Death Row Chronicles

Documentary, Drama • 2018 • 41m

Origin Story

Controversial music mogul Suge Knight forms Death Row Records using intimidation tactics. His reputation as an enforcer grows. He partners with Dr. Dre to change Hip Hop forever.

The Rise Of Death Row

Dr. Dre discovers Snoop Dogg. Death Row releases The Chronic and Doggystyle, which are huge hits. Money pours in and everyone’s lives change, but Snoop faces murder charges.

Enter Tupac

We follow Tupac’s transformation from street poet and activist to hard core gangsta rapper at Death Row. Tupac’s legal troubles mount and he faces prison time. Suge declares war and East/West beef escalates.

East vs. West

Suge gets Tupac out of prison and All Eyez On Me is a massive hit. Despite success, Death Row faces huge set backs when street violence at the label leads to Dre’s departure before Tupac is shot in Las Vegas.

The Reckoning

After Dr. Dre leaves the label, Suge struggles to keep the business afloat. Tupac Shakur is gunned down in Las Vegas and less than a year later, Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles.

Under Investigation

An eyewitness comes forward with information in the Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls murders. Suge faces the fight of his life in his murder trial. The legacy of Death Row Records.

Cast

Reviews

Dan_TebascoMar 2018

3.5

Competently put together 6 part documentary about the 'world's most dangerous record label' with it's founder (Suge Knight) being a member of the Mob Piru Bloods gang and hiring mostly people from the same gang leading to rather unconventional business-tactics ocassionally never shying away from violence. While still having the proffesionalism to being able to belt out some of the best artists in 90's rap including Tupac, Snoop, Dogg Pound and Dre as a solo-artist. The first part is about Suge Knight, the second mostly about Dre. The third mostly about Snoop. The fourth, fifth and sixth being heavily about Tupac and his life before, during, and aftermath of his death with Death Row. Not too much new things revealed in terms of Tupac but then I've seen most docs on him. Most information in general is not a whole lot new but like I said it's well put together. This documentary-series like the previous documentary-series WHO SHOT TUPAC makes it very well known that the only theory they believe in is the Greg Kading theory. I did feel like Death Row Chronicles had more things to back that up though and made a stronger case for it.

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