Final week, Snoop Dogg introduced again your entire Loss of life Row catalog to streaming companies, which included classics akin to Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, The Persistent and extra. On Friday (March 10), former Loss of life Row artist KXNG Crooked claimed on social media that he’s nonetheless owed “six figures” for one of many label’s previous releases.
In line with Crooked, his frustrations stem from his contributions to the 2003 comedy-laden documentary Dysfunktional Household starring Eddie Griffin. The 17-track soundtrack featured Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Ashanti and extra. “I see the DysFunktional Household soundtrack I’m owed six figures for hmmm,” Crooked claimed on Twitter whereas retweeting Snoop’s unique tweet that included photographs of earlier Loss of life Row releases, together with the soundtrack.
Billboard has reached out to Snoop Dogg, Loss of life Row and Gamma — who Snoop bought a stake of the label’s catalog to in December — for remark.
Previously named Crooked I, the West Coast MC signed to Loss of life Row within the ’90s beneath the tutelage of Suge Knight. His options from Dysfunktional Household span from “We Ballin’” and “Get Off Tha Block.”
In a 2012 interview with AllHipHop, Crooked mirrored on the full-length challenge and his previous contributions. “I used to be watching [Eddie Griffin’s] Dysfunktional Household the opposite day, and I had 9 songs on that soundtrack,” he stated. “It took me again listening to these previous songs once more. That was like in 2003. However I’m trying to the longer term.”
He later touched on why he finally parted from the label. “There isn’t a actual Loss of life Row Data anymore. As soon as Suge was faraway from the image, there was no Loss of life Row. You’ll be able to’t be Loss of life Row with out Suge,” he stated. “My phrases had been to have me do a model new album for a $1 million. They gave me the run round, and I advised them I used to be cool.”
Although Crooked formally left the label in 2004, he expressed pleasure for Snoop’s acquisition on Twitter, saying, “I’m glad Snoop owns DR! If there’s a dialog [to] be had about my previous music, I’d a lot quite have it with him!”
Take a look at Crooked’s tweets under.
