour 50 Cent and the rest of Shady Records, 
Eminem premiered a new freestyle over the "Wanksta" beat on Westwood's 
radio show in the UK.

50 Cent said that the G-Unit group album will be released November 4th, 
while Obie Trice said his album, Cheers, will be released September 12th.






June 5, 2003 

Percy "Master P" Miller, 36, was arrested and detained at New Jersey's 
Newark Airport, for possessing illegal bullets. 

According to reports, the mogul was heading to Los Angeles via American 
Airlines on Tuesday. He informed security that he was carrying a legal, 
unloaded firearm. During the subsequent inspection, security officials 
found the illegal bullets.

Security services interrogated him about having the bullets and then 
took him to Union City Jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey where he was issued 
a summons and released. Master P faces up to 18 months in prison if 
found guilty.

50 Cent to launch new shoe.

With everyone from Gay-Z to Nelly launching their own shoe, It's time 
for the hottest in hip hop tto launch his own. 50 Cent has entered into 
a long term partnership with Reebok, that will include his own signature 
line of footwear, the "G-Unit Collection by RBK."

An initial launch will take place this fall with limited distribution 
and will go nationwide in early 2004. "Reebok's Rbk Collection is the real 
thing when it comes to connecting with street and hip-hop culture," 50 Cent 
said. "I want to be part of it and use my name and attitude to help influence 
the feel and vibe of the gear."

50 and Reebok are developing a nationwide marketing and advertising 
campaign to launch the sneaker. According to a press release issued by Reebok,
fans may received a special 50 Cent CD single with the purchase of the shoe 
for a limited time.

50 wore the sneakers on a recent addition of BET's 106 & Park, and will 
rock them during MTV's 2003 MTV Movie Awards, which air this Thursday 
(June 5).

"Reebok's partnership with 50 Cent is the latest and perhaps the most 
groundbreaking fusion of sports and music, a formula that has been creating 
a great deal of heat and energy in the marketplace," says Micky Pant, 
Reebok's chief marketing officer.

"50 Cent has earned his reputation as the hottest MC out right now and 
Reebok is excited to partner with an artist who has achieved his level of 
success in the music industry." Source: Ballerstatus.net


April 14, 2003

Snoop Dogg's Motorcade Hit by Gunfire??

The following comes from the LA Times Website;

A caravan of five cars, one containing rap music artist Snoop 
Dogg, was sprayed with gunfire from a passing vehicle in the Mid-City
area of Los Angeles on Thursday night, injuring his bodyguard.

The motorcade was headed south on Fairfax Avenue near Washington 
Boulevard about 9 p.m. when a car pulled alongside the group and an 
occupant fired at them repeatedly, police said. Two of the cars were hit 
and one man was injured, according to LAPD Officer Don Cox, a department 
spokesman.

The victim was identified preliminarily as an off-duty Inglewood Unified 
School District police officer who was working as a bodyguard. Authorities
said he suffered a non-life-threatening wound and was taken to Kaiser 
Foundation Hospital in West Los Angeles.

Sources said Snoop Dogg employs two Inglewood schools police officers.

Three men were taken into custody about a mile from the scene but were 
released several hours later after questioning at the Wilshire Division 
station, Cox said.

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was uninjured. The 
intersection remained taped off near midnight as police combed the area
with dogs and flashlights.

In February 1996, Broadus and his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, were acquitted
of murder charges in the August 1993 shooting death of a young man in a
Palms park.



Round 2: Eminem, 50 Cent Retaliate at Ja Rule, Murder Inc

In what seems to be the hottest battle since Nas vs. Jay-Z, Eminem 
and 50 Cent have dropped a bomb on the Murder Inc. camp with a remake of 
Tupac's "Hail Mary", premiered on DJ Kay Slay's Hot 97 show last night (4/10).
The song, also featuring a version with Busta Rhymes, was allegedly recorded 
in 2002 but was released as a quick retaliation to last week's strike by Ja 
Rule called "Loose Change". 

The song begins with an intro from Violator CEO Chris Lighty dissing Murder 
Inc CEO Irv Gotti saying "Ayo, this is Chris Lighty, f#@$ you Irv Gotti, no 
subliminals, hollerin' in the back, we heard you! Yo this is Chris Lighty with 
my man Kay Slay, f#@$ you Irv Gotti!"

Once the beat drops, Em sings the chorus of Hail Mary, but with re-worked
lyrics: "Come get me, If you want Shady / If Pac was here now / He would never 
ride with Ja / nah, nah, nah, nah".

Em's verse begins with, "You aint no killer you a pu$$y / That ecstasy done 
got you all emotional and mushy / beeyatches wearin rags in photos, Ja's words 
being quoted / In The Source stealin Pac's sh!t like he just wrote it..."

After Eminem's verse, 50 comes in saying, "Little ni99as name Ja think he live
 like me / Talkin about he left the hospital took nine like me / You livin 
fantasies ni99a, I been checkin ya deposit / When your little sweet ass gonna 
come out of the closet? / Now he wonderin why DMX blowed him out / Next time 
grown folks talkin beeyatch close yo mouth..."

50 also took a shot at Murder Inc. artist Black Child saying, "Black yous a
motherf#@$ing punk and you'll see me with gloves / Quit scarin them f#@$ing 
kids wit yo ugly ass mug... " In his verse, 50 also calls out Cadillac Tah and 
Irv Gotti.

According to sources close to the Aftermath/Shady camp, there is an entire
mixtape in the works that features Em, 50, D12, Dr. Dre, Obie Trice and others
that will respond to disses that crew has been receiving from Murder Inc, 
Benzino & The Source, Royce Da 5'9", Pacewon and others to be highlighted on 
the mixtape. Although an official release date has not been announced, a source 
told SOHH.com that it would drop "very soon... any minute now."


2pac & Crooked I song during Movie Credits.


Death Row Records is releasing the soundtrack to the movie, "Dyfunktional 
Family" on April 22nd, but the movie starring Eddie Griffin has already hit 
cinemas around America. 

When the soundtrack was first announced by Death Row, it was advertised 
that 2Pac would feature on the soundtrack. A latter announcement confirmed
HitEmUp.com's report that the track was a remix of 2Pac's hit single, "2 of 
America's Most Wanted" now featuring current Death Row front man, Crooked I
in place of Snoop Dogg.

As anticipation built for the track, all mention of 2Pac's name was dropped 
from any advertisement to do with the soundtrack, and it was announced that 
the song would no longer feature on the project. Rumors surrounding a legal 
dispute between Death Row, Afeni and possibly Snoop Dogg soon surfaced, but 
none were confirmed, leaving many 2Pac and Crooked I fans disappointed.

Now to everyones surprise, the song has finally surfaced. While it will still
not appear on the official soundtrack, the song is played over the end 
credits of the movie itself, which is in theaters now. It appears that this 
may be a promotional move on the part of the film makers, as many 2Pac and 
Crooked I fans who have wanted to hear the track will hurry to the theaters 
to see the movie and its credits.

It is expected that the song will leak to the Internet shortly, but if you can't
wait, go see the movie. Either way, there is no doubt that this movie will be 
one of the few movies where a lot of people actually sit through all the credits.


April 5, 2003

Irv Gotti may have committed a federal crime by using the FBI letters
in Ja-Rule's latest video "The Reign," without permission.

The video features Patrick Swayze as an FBI agent and recreates the 
FBI raid on Murder Inc.'s offices earlier this year. 

While FBI officials aren't pleased with the video, they said that it 
would have no bearing on the investigation into whether or not Murder 
Inc. helped funnel drug proceeds for Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff. 

Ja Rule Disses Eminem
 
Ja Rule has turned his attention from Slim Shady's newest signee to 
Slim himself. On A Warrior's Words, the new mixtape by Murder Inc.'s 
Black Child, Rule responds to Em's warning of "Ja, you'll get it too" 
from the Benzino diss track "Go to Sleep."

What kind of world is this when a snitch gets praise?," Ja asks, talking 
about 50 Cent. He later threatens Slim Shady and his family rapping "I'm 
hunting ya blondie..." among other threats. "Em you know you fear me/ 
'Cause I'm clearly the rap game's Jimmy Hoffa.

Unlike the real Hoffa, Ja Rule has been keeping a high profile lately —
 not only with his own self-promotion, but via 50 Cent's disses. A new 50 
duet with Tupac Shakur called "The Realest Killas" recently hit the streets 
and finds the Billboard chart's top gun attacking what he calls Ja's 
obsession with being Tupac.

50 is also the target of some new salvos, but not only from the Murder 
Inc. camp. Houston MC and Rap-a-Lot recording artist Z-Ro rhymes, "These 
snitch fellas on 'How Ya Livin' '/ Dry snitchin' on BET, but got a 
restraining order out against Murder I-N-C" on a track called "Snitch 
N---as."

The song even starts off with the same sound of a coin dropping on a 
table that commences 50's Get Rich or Die Tryin', but then Z-Ro says, "Run 
and tell somebody it's your worst day," using the same cadence as 50 does 
in the line "it's your birthday" on "In Da Club."

What has everybody buzzing about the cut is that along with Z-Ro, Scarface 
and Bun B of UGK are also on the track, which will appear on the upcoming
 Face album, Balls and My Word. People who have closely followed 50's
 career remember that UGK appear on 50's Guess Who's Back CD via "As the 
World Turns," and sources close to the G-Unit camp say that 50 and Face 
have recently been in talks to collaborate on a song.

If it seems like the dis came out of nowhere, it's because it did; at least
 on the part of Face and Bun. They do not mention Cent by name in either of
 their verses for good reason — according to reps for both rappers, they did
 not record the song with 50 in mind. Face's reps even claim that his lyrics
 are several years old.

"You hearing it from me," Z-Ro said Monday. "As far as Bun B and Scarface, 
they was just doing a song in general about these snitches. We did the song
 earlier this year, then when I found out some comments [50] made about
 [Murder Inc.], I said, 'Let me go back in there and address this. I'mma 
put my 50 cent in it.' I asked [Rap-a-Lot CEO] Lil' J, 'If you ain't got 
no problem with this, I'm gonna ride on this cat.' J said, 'I ain't gonna 
protect no snitches.' "

J Prince appears on the beginning of "Snitch N---as," saying, "Don't act 
like you don't know who we talking about."

"We want it to cause a stir, we want to step on toes," Z-Ro said. "We wanted
 the world to know to beware of these snitches."

As has been well publicized, Irv Gotti and Ja Rule have called 50 Cent an 
informant and a snitch, alleging that the Southside Queens MC took a police 
order of protection out against them after a fight in a studio a few years 
back.

"They bend over backwards to try and disrespect me," 50 told MTV News 
earlier this year. "They went and got a piece of paper out of the library ...
 had a fake order of protection made, and mailed it to people. They did 
everything in their power to try to see if they could destroy 50 Cent."

Balls and My Word hits stores on April 8 and features a few new tracks, 
such as "Snitch N---as." It will contain mostly unreleased material that
Scarface made before going to Def Jam, according to Rap-a-Lot.  


April 4, 2003

As of 3/31/2003 Snoop Dogg's "Paid Tha Cost To Be Tha Bo$$" was certified 
platinum. This is good news because a platinum record coming out of the left 
coast is a rare thing these days. Much deserved props to Snoop.


Word on the Street is Dr Dre has re-signed Eve to Aftermath. As you know 
she was one of the 1st artists with Dre when he started the label in 96/7. 
She's already working on her next Solo and whether or not it will come out 
on Aftermath, Dre will be producing a grip of songs on it. Stay tuned for 
more info, again this is NOT confirmed. 

Snoop Gettin Sued

A Los Angeles man filed a lawsuit against rapper Snoop Dogg after the 
rapper used his voice in a song dissing Death Row CEO Suge Knight. The 
song, "Pimp Slapp'd," uses a one-minute answering machine message from 
the man, who himself explained his support for Snoop, but not necessarily 
a dislike for Knight. The man filed the suit under the name John Doe, 
presumably due to safety concerns.

The man proclaims that that his message is intertwined into the song 
where Snoop declares that Knight, his former boss, is a "bitch." He 
alleged that he has already received "threats from unknown third parties" 
after the album dropped and that his attempts to remove the skit were 
ignored. In the suit, the man states that his inclusion on the song has 
been misconstrued as a position against Knight. There have been no 
financial details released to the civil suit.


2pac to be on New Spice 1 Album

The new Spice 1 album "Ridah" is finished recording and is the final mix 
down of the album. One of the major hold ups now is a legal issue they have 
with one of the songs intended to be released as a bonus track. 

Spice 1 has been holding on to an unreleased song he made with 2Pac just 
before he died. Spice never released this song because he never got a 
chance to finish it. The song is about death and living for today because 
you never know when you'll be gone. Spice 1 feels that the world now needs 
to here this song. However, is having a real hard time getting this track
cleared.







Jan.29, 2003

Dysfunktional Soundtrack in Stores March 11, 2003

Tha Row ain't lettin daz stop them, they droppin the soundtrack 
for "Dysfunktional Family" starring Eddie Griffin. The soundtrack will 
have tracks from Crooked i featuring 2pac, Kurupt, Danny Boy, NINA, 
Eastwood, Spider, Juvenile, Ja Rule, Jay Z and more. It will hit the stores 
March 11th, and soundtracks don't get delayed so you can count on that 
date. The tracklisting is still to be finalized tho... we'll keep u updated


50 Cent gets his Hands on Unreleased Pac vocals

On "In Da Club," 50 Cent rhymes about wanting the fans to love him
like "they love Pac," and pretty soon, everyone will get to hear a 
dream pairing of the two headline magnets. 

A yet-to-be-titled collaboration between Queens' king of the streets and 
Tupac will be hitting the mixtape circuit in a couple of weeks, courtesy
of DJ Whoo Kid.

"We're still working on it, trying to make it a club banger," said Whoo 
Kid, who was one of the first DJs to consistently feature 50 on his mixtapes 
and has since been DJing shows for the G-Unit. "It's the old Pac, going crazy. 
We're going to drop it when 50's album [Get Rich or Die Tryin'] is coming 
out Feb.11, 2003.

Whoo Kid said on Thursday he got the unreleased Tupac vocals from Snoop 
Dogg and Daz and decided that his friend 50 would be the best person to 
rhyme with the icon. 

The DJ was also behind last year's pairing of 50 and Notorious B.I.G. 
on "The Realest," which infiltrated airwaves after getting love underground. 
"It's the biggest illegal street hit ever," boasted Whoo Kid, who admitted
 receiving the DAT of Biggie's vocals from a thief. "All the radio stations 
are playing it. I know if Biggie was alive, he would do a song with 50. 
People loved Biggie so much, now they love 50 just the same. [I knew] the 
combination would make history."

Like "The Realest," Whoo Kid said that the 50 and Tupac song probably 
won't be cleared to be on anybody's album — it will just be another 
mixtape classic for collectors to scoop up. 

"That's how crazy I am," the DJ laughed, sitting in a Los Angeles studio 
working on a track for his upcoming album with Ludacris. "I just do street
 viruses. Pac and 50 is gonna be another street virus. 


2pac Hits up the Sundance Festival 

'Tupac: Resurrection' To Be Previewed At Sundance 

Like the title suggests, the upcoming release "Tupac: Resurrection" 
begins after the rapper's death. The film tells the story of his life, but 
unlike the slew of previous movies about Pac, the filmmakers let the microphone 
king narrate his own story through interviews that were conducted with the 
poetic rap prophet by various media outlets.

"What is so bad about that?" Pac rhetorically asks about becoming an angel, 
after expressing that he always thought he would get shot and wanted to be
 an angel in his afterlife.

The documentary shows how Tupac's destiny was being written before he was 
even born. Some of the forces that would shape the iconic MC's militant 
characteristics are examined, as the movie delves into his mother Afeni 
Shakur's history as a member of the Black Panthers and the organization's 
struggles with the government. The Panthers' influence on Pac is evident,
as we later see the rapper at 17 giving his views on poverty in the black
community.

Though Tupac took on a leadership role at such a young age, he also loved 
his acting roles during his formative years. Viewers will not only get to 
see several exclusive pictures of Pac and his best friend Jada Pinkett as 
they attended Baltimore's School of the Arts, but also snippets of an amateur 
video where the two are, ironically, lip-synching to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the 
Fresh Prince's "Parents Just Don't Understand."

As a professional musicmaker years later, Tupac struggled with fame. 
"I'm 22," he says in the film, unabashed about expressing how he was sometimes 
afraid of the "undeniable love" he was getting from fans at that time. It was 
because of that adoration that he was shocked when gunmen riddled him with
 bullets for the first time in 1994, during a robbery at the Hit Factory in 
New York. He didn't think anybody in the black community would ever shoot him.

And while we all know the aftermath of the shooting, with him going to the 
hospital and soon after being hauled off to jail for sexual assault, followed 
by an infamous article in Vibe magazine that many say spurred on the Death Row 
feud with Bad Boy, we've rarely seen or heard Pac while he was locked down. 
Featured in the film is footage of a 1995 interview where Pac, with a head 
full of hair, talked from behind the walls of Clinton Correctional Facility. 

"Prison kills your spirit," he said. "There is no creativity."

But we all know Pac's spirit could never be vanquished. His creativity would
be reborn when he got bailed out of prison by Suge Knight and joined Death 
Row Records (the actual handwritten record contract between Suge and Pac is
also shown in the movie). Upon his release from Clinton on bail, he began
to scribe songs and hit the studio incessantly, recording all 27 tracks for 
his double LP, 1996's All Eyez on Me, in only two weeks.

And what was the inspiration that led Pac to feverishly pound out three 
songs a day, leaving behind a catalog of unreleased music that is still 
selling today? In the film, we hear him explain that he had a prophesy of his death.

MTV Films and AMARU Entertainment's "Tupac: Resurrection," directed by Lauren 
Lazin, will be previewed at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, and is 
scheduled for theatrical release in the fall of 2003.


Dec.24, 2002

Suge will do atleast 30 days behind bars until the bullshit charges are 
looked at by the parole board. That's another 30 days delay for Crooked 
i,..... here's the full article:

Marion "Suge" Knight will be having Christmas dinner behind bars this 
year. The head of gangsta rap label Tha Row was arrested Monday afternoon 
for allegedly violating parole and is being held in Los Angeles County Jail.

Knight was picked up by officers from the California Department of Corrections 
and investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. 
According to Fernando Rios, a representative for California's State Parole 
Board, Knight was arrested for four violations:

1. Establishing or relocating to a residence other than the one registered 
with his parole officer. One of the conditions of Knight's parole is that
 he must register his residence with his parole officer. But according to 
Rios, the parole board has information from other law enforcement agencies 
that Knight had purchased and was residing in another unregistered home. 
(yea thats a big violation)

2. Failing to clear a newly employed security guard or driver. Knight 
is required to clear with his parole officer the hiring of any bodyguards 
or personal drivers in order to prevent him from hiring someone with a 
criminal background and giving them a position in which they could get a 
license to carry a firearm.

3 & 4. Associating with a known gang member as well as associating with a 
group of known gang members (two counts). When any reputed gang member is 
released from prison, it is a common condition of parole to prohibit that 
person from associating with other gang members. According to Rios, the 
state parole office has photos and other documentation showing that Knight 
had consorted a gang member named Tim McDonald as well as other gang members.

Though Knight's lawyer, David Z. Chesnoff, didn't know the specifics of the 
violation charges, he said that if Knight was associated with any gang 
members, it was strictly for reasons related to the music business.

"If these charges are true and Suge did associate with gang members," he 
asked, "how could [the authorities] expect Suge to proceed with his work 
in the music world without coming into contact with possible gang members? 
He would have to lock himself in a closet."

Chesnoff also contends that he and Knight met with parole officers after 
his release and that officers agreed Knight may be allowed leniency because 
of the nature of his work. Rios denied the claim, insisting, "We would not
 have agreed to that. And the evidence that we have shows that when Mr. 
Knight was with these gang members, it was definitely not in the course 
of business. He was at parties and in different locations."

Since Knight is being charged with parole violations, as opposed to regular 
criminal charges, he is not allowed bail and had not been allowed to speak 
Chesnoff as of Tuesday morning. Knight will be incarcerated until he goes 
before the California Board of Prison Terms, the state's parole authority, 
which may not happen for 30 to 40 days. At that time, the board will either 
revoke Knight's parole or dismiss the charges.

According to Chesnoff, since Knight's release in August 2001 he has done 
nothing but try to get his life back in order and work on his music company.

Knight received probation in 1992 for weapons and assault charges; he was 
found guilty of violating that probation in 1996 when security cameras at a 
Las Vegas casino captured him participating in a beating just hours before 
Tupac Shakur was murdered. Last month sheriff's deputies raided Knight's 
business and homes in connection with a murder investigation.

Daz at Aftermath...

Daz Dillinger has a new album coming out in the near future that is 
titled, "The Black Phantom", and we all know Daz plans to drop dis on a 
major label to have distributed well but over at the official DPG Recordz 
forum an advert was stumbled across by a member and revealed, it has now 
been pulled but some people grabbed the cover before it was removed. The 
artwork states the album is coming on "Shady Records" which as you know is 
Eminem's label, a subsiduary of Dr. Dre's, Aftermath Entertainment. Although 
there is no offical word on where Daz has signed so until then this is just 
a rumour originating from the official site's forum.

Snoop and Jay Z

Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z plan on making a joint album which would be the 
first West meets East collaboration album ever, and could well help 
in completely squashing the much-publicised East/West coast beef for 
good, especially as both are considered to be the "kings" of their 
respective coasts. Snoop is reported to have recently told MTV that the 
two camps still hadn't "nailed anything in stone," but he's very hyped 
about the whole idea. 

Dre's new album Detox Delayed 

Dr. Dre has set his final album "Detox" to da side to work on Ice Cube's 
Aftermath debut so far a few songs n beats are finished da album should 
drop by Summer 2003 while Detox will drop Fall 2003

Nov.13, 2002

Jay-z on Better Dayz??? 

Clip juss informed me that jay-z was on Hot 97 sayin that he was on 
the new 2pac album..... and apparanetly its confirmed by MTV which had 
this posted: 

Ironically, the biggest problem that could have come when trying to put 
out his " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" turned out not to be a dilemma at all. 
Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, and Suge Knight were willing to clear the 
sample for Jay.

"It was nothing personal, we never met," Jay said of the disses Pac threw 
at him on record before his passing. "You know, he and Big went through 
their thing. I was Big's man, that was the extent of our big beef. Whatever 
[animosity] we had died with him. 

"Suge was real cool," Jay continued about getting the sample cleared. "He 
was like, 'We are above that bull or whatever, I'm cool with it.' Tupac's 
mom and Ms. Wallace gave me an award one time on MTV, [and Afeni Shakur] 
said to me, 'When I hugged you onstage, whatever my son had [with you] was 
over.' I was like, 'It was over for me before that.' Every show I did there 
was a moment I took to say, 'Put your two up for Tupac, put your lighter up 
for Big.' She asked me to be on [Tupac's] next album and this is probably 
an album that has more stuff on there about me and I was like, 'Cool.' Like 
I said, he's not here to repair our relationship."

Irv Gotti Rips Another Makaveli Beat

"Toss it up" is the latest victim of Irv Gotti's jack-move rampage, used 
for Fat Joes new album. The funny thing is this isn't the first controversy 
wit the "Toss it up" beat. Back in '96 Dre had left death row and was workin 
with other artists includin Blackstreet. So Blackstreet used the original 
"Toss it up" beat before Makaveli dropped, so they had to remix the Toss it 
up beat and 2pac dissed Teddy Riley (of blackstreet) sayin "i'm tired of 
suckaz rockin beats that dont' belong to em".... well its been done again 
pac. When will this shit stop??


Oct.24, 2002

Confirmed: 7 Aurelius produced "Better Dayz" 

Producer 7 Aurelius, who's 'worked-with' list includes the likes of Jennifer 
Lopez, Ja Rule, and Eve, has prepared three cuts for Tupac's upcoming 
album. The Lexington, Kentucky bred artist recently explained his 
contributions to Launch.com. "The Tupac record is through the roof. I did 
the intro to the album. I did the title track ('Better Dayz'). I did another 
song called 'Thug Mansion.' 

Rap-a-lot releasing Fatal's joint 

Aparently Rap-a-lot is releasing Fatal's album he had recorded before 
his incarceration. This news comes after Rap-a-lot announced it was releasing 
the Outlawz and Big Syke's albums from their archives. Its expected to drop 
November 19th.... so if u been waitin for another Fatal album like all of us
over here, then shit... here it is.

Tha Row Makes Cuts on the Roster 
 
Tha Row has officially made some changes to its roster, the 2 main 
differences being KURUPT is now ON the roster, and all the artists in 
development are now gone (about time). Here is the official roster: Crooked I, 
Kurupt, Eastwood, Danny Boy, N.I.N.A., 2pac, & Spider-Loc.

This is alot better so there wont be such a demand to drop a shit load of 
albums, instead tha row can focus on droppin a few DOPE albums per year... 

IN STORES NEXT WEEK

Next week GANGSTA SHIT THE DVD and WHO RIDE WIT US VOLUME 2 are released. 
Make sure you cop them. Gangsta Shit Features classic DPG music videos along 
with the highly talked about INTERVIEW WITH KURUPT before HE WENT TO THA ROW. 
Who Ride Wit Us 2 features the WE DO THIS PASSION REMIX along with the ORIGINAL
MIX of BECAUSE OF YOU GIRL feat. STORM. Cop them! You won't be disappointed.

DPG - THA LAST OF THA POUND

This will be shipped to TOWER RECORDS and SAM GOODY locations in two weeks. 
Keep an eye out for this! The album features Nas, Foxy Brown, and Bad Azz!

Track List

01. Don't Stop [OG Mix] Feat. Nas
02. Ain't My Fault Feat. Bad Azz
03. What Tha People Say
04. School Yard [DPG High]
05. Get It Get It Feat. Foxy Brown
06. Some Like
07. Hoe Stories
08. Jackmove Feat. Tha [OG] Outlawz
09. We Are
10. Started 

DAT NIGGA DAZ - I GOT LOVE IN THESE STREETZ EP

This will be shipped to TOWER RECORDS and SAM GOODY locations in 
four weeks. This EP features an exclusive 2Pac track. Be on the lookout for 
this! Spread word...DPG is keeping shit moooving!

Track List

01. Intro
02. I Got Love In These Streets
03. Only Move 4 Money Feat. Bad Azz and 2Pac
04. It's Just The Way You Move
05. Daz
06. Shake Tha Booty
07. Love: Happiness
08. When Tha Feelin' Is Right
09. I'ma Get Mine Anyway Feat. Tha 5th Ward Boyz


DPG is keeping it very busy about to release a DVD, Tha Dogg Pound ep as well 
as the Dat Nigga Daz EP. 

Oct.6, 2002

Snoop and the NBA

Not exactly the NBA.... but NBA Live 2003. While most would find it 
nearly impossible to match rhymes with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Busta 
Rhymes, with only a few hours of practice even the most tongue-tied kid can 
take them to school on the basketball court.

The rappers, along with DJ Clue, Fabolous and producer Just Blaze, among 
others, appear as hidden characters in "NBA Live 2003," the latest in EA 
Sports' basketball series, due October 29, according to the music supervisor 
for the game.

Not only do the hip-hop artists show face on court, their music surfaces on 
the soundtrack portion of the game. Seven songs, along with a skit by music 
supervisor 3H, make up a companion disc that will be included in the game's 
package. While the mixes of many tracks are exclusive to the game, other versions 
of the songs may appear on the respective artists' forthcoming albums. The 
original version of "Ballin' Boy" by No Good already appears on the group's 
Game Day, PBB, released September 10.

Just Blaze, who has produced tracks for Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and Nelly, scored 
all the instrumental music used in the game.

EA Sports, the makers of "NBA Live 2003" are also working on the sequel to 
last year's "NBA Street," a three-on-three playground game that promises 
to be even heavier on the hip-hop.

Track list for "NBA Live 2003," according to the game's music supervisor:

3H - (skit)
Fabolous - "It's in the Game (NBA Livestyle Mix)"
Snoop Dogg - "Get Live (NBA Livestyle Mix)"
Joe Budden - "Drop Drop (NBA Livestyle Mix)"
Flipmode Squad f/ Busta Rhymes - "Here We Go (NBA Livestyle Mix)"
Just Blaze w/ Freeway, Memphis Bleek - "Let's Go"
Hot Karl - "Blao (NBA Livestyle Mix)"
No Good - "Ballin' Boy (NBA Livestyle Mix)" 


Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg needs your SUPPORT
Attention all Snoop Dogg fans, Snoop needs your help! Show your support 
for Snoop Dogg's clothing line, better known as SDC. It is in grave jeopardy 
of being thrown out of Macy’s stores around the country, because of slanderous 
comments made by haters like Bill O’Reilly of the O’Reilly factor. Please 
Write to sdc@snoopdogg.com and let them know you want to keep SDC in the 
stores… show your support for Snoop.


Highly Anticipated Tupac Vs DVD

You can find the Tupac VS. DVD in stores Sept.24, 2002 with never before seen 
interviews with 2pac, including one where he's in jail. I definitly recommend 
this dvd to all 2pac fans, get that shit before its sold out.

More on Kurupts next Movie  

A high-profile rap group is murdered in a nightclub owned by Master P. No, 
the N'awlins baller isn't involved in a legal wrangle. It's the rapper's role 
in an upcoming film tentatively titled "Hollywood Homicide." 

P plays an L.A. club impresario whose establishment is the setting of the 
slaying, according to a source close to the project. Outkast's Dre (Andre Benjamin) 
and Tha Row rapper Kurupt — who plays the only witness to the murder — also 
appear in the action comedy, which stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett as the 
cops investigating the incident. "Hollywood Homicide" was written and is being 
directed by Ron Shelton, who performed the same duties for 1996's "Tin Cup" and 1988's "Bull Durham."

Other artists slated to appear in the film include Master P posse the 504 
Boyz (Silkk the Shocker, Magic, Krazy, Choppa and T Bo), whose new album 
Ballers is expected to drop in December; Cleveland newcomers 206; and classic 
R&B singer Gladys Knight, who plays a former rock star and mother to Kurupt's 
character.

The flick is in its fifth week of filming with approximately nine weeks 
remaining, the source said. It's expected to hit theaters in August.

Sept.6, 2002

2pac's murder solved

This just in: The Notorious B.I.G. has been fingered in the murder 
of Tupac Shakur. That not so earth-shattering revelation comes courtesy 
of Friday's Los Angeles Times, which spent two years investigating the 
slaying. 

Of course, the theory that Biggie, aka Christopher Wallace, might have had 
something to do with Tupac's murder is far from novel. Within moments of the 
Las Vegas drive-by that ultimately claimed Shakur's life in September 1996, 
the prevalent hypothesis was that the West Coast rapper's archrivals from the 
East Coast played a role. 

The idea went something like this: Tupac represented the major California rap 
faction, Death Row Records, and Biggie was the biggest star in Sean "Puffy" 
Combs' Bad Boy empire, the key New York hip-hop house. Tupac and Biggie 
frequently dissed each other lyrically and in interviews, but most wrote it 
off as typical rap posturing. Somewhere along the line, their boastful machismo 
crossed the line into bloodshed. 

Such speculation seemed even more valid when Biggie himself was gunned down in 
Los Angeles in March 1997. Both the Tupac and Biggie murders remain unsolved. 

The Times again rounded up the usual suspects. Orlando Anderson, a card-carrying 
member of the Crips, is once again said to be the trigger man. (Police 
investigated the Anderson angle but never declared him a formal suspect; he was 
later slain in an unrelated shooting.) 

Anderson had been roughed up by Shakur's posse in Vegas' MGM Grand Hotel 
following a Mike Tyson fight there. The beat-down was reportedly in retaliation 
for an earlier incident, in which one of Tupac's bodyguards (a group made up 
primarily of Crips-hating Bloods gangbangers) was mugged by Anderson and his 
cohorts. 

To be fair, the newspaper adds some new wrinkles to the hoary story, claiming 
it was Biggie who provided the murder weapon--a .40-caliber Glock pistol-- and 
a $1 million bounty on Shakur. Biggie was in Vegas at the time of the murder, 
met with Anderson and agreed to underwrite the hit, according to the Times. 

Hours later, a Caddy reportedly carrying Anderson and his fellow Crips, pulled 
up alongside the BMW driven by Death Row rap mogul Suge Knight. Tupac was in 
the passenger seat. The assailants opened up on the Beamer and sped away. 

Six days later, on September 13, Shakur was dead, and, according to the Times, 
Wallace paid his first $50,000 installment to Anderson's Crips crew. 

Of course, with the trio of principals dead, there's no way to corroborate the
 Times story. Biggie was killed on March 9, 1997 as he sat in his car following
 a post-party for the Soul Train Music Awards. (At the time, it was reported 
that L.A. police were trying to link Knight to the crime, suggesting he might 
have ordered the hit on Biggie to avenge Tupac's death.) Anderson, meanwhile, was 
shot dead in May 1998 in a gang clash. 

However, the Times also asserts that three other, unidentified Crips who 
allegedly accompanied Anderson in the Tupac drive-by still live in the L.A. area 
and have never been questioned by authorities. 





Aug.12, 2002

Snoop Disses Suge, Death Row and Xzibit

Oh no, Big Snoop Dogg up in the heazy. Snoop goes after Suge Knight and 
his label Tha Row as well as Xzibit and Kurupt on the song "Pimp Slap" which 
is featured on a DJ Kay Slay mixed tape. 


Daz signs with Snoop

After rumors of Daz signing with Jay-Z, he and his DPG Records force 
have joined Snoop and Doggystyle Records. Daz is now the reported vice 
president of the label. He will be reuiniting with Snoop, Tha Eastsidaz, 
Soopafly, Rage, Bad Azz, E. White, and all the other acts down with Big 
Snoop Dogg.

This move is a mimickery of the Kurupt/Row situation. Whatever the case, 
it should be good for Snoop and Daz both. I'll get back to you on what Daz 
plans to do with his DPG Recordz' roster and release time-table.

July 5, 2002

When's the Next 2pac Album Dropping?

There ain't no official word, but this info comes from makaveli.com, take it 
for whut its worth "it's going to be a September release (bet your last dollar 
that will fall between the 6th and the 13th.) I've confirmed this will be the 
LAST Makaveli album from Tha Row. The rest will not be released or will be 
released later as a box set (no plans)and hopefully if it does drop it won't 
be fuckd up like UTEOT was.... since its taken em alot longer to drop this 
album, hopefully that means it won't be as rushed.

Camron Bites 2pac Again

After rippin pac's classic "ambitionz az a ridah" sample.... Mr. killa cam 
decided to use pac's words to begin his dis against Nas.... straight from 
"Against all Odds": "this lil nigga named Nas think he live like me". I ain't 
really mad at that but Roc-a-fella done borrowed more 2pac lines than Tha 
Realest so its bout time they bow down and recognize who the greatest is... 
cause at the end of the day who's influencd more rappers accross the globe??? 

Too Short making noise like it's 1990 all over!

With Khia bring indie to the charts with, "My Back, My Neck"...Hip Hop 
has created a repeat of the TLC/702 vs. Sporty Theivz remake war of 1998. 
Beloved Bay Area veteran Too Short has redone the song as "My Dick, My Sack" 
with his guys version. Although he released it less than two weeks ago, it's 
catching nationwide radio play, and by Tuesday we'll know if Short Dogg will get 
his first chart spot in over 5 years. I'd like to recognize Jive Records for 
putting out the single too. It's not on any album, it's strictly promo. This 
trend reminds me of the true quality Hip Hop days back in the mid 90's



April 26, 2002

Breaking News: NINA aka Left-Eye DEAD!!!!  

Just in..... NINA who recently signed to Tha Row has died from a car 
crash. It was rumored that Nina left Tha Row in the past few weeks due to 
a disagreement, however no official word was released. R.I.P. Lisa "left eye" 
Lopes. Here is the official report:

Member of R&B Trio Killed in Honduras Car Cra 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a controversial member of 
chart-topping American R&B trio TLC, was killed in a car crash in Honduras on 
Thursday, a spokeswoman for her record label said. 

No other details were supplied by Laura Swanson, a representative of Arista 
Records in New York. 

The lineup of TLC, whose hit songs included "No Scrubs" and "Waterfalls," was 
rounded out by Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins. 

Lopes, who was in her early 30s, made the headlines in 1994 after she was 
arrested for burning down the house of then-boyfriend, former Atlanta Falcons 
wide receiver Andre Rison. 

TLC's most recent album, 1999's "FanMail" topped the U.S. pop album charts 
for five weeks, and won the Grammy for best R&B album the following year. 

Arista Records is a unit of German media giant Bertelsmann AG


April 22, 2002

Snoop Dogg and Doggystyle Records are Set To Drop The Bomb 

Snoop is set to drop his first Doggystyle/MCA release this July 30th. 
The album will be called Welcome 2 Tha House Volume 1. The album will feature 
Bigg Snoop Dogg (Snoop's MCA Name), Soopafly, Latoiya Williams, Mr. Kane (Kokane), 
and E-White, Snoop's new protege. These 5 artists make up the group Doggystyle 
All-Stars. Thier first single will by Latoiya's R&B song Fallen Star. Her video 
is set to start taping on May 1st. Kokane's song Locs At Night and the song Doh 
Doh will be hitting mix tapes soon around the country. Besides that, expect a 
Doggystyle VHS and DVD to release called Welcome To Tha House. 

If you think that's big news, Snoop is set to drop his 6th solo album Bigg Snoop 
Dogg: Paid The Cost To Be The Boss in September. As mentioned before, expect 
production from Hi-Tek, Just Blaze, Fredwreck, Battle Cat, the Neptunes, and DJ 
Scratch. However, a new face will also be making a mark on this album. Snoop 
has signed a new producer to his squad named Qauzedelic. 

If you think Snoop's independent films are through, think again. Tha Dogg 
keeps bringing the pain with his new Doggfather Entertainment film Boss 'N Up.
 In the film Snoop plays a hustla named Corde who moves to Miami to learn the 
role of a real pimp. 

If you think that's it think one more time. Tha Eastsidaz and Doggy's Angels 
(who have not broken up) are both in the studio working on new group projects. 

Nate Dogg Arrested On Drug Charges 

Well it's not good, but Nate Dogg, also known as Nate Hale was arrested in 
Arizona for Drug Possession, and possession of a stolen firearm. Nate was 
released on Sunday after the $3,500 bail was paid. Nate's tour bus was pulled 
over for speeding and when the police entered the bus, they could smell burnt 
Marijuana. Gladly nothing serious resulted out of this. 

April 5, 2002

Childhood pal of Suge Knight Gunned Down

Yesterday, another person of Tha Row camp was killed. Alton McDonald, 
a childhood acquaintance and employee of Suge Knight, was gunned down at 
a Compton Shell gas station. McDonald died shortly upon arriving to St. 
Francis Medical Center in Los Angeles. We send our sympathies out to Suge 
and McDonald's family.

McDonald was rumored to be one of the people involved in the beating of 
Orlando Anderson, on the night Tupac Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas. 
McDonald has worked with Death Row and Wrightway Security since the mid-90's, 
and was driving a Death Row owned car at the time. The suspects of the 
drive-by shooting were seen leaving the Shell in a late model truck.

For those who don't know, this is nothing new. Suge Knight lost his 
childhood friend Jake Robles to similiar circumstances in 1995. While 
that trial is underway, I would anticipate reprocussions from this action. 
It may or may not have been related to the Shakur murder, and the Crip/Blood 
conflict that left over a dozen dead in 1996-1997, including lead suspect 
Orlando Anderson.

While others pretend to, Death Row proves that they're true to life. 
While the authenticity of the culture is rare, I really wish that people 
would kill this gang, murder shit. We've lost too many powerful minds...
and it's become a genocide to young intelligent minority males. 

Dr Dre Info on New Album

Dr.Dre said to MTV that his new joint "Detox" will drop around summer 2003. 
Amazingly he also said that the album will be a hip-hop musical, with a story
-line like a movie.

"I'm not talking about lowriders and blunts and all that anymore. I mean, 
that's played. As a matter of fact, I'm tired of hearing other people talk 
about it, to tell you the truth. I had to come up with something different 
but still keep it hardcore, so what I decided to do was make my album one 
story about one person and just do the record through a character's eyes. 
And everybody that appears on my album is going to be a character, so it's 
basically going to be a hip-hop musical. Detox's story line will chronicle 
the life of a hit man, describing what he goes through and how he lives his 
life, about how his family makes a living. I've been blueprinting, getting 
ideas together for the past six months or so, just trying to figure out which 
direction I want to take and how I'm gonna present the project. Just gathering 
sounds and what have you. I want this one to be really over the top. It's 
probably going to take me like a year to get it all the way together." 

Dre expects to start on Detox this summer, after he finished working 
with Eminem, Rakim, Shaunta & Truth Hurts. He also added that Detox will 
be out around summer 2003, and that he would put acting on hold: "I had 
fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/
director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting 
things together like that."

Too Short With Another Album

Too Short is workin on another album. Shortdog is now working on his 14th 
album. Short plans to have all sorts of cats ranging from DPG to fellow 
Oaklander Richie Rich throwing down on his untitled LP. Its good to see him 
puttin it down with another album.


Knoc Pushed Back, AGAIN?

Knoc-Turn'al's debut album Knoc's Landing has been pushed back to mid June, 
but according to CDnow, the expected release date is September 21, 2002. 
This has not been confirmed, but if this is true, expect another change in 
the last tracklisting we posted on the site a while ago.

Feb.29,2002

Total K-Oss Pleaded Guilty 

Above The Law member Anthony "Total K-Oss" Stewart pleaded guilty 
Friday to drug and child-endangerment charges. Stewart was arrested 
when Riverside CA. police seized over $250,000 worth of rock cocaine, 
one of the biggest seizures in the history of the city. Stewart faces 9 
years and will be sentenced 4/12. ATL will release their 5th LP, "Dairy 
Of A Drug Dealer," this year on Tha Row Records. 

New Tupac DVD And Tribute Album Drops in April  

Everybody Make Sure To Roll By The Videostore On April 2nd, When A Hot 
New Tupac DVD Will Be Released. It's Based On The Life Of The Legend, 
And Titled "Thug Angel: The Life And Times Of Tupac Shakur". The DVD Will 
Feature Over 2 Hours Of Previously Unreleased Interviews And Performances 
Taped By Close Friends And Family Of The Late Great. There Will Also Be An 
Accompanying CD Filled With Tribute Songs By Friends And Family. 

The DVD Basically Features Footage Shot By Friends And Family Of Shakur, 
And Is Presented Raw. "It's not a piece that's done with a specific angle 
in mind. We shot as it was happening, and we're going to show that -- for 
better or worse. Everything that you see is what you would have seen if you 
were around that time" 

Eazy E DVD and CD 
 
Below In A Tracklist For The Bonus CD You'll Get When You Purchase 
The 'Eazy-E Impact Of A Legend' DVD. The Enhanced CD Includes A Demo 
Version Of The Video Game HITTIN' SWITCHEZ. Also Added To The Package Is 
A Limited Edition Comic Book Which Will Only Br Printed For A Limited Time. 
The DVD Package Has A Street Date Of March 26, 2002...

01. Intro 
02. Eazy 1, 2, 3 
03. Cock The 9 
04. Switchez 
05. Rev, The - (skit) 
06. No More Tears 
07. Ruthless Life 
08. Still Fuckem 




Jan.21, 2002

Cory "C-Murder" Miller, younger brother of Master P, was arrested 
today in connection with a Jan 12. shooting in a New Orleans nightclub 
that left 16year-old Steve Thomas dead. 

According to officials, Thomas entered The Platinum Club using a fake ID & 
argued with Miller, who allegedly pulled a gun & shot him. Thomas died at 
West Jefferson Medical Center.

C-Murder was arrested and charged with first degree murder and fraud 
on Friday (January 18).

The rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, is being held on $1 million 
bail, according to a spokesperson for the Jefferson Correctional Facility 
in Gretna, Louisiana. Police are not releasing any further details at this 
time.

This is the second time in less than six months that C-Murder, younger 
brother of Percy "Master P" Miller, has been in legal trouble. In August, he 
was charged with attempted murder and released after posting $100,000 bail.

Here is the tracklisting for Daz's new album This Is The Life I Lead
This is official its comes straight of the DPG Records website 

1. Intro - DPGC 4 Life
2. Drama
3. Aint That Somethin f. Crystal & P.F.N.
4  Hang Wit Me 
6. I Live Everyday Like I Could Die Dat Day
6. Load Up f. Tanya Herron
7. Bitch Bitch Bitch Make Me Rich f. Too-Short
8. Run Tha Street
9. We Do This Passion!
10. Redrum Galour!
11. This is Tha Life I Lead
12. Outro - DPGC 4 Life


Jan.10, 2002

Kurupt Shows Dark Side

All right yall this really came out different than any of us ever 
expected. As I'm typing this, Kurupt, Crooked I & Suge Knight are guests on 
the Angie Martinez show on Hot 97 in New York. This was the first statement 
we ever heard from Kurupt - he said the deal with Death Row is official and he's 
the newest recording artist for the label. Daz said that if Kurupt does sign 
he will no longer be Dogg Pound affiliated. Daz will no longer work with 
him. Neither will Snoop, Bad Azz, Tray Dee, Goldie Loc, Fredwreck, and any 
other artist/producer affiliated with the Dogg Pound. Now thats WOAH! Ill keep 
you updated. 

Doggys Angels Official

Doggy Angels have official broke up. The reason is because they could not 
get along with eachother and they didnt really have the success they expected. 
But expect to hear from them again, all three members are individualy workin on 
solo projects. 
 
Jan.7, 2002

Here is some information on Kurupt's new upcoming project G-TV, his new 
straight to DVD/VHS film on his current situation. Just like Tha Liks and 
Xzibit, Kurupt is going to bring us a DVD with footage of the Puff Puff Pass 
Tour, Parties and etc. This will be the third big release from Fortress 
Entertainment, who brought us behind the scenes DVD's from Tha Liks and Xzibit. 
Kurupt's new DVD is set for a release date of Febuary 19th and should be just 
as informative as the other releases. Other DVD's to look out for come from DJ 
Quik, WC and the Outlawz. Could Snoop Be Next? Probably most likely. He has had 
a video for all his major tours, Smokefest, Smokefest II and the Up In Smoke Tour. 
At his official site, they kept us all waiting for the G-Files. Could this be 
his next DVD? Who knows, but another behind the scenes look would be cool. 

Oct.25, 2001

Puff Puff Pass Tour To Continue in Europe

Snoop Dogg, who was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and 
possession of drug paraphernalia last week in Ohio, is headed to Europe for 
the second leg of his Puff Puff Pass tour. The tour also includes Kurupt, Tha 
Liks, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels, and Butch Cassidy, and will kick off in 
Stockholm on November 1 and end in Rotterdam on November 21. Other scheduled 
European stops include Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, London, Dublin, and Amsterdam. 
We'll post all the dates as soon as they arrive. 

In related news, reports have surfaced indicating that Snoop Dogg has signed 
with MCA Records. In addition to Snoop Dogg's services as a recording artist, 
his Doggy Style imprint, which had been distributed by TVT Records, will now 
be distributed by MCA, which will affect Doggy Style signees Tha Eastsidaz 
and 
Doggy's Angels. 

Dr. Dre Gets Apologies From Two Cities 

Dr. Dre got what he wanted from the cities of Detroit and Auburn Hills, Michigan 
— public apologies for infringing on his First Amendment rights at two concerts
he gave last summer.

Dre's lawyers announced Wednesday (October 24) that the rapper had reached 
out-of-court settlements with both cities. Dre claimed police blocked him from 
showing videos during a July 6, 2000, stop at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena because 
the clips featured topless women and gun violence. A spokesperson for the Detroit 
mayor's office countered at the time that the rapper voluntarily pulled the video 
after police told his staff they would be ticketed if the clips were shown.

On July 7, Dre obtained a court order preventing the Detroit suburb of Auburn 
Hills from shutting down the videos when he played at the Palace of Auburn Hills 
that evening. Despite the court order, the city still issued the rapper a 
misdemeanor obscenity citation. It was later dismissed, according to Dre's lawyer, 
Howard King.

In addition to issuing formal apologies, the settlement required both cities to 
provide First Amendment sensitivity training to their police forces, King said.


Oct.2, 2001

The Wash - Dre & Snoop reunite on Screen and on Album 

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg team up for the first time onscreen in "The Wash," 
scheduled for November release. According to Dre, though, if the two had 
had enough time, they would have parlayed the movie's soundtrack album 
into their first full-length LP together.

"Me and Snoop originally wanted to make the soundtrack album to this 
movie our reunion CD," Dre explained during a May interview on the Los 
Angeles set of "The Wash." "But an October release slot came up, so we didn't 
have enough time to put that in place. We're going to try to do as many songs 
as possible for the soundtrack album and get other people to submit tracks."

The scheduled mid-October releases of both movie and album have been pushed 
back, however. "The Wash" gets its chance to clean up at the box office 
November 14, while the soundtrack album arrives November 6.

As Dre continues to tweak the album's lineup, a spokesperson for the 
project (a joint release by Dre's Aftermath label and Snoop's Doggstyle 
Records) confirmed that he and Snoop would be heard together on at least 
two tracks. Dre, whose Aftermath label will release the disc, also performs 
with Bilal, Xzibit and newcomer Knoc-Turnal, who sings with Dre on the 
album's first single, "Bad Intentions."

Busta Rhymes and Bubba Sparxxx have solo cuts on the album, as does singer 
Truth Hurts. "Her album is just about done," Dre said of his latest protégé. 
"We recorded 40 songs with her." Beside Dre, Mel Man, Rick Rock and Hi-Tek 
check in behind the board.

Although Dre hopes to soon begin work on Detox, his next solo album, he 
might push the start date back if he gets another Hollywood gig (he also 
has a part in the upcoming Denzel Washington drama, "Training Day"). 

"It makes it real easy if you know the person you're acting with," Dre said 
about working with his co-star, Snoop. "I've done some acting before, and 
I kinda sucked at it. But I think I'm catching the knack. I think I have a 
talent for this."

Death Row Records plan to release Snoop Doggs Greatest Hits album on 
Oct.23, 2001. The cd will also have some unreleased tracks from the death
row days. Also check out the new video "Welcome to Death Row". The video 
is good.

Aug.22,2001

Nate Dogg Pleads Guilty To Gun Possession, Gets Probation 

Rapper also fined $1,000 in case that stems from alleged kidnapping, 
arson incident last year. 

Nate Dogg pleaded guilty to possession of an unmarked gun on Tuesday 
in Norwalk, California, avoiding jail time in a case that began when 
he allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and set her mom's car on fire.

In sentencing the rapper, Norwalk Superior Court Judge Michael Cowell 
placed him on three years' probation and ordered him to pay a $1,000 
fine, according to Deputy District Attorney Marc Burnley. Cowell also 
ruled that the firearm be destroyed.

Death Row will release Snoop Dogg's Greatest Hits on Oct.23 

You can also order the Soopafly album from cdnow

Aug.4,2001

The latest news is that Mark Morrison is in the works with a 
signing to Death Row Records. You may know him from his hit single "return 
of the mack"... he also was featured on Daz's "RAW" album, which was supposed 
to drop on Death Row Records. If this deal DOES indeed work out, it will be 
a good acquisition by tha row, as they always seem to have a top quality RnB 
roster. Stay tuned for more details.

Above The Law will release “Diary of a Drug Dealer”, the follow-up 
to Forever Rich Thugs in October, After the Crooked I record which is 
almost ready. Hutch is in charge of production at Tha Row right now as 
Dre was back in tha day. He & Outlawz ‘EDI’ were the musical supervisors 
on 2Pac’s latest one Until the End of Time. Hutch basically learned from 
Dre during the early years, Which is why output on Dog Pound 2002 & Dead 
Man Walking is pure Death Row Flavor (something Chronic 2000 wasn’t).

Looks like P-Diddy had a bit of a run in the other night when he came 
face to face with 2Pac's old homies, The Outlawz. The confrontation went 
down this past Wednesday during rehearsals for MTV's 20th Anniversary 
celebration. P-Diddy and a number of other artists were rehearsing when 
The Outlawz snuck into the Hammerstein Ballroom. According to the NY Post, 
they claimed to be guests of Naughty By Nature who were also on the set. 
The Outlawz began heckling P-Diddy and being disruptive. Finally one of 
the members rushed the stage and snatched a microphone. P-Diddy refused to 
back down and grabbed the mic back and suddenly it was on. Security eventually 
removed the Outlawz from the venue. What a shame this had to happen. Folks 
may recall that last year during The Source Awards, one of the early 
confrontations involved one of The Outlawz spitting in the face of P-Diddy's 
protege Shyne. have no idea what it's going to take to finally resolve these 
disputes, but hopefully something happens soon because this is ridiculous. 
Speaking of P-Diddy is it me or his homeboy everywhere? He was on the TV show 
Millionaire the other night. He was on Good Morning America today. 

June 20, 2001

2Pac & Daz Dillinger are set to release an album under DPG Recordz, 
which Daz is the owner of. To check out the cover of the album 
go to the official DPG Records site at www.dpgrecordz.com
Here is the "rumored" track list according to Made Niggaz.net... 

01. Makaveli Greeting 
02. So Many Enemies 
03. If U Can't Beat Us (ft.Jewell & Dogg Pound) 
04. Mystery Murderer I Say Fuck Em (ft.Outlawz) 
05 . Right Between The Eyes (ft.Snoop Dogg) 
06. Thug Passion II (ft.Too Short & Jewell) 
07. Can U Holla at Us 
08. Changes 
09. Erase The Faces (ft.Nate Dogg, Soopafly & Kurupt) 
10. Original Inmate (ft.Soopafly & Chocolate Bandit) 
11. In The Ghetto (ft.Lady V) 
12. The New & Untouchable (ft.The Gang) 
13. Makaveli Who (ft.Daz) 
14. Luv Potion 
15. Makaveli Outro 

June 6, 2001

DPG RECORDZ MAKIN MOVES: SOOPAFLY DROPPIN ALBUM IN 2 WEEKS & DAZ 
BLOWS IT UP
I didnt trust my eyez when I read it but its true. This is So much news 
at one time, but so dope. I hit the official DPG Records website and it 
seems that they finally makin moves. The new Soopafly record is finally 
gonna drop, and not on Doggystyle Records like Snoop said, its gonna be 
released on DPG Recordz. This looks so fat, the release date is June 17th! 
Yeah thats right, thats in 2 weeks! The album features Big Snoop Dogg, Daz 
Dilli, Kurupt Young Gotti, Bad Azz, Tray Deee, Crooked I, Richie Rich, Gonzoe, 
Xzibit, and.....Lil' C-Style!!! Yes, I couldnt believe it but it seems that
 they got back together and they tight again! The album will be called 'Dat 
Whoopty Whoop' and the cover is on your right. This album could be one of the 
dopest records this year along with Space Boogie. Daz is the executive producer 
on Soopaflys new one and I suppose that Soopafly himself produced some tracks 
as well. 

Hold tight, now comes the big thing: Daz is speakin on Death Row! I believe 
Daz himself wrote it and dissed Tha Row sooo baaad. This is what you can 
read on the DPG Site:

".....This site is under construction, but I can't have it up with out saying 
a word or three to ya'll, about them punk mutha fucas. Soon, you'll see a DR 
Killa page up for all of ya'll to view, so ya'll can know about them bitch ass 
niggas some of ya'll listen too. Talkin shit all on TV, at the same time, them
 same niggas is snitchin and hangin with the POLICE. Man, I aint givin them 
punk mutha fucas no props. Yea, ya'll know who they is, they them bitch ass 
niggas who claim they the *O#. So all my DPG lovin nigga's and bitch's out 
their, ya'll hang around for a couple we gone have some flicks, video's and 
gangsta shit for ya'll, right here!"

Whoa Daz speaks loud, now this shit could end up very bad. Its obvious 
that Daz & Death Row got major beef together. He said tha Death Row are hangin 
with the Police and since Snoop said that Suge paid some Police Officers to kill
 Pac this shit starts to make sense yall. They got a 'DPG Records Catalog' up 
on the site with some of their future releases. They got an upcoming Lil' C-Style 
record comin out, Tha Cryptz are comin out, they gonna release an album of a 
group called Long Beach - Tha Gang which consists of Big C Style, Lil Flossy 
and Daz himself. Lil Flossy gonna drop a solo album and Daz gonna drop a Best 
of 1992-2002 album as well as his 3rd solo album called 'This Is The Life I 
Lead' and of course the new DPG album 'Gangsta Shit' along with the movie. 
However, DPG Recordz is makin moves and got a lot of thingz comin out in the 
future, includin movies, books and soundtracks. Peep the official DPG Recordz 
wesite for all the info. 







June 2, 2001

Daz and Showcase Magazine sat down together and talked about 
lots of things. The interview is quite interesting and they talkin 
bout upcoming projects from the DPG, on Snoop Dogg, on Jay- Z & more. 
Below is a part of it, thanx to LocoteG for the text. Its up in the June 
issue of Showcase Magazine. Yesterday we reported on the Jayo interview 
from Showcase, you can get it in the same issue. Peep:

Daz on going independent: 

"Noone was tryna give me what I was worth. Nobody would give me 
a deal nobody would fukk with me. I left LA with 300$ and a half 
OZ, hit the 5 freeway, did a couple verses with them ballin ass cats 
in the bay, came up on like 20-30,000 $ pressed it up. then I hooked up 
with JT the bigga and he was teachin me the game and we was gettin looted 
up.  I was like shit this is it rite here. Then i started with RAW then we 
did the daz/jt album the 2 we got out and then I had got with Kurupt and we 
was all wit it we startin small and makin it big just to show these major 
labels we could move it too. All these labels they wanna knock on the door but 
aint givin me what im gettin 10$ a unit im gettin all of it. I known jt for 
years. i came out there i had just gotten off death row and lived up in fillmore 
for like 5-6 months. we did the album (LB to fillmore) and dude came thru and 
looted us for like 20,000 units. so we hooked up and continued to do more 
shit...." 

Daz on comin as DPG instead of Dogg Pound: 

"cause thats in the death row days, we gonna come somethin new. we left 
that dogg pound shit, they can have that shit. they got a couple Dogg 
Pound records they gonna come out with. Its like outdated though. Then he 
talks about how he was the last original Death Row inmate to stay around and 
how he got "all mine" before leaving the Row and how hes starting DPG America 
to blow up like Local Independent acts starting in Texas. 

Daz about upcoming projects: 

"its this rock group mean peace, its that Limp Bizkit type stuff. im doin 
the 1st single with them called "We Gon' Ride". Imma put there shit all over 
mtv and get some of that  money too. I got clothing and all that other shit 
and i got chain stores opening up. We droppin Kurupts shit next. Its called 
Space Boogie: Smoke Odyssey. We got Limp bizkit, Jon b, me, Snoop. Just a 
whole buncha cats on there." 

Daz on him and Snoop: 
"it wasnt really nothin goin on, its just the fact that we was growin up. 
we hang out, we just dont do music right now cuz its business. We're workin 
on a DPGC album though. Thats me Kurupt, Nate, Snoop, all the people on Dogghouse 
and all my people it took so long 4 another Dogg Pound album . We had to get 
our business straight. I didnt want to do no more Records on Death Row cuz 
they aint rite, naw mean? fuckin with the devil will get u burnt. we got our 
own shit now, everybodys off the label we can do whatever the fukk we wanna do.." 

Daz on hookin up with Jay Z: 

"it was like a gift from god man. It was like a real tough time for me 
and hova allways seems to come just like he did for UGK. I gotta call Jay. 
"Jay z wanna do a song with u". We went and did the song and we just kept 
the relationship, I got the whole shit on tape so im sellin tapes of it 
independently it will be a Daz Record on DPG/Roc a Fella cuz we both independent. 
He gonna come with the best from the east and imma come with the best from the 
west and put it together on one album. We gonna get this money. Imma have the 
tightest muthafukin beats in the world on that muthafucka. Imma also doin an 
album with Luke called 'Work 4 that Money' and I gotta movie comin with it too 
(about a stripper). I gotta whole bunch of shit. I got that one with S noop and 
them and i know i got some extra money in the future when we do this dr dre, 
snoop dogg, and the dogg pound and everybody else album. Thats in the future 
when everybody get over they  little struggles and doin they thing. I just know 
that one day imma get that money"   

May 18, 2001

Death Row Gives Mad Props To Jayo Felony 

Apparently Suge Knight is digging Jayo Felony's brash style. 
On the Death Row Records Web site, Jayo is given an open invitation to 
join them.

The site reads:

Wanted
Jay-O Felony
To become a Deathrow inmate!
For showing Bitch-a-- Snoop that it
takes more than a couple of rent-a-Crips
to be a gangsta!

A source close to Jayo confirmed that the rapper has been in discussions 
with Suge, but Death Row publicist Jonathan Wolfson said he's unaware 
of any negotiations that would bring Jayo to the label.

However, Jayo will be featured dissing Snoop Dogg on the label's July 31 
release of Tha Dogg Pound 2002, Wolfson said. The album is a collection of
songs that Dogg Pound members Daz and Kurupt recorded while still with 
Death Row.

"I don't know nothin' about that," Daz said. "More power to them. I'm 'a 
get paid off it. I got a deal when I left that I walked with all [my masters]. 
They could put it out, but I still get all mine. I want to hear what he got."

Daz and Kurupt, who were legally obligated to change their name to the 
D.P.G. when they left Death Row, released Dillinger & Young Gotti on May 1. 
Daz, who is in the final stages of his own contract negotiations with 
Roc-a-Fella Records, said he isn't worried about the old album competing 
with the new one.

"[Death Row putting out an album will] probably make both of them sell. 
Everybody already knows what Death Row does because of what happened with 
Snoop. I'm just gonna ride off their promotion. [Suge's] probably gonna put 
out a bunch of remixes. He ain't got nothing else. If a bum has a piece of 
something in the trash, he's gonna make it last. He messed up and lost a 
good thing. But for now we got this new D.P.G. album out there."

Wolfson said that on Tuesday Death Row will release the long-talked-about 
reissues of its entire catalog, which includes Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, 
Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Tupac Shakur's Makaveli and Tha Dogg Pound's debut, 
Dogg Food. The label also plans to put out a Tupac double CD of unreleased 
songs later this year, he said. 

May 12, 2001

Lopez Request to Block Tape Denied 
 
The Associated Press 


LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Superior Court judge refused Friday 
to issue a temporary restraining order barring rap mogul 
Marion ``Suge'' Knight from marketing a purported sex videotape 
of singer-actress Jennifer Lopez. 

Knight's lawyer said his client doesn't have a sex videotape 
of Lopez, however, but that one of his companies is producing 
a video on the singer-actress titled, ``J-Lo Uncut: The Real Story.'' 

Lopez sued Knight and his Death Row Records for invasion of privacy 
after the Star tabloid reported this week that Knight was planning to 
market a videotape titled ``Jennifer Lopez: Da Real Story.'' 

Knight ``does not possess a so-called `sex tape' involving Ms. Lopez 
and an ex-boyfriend,'' the rap mogul's attorney, Jeffrey Lowy, said in 
a letter to Lopez' lawyer, Stanton L. Stein. 

In her lawsuit, Lopez said she is unaware that such a video exists but 
that if it does she wants the sale of it blocked. 

``If the tape is, in fact, publicly displayed and disseminated, plaintiff 
will suffer greatly in her occupation,'' the lawsuit states. 

A call placed to Stein's office after business hours Friday was not 
immediately returned. 

Knight was released from a California prison last month after serving 
half of a nine-year term for violating probation on assault charges.

May 11, 2001

Suge Does It Again 

If the rumors are true, Jennifer Lopez is on track to beat 
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in appearing in one of the highest 
grossing, underground X-rated films in history. Rumors have been 
surfacing that there is a tape circulating of Jennifer Lopez having 
sex with an ex-boyfriend during her days as a fly girl on the hit 
TV show, "In Living Color." The tape is said to have been bought by 
longtime Sean "Puffy" Combs (Lopez' former flame) rival, Death Row 
CEO Marion "Suge" Knight, who is expected to be released from a halfway 
jail house this summer. Knight's publicist, Jonathon Wolfson of Brown 
Wolf Public Relations, confirmed to Allstar that there is indeed a 
tape entitled J. Lo Uncut: Tha Real Story, which Suge Knight Films 
is planning to release in mid-summer. However, Wolfson said he "does 
not know the content of the film because it is still in the editing 
stages." Lopez' publicist, Alan Neirob at Rogers & Cowan, declined to 
comment. 

Murder Was The Case DVD, Dr. Dre Hooks Up Song For McCartney 

For those of you who don't know, Death row signed a distribution 
deal a while ago, so all those classic records you remember are 
starting to pop around your town again. Well besides the records 
they are also re-distributing the Deathrow movies as well. One of 
those movies is Snoop's first acting project, Murder Was The Case. 
The movie has been out of production for four years, but this tuesday 
the 15th Deathrow will release it again on DVD. Besides the movie, 
the DVD will also feature music videos for the songs "Midnight Love" 
and "Head Doctor" and live performances of Snoop at Soul Train, American 
Music Awards, and a performance from one of his Saturday Night Live 
appearances. If you haven't seen it or want to buy it, it will be out 
this Tuesday. 

Dr. Dre is at it again. He has been making music for everyone 
lately and he has done it again. He made a song for former Beatle, 
Paul McCartney. The song will appear on a tribute album that McCartney 
is putting out for his wife, Linda who died of cancer two years ago. 
Madonna and Britney Spears are other artists to look out for on 
this album. Check That out as well. 


April 24, 2001

Jay Z was recently on Power 99 (Philly radio Station) and told 
their listeners that Daz Dillinger has produced 7 tracks for him 
and that 5 will appear on his new album coming out this summer.

Game For Sale was delayed until May 8, 2001.The Daz Dillinger produced 
compilation thats highly anticipated by DPG & westcoast fans has been 
delayed 2 weeks. It was suppsoed to drop today, April 24th, but its 
now reported to drop May 8th. However, most likely it will be pushed 
back again seeing that the DPG album is dropping May 1st.

2pac's Until the End Of Time cd sold over 110,000 copies last week
and most likely will be certified platimun next week.

Suge Knight has been released from prison but will still have to 
serve 60 to 90 days in a half-way house or on a work release program. 





April 12, 2001




Daz Dillinger lets the dogs out on an upcoming album 
that will reunite him with vocal partner Kurupt. Since Death 
Row Records owns Tha Dogg Pound moniker under which the two 
released their first album, 1995's Dogg Food, the new Dillinger & 
Young Gotti will pair the rappers under the name DPG. The album 
will be released May 1 on Daz's DPG Records. The California resident 
hopes to expand his independent company into a formidable industry 
power. "We're going to work this independent like a major,"  
"We're trying to show these big labels we can move something small and 
make it big. We own this record, and this is what everybody's been 

waiting for for like five, six years." Longtime friend Xzibit appears 
on "Gangsta Like," while Daz and Kurupt rap about street life on "My Heart 
Don't Pump No Fear" and females on "Gitta Strippin'." DPG will release a 
video for the single "Coastin'." "Whatever came across when we put the 
beat up is what we rapped about," said Daz, who also produced the 
album. "The songs just came automatically. We've got 41 songs that 
didn't get on the album. I just put the hard ones on there." Daz and 
Kurupt's visibility received a boost recently via their appearance on 
Jay-Z's "Change the Game" remix, featured on DJ Clue's The Professional 
Part 2. DPG appears on Beanie Sigel's upcoming The Reason (June 12), and 
Daz said he's flirting with the possibility of recording a solo album 
for Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella label. All this exposure will come in handy as 
DPG prepares its next round of material. "I'm independent, so I'm using 
all of this to my advantage," said Daz, who decided to go indie following 
his departure from Death Row two years ago.


Death Row will be releasing Snoop Dogg's Greatest Hits album on 
Aug.14, 2001.

Bad Azz's album on Doggystyle will be released on July 31, 2001 


Daz will be releasing a complation on May 1 called Who ride with us.
It will be released on DPG Records. He is also releasing another 
album with JT the Bigga Figga on April 24, 2001 call Game For Sale, it
is the follow up to Longbeach 2 Filmoe which was released last year 
on DPG Records. Daz will release another album with Kurupt later this 
year. It will be released on Doggystyle and it will reunite the whole
DPG crew. So Daz has really been busy the last few months.

April 5, 2001

Tupac Lives Again At No. 1 

Rapper Tupac Shakur has been dead since 1996, but that hasn't 
stopped him from making a major impact on the Billboard charts. 
"Until The End Of Time," a double-disc collection of archival 
material on Amaru/Death Row/Interscope, rockets to No. 1 on The 
Billboard 200, selling more than 426,800 copies in the U.S., 
according to SoundScan.

Previous posthumous releases have performed well commercially; 
"Still I Rise," credited to 2Pac + the Outlawz, peaked at No. 6 
in January 2000; while 1999's "Greatest Hits" topped out at No. 3. 
A second double-disc collection of previously unreleased material is 
due this summer.

April 2, 2001

These could be rumours I don't know but a couple of other 2pac sites also 
reported. I've seen some of these rumors that have been floating around 
and I dont know how they were leaked because some of them are true but 
some of them are not, Since the Tracks are under tight security and will 
not make it onto internet bootlegs I am at full legal discretion to reveal 
some of the truth behind these harmless rumors and to get you Tupac fans 
excited in anticipation for his future releases. 

For Volume 2 of his next double album (TITLE is STILL IN DEBATE 
and HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YET) 

the tentative tracklist is already been decided though 3 or maybe 
even 4 of the songs WILL be changed. 

CD1 
1 GHETTO STAR feat (Bad Azz has settled with Afeni and we may allow his 
verse to remain on the song, is still being talked about with Byron and 
the head bosses at Amaru) 
2 STARING THRU MY REARVIEW II (version will stay the same, minor tweaks) 
3 FAIR XCHANGE (completely the same) 
4 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT feat.Outlawz, Thuglife (KC n JoJo remain in 
chorus, may be first single) 
5 SOON AS I GET HOME feat. kadafi (Being discussed, may or may not make 
final cut, may be used for FALLEN SOLDIERZ album) 
6 MAMA'S JUST A LITTLE GIRL 
7 THEY DONT GIVE A FUCK BOUT US feat.Outlawz 
8 THUGZ GET LONELY TOO (beat has been changed) 
9 WHEN WE COME 4 U feat. E.D.I (remixed version of the popular bootleg 
track called FRIGHT NIGHT) 
10 FADE ME feat. Outlawz (D'angelo is added in chorus) 
11 THIS LIFE I LEAD feat. Richie Rich & Too 
Short 
12 Neva Be Peace ft Marvelous,and SKG (beat remixed) 

CD 2 

1 GETTIN BLOWN feat. Outlawz 
2 THE RULES OF THE GAME 
3 21 GUN SALUTE feat. Outlawz,Billy Danze from M.O.P (originally featured 
Freddie Foxx and Pudgy but had to be replaced cause their original verses 
were recorded for Duckdown) 
4 WALK OF GRACE 
5 DIE 4 ME feat. Outlawz 
6 JUST WATCHIN ft Snoop Dogg (Royalties are being discussed with Snoop, 
Snoop has Remade his original verse already but if he is not allowed on 
the song, BIG SYKE will Fill in the last verse) 
7 WILD WAYZ OF A MAN 
8 COMRADES ft Outlawz (Bone Thugs N Harmony have been taken out due to 
legal problems) 
9 VALLEY OF DEATH 
10 CRUCIFIED 
11 SO SO KRAZY ft LADY OF RAGE (Da Brat was replaced due to clearance problems) 
12 FORTUNE & FAME feat. Outlawz 
13 Thugz Get Lonely Too (remix featuring original beat and Verse from Tech-9) 
14 Bonus* UNTOUCHABLE ft Crooked I (will also appear on Crooked I's debut album) 

IF this does not get Tupac Fans excited There is still more rumors I need 
to substantiate Madonna will appear on Volume 2 of the ROSE THAT GREW 
FROM CONCRETE as well as JANET JACKSON, LEILA STEINBERG, MOPREME and ALSO 
ONE OF THE POEMS were RECORDED BY TUPAC HIMSELF in 93. We hope people will 
support The Rose that Grew From Concrete collection. 

Also, Volume 2 of UNTIL THE END OF TIME will NOT be the Final Album from 
Tupac, as we hope to complete work on hopefully 3 more albums 

Fallen Soldierz (Exclusive tracks featuring just Tupac and Kadafi) 

Also, I would like to explain the ONE NATION problems and why it was 
not released in 1997 as intended, when Tupac died, the Court battles between 
who owned Tupacs Royalty rights for his verses on most of his recording 
delayed the DUCKDOWN release, DUCKDOWN could not restructure a contract to 
include AMARU as well Deathrow, so the album was put on hold, Now that the 
legal situation has been quelled, ONE NATION will start producion in Fall 
of 2001 and hopes to be released for the new year, 2002. 

IT will be a Two Volume set 

Volume 1: One Nation (west coast disc) 
Volume 2: One Nation (east coast disc) 

This album will be the hardest to complete since Tupac collaborated with 
more than 20 different artist for this album, many clearance issues will 
have to be resolved but hopefully we will be able to keep the album as 
Tupac had intended, but we can not make any guarantees. 

If everything works, some artist that may appear on the album are 
MC HAMMER Daz n Kurupt 
KOKANE Ice Cube 
E-40 Rappin 4 tay 
RICHIE RICH Outlawz 
C-BO Nate Dogg 
Freddie Foxx Pudy tha Fatt Bastard 
L.S Melle Mel 
Scarface Bone Thugs n Harmony 
Scorpio Method Man 
Redman Buckshot 
Greg Nice Snoop Dogg 
Alannis Morisette Big Daddy Kane 
Rakim Grand Puba 
O.F.T.B. 
and maybe more 

some songs that may appear on the album 
are 
Return 2 NY 
Lyrical Firepower 
Break Bread 
Thug Congregation 
Record Warz 

Also there has been much debate as to weather the track with Alanis 
Morisette and another track featuring Madonna does exist, well they do, 
They both will be released on a Soundtrack this Christmas, AfterLife ft 
Alanis and Kadafi being a single and also AfterLife will appear on ONE NATION 

For the 3rd album we have been discussin, will be a Goodbye album, 
possibly a 3 disc album (The First for Rap Music), which will include 
remaining tracks recorded from 1990 until 1996, a total effort giving 
Tupac his proper farewell, no producion has started on this album and I 
have not even heard any of the tracks that may appear on this record. 

Also Death Row is not finished honoring Tupac either, they will release 
a 2nd GREATEST HITS album, which will include best 18 songs from his 
posthumous albums and 5 Rare songs from his deathrow days, Voletta Wallace 
has also contacted them about releasing a never before hear Biggie and 
Tupac song that may appear on the Greatest Hits volume 2, but ask DeathRow 
to confirm that. 

So for everyone Anticipating more Tupac albums, us here at AMARU records 
and those at DeathRow are busy in the MEETING ROOMS and BUSY in the EDITING 
and PRODUCION rooms trying our best to preserve Tupacs Legacy to his fans 
liking but to our discretion, hope you will enjoy the many more Releases 
soon to come. 

March 30, 2001


The new 2pac cd came out on Tuesday, March 27, 2001.
It is a double cd. Most of the songs were already 
available on the internet, but had different beats.
It is probably his third best cd behind all eyez on me and 
makaveli. Number 12 on disc 1 is off track but overall 
it is a good cd. There is a second 2pac cd which will be 
released later this year.

March 8, 2001

It has come to my attention that a bootlegged version of 
"Until The End of Time" was obtained 22 days prior to the 
release date and is now available for downloading. Please 
DO NOT download the songs as you are disrespecting 2pac's 
legacy, and encouraging Bootlegging. The first single "Until 
The end of time" was released for promotional purposes, but 
the whole album wasn't. So i am asking the true hip hop & true 
2pac fans to abstain from downloading the album online. I want
everyone to wait until the album is publicly released and buy 
it in its true final product, otherwise everytime you download 
an unreleased song you are disrespecting the 2pac legacy.

This is a possible tracklisting for the new album.
It will be released on March 27, 2001

CD1 

1. Ballad Of A Dead Souljah 
2. Fuck Friendz (Friends RMX) 
3. Lil Homies 
4. Let Em Have It F/ SKG (If u really want it rmx) 
5. Good Life F/ Big Syke, EDI 
6. Letter 2 My Unborn 
7. Breathin F/ Outlawz 
8. Happy Home 
9. All Out F/ Outlawz 
10. Fuckin Wit The Wrong Nigga 
11. Thug N Me Thug N U RMX F/ Kci & JoJo 
12. Everything They Owe 
13. Until The End Of Time F/ RL 
14. MOB F/ Thug Life, Outlawz 
15. World Wide Mob Figgaz F/ Outlawz 

CD 2 

1. Big Syke Interlude 
2. My Closest Road Dogz 
3. Niggaz Nature F/ Lil Mo 
4. When Thugz Cry 
5. U Dont Have To Worry F/ Outlawz 
6. This Aint Livin 
7. Why U Turn On Me 
8. Last Ones Left F/ Outlawz 
9. Thug N U Thug N Me F/ Kci & JoJo 
10. Words To My 1st Born F/ Above The Law 
11. Let Em Have It RMX F/ Left Eye 
12. Runnin On E F/ Outlawz 
13. When I Get Free F/ J Valentine 
14. Until The End Of Time RP RMX 

Feb.28, 2001

With the upcoming release of 2pac's all new "Until The End 
of Time" just around the corner. 2 vital reissues have been 
ordered for 2pac albums for May 1st 2001, including the All 
Eyez on Me. The other is Makaveli The 7 Day Theory, which 
has been out of print for a couple of years now. This album is 
arguably his best work ever, and will allow the album to reach 
its full potential in sales. These reissues will undoubtably push 
All Eyez on Me over the diamond mark (10 million) if it hasn't 
already, and may even put Makaveli over 5 million units sold. 
Its just requires the ordering of the ceritifications from the RIAA.

Death Row plans to re-release all their albums again expect for
2pac Greatest Hits on May 1, 2001. Some of the albums will be 
enhanced and have videos on them. The albums will be distributed 
by DNA Distribution.

Feb.20,2001

2pac will be releasing a double album on March 27,2001. 
It will be called Until the End Of Time. The first single
will be untouchable which will feature Crooked I. You can 
pre order your copy from CD Now.

Feb.6,2001

It's look like that the beef between Snoop and Daz
is over because Daz was present when Snoop was 
shooting his second video from the Last Meal, for
the song Lay Low. Kurupt, Nate Dogg and Soopafly were
also there.

Top Dogg as left Death Row Records. No word why.
Daz is releasing a complantion album called 
Who Ride With Us on May 1, 2001 on DPG Records.



Jan.17, 2001

New Snoop Album on Death Row Coming This Fall

Nearly three years after Snoop Dogg left Death Row Records, 
the label is still acting like he's one of its top dogs.

Death Row says it will release a Snoop greatest-hits album 
in September or October, featuring previously unreleased 
material. An inflammatory ad for the album, which is slated 
to run in three hip-hop magazines in March, is the latest in 
a taunting, and at times threatening, campaign Death Row has 
aimed at Snoop.

The album will be titled Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits — 
Death Row continues to refer to the rapper as Snoop Doggy 
Dogg, even though he shortened his name to Snoop Dogg after 
he left the label and signed to No Limit/Priority in 1998.

Death Row has a financial interest in Snoop's albums on 
Priority as part of a 1998 agreement between the labels. 
However, it was not clear whether the greatest-hits set 
legally can include material from the Priority releases 
without permission from that label.

Snoop's publicist said she was not aware of Death Row's plans
to release a Snoop greatest-hits album and had no comment.

Death Row had earlier announced a Snoop best-of package 
would arrive in March 2000, but the album was never released. 
Wolfson could not confirm whether the track listing announced 
for that album stands for the upcoming project.

Death Row will take out full page ads in three hip-hop
magazines in March to promote the new album.

Jan.7, 2001

NWA Reunion Not Happening as Artists Line Up New Projects, including Detox! 

It appears that the NWA Reunion ain't happening anytime soon. 
Cube's got movies lined up, Snoop has his own albums and label, 
and Dre is gonna be concentrating on Rakim, singer The Truth, 
and his new album. Also Dre is expected to do a few songs off 
Eve's upcoming album. The name of Dre's new album is tentatively 
titled Detox. I think it's gonna be more of a concept album involving 
more futuristic funk sounds. Dre says he is going to try to change 
the game of rap yet again. Snoop Dogg is going to be promoting Tha 
Last Meal (out December 19th) and will be running his label. Word 
is that Daz and Kurupt have signed on to release an album and Lady 
of Rage is considering an offer. Also, back to Tha Last Meal, I think 
it is hands down Snoop's 2nd best album (next to Doggystyle). I've 
heard a few people disappointed with it but that's really only because 
some of the tracks that have been leaked did not make it to the final 
album. The Swizz Beatz song is not on there, "No Backtrackin" with 
George Clinton isn't on there, and there's no appearance from Warren G 
or Xzibit. Snoop may be keeping them for a newer project, because a 
song like "No Backtrackin" could had been not only on the album, but a
 single for it.

Jan.6, 2001



This page is back and running. Death Row released the Snoop Dogg
album which contains 12 new tracks from the Death Row days.
They also released a compilation cd called Too Gangsta For Radio, 
which contained 2 new 2pac songs. This was a follow up to the 
Too Gangsta for T.V video which they released a few months back.
2pac is featured on the new K-Ci & JoJo cd. It is the song Thug in 
Me but remixed. I believe it is a better version on the song. It has
a more faster beat. The Outlawz released a new cd called Ride with us
or colide with us, but the cd does not include 2pac. 


Snoop also released his new album called the Last Meal. It will
be his last album for No Limit and Priority Records. Snoop's new 
label Dogghouse Records also released an album by a female group 
called Doggy's Angels. Snoop has been busy in the last few months.
He made a movie with Pam Gier called Bones which will be released 
in Oct. 2001. He is also working on a new Eastsiderz cd and a N.W.A
album with Dre, Cube and Ren.


April 14, 2000

Outlawz are sueing Death Row Records for 4.5 million dollars.
More info coming soon about this issue. Snoop Doggs last album 
on No Limit will be released on July 4, it is called the Last Meal.
Snoops new label will release a movie called Eastsiders in June.

April 13, 2000

This 2pac page is up and running. Lots of 2pac and Death Row news.
First of all Suge Knight is still in prison and was not let out on 
parole. The Soopafly album on Death Row was not released. Death Row
released a 2 home video which includes classic, unreleased, and rare 
videos. Some of them include Hit'em Up and Made Niggaz. It also includes
live performances and interviews. The video disses Snoop Dogg and 
Dr. Dre. Amaru and Death Row together released an album called Still
I Rise which features the Outlawz. The album is currently 2 times 
platinum. Death Row will not be releasing Snoop Doggs Greatest Hits
album. No word on why? Death Row's next project will a cd called
Too Gangsta for Radio which is the soundtrack to the Death Row Uncut
video. It will be released on May 9, 2000.


Aug. 12, 1999

Almost of the whole Dogg Pound was on BET's Rapcity and they had alot 
to say. They were shooting Kurupt's new video "Streets is a Mutha",  
which is also the name of the cd and it will be released on Oct.5 on 
Antra Records. Daz will be the executive producer on the album. He will
be the executive producer on all of the upcoming Kurupt's albums as well.

Soopafly will also release his album "Like it or Not" in late September.
He said it will be his first and last album on Death Row. He only let
them release it because he wants to pay his dues to the label.

Daz and Kurupt also talked about the new Dogg Pound album. It will be
called "Kurupt and Daz, Daz and Kurupt". It will not be released on 
DPG Records but instead on a new label called Gang File Records will 
is headed by Daz and Kurupt together.

Daz also spoke about a solo project that he will be releasing. It should
be out later this year. It will be called "What Is It" and then he will
follow up with another solo album which might be called "Strictly for my
G's. And after that will be an album by the Gang. Dogg Pound will also 
get back with Dre for some projects.

2pac video "Changes" has been nominated for Best Rap Video and is 
contending with Jay Z and DMX as well. 2pac new album was totally false
it will not be released and their as been know new date set for the
album. The entire track listing was also false.

The Underworld compilation seems to be to good to be true. The album 
will a diss album most likely on Bad Boy and No limit. The album will
aslo diss DMX and Ja Rule because Death Row says they stole 2pac style. 


July 31, 1999

On the new RAP PAGES magazine, there's another article on Suge Knight
and the Biggie Smalls investigation. This thing is kind of tring after
hearing it for a couple on months now. Also DAZ still may be on Death
Row Records because he won't sell major units without Death Row. Just 
look at his first Mobstyle Records release and if he did leave then he 
might have left with fellow DPG Records members Soopafly, Mac Shawn, 
Big Pimpin. On the new White Boys soundtrack there is a song called 
Hell Ya with features Daz, Krurupt, Soopafly and Tracy Dee. Also on 
Warren G's new album I want it all it will feature Snoop, Dre, Mack 10,
The Twinz.

A close source told me that on Jams 910 am, a southern New England 
radio station, was playing 2pac and the Outlawz track, Who do u Believe In.
This is a very good sign because this shows the promotional discs have
been distributed for the new album.

Even more good news Billboard.com had reported a week or so that 2pac
and The Outlawz would be releasing an album on Aug.17th. This title then
was still to be announced, but now on the updated upcoming releases list,
billboard.com has kept the same date of Aug.17 and titled the album Still
I Rise. I don't know if this is false, but it is a good sign that the 
album might still drop on Aug.17.

July 25, 1999

Looks like Daz is off the Row again due to constant delaying 
of his album and Soopafly's album and he is taking the whole 
DPG Records to Priority. Soopafly and Daz's albums should be 
out later this year. Crooked I has signed to Death Row which 
is good news for the Row.

MTV has announced that a t.v. movie on 2pac's life will go into
production later this year. It will be called Tupac: The Early 
Years.

Dr.Dre has filed a lawsuit against Priority Records and Death 
RowRecords. Dre says Death Row used the name Chronic 2000 
without hispermission. Dre says he holds the trademark from 
his first solo project. In the suit, Dre is seeking to restrict 
Priority from using the trademark as well as profits from the
album.

It seems that the August 17th release has been delayed due to 
financial disputes between Death Row and Interscope. I have 
heard, however, that there is a "Still I Rise" 2pac and Outlawz
release scheduled for Aug. 24 on upcoming release sheets. This 
is most likely a single for the unreleased song Still I Rise.

2pac's song Who do you believe In is going to be an upcoming 
single for Chronic 2000. Death Row has produced a promotional 
CD for the song which should be send to radio stations and there
should also be a music video for the song. No word on how the
video will be done.

The Makaveli album has now been certified 4X platinum as of
June 15, 1999.
 


July 11, 1999

The 2pac/Ourtlawz cd is set for
release on August 17. It will not 
be a double cd as first though.
It is called War Wounds. I should
have a track listing very soon. 
So keep checking back.


July 2, 1999

A date as been set for Aug. 17 for 
a new 2pac and Outlawz single. It was
in the upcoming releases book from 
Tower Records. I don't know what single
it is going to be but early rumours have 
it to be "Still I Rise" a song that is 
very much available on the internet, but
we'll have to wait and see. 


June 17, 1999

Yesterday on BET they put the two-hour 
tribute birthday special to 2pac. They
had many interviews with 2pac. They also
had an interview with 2pac's mom and Suge 
Knight. They played lots of videos, but 
many of them were 2pac older ones. They 
played Keep ya Head up, Dear Mama, So many 
tears, Holler if u hear me, I get around, 
Smile, Changes, I wonder if heavens got a 
ghetto and Brenda's got a baby. They also 
played a live version of Dear Mama. In all
it was a good tribute.


June 16, 1999

Today is 2pac's birthday. He would of been 
28 today. To celebrate 2pac's birthday, today 
RAPCITY will host a two-hour tribute to 2pac. 
The show which will air at 4:30 EST, so make 
sure you check that out! 



June 7, 1999

In the July issue of the Source
magazine there is a ad for a new CD
called Face Off 2 it is a double
CD. It contains 24 unreleased songs
and one of them is by 2pac which features
Spice 1. Other artists on the album 
include Biggie, Too Short, Junior Mafia,
Juvenile and many more. 



June 1, 1999

Hammer has reverted to his old name of 
MC Hammer and will be releasing a new 
album entitled "War Chest", which will 
feature unreleased tracks he cut with Tupac 
Shakur. He will also include a remake of 
Tupac's "Unconditional Love". MC Hammer's 1990
"Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" album is 
still the all time best selling rap album. 
"War Chest" is due out early summer.



MAY 26, 1999

In Entertainment Weekly, 2Pac was number 51 for 
his death in the Biggest Events of Rock and Roll. 
They also said his video for California Love was 
on of the biggest videos of all time for MTV and 
was the first big budget video in the rap and 
R and B category. It led the way into today's 
videos. 


MARCH 6, 1999

Tha Realest sounds the same as 2Pac. There is a 
rumor going around that Tha Realest was actually 
handpicked by 2Pac for Makaveli Records but I am 
not sure how legitimate that is. Tha Realest does 
have a tight song on Chronic 2000 which is called Stand 
Strong and is a 2Pac tribute. 


MARCH 4, 1999

Chronic 2000 did come out today in the US. 
It will be released on the 25th for anyone in 
Canada. The cd features two new 2pac songs 
they are called Late Nite and Who do you believe 
in both of the songs feature the Outlawz.


The Dear Mama CD single has been re-released in 
Holland. The single has the exact same tracklist 
as the original single released with Me Against the 
World (Radio, Moe Z Mix, Bury Me a G, LP ver), however 
features new cd art and cover art. The I Aint Mad At 
Cha CD single may also be re-released soon. 

There is also a promo CD single for Life Goes 
On which features clean versions with new lyrics. 
The words such as niggaz, hos, etc. have all been 
cut out and replaced with words such as homie, 
women, etc. it is obvious that it was not recorded 
this way because you can hear the words cut in. 
They were probably just taken from other Pac songs. 
The beat on the promo single is slightly different 
and sounds better.