Death Row Records

Death Row Records is a music organization historically active in the hip-hop industry. The record label is associated with executive Suge Knight, who previously served as the chief boss of the company during the 1990s.

The organization's legacy is closely linked to late rap superstar Tupac Shakur, who was fatally shot in a Las Vegas drive-by attack in September 1996. Following Shakur's passing at the hospital, Knight detailed how the artist's mother, Afeni Shakur, requested an immediate cremation, after which loved ones and crew members reportedly gathered to smoke a portion of his ashes in a blunt.

Decades after Shakur's death, court proceedings against Duane Keffe D Davis led to a murder conviction in Nevada. The legal developments surrounding the case have continually brought Death Row Records back into public focus alongside other prominent industry entities like Bad Boy Records as figures from that era recount the historic events of 1996.