Death Row Chronicles Opens the Book on the Most Notorious Record Label in Music History – Airing February 20-22nd
February 14 2018 - 1:01PM
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Six Part Docu-Series Includes Exclusive
Account of Tupac’s Murder from an Eyewitness in the Shooter’s
Car
#DRChroniclesBET
BET Networks is bringing audiences the definitive story of the
most infamous record label in history: Death Row Records.
Death Row Chronicles details the unprecedented rise, fall
and redemption of Death Row with compelling interviews featuring
Death Row insiders including co-founder, Marion “Suge”
Knight. Viewers will also have access to never-before-seen
archival footage and a firsthand, eyewitness account of Tupac
Shakur’s murder. Part 1 and 2 kick off the six-part,
three-night docu-series on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 10:00PM
ET.
In 1991, mega producer Dr. Dre, Suge Knight and
rapper The D.O.C., with support from convicted criminal
Michael “Harry-O” Harris, started a record label that put
the rap world on notice that hip-hop would no longer be dominated
by the East Coast. Dre released the label’s first multiplatinum
project “The Chronic”; Snoop Dogg followed up with his own
multiplatinum debut “Doggystyle”; then Tupac’s first record after
being released from prison “All Eyez on Me” solidified Death Row’s
position as the hottest label in the business. In a short time,
Death Row skyrocketed into prominence. But their success story
began to garner as much attention for its mayhem as it did for its
music.
The climb to the top of the music industry was propelled by Suge
Knight’s intimidation tactics, including a battle with politician
and activist C. Delores Tucker who vied for federal reform to get
their music censored, contractual disputes involving Suge Knight
and disgruntled artists and gang ties to the street which would
prove fatal for Tupac. In the series, viewers will hear an
exclusive account of Tupac’s murder from an eyewitness inside the
shooter’s car and previously undisclosed details about the incident
discovered during an LAPD-led, joint task force investigation.
With gripping testimony from Suge Knight, artists
Kurupt, Michel’le, Danny Boy and others, in
addition to unreleased footage and music from the Death Row vault,
this series will take audiences deep inside the history of the
renowned label and the legacy it left behind.
Death Row Chronicles is produced by
Entertainment One (eOne) and Creature Films. eOne's
Tara Long and John Morayniss serve as executive producers with
Creature's Mark Ford, Kevin Lopez as well as showrunner Mario
Diaz.
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